Tagged: Guys (1,814)

T 5262

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He bought a dog to win his family’s affection, but he could not purchase bliss. What will it take? he asked. Better cereal, his son replied.

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T 5254

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He opens the door quietly and tiptoes to the bedroom. Where were you? she says from somewhere in the dark. He figures it’s a trick question.

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T 5253

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He’d gone into ornithology for this moment. This reason. All the schooling. He leans in close. You’re quite a bird, he whispers into her ear.

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T 5247

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

She slams the car door. Not a word is exchanged. Silence as punishment. But, he says, and she turns away. So he locks the windows. And farts.

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T 5246

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

The phone rings and a sense of dread overwhelms him. I had a heavy lunch, sorry, she says. And with that he throws his spatula to the floor.

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T 5245

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

Dinner is a write off. He wears this failure like a come on. You screwed up on purpose, she says. He tries to act cool. But she’s on to him.

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T 5244

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

She says, Who loves me? and the new boy speaks of a love as endless as the oceans and the bigger boy beats him up, and her decision is made.

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T 5243

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He thinks of his first time. About the smell of it. About tasting something new. He feels old now. Less desperate. And then he’s in her bed.

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T 5237

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

He gave her his smoke and she took it. They both started laughing. Was it as bad for you as it was for me? she said. And he stopped laughing.

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T 5235

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 18, 2012

Then she held him and she asked, And do you love my ankles? and he had just vowed openness so he said, Your ankles are fat, and it was done.

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