T 5687

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He bit her neck. Do you know what love is? she asked, stroking his chest. He pulled on her pants. Guilty. Because he didn’t know the answer.

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T 5686

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

Day 1: They don’t leave the bed. Day 2: He ambles over the fridge. Day 3: He asks her to make breakfast. Day 4: She admits that she faked it.

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T 5685

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He woke, still inside his dream, and closed his eyes again. He wrapped the covers around him like in a cocoon. He farted. He got out of bed.

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T 5684

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

I eyed the suit. In my hand, a donut oozed its fruity middle. If you eat any more you can’t wear that, my girlfriend said. She was so wrong.

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T 5683

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

We were warned about the fish in this pond. They were violent, supposedly. We laughed. Wouldn’t you? But now we need help. The fish are big.

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T 5681

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She writes about science for a major publication and her brain turns him on big time and she says, You smell bad, and the experiment is over.

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T 5680

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

They emerge from the spa transformed. I’m in love with the massage guy, he admits. She isn’t that surprised. Is he cute? she asks hopefully.

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T 5679

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

He was wearing The tie. It was a signal, even if he didn’t know it. She wiped off her lipstick and put away the pearls. And ordered a pizza.

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T 5678

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

She underwhelmed him. He said, I hope you didn’t wax on my account. She found that presumptuous, even though she had waxed. And it had hurt.

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T 5677

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 3, 2012

The waiter placed the squid salad in front of her and she said, That looks awful, and he said, You ordered it, and so she didn’t ask him out.

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