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Darling, do not kiss a boy who has sweet lips but a devil’s tongue, who tells you how good your body looks in a little black dress but who laughs scornfully at your dreams. Do not trust a boy who looks you straight in the eyes and tells you he wants to fuck you, but the words “I love you” won’t escape his lips until they taste like whiskey and the curtains are drawn. Do not fall in love with a boy who refuses to hold your hand in busy streets but has no problem undressing you and telling you he wants you because you know, you just know, that he doesn’t want you for the way your eyes light up at the mention of books or how much you love the golden, pinkish hues that come along with a sunset. Trust me, he’ll break your heart, just like another boy broke mine.

it won’t be like what you imagined. maybe you get the road trip to the beach with coffee in your hand and the radio playing, maybe you don’t. but happy shows up. it’s in a 2 AM game of jenga with your new college friends. it’s curling up for another marathon of netflix. it’s meeting the person who will be your best man at the wedding. it’s 4:45pm in the library when the girl in the study coral across from you quietly whispers “i’m going to set everything on fire” and then turns to you and asks if you wanna take a break for dinner (say yes, she’s very nice and you both need a moment away from the stress). it’s the mornings they have omelettes and in good books and in a puddle that looks cool. it’s sometimes picturesque, but more often it’s full-belly laughter at stupid things on the floor of your friend’s house while in the background someone is debating the best way to win settlers of catan. 

‘Do you fall in love often?’ Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

I think kissing is the most pure and raw form of physical contact there could ever be. Sex is intimate, sure, but you can have sex with anyone. A kiss though, my god. A kiss can change your world. A small touch between two pairs of lips can blow your mind. Whether it be short and sweet, or long and intense. And when you find someone that looks at you like you’re more beautiful than a blossoming rose; you never want to feel another’s lips against yours ever again.