The Beginning: That Weird Tweet
Alright, so I was just scrolling like I usually do last Tuesday night, feet up on the couch, phone about two inches from my face. My feed’s usually cooking videos and maybe some dog fails, you know? But then bam, this thing pops up: “Black Love Signs Virgo The Secret Side You Never Knew.” I almost swiped right past it, seriously. Sounded like one of those clickbaity horoscope things. But… “Black Love”? I’d never heard Virgo stuff talked about like that. Got me curious. Like, real curious. My best mate Jake’s a hardcore Virgo, always organized to a fault, bit of a know-it-all sometimes. Started wondering… is there a side he’s hiding?
Grabbed my ancient laptop, the one that groans when you open it, and just started digging. Typed those exact words into every search bar I could think of. Half the links looked sketchy AF, full of weird ads. Others were just the same fluffy “Virgos are perfectionists!” crap. Frustrating as hell. Almost gave up. Then I found this one old forum thread buried deep. People were talking real talk. Not just dates and compatibility, but deeper stuff. Talk about Virgos expressing love in ways nobody notices, especially us non-Virgos. Now I was hooked.
Putting It to the Test: Stalking… Erm, Observing Jake
Alright, confession time: I decided to use Jake as my guinea pig. Needed to see if any of this rang true. For a whole week, I watched him like a hawk whenever we hung out, which is pretty much every other day. It felt kinda weird, like I was spying. Here’s what went down:
- Wednesday Pub Trivia: My team bombed, like usual. Jake’s team (surprise, surprise) won. Instead of rubbing it in like he normally would? He slid his notes over to me. Not the answers, just his super organized scribbles about potential history questions for next week. Said, “Thought this might help.” It looked like a damn textbook index. Weirdly helpful, not gloaty.
- Friday Movie Night: My place was a mess, honestly. Pizza boxes, shoes everywhere. Jake walks in, sighs this tiny sigh, and without saying a single word? He starts quietly stacking the boxes, lining my shoes up neatly by the door. Didn’t complain, didn’t make a fuss. Just… fixed it. Acts of service?
- Sunday Phone Call Disaster: I was ranting about work, the boss being a jerk, the whole nine yards. Normally Jake jumps in with a flowchart solution or a list of “should haves.” This time? He was dead silent. Just listened. Like, REALLY listened. Then, after a huge pause: “That sounds genuinely awful. What time does your shift start Monday?” Zero solutions. Just… checking I’d be okay. Hit me right in the feels.
The Realization & The Botched Apology
By the end of the week, it hit me like a ton of bricks. All that stuff I thought was just Jake being Jake? The nitpicking, the constant fixing, that quiet way he’d just do things? That might actually be how he shows he bloody cares. He wasn’t trying to criticize me for being messy – he was literally trying to make my space (and maybe my life) less chaotic. Him not offering a solution to my work rant? Maybe it was because he knew I just needed to vent. Mind. Blown.
Feeling kinda guilty for essentially spying, I decided to come clean on Tuesday when we grabbed coffees. Said, “Look man, I’ve been reading this weird thing about Virgos and Black Love, and I think… uh… maybe you show you care differently? Like by fixing stuff?”
He just stared at me over his perfect flat white. Deadpan. “So you spent a week diagnosing my friendship based on internet horoscopes? And stalking my behaviour?” Pause. Longer pause. Then a smirk. “Yeah… spot on, you muppet. About damn time you noticed.” He shook his head but laughed. Turns out he’d noticed my “heightened observation.” Virgo, man. Always one step ahead.
Aftermath: Seeing Things Differently
Now? I see it everywhere. The way my Virgo aunt remembers everyone’s exact coffee order without being asked. How my Virgo coworker reorganizes the shared drive weekly so things are actually findable. Tiny, silent things that make everyone else’s life just… work better. It’s not grand gestures. It’s subtle. It’s practical. It’s often invisible until you know how to look.
Moral of the story? Don’t write off the Virgos in your life as just fussy or critical. Yeah, they might be. But look deeper at what they DO, not just what they say. That meticulousness, that quiet fixing, that remembering the small details? That might just be their secret Black Love language. Totally worth the week of weird internet dives and feeling like a stalker. Who knew?
