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CW: SNOT AND MESS

A is studying in the library, B, a girl from his class, arrives and sits down in front of him. The two have been exchanging glances for a while now when they cross paths and B couldn't help but sit down to study next to him, but she would have liked to be in better conditions because at the moment she's all clogged up with a terrible cold. B takes her books and a pack of tissues out of her bag, which she hopes to use as little as possible so as not to look disgusting in front of A. The hot air of the library has blocked her nose even more, clogging up her sinuses with thick slime, and she only breathes through her mouth, and on top of that, as she bends over to read, she feels the snot slowly increasing and reaching almost to the edge of her nostrils. She puts her hands in front of her nose nonchalantly and in the meantime glances at A while trying to sniff as quietly as possible: she manages it and for the moment the snot is under control. The same cannot be said for her chest which is almost as congested as her nose and being forced to breathe through her mouth she feels the gurgling of phlegm growing and knows that soon trying not to cough will become difficult, but for now she continues to study. At a certain point she feels some dampness under her nose, and quickly opens the package and takes out a tissue but refuses to blow her nose and limits herself to passing it under her nostrils, which have been quite red and chapped for days now. She notices that she is being watched and smiles embarrassedly at A.

A: what do you study?

Here, the moment had come when one of the two spoke first, and it was him.

B: ad... e-hemm, (she realized that her throat was full of phlegm and tries to clear it), adalysis.

That single word sounded terrible and almost incomprehensible, she immediately blushed and ran her wrist under her nose: the snot was definitely too much to be able to keep it in.

A: can I see what you're studying? B: yes...

A came closer and from behind her was looking at her exercise book. She absolutely couldn't make any disgusting noise but she clearly felt that a big rope of snot was starting to hang from her nose. Just at that moment A stretched out a hand to point to something and a piece of that snot rope, yellow and slimy, broke off and splatted right on her hand. A didn't get too upset: I think you need a tissue. and in fact it was a mess under B's nose. B panicked, grabbed a tissue and held it in front of her face, and started coughing wetly: "I'b so sorry, I doh't kdow how that's possible...

A: you have a little cold, that's all. B: just a little?

and she couldn't help but snort with an extremely wet and gurgling sound to try to contain all that creamy snot that had been accumulating for hours.

A: I think you should blow your nose too. B: it's all uhder cohtrol!

but her nostrils were visibly full of yellow slime. And B would have gladly run away, but she couldn't help but take her embarrassment to the extreme now, and placing the tissue on her nose she blew a long thick, slimy gurgling that saturated the tissue in her hands, reducing it to a yellowish mush that she hid immediately.

B: please, excuse be... A: no problem, can I ask for your number?

And so their first date had gone well.

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Colds in XVIII century

It was February of the year 1781 when the Marchioness of Carnarvon was invited to attend the reception held by the Marquis of Clare in his castle in the country.

The month was cold and rainy and like every year she had not managed to avoid getting sick. Violet had hoped to get better in time for the party but unfortunately that evening she was even more congested, in the nose and chest; her voice was low and hoarse, extremely nasal: the worst that could happen considering that the earl of Derby, her admirer, would also be present.

For the evening she did everything she could to make herself presentable, she powdered her beautiful upturned nose that in those days was very chapped and red and she drank several spoonfuls of honey to soothe her chesty cough. She would also bring an embroidered handkerchief, although she would probably need many more... she still looked sickly but she couldn't do better.

Violet of Carnarvon arrived at the reception and began the usual greetings, accompanied by the pleasant music of a small string orchestra that she felt muffled because of all the congestion that blocked her ears as well as her nose, through which she couldn't smell the delicious aromas with which the other noblewomen had perfumed themselves. Bowing in front of some friends she felt that her thick mucus was dangerously dripping near the nostrils and she quickly pulled her head back and putting a gloved hand to her nose; she sniffed very quietly and politely, but she knew it would get worse the longer the evening went on and the mucus accumulated.

Everything however was going well, until she met Charles, earl of derby.

C: my respects dear Violet, how are you?

Since the beginning of the party she had managed to keep her cough under control but at that moment, due to the emotion of seeing him, she had a jolt that loosened the phlegm in her chest and as she breathed she felt a slight gurgling in her lungs, so she cleared her throat hoping to delay the inevitable cough.

V: hello Charles, I'b fide thagk you... C: you have a strange voice though. V: ohly the glooby weather, doh't worry.

