DTR- Defining the relationship

"Am I going to regret this sooner or later?" I asked myself as I pondered over what Mariam had so graciously told me.

There was nothing I hated more than talking about what I felt inside of me. 

I would never know if the person I talk to would understand or even properly listen to me.

I was sure of one thing.

I loved Tobi.

I did. 

It was an intense feeling that I found difficult to describe sometimes. 

He made me feel more alive than I had ever felt before in my life. 

He opened my mind to new possibilities and made me even more confident in myself and what I could do.

There was no time he did not remind me of how beautiful and intelligent I was. 

In his words, "You are the smartest person I have ever met. The way you think and your philosophy on the world fascinates and mesmerizes me."

He had said that to me the night after he came to my mother's shop to see me.