Looking at shiny, fighting over Pictionary and buying expensive things... while making magic.

Ok, so anyone who knows me knows that M&Abu make me want to throw up, in the nicest possible way. I love them, individually and together, but it is this very love that makes me want to throw up. They represent that one couple-friend every person has in their life. The couple that is so in love that, even though they may have been with other people before, you cannot imagine one without the other. The couple that is so mushy, you exclaim impatiently, "GET MARRIED ALREADY!". The couple that has lasted for so long, that even you (a third party) know that the next step is only going to be forward. You look at them individually, and they don’t REALLY seem like the other’s type – she being so focused and career-oriented, he being so relaxed and unbothered. But when they come together, they’re the friggin definition of “meant-to-be” and you can’t help but sigh*.

M&Abu began four years ago, today. I wasn’t there the day they came to be, but I know all the details. It’s impossible I don’t, but considering the circumstances under which it happened, I wish I was there to see the looks on both their faces. That would have been epic. I only got to know of their existence a few hours later, when Abu called me to make sure Lou and the Penguin weren’t messing around with him. I don’t know if M knows this. But anyway, my first reaction was not of happiness, but of complete surprise. She says her world blurred the moment she saw him, but I had no clue. Of course, I never have a clue. But I’m sure the Penguin didn’t have a clue either, or she would have told me! Oh well, who cares now.

They happened, and they happened BIG. They’re so weirdly perfect for each other, that it seems unreal. He understands her competitiveness; she gets his lameness. He goes out of his way to make her happy; she lets him hold her hand when he’s distracted and distracting. She can be a mean bitch when she’s in pain, but he’s just always there. He can be really trying when he’s in one of his “moods”, but she overlooks it all. They spend the day together, sometimes eating at expensive restaurants, and then have stupid conversations of sweet nothings on the phone or online. After four years, they still look at each other the way they did, the day we first met Abu without his dogtag.

It’s been a long while since then, and a lot has changed. When I say a lot, I mean A LOT. I’ve known M for a long, long time and she has done things in these four years, that none of us EVER imagined possible. And, I’m not saying Abu’s responsible for it all, but he does have a HUGE part to play in it. With that, none of us can disagree. Whether it’s motivating her, calmly guiding her, gifting her coupons on their last anniversary – he’s been there, egging her on. And she’s finally begun testing her wings. I’m telling you, Sunburn will happen. Not necessarily this year, but it will!

It’s not just her who’s changed, don’t get me wrong. He’s not some God-like figure, who happened to come along for an undeserving, helpless girl. Oh no. But, I can only talk about the changes I’ve seen in her. I can’t say much about him, because I didn’t know him before he became part of M&Abu. I do know this though – they are the centers of each other’s universe. And if he knows what’s happening around him, academically, it’s because of her. No doubt about that. I’d like to see him attempt to pass his exams without her by his side. Tsk and a shake of the head.

The reason I am so particularly happy about the concept of M&Abu today, is because they have finally crossed the four year mark. It’s no longer “Boy & Girl *cough*three years*cough* Forever” and a sigh of relief can be heaved. It’s stupid, I know, and when I first heard that logic, I laughed. But recently that has been eating me up. The realization that all the so called “forever” couples I’ve ever known, have actually gone bust after three years. It doesn’t mean they’re out of danger of going bust, no. But knowing them, and knowing all the other parties of this relationship (you know, all of us have been third wheels at some point or the other), the possibilities of that happening are quite slim. I mean, really. If they can get past hurting fingertips, they can get past anything.

Here’s to the last four years, and the countless ones to come!

* Wait. Did I say sigh? I meant groan and gag. Friggin nonsense, friggin friggin. <3