We met at a coffee shop where we both had worked, Zaraih didn't like me at first and thought that I was annoying and I had never had/wanted a girlfriend as I thought it was to much for me. Covid had hit not too long after we'd met and we found ourselves with little to do. With everyone afraid me and Zaraih started hanging out more often because we weren't afraid of the things around us and wanted to go adventures and explore. A couple months pass and we find ourselves starting to fall in love and, wanting to be around her more I expressed my feelings to my good friend Christian that, "I think I am ready to be in a relationship." He was ecstatic for me and told me that he'd help out with setting up dates because at this time nothing was open. Zaraih and I had our first "date" and a friends birthday party at the beach where we expressed how we felt about each other. A couple weeks pass and Zaraihs Birthday party had just finished up and we were on our way back from the beach. Sitting in the backseat I expressed to her how tired I was and she hit me with the "why don't you just stay at my house?". That night we had our first kiss, and when we woke up the next morning I had to leave to go to Lake Tahoe for a family trip. Around 3 weeks pass of us constantly hanging out and me staying at her house before I finally asked her out in a beautiful field with an amazing view and a picnic where the ants ended up victorious. The following morning I got up and left for Cincinnati (this is a common theme) because I was taking a trip to visit a good friend for my 21st birthday. A month into dating we decided to move in together and we've been inseparable ever since. It's truly been an amazing experience getting to learn and grow from each other and getting out of our comfort zones in more was than one. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with someone so loving and caring, who knows how to have fun and get sh*t done at the same time.