And fate wanted it that way

Destiny

Somewhere in time and space, in an undefined place...

People are so fragile, they literally don't know what surrounds them, they are always looking for their longed-for soul mate, but without my help they, mere mortals, would never find it.

I'm not here to belittle them, but to tell the story of a group of people living in the country of Bestemming, named after me. I'm now following the life of Alan Martins, a teacher who lives in an abusive marriage, but doesn't realize it until the anniversary of his marriage.

Let's stop beating about the bush and tell this story straight.

In Bestemming...

Alan is walking towards the exit of the school where he works as a teacher. Today is a special day for him, a day so significant that he decided not to go to graduate school, but planned to prepare a romantic dinner for his husband. She wasn't sure if Cauã would like the surprise, even though it was a special day for them, their famous wedding anniversary.

It had been four years of marriage, and for Alan those years had flown by, even with all the comings and goings that fate had thrown in their path. When they celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary, exactly two days after the celebration Cauã left saying that he could find something better than Alan, which left him with a broken heart, but what surprised Alan was that it was very sudden, he just woke up one day saying that he didn't want him anymore and left.

Alan spent a week trying to accept that his marriage was over without any plausible explanation, but it really hit him when his friend went to visit him to see how he was doing with everything that was happening and ended up opening his eyes to the fact that his marriage was probably over.

Weeks later her then ex-husband came back saying that he regretted leaving him and that he would never leave him again, and as he still believed everything Cauã said, he believed it, so he gave him another chance, and as if it were fate, the same situation repeated itself over the next two years, and as a fool Alan believed him every time, at least in the last year Cauã didn't go crazy and leave him for no reason.

However, he still believed in their love for each other, that their love could overcome any barrier that fate might impose. But everything was hanging by a thread; if Cauã broke up with him one more time, he felt that he would no longer be able to forgive him for everything. Deep down Alan knew that their love no longer existed. All he could do was stay in the relationship for comfort. As soon as he passed through the school gate, he saw the friendly doorman.

- See you tomorrow Alfredo - Alan said as soon as he passed the gentleman standing by the gate.

- See you Alan - he replied.

Alan turns on the car radio, tuning in to a station that only plays international music. A song starts playing that sums up what Alan is feeling at the moment.

It's a beautiful life

É uma vida bonita

Nan neoui gyeote isseulge

Eu estarei ao seu lado

It's a beautiful life

É uma vida bonita

Neoui dwie seo isseulge

Eu estarei de pé atrás de você

Beautiful love

Bonito amor

Haneurarae neowa issdamyeon

Se você está embaixo do mesmo céu que eu

Sumswineun geosmaneurodo joha

Só respirar me faz feliz

It's a beautiful life

É uma vida bonita

Beautiful day

Dia bonito

Neoui gieogeseo naega saltende

Viverei em suas memórias

Beautiful life, beautiful day

Bonita vida, Bonito dia

Nae gyeoteseo meomulleojwo

Fique ao meu lado

Beautiful my love

Bonita, meu amor

Beautiful your heart

Bonito é o seu coração

Beautiful - Crush

The song stirred Alan's feelings and ended up engraved in his memory. He hummed the verses of the song for the rest of the way, realizing that it would be a long time before he forgot the melody. What until then had been a simple song for the young teacher reminded him that he had never considered his life to be beautiful and that he had never really had anyone who reminded him of happiness, he had Cauã, that was a fact, but he never felt that he really loved him. His eyes, until then focused on the chaotic traffic in the capital of Bestemming, filled with tears. He was so lost in his daydreams that he didn't even realize that the road home had come to an end.

Already dressed and showered, he went to the kitchen to see what he could prepare for the special dinner he wanted to make to celebrate their four-year wedding anniversary. Although his doubts about his love for his husband no longer existed, he decided to ignore them and remain in the comfort of his life.

Alan began to prepare his specialty in the kitchen, lasagna Bolognese. One thing that always made him smile was cooking, which he had always loved to do.

His phone starts ringing, snapping him out of his bubble of joy. He looks over the kitchen worktop and doesn't find it, he's sure he's left it somewhere in the house.

- Hello," he says as soon as he picks up.

- Wow, is that any way to answer me, Al? - Jo Ann said pretending to be annoyed.