We talk, we joke, we laugh, we flirt...
"Jeez, Lol, you are so annoying!", I say amongst a fit of giggles as I throw my stress ball at him.
As I watch it propelled in front of me, I freeze in sudden confusion then grief as I watch it drop with the realisation that he is not Lol and that my happiness was short-lived.
Emptiness drained by excitement fills me to the brim.
Sadness banished by smiles returns unabashed.
Loneliness driven away by lust reclaims its rightful territory.
Night falls on the light in my eyes as the man in front of me transforms from comfortingly familiar into the stranger he really is for in their eagerness to feel and forget, my heart and mind had been all too willing to be deceived, if only by the longing that lies within them.
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