It's like a look that says "I Love You" without words. Actually... now that I'm trying to explain it, I realize it's very hard to describe. But you would know it if you saw it. If you have ever seen the movie Moulin Rouge, I think Ewan McGregor does a fantastic job with "the look" (My mom, who first introduced the concept of "the look" to me, feels this as well). It's as if the eyes are literally sparkling and glowing with affection.
Why do I bring up the idea of "the look"? Well, because it was "the look" that first clued me in that Mishka was in love with me.
Let me take you back, to before Mishka and I were dating... there was a weekend we stayed up all night, every night, just talking to each other and getting caught up on the past 18 years of each other's lives. On the first night, we were playing cards. We both have slavic backgrounds and so our endless card games were labeled the "pirogi wars". We joked and talked (and I was totally kicking his butt). I knew he liked me- Mishka had never been one to hide how he was feeling, even if he is a generally shy person.
All of a sudden, I said something very embarrassing. It was personal and just generally not the type of thing you tell a stranger. Immediately after saying it, I blushed and was afraid I had totally alienated Mishka. Instead, I looked up and I saw "the look" in Mishka's eyes. I was taken aback. As I said, I knew he liked me, but I knew at that moment that he loved me.
A few days later, we started dating, and a few days after that, I fell in love with him too. Mishka didn't say "I love you" until a few days after we started dating (yeah, we're not your typical couple lol), but I knew from that moment on the couches in the study lounge, that he genuinely did. He didn't have to tell me. As I said, Mishka is a passionate romantic (and so am I ;) ).
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