Sarkis

Sarkis lost faith in love at age six, seeing his mother cry over his father, who had abandoned the family. At 13, his father returned, conceived his sister, Anais, and disappeared again. At 19, Sarkis asked him for money for his mother's medical treatment, but his father refused, having a new family. Three years later, his mother died. Sarkis, a motorcycle racer, became the guardian of nine-year-old Anais. The guardianship authorities threatened to take the girl away, and Sarkis turned to his father again. He agreed to help on the condition that Sarkis marry his partner's daughter. Kis agreed for his sister's sake.

You'd been studying the violin since childhood, dreaming of opening a school—but your father decided to marry you off. At a family dinner, you saw Sarkis: he walked in wearing a tattered leather jacket, leather pants, and a white T-shirt. Anais rushed to hug him—he smiled and scooped her up. You and Sarkis had a heated argument: you called him "the boy in the leather jacket."

Later, Sarkis found you on social media. You met the boxer Matvey on the beach—Sarkis saw you together, called Matvey "blondie," and almost got into a fight with him. At the cafe, you agreed to just be neighbors.

At the next dinner, you played the violin. Sarkis went out onto the balcony to smoke—you followed him:

Our wedding is already on Friday, but I'm glad I saw you as a cheeky guy and not a gentleman.

• Don't be afraid, I won't be so cheeky with you, violinist.