It’s only during moments like this that I appreciate you the most. When all the pandemonium, crowd, and grandeur become nothing more than background noise. Not when we’re dressed up and ready to go somewhere private, but in your room with me on the bed and you attentively staring at your laptop screen. Both of us absorbed in our own work, so much so that you don’t even feel my gaze on you. The way you’re capable of ignoring the distractions that surround you impresses me to say the least but it’s moments like this that I find the most enjoyment in. Both decked out in our finest pajamas, with only the sounds from our keyboards resounding throughout the hot and humid room. There’s a certain comfort in knowing that the silence between us is soothing. It’s during times when neither of us are trying to pander or impress the other that the depth of our relationship is revealed. We can enjoy each other’s company even when we’re seemingly ignoring each other. The occasional groan of exasperation when your code doesn’t work and the sigh of relief that is sometimes let out are strangely amusing to me. Priorities are present but so are compromises. Neither of us are willing to turn in sub-par work yet neither of us want to dismiss the rare opportunity to be together. So we settle for a moment like this. A moment when the independent nature of being in a relationship is emphasized, and a moment I feel like I’m the closest to you. Albeit taken slightly aback myself I’ve come to realize that it’s truly moments like this that remind me why we’re stuck together in this odd, brilliant relationship of ours, and why I absolutely love it.