Man, sometimes life just gets you down in the dumps, you know? Like, everything feels a bit… gray. Not bad, just not sparkling like you want it to. I was having one of those weeks, maybe even two. Just going through the motions, nothing really clicking on the romance front. You swipe left, you swipe right, you get a few messages, but it’s all just kinda… bleh.
One Tuesday morning, I was just scrolling through my news feed, half-awake, sipping my lukewarm coffee. Saw this headline pop up, something about my sign, Pisces, and love. Usually, I don’t bother with that stuff. I mean, it’s mostly just for fun, right? You read it, you forget it. But this time, for some reason, my thumb just kinda paused, and I tapped it open. Maybe I was desperate for some good news, even if it was just from a random article on the internet.
I started reading through it, and it was the usual stuff at first. “Expect emotional currents,” “deep connections,” blah blah. But then, there was this one line that just kinda hit me square in the chest. It talked about how sometimes we get so caught up in expecting grand gestures that we miss the small, consistent kindness right in front of us. It specifically mentioned a need to
open up communication
and to
pay closer attention to signals you might be overlooking from someone who’s already there.
Not a new person, but someone already kinda in your orbit.
And let me tell you, that really got me thinking. My mind immediately jumped to Sarah. We’d been chatting on and off for a while, just friendly, you know? Like, we’d grab coffee sometimes after work, or text about silly stuff we saw online. Nothing serious, never really crossed that line. But lately, she’d been texting me more, little check-ins, asking about my day, suggesting we grab that coffee more often. I usually just chalked it up to her just being friendly, her usual nice self. I never really thought past that.
So, the horoscope was rattling around in my head all day. It got me looking at things a bit differently. I started replaying some of our recent conversations. How she’d sometimes linger a bit when we said goodbye. How she’d really listen when I talked about my day, not just nod along. How she’d remember little details I’d mentioned weeks ago.
That evening, instead of just my usual, brief “What’s up?” text, I decided to actually try that “open up communication” bit. I sent her a message, something like, “Hey, was just thinking about that new indie movie we talked about. You free to catch it this weekend? My treat.” Not a huge leap, but it felt like me actually asking instead of waiting for her to maybe suggest something casual.
She replied pretty quickly, which was already a good sign, right? She was super enthusiastic about the movie. Then she added, “You know, I was actually going to ask you about doing something this weekend too, but figured you might be busy.” And then she put that little blushing emoji. That’s when it clicked. Oh, man. I had been totally oblivious, just like the horoscope said.
So, we went to the movie. And it was great. We laughed, we talked, we had dinner after. And this time, it felt different. We weren’t just friends grabbing a bite. There was an energy there, like a spark that had been hiding under a blanket all this time. We talked about everything, not just work or funny memes. We talked about what we really wanted, what we were hoping for. And it turns out, we were both kinda hoping for similar things, and maybe even with each other.
By the end of the night, when I dropped her off, she leaned in and gave me a proper hug, a really warm one, and looked me right in the eye. “Thanks for tonight,” she said, “It was really nice.” And I just knew. Something had shifted. We made plans for next week, just us again. No group hangouts, no “maybe if we both have time” stuff. Just us.
The next day, she texted me, just a simple “Good morning, hope you have a great day!” with a heart emoji. A heart emoji! From Sarah! I just sat there smiling like an idiot. That, my friends, was the “good news” the horoscope vaguely hinted at. Was it the horoscope itself? Who knows. Maybe it was just the kick in the pants I needed to actually open my eyes and stop being so dense. But whatever it was, it worked. Sometimes you just gotta be open to seeing what’s right in front of you, even if a random online article is the thing that finally makes you see it.
