an unexpected vacation of serenity

so yesterday was mine and j's first anniversary together. can you believe it? hah~

i honestly didnt expect something too .. hm.. well, lets just say i didnt expect much. im particularly easy to please. just some quiet time together for a day would suffice for me. but he honestly surprised me when he asked me if he could bring me somewhere for our anniversary the day before. and i had no idea what he was planning. i said yes--though i was a bit hesitant because he asked that i disappear with him for about two days. basically, i was to spend the night with him somewhere. i had no problems with it, though i would have to excuse myself from home. 

anyway, i ended up going. i wanted to. during the first months of our relationship, he had already asked me to go with him on their family trip to a beach resort. i suppose it would be understandable if i was unable to go before, after all we just got together, and disappearing with him for three days and two nights was still a bit uncomfortable, more so staying with his family.

needless to say, i had no regrets that i agreed on that trip. it was my first time to spend a night by the beach. it was quiet, just the two of us, pondering over things, over life. about what happened before and what might happen in the future. we were sitting by the shore, my toes buried into the sand, the rushing sea before us and the endless sky above us. it was just us. it was more than i hoped for. in fact, the sky that night, glittered with stars, affected me so much that every time i looked up the night sky several nights after that, i was brought back to that moment. it was an overwhelming feeling.

i couldnt say thank you enough. it was an experience that i wouldnt forget. and that's a feat for a relationship that's only been a year old. as long as the stars glitter above me every night, that night by the sea will never be forgotten.

that night you reached out to me and gathered me close to you. you placed your arms around me--you were asleep but i felt then, with the way you held on to me and refused to let me go, how cared for, and how loved i was. i was perfectly content staying where i was, covered in blankets, surrounded with pillows, with your warmth beside me. 

that scene, that night--will be forever etched into my memories.

one down. more to go. here's to more years for us.