When you said I love you for the very first time, explicitly, it was phenomenal. I swear I do not even want to write about it. I want to keep it untouched and just feel it. whatever I place on these pages will never fully describe what I felt.

But what matters most is that I felt it. truly felt it. and I know exactly how it feels. I remember it precisely. no one ever told me it would be like this. it was almost magical.

My heart beat differently the moment I saw it. one sudden, faster beat that sent warmth through my whole body. it echoed everywhere. I felt as if my soul was awakening. it happened instantly, and I could not believe it. the chemicals reacted. something inside me shifted without asking permission.

I asked you for a brief moment for myself, just to feel it. I closed the phone for a couple of minutes and laid there, eyes closed, imagining you loving me. holding that image gently. and it was the most beautiful feeling I have ever felt in my entire life.

Just knowing this one fact, that I am loved by you personally, makes me feel like the happiest man alive. I wanted to sleep on that message, or disappear into it, because I did not want to experience anything less beautiful than what you told me. I did not want to return to disappointment after reaching this peak of happiness.

This feeling is enough for me to love the world. it is enough for me to start conquering everything, powered by you. I wanted to sleep, but I could not leave you hanging. that would not be right.

So I wrote this instead. to capture what I felt. to remember one day how the first time felt. how reaching the peak of happiness was like. I never imagined how three simple words could be so powerful, so capable of changing someone.