Chapter 10: In Between Orders
The fireworks were long gone.
The sunrise had already come and gone too.
What replaced them wasn’t grand romance.
It was notifications.
Reseller group chats.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCNUzXrAEW
Order confirmations.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7qf3GiB7K
Tracking numbers.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEMRI9dAhK
“Mine po.”24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq4IpgUud3
“Available pa? ”24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ngA4Mv9r3
“Last price? ”
That’s where our world started spinning.
Not in dramatic declarations.
But in small, consistent effort.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpzhIys1Rl
It was her idea to start saving seriously.
“Let’s stop just talking about meeting,” she said one night while updating her Shein listings. “Let’s actually prepare for it.”
There was no background music.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqeWnuZ6WS
No cinematic pause.
Just determination in her voice.
So we started.
Every sale had a portion set aside.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmW1Hdek68i
Every profit, no matter how small, meant one step closer.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaqP0knW4G
Sometimes it was a good day.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuma803LMz
Sometimes barely anything moved.
But it was steady.
She worked hard.
Posting daily.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxGoiTR40q
Replying to buyers even when she was exhausted.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE7y0w6Td9
Handling cancellations.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY62R3Bo0kQ
Dealing with impatient messages.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkRZZeqJXU
Joining live selling sessions.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PjzrNtEWM
Studying trends.
I watched her push herself in ways that weren’t always visible.
And I kept thinking
She’s doing this for us.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav0msDRJ3P
My role felt smaller.
I wasn’t the one selling.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYfhvZk6J8
I wasn’t the one facing customers.
I was just… there.
Helping in the reseller GC.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPEgiDL1Cb
Answering questions when she was busy.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QbHbOW6gl
Computing totals.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7nmTXMIVX
Double-checking orders.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjk19XckRU8
Organizing lists.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN4gPDqKDr
Reminding her about shipments.
Small things.
Quiet things.
Our conversations shifted.
Less about fireworks.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJkqlovOTL
More about inventory.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEbNv7X9is
Less about fantasy.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTmOkFTx3p
More about strategy.
And somehow, we were still happy.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y0xkoMnOn
Some nights she would sigh.
“I’m tired,” she admitted once while packing orders on call.
“You can rest,” I told her.
She shook her head.
“We have a goal.”
That word again.
Not just meeting.
But building.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFT2yaGlmu
There were moments I wondered if I was doing enough.
If supporting from the sidelines counted.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X6DqEG3NZ
If helping in the group chat was meaningful.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMBvBcIdep
If being present digitally was enough for a real relationship.
Then one night, while she was sealing parcels, she said quietly,
“Do you know why I don’t feel alone doing this? ”
“Why?”
“Because you’re here. Even in the small things.”
I didn’t know what to say.
“You check my totals. You deal with buyers when I’m overwhelmed. You remind me to eat. You stay on call while I pack. That matters.”
And suddenly the small things didn’t feel small anymore.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHWXN8Xp0V
Love didn’t look like constant romance.
It looked like spreadsheets.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hbYSJSVhd
Bubble wrap.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cwEc91RYc
Late-night calculations.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUZXwDW6BD
Laughing over incorrect orders.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslpIq0UUYV
Fixing shipping mistakes together.
It looked like building something slowly.
Messy.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBLlPzeWyl
Imperfect.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGba1GmUuqL
Still sweet.
Like the flan.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXtksN52s1
We counted our savings one night.
Not enough yet.
But not zero anymore.
“That’s real,” she whispered.
It felt more intimate than any dramatic confession.
Because every number on that screen was effort.
Shared effort.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqD4caUETn
Our world revolved around that reseller GC.
But somehow, inside all the notifications and transactions
We kept choosing each other.
Between orders, we found time to laugh.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkM0lLnKtD7
Between buyers, we found time to check in.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1OK5Xs4x7
Between stress, we found softness.
I still sometimes felt like I wasn’t doing enough.
But she kept showing me that staying matters.
Consistency matters.
And maybe love isn’t about who does more.
Maybe it’s about who stays through the process.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1RwnFZ5u2
We weren’t just saving money.
We were building proof.
Proof that we could work as a team.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI7xDwO5rJ
Proof that effort didn’t scare us.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHcSafzBWH
Proof that distance didn’t stop movement.
And in the middle of reseller chats,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMjduPMPbJ
tracking updates,24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlVbbwTrft
and tired eyes at 2 AM
We were still happy.
Not because it was easy.
But because it was shared.
And somehow,
That made even the ordinary feel like progress.
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and then Add to home screen.