momecat:

sanaknows:

the most confusing and nerve-wracking thing is not knowing what yousef is and was thinking. so far he has been portrayed as a sensible, attentive and supportive person for sana, so him not being aware of the problem his atheism will pose for a possible relationship with her seems out of character. now of course that does not mean that it is impossible, but for now i think it’s unlikely that he turned a blind eye to that. so what was his thought process in talking and slowly getting to know sana? i mean it never explicitly moved past platonic conversation, but the use of emojis, the general undertone and yousef’s actions in ‘inshallah’ specifically show his interest in her beyond a friendship in my opinion. so has he been hesitant about telling her that he does not believe in allah because he figures this will a dealbreaker and he could not face that yet? has he been waiting for the ‘right moment’ to tell her? in fact, how long has yousef been interested in sana and not approached her because he knew that they would be unlikely to work out? and if so what motivated him to finally speak to her outside of the usual ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ at the bakkoush’s? i cannot wait to get a little glimpse into his mind but i’m afraid we will have to be very patient haha

honestly I’ve been thinking about this a lot.. how Yousef probably realized that him being non-muslim could be a dealbreaker and first didn’t pursue her.

But as she showed interest, he waited for the right moment.. when they had talked more and he could gauge if the feelings were mutual. Then after the vodka-debacle, when the opportunity presented itself naturally he chanced talking about it (as casual as possible) to both give her a heads up going into something but also having given her the opportunity to know him well so she wouldn’t just dismiss him outright for not being muslim… and now the ball is in Sana’s ballcourt, and I can just imagine how nerve-wracking that feels for him right now. He probably understanding very well the difficulty Sana faces (he surely knows how important Islam is to her), but he’s unable to do anything beyond respecting her faith… and waiting… for her to decide if being with him will compromise her belief and if she will want to do that or not…