Rezina&Deji

It started quietly. We noticed each other because, at first, we thought we were alike: both quiet, reserved, and perfectly content to keep to ourselves. Or at least, that's what Rezina thought.

Deji was always juggling work and school, usually keeping to himself in class. Every now and then, though, he'd say something unexpectedly funny in the class group chat. It was enough to make Rezina curious. Who was this guy? She noticed him. And, admittedly, she fell for the quiet and mysterious act.

The funny part? Anyone who actually knows Deji will tell you that “quiet” is probably one of the last words they'd use to describe him. To this day, Rezina insists she was deceived.

Their first real conversation only made that clearer. Deji did most of the talking, telling her about himself while Rezina remained firmly committed to giving away as little as possible.

“Why are you asking? You don't need to know,” she would say, dodging one question after another.

And every time, Deji would respond with the same calm confidence:

“Don't worry. I'll find out. We have time.”

Rezina remembers thinking, who is this ridiculously confident person? She didn't know it then, but that confidence was more than just confidence. Looking back, they both know it was faith.

Because long before they noticed each other, God was already writing their story. He was arranging the timing, the place, the class, the conversations, and all the little moments that would eventually lead them here.

A borrowed pen became a running joke. A simple request for help became daily conversations. Those conversations became friendship, and somewhere along the way, friendship quietly became love.

Nothing was forced. Nothing was rushed. It simply grew, naturally and beautifully, until they realised that what they had found was something neither of them had been looking for, but both of them had been waiting for.

What began with one quiet stranger, one very convincing act, and a few unanswered questions became a love story they could never have written for themselves.

But God could. And He did.