{"id":150,"date":"2021-12-03T04:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shacarah.com\/thefug\/?p=150"},"modified":"2021-12-03T04:01:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:01:30","slug":"international-man-of-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shacarah.com\/thefug\/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before\/international-man-of-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"International Man of Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Curiosity killed the cat as they say and you were one seriously annoying mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years later I can still see your mannerisms vividly.  Apparently, ~55% of communication is visual.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You were only slightly taller, black hair, brown eyes. You didn&#8217;t wear those glasses where I saw you. I&#8217;m relieved at least that was in my favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You had that stupid dimple that made me angry, thankfully it rarely made an appearance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no doubt all those Stradivarius hours made your hands move in that fascinating irritating way. I could have watched them for hours and hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way our feet barely left the ground. The way they slid across the floor like you were walking through calm deep water. That was just your style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You never really talked or smiled. Aways down to business. You had this biting sense of humor if you ever chose to speak at me. I could easily make you laugh, but I preferred that dimple stay hidden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way you dropped your gaze to the floor and glanced up underneath your eyelashes. The way you slapped or pointed at me like you didn&#8217;t want to touch me as though I was physically on fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You had this dominating presence. Plain, simple, and humble you were not looking to be noticed. So many qualities for me to ignore.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The way you moved was all grace and masculinity. You had a kind of confidence. Even with a whole room watching, you rarely missed a beat. Ah, but when you missed that beat you would sneer, slightly shake your head, and let out that quiet self-deprecating laughter. It was followed by a flow of quiet anger that only manifested in more determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a part of you that wasn&#8217;t quite nice, you liked to tell everyone what to do. I always wanted to be singled out by you because your bar was so impossibly high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m childlike and jubilant full of wide-eyed wonder. I might never be as serious or mature as you, but I am constantly determined too, I just usually do it with a smile.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say practice makes perfect but that is not entirely true. Critical practice makes <s>perfect<\/s> us a little better is a more accurate way to say it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could see a quiet admiration coupled with confusion like you couldn&#8217;t quite figure out how I knew that too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure enough one day I was singled out by you and I did it with a big ass smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I learned so very much just from watching you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucky thing I&#8217;m only metaphorically a cat.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; The fug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity killed the cat as they say and you were one seriously annoying mystery. Years later I can still see your mannerisms vividly. Apparently, ~55% of communication is visual. You were only slightly taller, black hair, brown eyes. You didn&#8217;t wear those glasses where I saw you. 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