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tripledrabbles Triple Drabble Challenge 004: Withdrawal

She arrived home three days ago. They last talked at the airport. She got back in town this morning and his flight home to Manila wasn't until the end of the month. The other night he left a message on Facebook, "Are you home?" and she left a reply though he wasn't online. She couldn't text him international SMS and she was out of town all weekend, with no internet. She was exhausted but restless. If she had more energy, she would've been bouncing from elation to depression every second. For now, she could only go through the motions every night.

She sighed. This isn't what they agreed on. She worked double to suppress feelings that overflowed without permission. She had steeled herself for a fling, not a relationship. Now that she's back, things will fall into place and the expected distance between them will return. They don't go to the same school, and they don't live on the same street (not anymore). They were only a little more than strangers.

Meaning of miss, she Googled. "Regret occasioned by loss or absence."

His kisses that made her heart jump, his fingers that made her stomach tingle, and his hugs that kept her calm…she shouldn't have brought those home. Would she regret everything that happened now? She admitted hesitantly that she overestimated herself. She wasn't some woman of the world. She was barely twenty. She still lives with her parents. Where did she find the confidence to carry an adventure and leave behind consequences?

The evenings this summer were extra hot – too uncomfortable for sleep. Her thoughts felt like a ticking bomb. She pulled the pillow between her legs closer to her face. Tomorrow – she has to make herself busy.