Metamorphosis, The Transformation

To my ever-loving boyfriend:

Seemed like it was just yesterday where we had our first date.

You, me, and that bottle of Baileys.

On feet, we trotted over to Carlton Gardens.

And today, again, we were there for our first paper.

I never told you this.

But every time we're there, I try to look out for the spot where we sat on the first time.

It was my first time sitting "comfortably" on grass.

Never had, never would have if it wasn't for you.

Being the hygiene freak that I am, sitting on anything but a proper chair was a turn-off.

But you changed all that.

And you, being you, made me sit for a whole four hours.

Spilt out my whole life's story within that short period.

Never have I, in my life gotten along so well with a stranger I had known only for a week.

Never have I, in my life met anyone as selfless as you, who'd listen on for four hours.

You are like the diary I never had.

I tell you all the stupid embarrassing happy funny sad moments.

And you preserve them in your memory, never telling a single soul.

Although yes, you do use them against me sometimes.

So, I may still be as OCD as I've always been, but just so you know, it's getting better now.

The imaginary dust on "dirty" restaurant forks and spoons?

You seem to have adapted well to wiping them off with tissue for me.

My rule of rinsing everything before using, you seem to have adapted well to that.

My fuss about having the toilet bowl white as paper, you agree on that.

Your rule about making the beds every morning, I let you handle that.

We coordinate so well at times it's even scary.

Like how you'd press for the lift while I'd lock up the door.

I'd cook and you'd do the dishes.

I'd sleep and you help me make my bed.

Haha...how awesome is that?

Sometimes, it seems like living under the same roof as you is the worst mistake of my life, thanks to your certain annoying habits, but other times, it makes me see you in a different light. Makes me love you more. Makes me feel as though, there's a bond between us that is so strong, so inseparable, so genuine. I can look at you and I see myself. Not because you look like me (not that you have that privilege haha! only kidding!), but because I see myself inside you. Our souls have become so in tune with each other's that we now know what the other is thinking. We think of the same random things and speak them out loud at the same moment. We understand each other so well. And all that, I must say I'm very proud of.

It's like, you're my soulmate, not just a boyfriend.

Not just any boyfriend, you're more than that.

You're my brother when we fight over the TV.

You're my best friend because we share our happiest/saddest moments together.

You're my sister *cough* because we shop together.

You're my grandma, especially when you nag at me.

But what you are, most importantly, is my love!

Throughout these 27 months, you've proven me once and again that I had the ability to love deeply and place my 100% trust in a guy. Never knew that side of me until you came into my life. You changed me and yet retained the good side of me. Well, minus my temper, which if you did not realise, only gets ticked off by you mainly.

But hey, don't people always say there has to be a balance between the good and the bad?

So, all I want to say is I love you and I'm sure I always will.

Thank you for being such a fantastic boyfriend.

Thank you for accompanying me to the clinic today despite having to study for your papers.

Thanks for giving me the strength and coaxing me when I cry due to the pain.

Thanks for giving my heavily infected swollen jaw the healing touch that it needs.

Thanks for assuring me that everything is gonna be alright.

Thanks for being my pillar of strength throughout everything.

Thanks for being my twinkle of hope in a somewhat dark world.

Thanks for not shunning me off.

I love you with all my heart.

Signed,

Your loving sweetheart