29 is an odd number. I don't like odd numbers. But I like you.
1. Your smile.
2. Your smile when you win at a board game.
3. The way your eyes disappear when you smile.
4. The way your eyes light up when you buy, eat, or even think about chocolate.
5. Your eyes on a sunny day.
6. Because you never complain about the food I cook, no matter how bad it is.
7. You understand how and why I am who I am.
8. The bridge connecting your chest and abdomen. Like two lovers who cannot stand to be apart from each other.
9. The warmth of your body against mine at night.
10. The smell on the back of your neck. It calms me down.
11. Because you squeeze fresh oranges for me everyday.
12. The way you hold my hand when there's turbulence on a flight.
13. The way you fall asleep every night reading a book.
14. Your sense of humour.
15. Your sense of direction.
16. Watching you trying to multitask.
17. Your whistling when you're washing up.
18. The way you walk, hands in your pockets, like time doesn't exist and so there's no rush.
19. "Bloody hell." Because you're too good to use the word fuck.
20. The way you put everybody else's happiness before your own.
21. The hope of one day seeing you barefoot on the beach with your trousers rolled up.
22. How excited you get when your football team wins a match.
23. The way you dance. Like a sloth who's suddenly decided to spice up his life.
24. The way you always seem to find pennies on the ground.
25. Your appreciation for the bass guitar.
26. Your love of nature.
27. Because I feel safe when I'm with you.
28. Because we want the same things in life.
29. Because I can see myself growing old with you.