Layout by: Misha Mikylla Sanchez
Published by: Christine Mae Karunungan
Date Published: February 5, 2025
Time Published: 1:59 PM
Category: Prose
Subject: Other types of intimacy
Intimacy doesn't always revolve around physical contact so that you can feel each other’s warmth and be able to see the beauty of their soul.
It can be in the form of cooking a dish that they once mentioned because they want to try it. As they taste that dish, their face will immediately light up with how good it tasted, and they will thank you for making such good food.
Telling each other the song that you recently listened to and recommending it to them because you want them to like what you like and also because in that way you will feel connected with them through music. Having a shared playlist and adding songs that you both like and are reminded of each other is a kind of feeling that you can call “ours.” Not mine. Not theirs. Ours.
Putting nail polish on them just to have a reason to hold their hand and talk about random things that you can think of. After that, both of you were left with silence, but it was a comfortable one. That’s when you realized that you don’t need words just to feel each other’s presence. You don’t need to always make a sound just to know you’re by each other’s side.
Intimacy is where you can tell them the things that have been running through your mind without having the fear that they might get scared and run away, but instead it makes them want to know more why you are the way you are, and they will still love you anyway.
It does not always need to revolve around physical contact just so you can feel each other's warmth and presence. It can also be in the form of understanding them in order to know how to love them in a way they want to be loved.
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