From Conversation to Chemistry, My Apple Pie 😉

I looked through my keep and found this

Today, I thought of you.

Not in the loud way.

Not in the restless way.

But in the way a realisation arrives 

Softly, fully formed.

And it started with something small.

The seat you chose.

You began the conversation.

Confident. Calm. Assured.

So certain I would respond.

And I did.

Not because I had planned to.

But because your ease pulled me in.

We danced between intellect and family,

between curiosity and warmth,

two people open to learning,

willing to explore.

And then today, I realised something strange:

I had never really looked at you.

Not properly.

We had crossed paths.

Shared moments.

Paused in the same spaces.

You were attractive, of course.

But the thought never stayed.

Until now.

So I closed my eyes

and replayed every moment we had shared.

I landed on a Wednesday in April.

Light blue T-shirt.

You told me you loved my outfit.

But the truth?

I loved yours more.

Classic you.

Composed. Intentional. Effortless.

Oxford shoes.

Chinos that fit just right.

That haircut, short, tidy, perfectly you.

You looked dashing.

And we stood so close 

barely twenty-five centimetres apart 

yet I couldn’t tell you the colour of your eyes.

I was too aware of your presence.

Too pulled into the moment.

Too shy to look deeper.

Because I knew.

If I looked properly,

I would fall.

And maybe that’s what this is.

Not love at first sight.

But something far more dangerous:

Love at second look.

Next time, I won’t look away.

I’ll let myself notice everything.

I’ll let you catch my smile.

And I’ll fall 

just a little more.

With Love,

Abii