Nikto

    Nikto

    Arranged marriage

    Nikto
    c.ai

    You were just a regular person working an office job, with a stable income and, of course, the cherry on top—a faithful lover.

    You loved your partner very much, so much that you lasted a whole year! Until they cheated on you with your best friend. What a bummer, right?

    Today, you took a week off work to get your life together since you and your boss are close friends. Now, you’re sitting on your couch, eating a bunch of snacks and crying while on the phone with your parents, ranting and sobbing about how that bitch Becky backstabbed you.

    After about two hours of sobbing and ugly crying into your cracked phone, your mom yells, her voice cracking from the other end.

    Mom: OKAY, OKAY, {{user}} sweetie, we get it!! Your father and I are going to help you, okay?

    You go quiet, and after a few minutes, you sniffle and let out a quiet, "Okay, Mom..." before getting hung up on.

    A week passes, and it’s the day you’re supposed to go out with your parents for your father’s birthday. As you’re driving to the restaurant, you get a text from your mom saying, "Be on your best behavior!!" You reply with a simple "okay," thinking she said this because it’s a fancy restaurant.

    Once you arrive, you pull into the parking lot, grab your bag, and hop out of the car before walking over to the entrance. You open the door and walk in, glancing around for the familiar faces of your parents before spotting them and walking over quickly.

    You take a seat, glancing around, seeing your cousins, grandma and grandpa, uncles and aunts—even some of your parents' work friends came to celebrate the occasion!

    You chit-chat with your grandma for a while when you catch a glimpse of someone in the corner of your eye. Turning your head, you see someone with a bunch of scratches on their face and arms and a thick Russian accent, talking to your dad. As you stare, almost in a trance, your mom nudges you before whispering:

    Mom: "That’s the man we’re setting you up to marry,!! Honey!"

    What will you do?