Now the gurgling had grown and she quickly moved away from him to cough into her handkerchief, she reached a point in the room where there were few people and coughed, surprised at how bad it sounded. She thought she saw Charles's worried look but maybe she was wrong.

Despite this she had managed to avoid blowing her nose or sneezing for a long time when many of the company sat down at the card table and she was invited by Charles to sit next to him.

C: I like how pale you are. V: oh Charles please... C: and I certainly wouldn't want to be in Lord Stamford's shoes, considering the terrible taste in which he dresses...

Violet couldn't help but laugh, loosening her phlegm again and this time coughing into her hands with a wet and productive sound. Along with the cough, some mucus had also run down to her upper lip, and holding desperately her hands in front of her nose she said a hasty "excuse be" and left the room to clean herself, not realizing she was being followed. Believing she was alone she took her hands off her nose, took the handkerchief and gave her poor full nose the blow it had needed for hours, filling the precious silk with her warm creamy snot. She hadn't finished yet when she saw Charles and jumped.

V: what are you doihg here? she said with the handkerchief still on her nose.

C: I was worried, it seems like you're really sick. V: I'b sorry, I bust be horrible right dow. C: I don't think so, in fact for me you'll always be beautiful. V: I doh't thidk so. she said rubbing the handkerchief under her still dirty nostrils.

Charles approached her and took her hands, not caring that one contained a really wet handkerchief and kissed her. V's eyes widened:

V: you bust have gode crazy, you risk gettihg sick too... C: in that case I'll know it was worth it.

Violet smiled: "while you're here, I deed adother hahdkerchief, excuse be."

Charles gave it to her and she finished emptying all that slime from her sinuses.

V: is it too buch to ask you to check if I'b clead? and she pointed to her red nostrils. He looked inside her nostrils and in addition to the fact that they were swollen and moist, he also noticed that they were free of mucus.

C: you're perfect.

Violet smiled once more and then turned and went back to the party, followed by her admirer, now also her assistant.

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the paradox of a sickie too ashamed to blow their nose in public and so trie in every way to sniffle and snort all the snot that accumulates more and more, ending up making a lot of gross wet and snotty noises that attract the attention of everyone around them.

and all that snot that's settling in their nose ends up making them itch a bit, and if they sneeze who knows what a mess they would make...

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CW: contagion, mess

A: sorry but I really cad't go beyod the kiss, I cad't breathe through by dose... B: don't worry, we'll take breaks. A: mmh ok...

And after the kiss their tongues start to touch, B doesn't care that A is sick, that the day before they also had a little fever, and that from today they seems even more snotty, B just wants to make out hard.

Every time they stop A catches their breath for the next time, breathing from their mouth wet with saliva and then they start again. At a certain point A tries to pull away but B holds them back by pushing their tongue further into their mouth, then A tries to breathe through their nose with a light thick sniffle and then another, a little louder and they're embarrassed by how gurgling it was. So they pull away and quickly looks for a tissue among the many used around them on the bed: "sorry i really deed to blow dow..." From their position B can also see two yellowish beads emerging from A's nostrils. Blowing A happily manages to clear some of the congestion and get rid of enough snot to allow them to breathe through one nostril. With the same snotty tissue they wipes some saliva from their mouth and look at B.

B: can we start again? A: yeah, but do you really dot find be disgustig in this state?

and after saying that they cough to the side, softly but giving the idea of how congested their chest is too.

B: I think you're even hotter.

Laughing their mouths come together and pick up where they left off, while A's nose slowly fills up with snot again and their mouths with saliva.

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yes, summer is beautiful... but it's four months of waiting before hearing again wet sneezes, chesty coughs, productive nose blowings, and above all congested voices, full of snotty sniffles and gurgly snorts. I miss the girls I glimpsed in passing with their red noses, open mouths and a used tissue in their hands and when you don't see them anymore you hear them coughing very phlegmy while they talk distractedly.

I miss sicktember and snotober.

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CW: LOT OF MESS AND NOSE BLOWING DESCRIPTION

Usually in these scenarios it's the carer who suggests blowing the nose for the other, here I wanted to do the opposite. Enjoy!

A and his boyfriend B are watching a movie on the couch (Midsommar), A is sick and her cold is moving to her chest, which is becoming as congested as her nose. At one point A has to blow her nose, but she doesn't feel like doing it herself: "B, cad you blow by dose?"

B: um... okay...

B looks for a fairly clean tissue among the used ones that surround them and opens them looking for a dry spot.

