Secret Love Nest

Cleanliness next to Godliness

I prevent myself from crying as Qing clean my ear. I think I managed to acquire an ear infection.

For three days now, the outer canal of my ear felt swollen and painful. And I could swear that I felt water inside my ear.

I managed to endure the pinching pain and the swelling but I can't stand the thought that there is water in my ear. Like my ear is a clogged canal.

G.R.O.S.S

So when Qing got home, I just wait for him to settle down, set his luggages down, drink some water and take off his shoes before I presented a cotton bud for him with a request that he clean my ear.

Qing: (confused as he took the cotton bud) Why won't you clean it on your own?

Me: (lying sideways on the couch to lay my head on his lap) Because I can't see it and I don't want to stick something on it that would make it worse. Plus I want you to describe every details to me.

Qing: (sighing) I think I didn't sign up for this.

Me: I also didn't sign up to endure your Aunt but I am enduring her so just get on with it. Use the flashlight on my phone.

Qing took my phone, open the flashlight and turn it to my infected ear.

Qing: Sweet Mother of...the inside of your ear is so red. And (gagging sound) I can see yellowish puss on it.

Me: (goosebumps) Oh my god!

I cry. I literally cry because I was so grossed out that there were yellow puss on my ear.

Qing: Tell me that you didn't put any earbuds on your ears. Cause you have to throw those earbuds away. This is gross...

He kept on saying those words as he clean my ear. I flinch and moan in pain every once in a while.

I shuddered when he presented a cotton bud filled with yellow puss to my face.

Me: (pushing his hand with the cotton bud away) Qing! I hate you! You know I hate dirty things!

My OCD is screaming in indignation.

Qing: (laughing) For someone so OC in cleanliness, you are a dirty boy when it comes to your ears.

Me: (slapping his thigh) I am cleaning my ears! I was just afraid that with my right ear being infected I need someone to clean it for me.

Qing: Ugh! The smell Dayu!

Yeah, it smells. Makes me want to puke.

Qing: Are you sure you don't want to go to the Ear Doctor?

Me: No! The doctor will be just like you, judging me and thinking that I am a grossly dirty boy for not cleaning my ear.

Qing: But it looks really swollen. And it looks like your inner ear canal will close up soon.

Me: Is there some blood?

Qing: No. And I think I got all the puss out. What should we do next?

Me: Pour some hydrogen peroxide on it.

Qing: (hesitant) Are you sure?

Me: Yes! My mom used to clean my ear using hydrogen peroxide. It feels gross because they bubble and I can hear the sound but it usually works for me.

Qing: My mother never do that to me. She used clean water to clean my ear.

Me: Does your ear had an infection when she was cleaning it?