Tale as old as time , Song as old as rhyme.

nate + mani met in 8th grade 🤯🥹 their story of young love includes a budding friendship, moving away, + breakups 🖤 they initially met in their social studies class 📚 they quickly became besties during their freshman year 🎒 (nate secretly had a crush on her) 🤫 mani was in a relationship at the time, so they remained just friends. mani asked nate for a huge favor to help for her quinceanera 👗 but... he said no 😔 mani wasn't expecting him to say no, so this hurt their friendship 💔 a few months later, mani chose to move back to chicago for a semester 🏙️ nate messaged her while she was gone, but she never responded when she transferred back to clinton, they had math class together 🔢 + the moment they saw each other, their eyes locked 😍 he then messaged mani on snapchat to welcome her back 📱 3 months later, he started taking her to school since he has his license 🚗 one day, mani messaged nate after chemistry class, before his wrestling practice + told him she had feelings for him 🥰 (we know he reciprocated those feelings) 😆 during their relationship in high school, they had 2 homecomings + 2 proms together 🪩 below is their proposal story 👇🏼 it was july of 2022 + they were on a trip in new orleans 🎭 mani could tell something was up when he didn't let them leave jackson square even though she was starving 😅 a stranger approached them at the time, + said “you need to marry this angel before she flies away.” 😇 instantly, nate looked at mani, went down to his knee + said “I guess he’s right. I should. will you marry me?” she gasped + said yes 💍 later, mani asked him if he paid that guy who made that comment 🗣️ but it was just a random guy 🫢