him/them

By Vrischika Kotak

okay, okay, okay how do i explain this? i like you, i like you so much it hurts. i like the way my hands are tiny compared to yours and that you're almost six feet tall and the silver rings that you wear don't really fit me but i like wearing them anyway. i like how you're growing your hair out and now it looks something like that of one of my favourite characters from the show stranger things, yes, he's got that Steve Harrington hair, silky, medium-length, gorgeous hair.

i like how when you're lying in bed with me and it's six in the evening and the sun pours in through the window and onto your skin, your perfectly tan, caramel skin glistens like morning dew on freshly cut grass. we have the same birthmark - a little brown spot no more than an inch above the left corner of our lips - i know, i know i probably already sound stupid so let me ask you this – will you kiss me when the clock strikes midnight and it's raining red outside and tell me you’re here to stay?

By Vrischika Kotak