We met freshman year of high school through mutual friends and quickly became close ourselves. Over the years, our friendship naturally grew as we went through high school, community college, and college together. From carpooling to our summer classes at Delta to weekends spent with the same close-knit group of friends, we stayed a constant in each other's lives -- and somehow always made each other laugh along the way. When COVID brought us both back home to finish classes online, the timing finally felt right. What started as years of friendship and an effortless connection naturally turned into something more, and we've been inseparable ever since.