I used to think that love was a painful chase


I thought it was an all-encompassing force that urges you to give your hundred percent to save someone.

You came into my life as a friend, a constant PUBG playmate, a close friend, then, who would have foreseen, a lover.

I admit that what we had wasn't all rainbows, unicorns, and butterflies. There wasn't a spontaneous, euphoric rush (at least on my part) to the companionship that we have. We trotted our path slowly, careful not to trip and fall on one other.

We may not have that exciting love story, but I found my greatest comfort in you. You shed light on the darkest corners in me. Your warmth embraced my cold heart. You made it easy to be me. You sheltered my vulnerability. And today, I'm finally convinced that comfort, warmth, reassurance, and sincerity were more important than skipping heartbeats, butterflies in my stomach, and all that are associated with that stupid notion of love I had back then.

You shifted my perspective for the better, and this is a testament to positive changes that may come in the future.

In fact, something's about to change now that I am finally saying the sweetest, your most-awaited three-letter word to you.

I'm finally making it official! Remember when I told you na 'pag sinagot kita it means I can't live without you?

Forget that. It was you who taught me we should grow together separately. It was you who made me realize that when I enter a relationship, I should be willing to make it work without putting myself behind on the back burner.

I want to give this a shot. I am willing to make this work.

I won't let the future scare me anymore, because I know I am with you.

Thank you for waiting.


I love you.