Dan & Fion

I can't believe how far we have come. When I look back at the very beginning those first awkward hellos, the shy smiles, the random messages. I feel something real and deep.

I feel that we have grown something together, something essential for both of our lives, a beautiful thing called love. I never wanted it, not really. I never expected it from anyone at our university. To be completely honest, I didn't believe in love at all. I thought it was just something people said or chased without thinking.

But that was all before you, before my little Chihuahua came along and quietly proved me wrong. It's a nice feeling to be wanted. To be desired, cherished, and loved without any means of comprehension to one's understanding. What I mean is we don't always understand why or how we love each other so much. We just do. And we both do that for each other effortlessly.

Even when we fight, even when we squabble over small things, it's never really about winning or losing. It's because we just want more of each other. We want to be better for each other. Couples who don't understand that eventually fade away. But we understand it. That's why we're still here, stronger every time.

There is nothing I wouldn't do for you. Nothing. And hopefully, no one will ever get in the way of us. Everything I have done for you so far every small gesture, every late-night talk, every time I showed up just to see you smile and everything I will do from now on, will always be for you. Only you.

I know your eyes are black, but I truly see them sparkle. I see your little feet fluttering when you're excited. I see your wide smile that somehow brightens up even the dimmest room. As a man, I will do my very best to provide for you, protect you, love you, and cherish you for as long as you will have me by your side. And hopefully if life is kind to us that will be forever. I want you by my side always. Not just on the good days, but on the tired, messy, quiet days too.

You're my best friend. You're my baby. You're my Fion. I am genuinely looking forward to the rest of our monthsary celebrations, and hopefully, to our very first one-year anniversary together. That thought alone makes me want to be a better man. I also just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the times we fight, for the times I go quiet and sad without explaining why, for the times we argue over things that don't really matter. But if life itself can have its ups and downs then why can't we? Love isn't about perfection. It's about staying.

Let's cherish our student life while it lasts. Let's enjoy our present these simple days, these late-night study sessions, these walks between classes because no one knows what the future might hold for us. Whatever it holds, I hope we can face it together. You and me. Hopefully we can face it together...