They met at Harmony Science Academy through mutuals and almost immediately became close friends. Through the duration of high school, they spent time together by visiting each other's lockers and staying late after school. Zahit first expressed his feelings to Aslihan in 2012, but the time wasn't right. They went about their lives in separate cities for a few years when fate reconnected them in April of 2018. The chemistry was impossible to miss.
A few months after they became official, Zahit casually invited Aslihan out to meet him and some friends to make s'mores over a fire pit near Galveston. Shortly after she arrived, she walked towards the light from a distance. As she got closer, she noticed tall torches and a walkway of fire that lead her to Zahit on one knee. In shock and excitement, she shouted "YES", and they were engaged.