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"I don't love you. 

I don't want you to love me either. 

Love.. is an overrated, too-often misused word. 

Instead, I wish you'll realise and appreciate the simple things. 

When you hold my hand, I wish you knew that the spaces you fill between my fingers mean a very intimate bond to me. 

When you hold me in your arms, I wish you knew that in the comfort of your warmth, i'm trusting you with all my fears yet at the same time, believing that with you there for me and with me, everything will always be okay eventually. 

When we kiss, I wish you knew that my kisses to you are a promise that you're the one. And my only one. 

When we make love, I wish you knew that sex isn't merely the baring of our naked bodies for the fulfilment of lust.. i'm also baring my soul to you, all my inhibitions and insecurities, hoping that you'd understand and still accept me despite all my flaws. 

When we communicate, I wish you'd not just hear the words spoken but listen to the unspoken ones as well. 

And we don't actually have to talk every day. It's fine, really. I just hope i'll always mean something to you, every single day. 

You see, I don't love you. 

I don't want you to just love me either. 

Don't just "love" me in the moment(s) or say the words for the sake of it. 

All I simply wish and hope is that you'll continue to be there for me in person and action through the years as we grow old together. 

Because.. i'd do the same for you."

-- Matthew Zachary Liu