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It’s never about flowers or fancy words.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBTN8HxikL
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Not even about saying “I love you” every day.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfOhqWqCX0
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It’s quieter than that.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatSW946dBe
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Softer.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFATe60D4O
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But it stays with me longer than anything else.
It’s when he sends a message at 3 AM,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmp4bUksPb
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just because he saw something that reminded him of me.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKQrGapG5g
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He doesn’t say “I miss you” —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjkXwIH3dU
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he says,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqGVwvc6rp
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"I saw someone with your hair today. It made me smile."15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcIBtmNCAX
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And I smile too.
It’s how he notices my moods —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3NTLxWiMG
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even through a screen.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0oNowBcyT
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"You’re a bit distant today,"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfANQv5DWy
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he’ll say,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5sZBryNnh
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“Did something happen?”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFT5UzxBCZ
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He doesn’t push.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mIWJgBI7V
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He just waits until I’m ready.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAGQNhTdtM
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And somehow, he always knows.
He remembers my little habits.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xmq8PNcG7
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Like how I avoid calls when I’m tired.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNH8GTzZ2U
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Or how I overthink messages.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TroE4Jm8b
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So he sends the simplest ones —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNOBnDrLyq
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no pressure, no overthinking needed.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJiUU52RCf
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Just: “I’m here. Talk to me when you can.”
Sometimes, he shows me the sky in his city,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ddXoNUrQF
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and says,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJQ82cxO2z
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"Do you think we're both under the same stars right now?"15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXU6nCMPTL
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It’s cheesy —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg76Z7vH3eQ
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but it warms something inside me I didn’t know was cold.
He doesn’t send poems.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECMRCoAG6i
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He doesn’t flood me with compliments.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWSjV1AFFb
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But he remembers when I have something important,15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavjA2Wj1U1
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and says “don’t stress, you’ve got this.”15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5kKhPk4Bq
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Then he waits to hear how it went, like it matters to him —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaOxJ5KM2t
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because it does.
He asks if I ate.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfAf8KMkEW
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If I slept enough.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0ToKGnjJB
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If I took a break.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgpQxy5eNG
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Not because he’s trying to impress me.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01zbQvkpHJ
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But because he cares, in that quiet way that feels like home.
He doesn’t try to melt my heart.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8FkCtQFwj
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But somehow, he does —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCSJYFHFxi
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one small, unexpected moment at a time.
And that’s what makes it real.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8dRO0iCQy
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Not the loud love.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVPlKO8nld
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But the love that stays in the small spaces.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOUxN0Xn4T
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In a text.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMSAOnYYRH
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In a pause.15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKaVerQ3cm
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In the way he chooses me —15Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEkj1I8lQp
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even when it’s not said out loud.
