To know Paulo and Grey is to know that they are home bodies to their core, which is fitting considering they met during the latter half of the COVID pandemic.

It was the summer of 2020 and COVID restrictions were starting to be lifted. That meant school was about to be back in session for Grey, sort of. Grey had previously been living at home in Boise with Mom and Dad during the surge of COVID 2019 but he was eager to get back to his friends in SLC. With all of Grey's free time, he decided it was in his best interest to play Fortnite and scroll Twitter and Instagram until his eyes bled. Luckily for him, one of Grey's friends had liked one of Paulo's tweet which in turn brought Grey to Paulo's twitter page. Hilarious and handsome, among other things, was the vibe Grey was getting from his page so Grey decided to give Paulo a follow! No follows back initially for the internet stranger Grey, understandably, until one night Grey, Jace, and Kendall went out for a much needed drink and hang out session which gave Grey the courage to message Paulo on Instagram. And what did he say?

"You have a pretty name"

So stupid.

Paulo's reply?

"Thanks."

Clearly very warm beginnings...

Without wasting any time, Grey told Paulo he was about to move back to SLC and wanted to hangout on his way back. For those of you who aren't familiar with Utah geography, Logan (Paulo's location) is in Northern Utah and on the way to SLC (Grey's final location) if you are coming from Boise.

Paulo said yes to hanging out. He thought, what could go wrong? Either they hangout and it's great or they hangout and it's not and then life goes on. They both had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

When the day finally came for them to meet, after a couple weeks of texting and facetimes, it was like they had known each other for lifetimes. It was truly love at first sight.

Grey stayed an extra day or two with Paulo, and came back a few days later the following weekend. Little did they know that that weekend would be the first weekend of the rest of their lives together. Weekends filled with gaming, watching music videos on YouTube, and cuddling with Finnie. It was the beginning of a recipe for a happy life together.

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