As he lay there he was sure that he could still feel the memory of that strange hand cupping the back of his neck and he couldnt believe how empty his mouth felt now that it only had his own tongue in it.

A broken heart in real life isn't half as dreadful as it is in books. It's a good deal a bad tooth, though you won't think THAT a very romantic simile. It takes spells of aching and gives you a sleepless night now and then, but between times it lets you enjoy life and dreams and echoes and peanut candy as if there were nothing the matter with it.