Chocolate cake miracle

It was a normal day. You went to work and when you got off work you went to your favorite restaurant. They have good food but what they are known for is their cakes. In particular their chocolate cake. Something unexpected happened on this trip. The cashier was really nice to you, and she slipped you, her number. You went in there for-chocolate cake and walked out with a phone number.

You waited a few days to text her. You were having a debate with yourself on whether to text her because of how you identify. You are asexual and aromantic. You finally decide to text because if nothing else hopefully you gain a friend. The first texting session went well. You tell her what you identify as, and she seems to be ok with it. She says she will be your friend and see where it goes.

That is the thing about being both asexual and aromantic friendship is all there is. Some choose to have sex with their partner to make them happy. You decide to wait and tell her this in till you get to know here better.

You start talking to her daily. Sometimes it is just a hey how was your day. Other days its deep meaningful conversation. You ask her to do some research into asexual and aromantic people to make sure she can do this. She does and after some soul searching and some more deep conversations you come to an understanding. She says she is not sure she can do this for the long term. You set down and make an agreement. It is a very non-conventional agreement. It goes like this. To start she can have sex with someone you both agree to. They must be tested and clean every 6 months. If she starts to develop feelings for this person, she will have a choice to either stop seeing them and choose another person or to stop seeing you. She can choose a different person to have a romantic connection to. This person can be male or female. If they want to have sex with this person, the same rule applies. The only other rule is that if she ever decides she wants to make a go at it with just you she will break off the other relationships.

After about a year of this arrangement, she comes to you and says she is ready to be just with you. You ask are you complete sure. She says yes and that she completely knows what she is getting into after spending a year with you. You say ok.

You basically start to build a life together. You start slowly because you have not spent a lot of time together over the past year. You go out on dates; you start to spend the night at each other houses a couple of days a week. You finally decide you are ready to move in together. You start to learn each other’s little quirks. You realize you are both strange. You love the strangeness in each other.

After a year of living together the question of marriage and adoption comes up. You decide you do not want to get married and for adopting you decide you want an older child. It takes a few years, but you finally find a child you would like to adopt and a few more years to finalize it. You are building a family. A very unconventional one.

It has been ten years since you went into that restaurant for a piece of chocolate cake and walked out with a phone number. Today is the day you bring your family back to the place where it all began and order a whole chocolate cake to share.