…in Turin, there was a 17 years old girl named Giorgia and an 18 years old boy named Luca. They didn’t know each other yet, but fate was about to weave their lives together in an unexpected way.

It was December 3, 2014, when Giorgia, sitting in her school desk, received a message from her friend Elena. It was a simple, almost trivial question: “How are you?” Giorgia had seen Elena just an hour earlier, and everything seemed normal so why was she texting her? Yet, Giorgia replied.

What she didn’t know yet was that behind that message wasn’t Elena, but Luca. And so it happened that, message by message, Giorgia and Luca began to get to know each other.

Giorgia wasn’t looking for love, not then. But love, as we know, comes when you least expect it. And she found it in Luca. There was something special about him—a way of looking at her and listening to her that made her feel important like never before. Luca, too, was enchanted by Giorgia: by her sweetness, her intelligence, and her gentle gestures.

But their love story had to face a difficult test. Luca was set to leave for Australia in just a month to continue his studies. The distance seemed insurmountable, but their bond proved stronger than any obstacle.

For two years, Giorgia and Luca lived apart: she in Turin, he in Melbourne, 16,406 kilometers away. Yet their love endured. Every call, every message, every thought brought them closer, as though an invisible thread kept their souls connected.

And They Lived Happily Ever After

Ten years after that first message, Giorgia and Luca are still together. Since 2016, they’ve been living under the same roof, building their little fairy tale every day. Like two loving otters, they navigate life side by side, bound by the love that united them from the start and will guide them forever.