Let's be honest: living a literal thousand miles away from the person you love above everything else in the world can be pretty miserable. There's just no substitute for touch, for sight, for the simple ability to do considerate things for your significant other just to show them that you love them and want to make their life better in some small way.
On the plus side, though, when you do come up with an inventive method for surprising them with something nice, the unexpectedness and improbability of the gesture makes the impact that much stronger.
Caspian (9:21:53 PM): Somebody is knocking, I think.
Kate (9:22:32 PM): I bet it's Haas.
Caspian (9:22:52 PM): Lost pizza guy. >_>
Kate (9:23:01 PM): Not lost.
Kate (9:23:35 PM): You... you didn't send him away, did you?
Caspian (9:23:47 PM): ...love?
Kate (9:23:51 PM): Go get him back.
Caspian (9:24:00 PM): He was gone by the time I got there.
Kate (9:25:01 PM): If it was Domino's, call them.
Caspian (9:25:37 PM): I just got a call from an incredibly confused "Matt". :3
Kate (9:26:10 PM): You should tell Matt his driver is an idiot who needs to wait longer than 30 seconds before giving up on people.
Kate (9:26:54 PM): And his incompetence ruined a perfectly good surprise ._.
Caspian (9:29:13 PM): It gets better. :3
Caspian (9:29:29 PM): It was Matt.
Caspian (9:29:59 PM): Like... guitar shop Matt.
Kate (9:30:19 PM): Huh?
Caspian (9:31:06 PM): The Matt who gives guitar lessons three shops over from my studio.
Kate (9:31:10 PM): Right.
Kate (9:31:15 PM): What does that have to do with pizza?
Caspian (9:31:24 PM): He is a delivery guy, evidently.
Kate (9:31:49 PM): Oh.
Kate (9:31:57 PM): Is he bringing you back your damned pizza?
Caspian (9:32:01 PM): I was on the phone with him as you were telling me I needed to go get him, so I was still surprised. In fact, it was pretty fuckawesome.
Caspian (9:33:06 PM): "Hey, uh, Caspian, this is Matt from Dominos." "Oh. Hi... Matt." "Hey... are you about half a block down from the college parking lot?" "Yeah, but I'm not expecting a pizza..."
Caspian (9:33:37 PM): Not lost.
Caspian (9:33:53 PM): "Well... we've got an order from Canada..."
Kate (9:34:00 PM): :3
Caspian (9:34:11 PM): You... you didn't send him away[...]
Caspian (9:34:20 PM): "From someone named Kate...?"
Caspian (9:34:27 PM): "Kate Morris."
Caspian (9:34:36 PM): "Yeah, I turned on my porch light. >_>"
Caspian (9:35:33 PM): Oh this smells good. :3
Caspian (9:35:36 PM): Kate?
Kate (9:35:40 PM): Caspian?
Caspian (9:35:56 PM): You spoil me rotten. And think of the best surprises.