Khoackie

OUR STORY:

HER SIDE:
So Khoa is a friend of my sister’s (Jennio for a cool awesome nickname), and I met him once when I was in Irvine visiting my bf at the time. I tend to like to have opinions about my sister’s friends just because I feel like they don’t know me so I can be silly and judgmental for the fun of it. So I finally met Khoa one day and one of the first things I thought about him was that really feminine in his physique because he was so lean and had really pretty eyes! I remember he said he didn’t really play games much, so I thought that was a really good trait! We kept in touch every now and then, I think I started talking to him online when I was on Jennio’s sn because she stepped away for it bit. So that’s how we started talking.

Then one day, I needed to pick up some furniture for my new apartment that I was moving into with my sis since I started my new school out there. I remembered that my sister’s friend Khoa has a truck! So with no shame, I called him up and asked to use his truck and offered to get him lunch in return. It was fun day because he brought a friend along who’s a girl, and then there was my sister and me, and you would think his manhood is at stake here with all the heavy lifting of furniture…well…lets say he was as useful as all of us individually haha. But at least we got to use his truck for free! So a few months go by and we would talk online here and there, and later one when I was single, we started to talk more and have random lunches.

He was a good friend, I really enjoyed his company, but I never saw in any other way than that. One night, he saw me online and told me to call him, it was really late at night too, like 2am or something. So I figured ok, I’ll call and chat and see what he wants. Apparently he just came home from a party and was buzzed at least, and he starts to tell me how he thinks we really click and how we just really flow and have a lot of fun together. He then tells me how he wants to know how I feel about him. Oh drunken confessions! Haha. So I told him that he’s a great friend and that’s all.

So the next day, I was on my way to my hometown when he suddenly calls me up asking to have lunch. I said I was already on my way home, but he said that the place he wanted to eat was on the way! So I agreed, and it ended up being NOT on the way at all haha. So we had lunch and I remember it was on the day of his Cousin Steve’s (our best man!) surprise birthday party! He invited me, but I had to be home, so I passed, but that didn’t stop him from calling me that night! Needless to say, the guy was hooked, I don’t blame him =P. So time goes by and we get really close and I really like being with him. He hinted at being together a few times, but I just wasn’t ready yet because I didn’t want to rush into anything. He is a very persistent little thing and just his genuine care for me made me feel really really really special.

So one day, he invited me to one of his acoustic performances and that’s where I met Kristin and Roger for the first time! But anyways, after the show, he mentioned something about how he was going to embarrass me. I was confused and thought, how can he possibly do that? So he said he was going to change the lyrics to the song, and stop, and then ask me to be his gf. I thought that was interesting and gutsy, but he didn’t do so I laughed and called him a chicken! =P But then he looked at me and said “well??” Well what? “Will you be my gf?” So he was serious! Haha. So to have some fun, I made him sing the song and do it as how he planned to do it, and then requested a few more songs and dances for my personal amusement. =P (Seriously, I don’t know why he stuck with me, but oh well, too late now!) He must have knew what my answer would be since he even said that I can wait and say yes past midnight, or at that moment so that I can determine when our anniversary would be! What a confident fellow…haha. I guess I always admired that about him. So of course, I said yes then and there, and we’ve been together ever since! Don’t believe anything Khoa says, you know that only the girl always gives all the true juicy details!

What attracted me to Khoa was his kind and sensitive personality. Right away from the beginning, he was always really nice and polite, all the good stuff in a proper man. And even past the honeymoon stage, he was still good and kind to me. He spoiled me rotten, to the point of no return! Haha. He likes to actually shop for clothes when we’re at the mall, he is so nice to his mom and got jealous when she calls me to see how I’m doing instead of him =P, and he has such a bright career and future ahead of him as well. What makes Khoa a diamond in the sewer, a red jelly bean in a bag of m&m’s, a paperclick amongst staples, a needle in a desert (my analogies are awesome =P), is simply his ability to make me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Even when I’m mad at him, he manages to make me break out a laugh. Sometimes he shows me he cares in odd ways like laughing at all my unlucky misfortunes like running into the walls and tripping on stairs…but I don’t hate him for it, I just love him more for when he gets it all out of his system and kisses my wounds and then calls me his precious princess. =)

HIS SIDE:
As many of you already know, I met Jackie through her sister, Jennifer; we went to UCI together. Every now and then, Jackie would come down from UCLA to visit her sister and her BF at the time, who also went to UCI. On one of these visits, I was hanging out with Jennifer and finally met Jackie. She was as cute as I thought she sounded on the phone (For some reason, I remember talking to her on the phone, I think she was with Jennifer and they switched one time). We started to chat and get to know each other. This next part is hazy too. Somehow, she got my screen name and I got a random IM from her. I was excited to get the chance to chat with her online, but to my dismay, she just messaged me to USE me for my truck! Either that or she was using it as an excuse to talk to me . Anyways, after that we just chatted online and on the phone and got to know each other as friends. I thought she was a great person but also knew that she was pretty serious with her BF at the time, so I tried not to think of her that way.

A few months later, I recommended her to my boss as an intern or freelance worker. To make things easy, I picked her up and took her to my work. On the way there, I found out that she was no longer with her BF. They actually broke up about a month ago so I guess we fell out of touch for a bit. I found out towards the end of our trip to meet up with my boss so we didn’t get a chance to talk about it much. I remember being excited to talk to her and catch up on the ride back after the interview. After that, we grew even closer and talked more often. We hung out every now and then, some may call them “dates” but we both don’t know what to agree on. We still don’t know when our first real “date” was so we just call everything our first date. I don’t know if she played hard to get on purpose, but there was always a struggle when I tried to get with her. One day she would say she’s not ready for someone else yet, and other days it seemed she was more than ready.

One night, I invited her to a coffee shop where I was performing a song. My plan was to change the words of the song to say “maybe one day we will grab some change and run away, but for now I’m hoping you’ll say yes” and then I was going to ask her out. I chickened out big time. Later that night, I told her of my plan and she got curious. “Really? so how were you gonna do it?” she asked. I asked her out officially but she wouldn’t give me an answer unless I carried out my plan. Reluctantly, I played her the song and changed up the words like I planned. Even after all of that, she still said, “I don’t know.” She was torture! She made me play a few songs and maybe do a dance or two. Finally she caved in and said yes! I knew I’d eventually break through! Although I was confident she would eventually give in, I was still shocked and tres happy.

Thinking back now, I realized how hard I fought for us to be together and how hard I still fight for us to be together. Something inside me knows that she’s the one I’m supposed to spend the rest of my life with. We compliment each other in so many ways and I feel we’re the only ones who really understand each other. I don’t know who else could see the grown up and mature adult in her, all the while experiencing her adorable child-like behavior. I don’t know who else could put up with my stubborness time after time and still come back for more. Who else would have enough faith in me to know that I could change after making the same mistake over and over. I don’t think I could ever get as much happiness as I do when I see her face light up when she gets excited or happy. Whether it be good or bad times, I know it would all be worth it if it was with her.

That is my side, don’t listen to anything she says because it’s all lies!