What I Like About You
Shifting your body up
against my back, I felt you breathing trickle across my neck and into my
heart. your hand wrapped around me, holding me close, in that train and
plane There was something inside me that couldn't let my eyes rest on
that ordinary day...maybe because it wasn't all that ordinary.
I felt your eyes close,
your body slowly drift into silence...I felt you with me. The tiny,
little big thing that was beating in my chest seemed to be the only part
of me that wanted to do anything other than sleep...and it won.
"Five things I
completely love about you are...." I sighed and let my heart think
before I continued; your eyes also opened, your heart now alert to what
had just been uttered. "I love how, the nights that you do, when your
arm wraps around me, walking in the sandy beach under the moon, that it
always ends up in the most perfect spot. I know it's different every
time it happens, but I love how you always manage to do that." your arm
went completely numb after hearing this, not being able to move, not
even with the turn of the Earth.
"I love how the peace
inside you totally engulfs me just before I close my eyes. ... I love
how the smile on your face, the one you give whenever I say something
really nice about you, always draws my lips to yours just because, well,
it makes you look even prettier." I swallowed hard before continuing,
knowing how much of me I was letting you see. "I love that you're just
as good at hugging as me." I let out a chuckle and said, "I really like
that."
"And I love you so much
more than five things that I like." Clearing my throat, too much
Marlboro I suppose, I continued before you had the chance to muster your
own speech. "Two things I want, that I would love, are...." I let out a
wishful sigh. "I want to be kissed very deeply when, in the few
occasions where you turn and look at me in the middle of the night and
rest your palm against my face. I also want to hear your version of
these two lists."
Softly and smoothly,
you cleared your throat and gave me a little peck on the back of my
neck. "I love hearing your words and how they fill my ears in such a way
as to separate my mind from my body, putting both in eternal bliss." You
looked down at my back, though for no conscious reason. Smiling, you
continued, "I love how warm you are. It's like I can't let go or I'll
get cold. Um, I love how that twinkle in your eye can be seen all over
your body. It makes me smile."
Your finger began to
gently rub the back of my neck, causing my body to get slightly tenser
and a whole lot warmer. "I love how your body is like this perfect mould
that mine can just let go and melt into. Number five is, I love how it
was you that travelled with me to Bali...and how you did it. Those are
five things I totally love about you."
"The two things I want
are.... I want you to cuddle up to me more like this during brief
moments during the day...on top of the hugs."
After thinking for a
minute you snuggled in closer, despite that not being possible, you
said, "And I want to hear you say another five new things that you love
about me."
I rolled my body around
so I could look into the gems of your eyes. "Um, can we make love
instead?"
Looking into my eyes
and nodding, you gently bit your lower lip as you allowed yourself to
smile....
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