(Matt's POV)

I’m pacing again. It seems to be what I keep finding myself doing lately. It’s been only a couple of days, and yet, I can’t help but feel this need for my Sunshine again. As if without her, the dark is starting to suffocate me faster, and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to hold out without at least a hint of her presence. Any anger I had yesterday is gone as the only thing that practically consumes me now is my need for her.

I’m not sure if I should text her when she probably has her hands full, but I also don’t care either way, no matter how poor that is for me to think, I text Maddy to see what she’s up to. I need to know.

She doesn’t have to answer if she’s too busy.

But, I hope she does.

💬 Good morning, Sunshine. I hope you're having a good day.

I almost tell her that I miss her, and how much I want to be with her right now, and how much I need her right now, but I have at least enough restraint still to hold back. That is until temptation almost makes me break when the day seems to drag on as I wait for a response that doesn’t come until hours later.

Hey, sorry, My morning was good, but busy. We still needed to move a few more things today, so I wasn’t able to respond until now.🗨️

Wait, but, she saw that I messaged?

‘And you weren’t important enough to respond to.’

Nnnno, she was busy.

‘And she could have at least told you that, but she didn’t.’

No, that…

She could have.

I start to get upset because, yeah, the least she could have done was take two seconds to let me know that I didn’t need to wait around for her. There’s other things that I could have done with my time, and now it’s wasted.

Great.

Well, then, maybe she can waste her time waiting until I’m ready to text Her back.

And that’s what I do. I decide to go out instead. I’m not sure where to yet, but I do know that I need to get out for a little bit.