I have stayed up late many nights because of you, and tonight is no different. You slip in and out of the shadows; in between the sheets of many lovers; and habitually flit through the pages of romance novels. I've been prowling the bookstores, the subways stations, and motel lobbies searching for you. Finally, I see you and I can't even pretend to be suave. I dart across the street--jaywalking really--to get to you before you disappear for the remainder of the night. I'm addicted. I have to have you. Just a small whiff of your aspartame tainted breath; a nip at the skin just below your ear lobe; or light caress of your short and polished finger nails across my cheek as you teasingly say "my silly boy."
I call out to you, while shoving aside dawdling passengers, and grab you by the elbow before you enter into the train station. You pull out the ear buds the hide the world from you. You tip your chin up arrogantly and then smile genuinely when you realize it is me. Although our woolen coats and scarves are a barrier, I swear I can feel your heart beating against my chest and the heat rising from skin. You don't speak, but the way your body melts into our embrace tells me the whole weary tale. I wrap my arms fully around you and rest my chin on the crown of your head. "Let's go," you whisper into the folds of my scarf. "It's been too long," you say slightly shamefaced as you pull back and give me a lopsided grin that makes me chuckle. "Let's," I respond in the most polite tone I could muster. I wanted to scream "Fuck yeah."
You're dancing in front of me with no real rhyme or rhythm. It's more of a lazy and impatient sway. Something to do with your body until we're together. I like looking. I scoot to the edge of the arm chair, rest my arms on my knees and stare at your features--the voluptuousness of breasts, the soft feminine muscularity of your arms, and the round squeezability of your hips and thighs. "You look beautiful."
"I bet you say that to all the girls." Your joke cuts me to the core because its based in truth. However, when I say it to you, I absolutely mean it. It is is absolutely the truth.I wish I had paid attention in English Literature so I would be able to come up with a less pedestrian term.