IMAGINE !
o. YOU GET HOMESICK
WITHOUT TOM  . . .

━━ 🕸️ ━━

Everything was dragging you down to a never-ending abyss of silence. Your once alive, jubilant personality was completely drained. Butterflies flew around your stomach, but they were engulfed in gloominess and utter sadness.

The FaceTime and occasional voice calls weren't sufficing to help ease the sorrow that you held in your heart. Lively parties filled with the people you adored didn't suffice for the loneliness you felt in your heart.

Although a two or three-hour drive was in between you and where the other half of your heart was located, the tight schedule you were always on hardly ever allowed you to get any free time to do so.

"I guess I'm just homesick," you sniffled. Pulling the blankets up and over your body, you cuddled up into the pillows - simply needing just a few hours or even minutes of sleep. It seemed a slim bit odd, but you place pillows at your ankles to imitate your dog, who your dearly missed. However, the fact that Tom had potentially forgotten your birthday was making your heart wrench.

Despite being on a video call, you couldn't prevent your eyes from slowly shutting. After all, getting only a mere ounce of sleep in the span of a week was doing nothing but harm to your body and mind. However, filming for a remake of one of your favourite childhood movies was something that gave you happiness while being away from your home for what felt like years.

"Sleepy, huh?" Tom asked, gently smiling at you. He had expressed that he would have already been on his way to you ages ago if he hadn't had quite a bit of responsibilities with his family take care of.

You understood, taking into consideration the fact that he was always out and about doing interviews, being bombarded by a camera, let alone filming in other places. A part of you was merely filled with envy - jealous that he got to see his family but you couldn't at the moment. However, only a few days were left until you would be finished filming and headed back to your humble home. You kept reminding yourself that you'd be able to see your siblings, dog, and entirety of your family soon in order to keep getting yourself through the long hours that came along with your job.

He yawned upon seeing you half-asleep. "I'll leave you to snag a bit of sleep, love. Don't forget to call me later so I can tell you how wonderful your acting is."

"I won't. Pinky promise!" You held up your pinky to the camera, giving Tom a virtual promise. You both blew a kiss to each other before he ended the video call. Almost immediately, your hand let go of your phone, it falling to the floor with a thud. That didn't faze you in a single bit.

The door to your movie trailer slowly opened, immediately causing your eyes to pry open with a hint of anger: wondering who dared to interrupt your sweet slumber. The sunlight from the sun rays blurred your sight in the slightest bit, not being able to recognize whoever was visiting you. It took a few seconds for your eyes to return back to normal and realize just who was standing inside of your trailer.

You immediately jumped up from your place on the couch, not believing who just was smiling back at you. "Haz?"

"I couldn't possibly miss my sister's birthday, could I?" He grinned.

Practically running to him, you embraced him in a long-awaited hug. The feeling of having someone other than your cast-mates wish you a happy birthday was subsequently heart-warming.

After what seemed like an hour-long hug, you both stepped back, unable to wipe the smiles off of your faces. "I'm surprised that Tom isn't here with a thousand balloons!"

You gave him a weak smile, trying not to make it too obvious that one of his best friends had merely forgotten his dear sister's birthday. However, it seemed inevitable that he was going to find out about the whole situation.

"That's a funny joke," Harrison laughed. In his mind, there was no way that you weren't joking. At least, he thought that until he realized that your smile wasn't going away. "You're kidding, right?"

"Yeah.. about that."

･･･

𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 !

I'm not sure how I feel about this one.

This is the first chapter I've published since
I finally escaped from writer's block but I
feel like I haven't gotten the ability to
write back dksjdj

whatever though. I'm super happy to be
back (seriously this time) and to be writing again uwu