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Mint Gum

I don't like mint gum.

It just isn't my favorite taste. The flavor is strong and if you breathe the wrong way, the burn in your throat can cause you to cough and tear up, causing a scene if you're around people.
A petty excuse, I know. But I just refuse to chew the flavor. I'm not sorry for it. It's fucking gum.

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I hate mint gum.
But my boyfriend, Chris, can chew it all day long. A nervous tick of his. He needs to be chewing gum when he's stressed or feeling jittery. His favorite being mint.
It's not the smell. It's the flavor I hate. But I still plant a kiss on his lips, tasting the minty freshness that lingers with him.

I love how he silently chewed during our dates. We've been on several but I love to know I can still give him butterflies.

So...

I tolerate mint gum.

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I tolerate mint gum.
But he looks so adorable trying to hide the chewing at the altar. The way it peeked out along his teeth when he smiled at me. I had to hold down a chuckle because of it.
His fresh breath lingering around us. A nice mark to carrying together for as long as we live and love each other.
I loved he was able to talk like not a single piece was in his mouth.

I might possibly start loving mint gum.

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The freshness is so strong. Even during moments of intimacy. The minty kisses along my jawline down my neck. The taste of it on my lips.
It's no longer the strong flavor I use to taste. It's sweet like pure sugar. It's like it's not even mint anymore. His sweet words ringing along with the sugary taste. He had spit one out not too long ago to kiss up on me. To love me. And yet it lingers like he has fresh piece hiding along his teeth.

God, I love mint gum.

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It taste different when tears are rolling down your cheeks and the heartache numbs your taste buds in which you don't even want to eat.
But I chew in honor of my beloved husband. I chew as the tears continue to blur my vision from fully seeing them lower his casket into the ground.
I want to spit out this horrible flavor and scent that now will forever remind me of my lost love. But I keep chewing because he used to do it when he was nervous.
I am nervous because I don't know what to do now. I do it in honor. But this will forever be my last piece.

Because I absolutely hate mint gum.

A/N: .... Sorry