Tagged: Love (951)

T 5258

After the argument we hugged and made up and she put her hands around my throat and said, I could kill you, and it sounded like she meant it.

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T 5256

Theirs was a food court romance. A flirtation around cheap chow mein. Sip your soda again, he’d tell her. As she caressed his leg with hers.

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T 5315

She hasn’t smiled since the day he told her her smile was beautiful. I’m leaving, he tells her. Then he doesn’t. And now we’re even, he says.

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T 5312

He burned the eggs and she came over and hugged him. What’s this? he asked. I’m embracing your failures, she replied. And she hugged harder.

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T 5311

He took her to the zoo. Which didn’t seem so romantic. But then, with ice cream in hand, he roared at the lions. I’m such an animal, he said.

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T 5309

He hands her a rose and recites a poem. She laughs. Poetry’s overrated, he says. And then she falls in love with him just to prove him wrong.

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T 5304

The village leaders lectured us about the impossibility of our love, and I asked if being friends with benefits was ok, and they didn’t know.

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T 5300

She watches him get dressed, satisfied with herself and what she’s managed. The state of things. You’d look pretty in a dress, she tells him.

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T 5298

He has had trouble sleeping lately. His blood pressure feels high. What’s wrong, baby? she asks. I’m afraid you’re going to kill me, he says.

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T 5294

He came bearing gifts. He said, This one represents my love for you. She took it and said, I thought you told me your love was in your pants.

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