Love on the Brain
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Read between March 31 - April 21, 2025
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“No, for real.” “Uh-huh.”
Monika
Why am I smiling? The TEASING. *Gasp*
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He probably hates cats anyway.
Monika
He has a cat.
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“He looks like the harmless love child of a meerkat and an altar boy.”
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“He stares at you. Plenty.”
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Did camel dick burst into flames?
Monika
If you only knewit's about yourself.
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hostile, uncommunicative environment.
Monika
Oh. That atleast makes you understand better why he is like that.
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Except every time I talk to her my brain blanks and I become the person I used to be.
Monika
Now I feel bad.
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Oh, shit. He answered. Why did he answer?
Monika
You called. This is very entertaining.
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“Um, sorry. This is Bee. Königswasser. We, um, work together? At NASA?”
Monika
Bee, you act like you haven't talked to each other at all.
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“I know who you are, Bee.”
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He doesn’t hesitate. “Where are you?”
Monika
NOW. Let me breath. No hesitation.
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“I’ve got you. Don’t worry, okay?”
Monika
Ahh, I know. <3
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MAYBE I WAS WRONG?
Monika
Hmmm.
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want to kiss
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“Really?” “No.
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Is he teasing me again?
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more handsome from this angle. God, I hate him.
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He’s standing right below me, arms raised to catch me,
Monika
This was also my nightmare back then.
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“I will, you’re obviously not, we won’t, and you won’t.
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See? This is what you get yourself into when you work out. Stay in the safe harbor of your couch, kids.
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and I’m in Levi’s arms for the second time in ten days.
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A married man.
Monika
Is he?
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He looks away. He may be flushing.
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“I’m glad you called me.”
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He holds the passenger door open,
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Tim used to make fun of me for being bowlegged.
Monika
Tim, you really are a good for nothing.
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He sounds surprised. Offensively so.
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“Once you said that time spent working out is time one never gets back.”
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“Ew.”
Monika
Ew.
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but I need to be alone so I can hate you in peace now.”
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He laughs again. Why does it sound so nice?
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“I’m not taking you to the cemetery.”
Monika
That is a reason to faint.
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“Home.”
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“Whose home?” “My home.”
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But I’d rather sleep under a bridge and eat plankton than go to his place
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But I’m not going to leave until I’m sure that you have a secure place to—”
Monika
He IS kind.
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Haven’t we been over this seven times already?
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FrankenBee. Or Beezilla.
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Wait, those nicknames are actually pretty cute.
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How is this man I hate surrounded by everything I love?
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“There are three unused bedrooms upstairs.
Monika
Three? How big is his house?
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He’s definitely flustered, and I laugh. The blush makes him almost endearing.
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“Were you shocked that someone would marry me?”
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“I’m driving you back to the cemetery and feeding you to the coyotes.”
Monika
I love the joking!
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in which I reiterated that you are co-leader and that what you say goes.
Monika
Right!
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“And you named your imaginary cat after her. I see.”
Monika
It was real!
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“You’ve been scratching your legs a lot.”
Monika
He's observant.
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Men’s products are cheaper, smell better, and block my BO more effectively.
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“Thank you for this gown, my good sir.”
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“He’s a vegan,”