Inseparable Buttcheeks: 7 Years of Nicotine.

(The article I made for the NICOTINE magazine. One of Tine’s 7 gifts to Nico. I was a contributor. It's entitled Inseparable buttcheeks. )

Inseparable buttcheeks. 

Seven exquisite years. Seven mind-boggling years. Seven tough years. Seven stirring years of friendship, trust, love and faith.

Just like any love story beautifully blessed by God.

The epitome of love is very ample. It takes a lot of courage to be the real you in this ever changing world. And it takes a lot guts to share yourself to someone different from who you are. Life is quite ironic and so does love. But God always has his own ways of writing our love story. Love has its own special way of finding us. And when love finds us, everything becomes breathtaking. Inch by inch, we celebrate and thank God because we end up being with and loving the same old person over and over again.  

Knowing these two, I knew they can make it this far. For merely seven years, I have been one of the onlookers of the NICOTINE. I was one of their living chronicles. I presume myself for not narrating every little thing that they have come across for 7 years. Everyone so close to them knows what they’ve been through anyway whether it’s a bliss or chaos.

They started as youngsters sharing an ever endearing puppy love. Days and months passed by and these two got more love-stoned just like all the fairy tales we knew. I can even remember the times when Tine will be approaching me, and she was very uneasy, mad, and jealous, feeling hacked off, etc. And before she says a thing, she’ll cry a river first. After all the whimpering, she’ll explain everything. Like what happened, what made her to be feeling that way. You know, every little school girl would want to tell her girl chum. Nico, on the other hand was a bit easy for me to handle cause he doesn’t cry that much. He isn’t that emotional but he is really obstinate. I know how stubborn he is and to add on that, how playful he sometimes can be. You know, all the things high school lovers wil bump into.  And those were the days. Those days, I can say MEMORIES. Really really cute. And I must say, those years were the good foundation why they never can’t stop loving each other. Mushy much. They made a really cute couple.

Lovestoned. I suppose this also adds up a lot to the the 7 years of Nicotine. I can never imagine these two not spending every single moment of forever. They’re like magnets like Tine’s all time favourite Bella and Edward. It may be a little gooey but it is true. I’m one of the lucky witnesses, remember?  

I have witnessed how their relationship got hit by a catastrophe for so many times. And those ghastly moments were never easy to handle. Again, they were never easy. There came some points were things caught them off guard. There were times that they needed to cut things off. Times when they get wounded so badly, times when they got broken, and times when things got miserable. Believe me, what they have gone through were really not a gag. But they’re like buttcheeks, shit separates them, but they always come back together. And that’s just love. And that’s just NicoTine. From those difficult times, they have grown.

NicoTine always has ‘’acceptance’’ as one of the main features in their long lasting blessed relationship. Tine is almost everything that Nico is not. Vice versa. It isn’t any magical romantic feeling that has made them fall madly in love with each other. The key is acceptance. Acceptance is not an easy thing. It is a forever ongoing process. I am sure, Nico is very thankful to those people who have been a part of what Kristine is. And so does Tine to him. Their little differences spice up what they have. And what makes each one of them a little different makes them more beautiful. I can vividly imagine how they love each other’s flaws.

Tine and Nico has been each other’s sounding board for 7 years. They’re the best of friends. Their arms have been one another’s sweet escape from this erratic world of ours. Their love has constantly been one another’s source of strength. And their Faith in God has continuously become their weapon in their world’s battlefield.

Seven Years. Some may praise them for having gone this far, some may say such things. But I am astoundingly very proud of them. Not just for having gone this far but for who they have become because the relationship that they have made them better. Way better. It takes grownups to make an ever adorable relationship work, and these two were really good. And they deserve all the admiration.

Words will never be enough to squeeze out how genuinely happy I am for the both of them. I may not be able to get to see them every day, I may miss all the stories and all. I may not be the one who happened to be one of those always-updated about them anymore. But in my heart, I know how happy and blessed they are.

These two aren’t perfect people. They have imperfect souls just like the rest of us. Two imperfect souls loving perfectly the way they know and they can.  Happy Seven Beautiful Years to my forever favourite love team. I love you forever, Nicotine. I will always be a fan of your never ending love story.

Lots of Love,

Your sidekick for years

Meann_taba

 

Me with NicoTine