Nobody ever told you that the hardest relationship was a healthy relationship after a toxic one.

You wake up to someone who gives you the softest kisses on your forehead and asks what you want for breakfast. When you are eating lunch in your office, you get a text with a picture attached of them: *I miss you.* You both sit in silence for hours doing your own thing, and it will be comfortable—no doubts or questions. When they are out with friends, they reach out and call or text you whenever they get any free time. There are no fights, no waiting, no crying, no heartbreaking words that rip your heart apart.

And still, you miss the one you shouldn't miss. You check on their profile every once in a while. You sit and wonder the harshest thing—is your new relationship boring, even when it's right for you? You miss the conversations with the person who only knew kindness when it was from afar. He texted you the sweetest things, but it took days, sometimes weeks, to get that text. When you were together, they were always far away. You knew you weren't the only one they told those three important words. You hated them with every ounce of your very being, but on a Sunday, when they rang your bell at 6 AM with ice cream and flowers in their hand—asking if they can kiss you because they terribly missed you—the makeup sex felt like the best...