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"I miss you."

"I miss you, too."

"How long has it been?"

"Only a week. How's the internship?"

"Boring, but I'm learning a lot. I want to come home. I miss you."

"Is the weather in Phoenix nice?"

"No, it's too hot. I miss you."

"Are you having fun, at least?"

"Not really. I miss you."

"I miss you, too, but I thought we already established that."

"I know. It just...feels like half of my body is back home, sleeping in bed next to you."

"I just looked under the covers. Nothing's there, I promise."

"You know what I meant."

"You're right, I do. I'll let you in on a secret, though."

"Shoot."

"I'll be gone one day, and you'll be alone."

"Wow, some secret..."

"No, listen. Right now, there are seven billion people on the planet. Some had their funerals today. Some got married. Some had birthday parties and so on and so on. Out of all the planets, solar systems, galaxies, and universes still unknown to mankind, we met each other. Out of everybody, I chose you and you chose me."

"What's your point?"

"My point, I guess, is that everything is very small. We're microscopic. No one even knows I'm talking to you right now. Hardly anyone knows who we are. One day, I'll die, and when I do, no one will care except for you."

"Stop saying things like that, you're upsetting me."

"Hold on. One day I'll be dead, but you'll care, and that's enough for me. You understand? And I want you to know that when you die, too, we'll be together. In heaven, or valhalla, or eternal darkness, or whatever comes next. I will personally sit on a fence post next to the gates of hell and wait for your arrival, so we can step in together."

"You're getting tired, aren't you? You always get poetic when you're tired."

"That's besides the point. I'm always going to be next to you, right by your side. And I know that I'd never want to have anybody kiss me unless that person was you... and I know that everything in life is temporary, but I'd take a lifetime of two minutes if it meant I got to have you in it. And eventually it will come to pass that time and distance and countries have fallen and crumbled into the sands of nothingness, and I will still be standing in whatever's left with an arm outstretched, reaching for you."

"What are you trying to say?"

"I don't know. I guess I just miss you."