A: cad you do it? by dose is literally explodihg! B: they're all so snotty... A: ahd dow I'b afraid they'll be eved bore so.

B finds one that has a few spots that aren't too used.

B: here, blow.

A is about to start but says: "at least hold it for be properly: press ode dostril so I cad blow frob the other.".

B: which one do you prefer? A: let's start with the left ode because it's less full, so you doh't get shocked.

B plugs her nostril which emits a snotty squelching sound, then A slowly begins to blow and with a wet gurgling sound her snot begins to come out and stick to the tissue

B: gross! it's so warm and slimy. A: cobe od, thidk that I always have it in by dose, you ohly have it ih your hahd for a few secohds, and thed it's your girlfriehd's sdot...

B presses the other nostril: "you can go" A: sure? this ode is really full... B: oh god, blow.

The sound is incredible, as if someone turned on an electric toothbrush inside a custard pudding, and this time just one blow isn't enough, there's really a lot of snot, during the breaks A coughs wet and congested. B doesn't have time to tell her to stop to change the tissue that it tears and A without knowing it blows her nose on B's hand which fills up with warm and thick mucus.

A: oh do what did I do... well apart frob that did you like it? B (in shock): I have to think about it...

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Any italian?

or am I the only one with the kink?

(maybe it's more an anglo-saxon thing?)

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Poetry🙌🏻

Refusing to blow her nose.

Contagion cw, LOTS of mess, f/f scenario

"I'b fine, I dod't need a tissue." Maddie sniffled thickly.

"Are you sure? You sound really stuffed up, I think it would help a lot." Kayla pressed. She could see how full Maddie's nose was between sniffles, her gooey yellowish snot only just held in by surface tension.

"I'b sure, I barely hab a cold anymore anyway." Maddie rolled her eyes. Each sentence she spoke was punctuated by a series of gurgling sniffles.

"You don't sound any better..." Kayla questioned.

She watched awkwardly as Maddie rubbed her bright red nose in frustration. Kayla could hear the wet squishiness as clearly as if she were inside Maddie's nostrils.

"I told you I'b cobletely fine. Stop worrying about by nose, okay?"

"Okay... I guess we can finish making the cookies at least..." Kayla glanced at Maddie's hands, which she had just been using to wipe her nose. "And you should wash your hands again before touching anything else."

"By hands are clean." Maddie said defensively, wiping them on her jeans.

Kayla didn't want to argue anymore since Maddie seemed unwilling to listen, so she just sighed.

"Then can you at least mix the dry ingredients together while I measure everything else?" Kayla asked.

"Okay." Maddie got started on stirring, still sniffling every two to three seconds to keep her nose from dripping into the bowl.

Kayla watched closely out of the corner of her eye as Maddie wiped her dripping nose with her fingers and then used the same unwashed hand to hold the bowl steady, leaving snotty residue on the rim.

"I'b albost done mixing." Maddie sniffled.

"Okay, I'll just add the wet ingredients now." Kayla said, pouring in the milk, cracked eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract. "Mmm, the vanilla smells so good."

Maddie leaned in close to the bowl to try and smell it, but just ended up sniffling a lot instead.

"I cab't sbell anything, baybe you need to add sobe bore."

"Umm, maybe you need to blow your nose." Kayla reminded her.

"I dod't need to blow by nose!" Maddie sniffled angrily.

"Let me see." Kayla put a hand on Maddie's chin and tilted her head upwards so she could examine Maddie's nostrils up close.

"Stob that!" Maddie backed away and swatted at Kayla's hand.

"Maddie, your nose is completely full of snot, it's practically overflowing from both of your nostrils. You're definitely still sick."

"I'B FINE!" Maddie yelled, but she accidentally breathed too hard through her nose and sent two thick ropes of snot flying down her face in the process.

Kayla watched as Maddie's expression was briefly surprised, and then embarrassed as she brought a hand up in front of her face to cover the mess as she tried sniffling it back inside her nose.

"I'b fine, I'b fine..." Maddie repeated, as if trying to convince herself as much as Kayla. She rubbed her nose vigorously. It must have been itchy after all that sniffling.

"If you don't blow your nose I'm going to do it for you." Kayla threatened. "Otherwise you're just going to get germs in our cookies."

"No I'b not, by nose is fine Kayla." Maddie sniffled, turning back to the cookie dough. She started scooping it into balls with her hands. "Midd your own busi-busine--unnghh... haahhh--"

Kayla lunged for the tissue box and ripped out a handful, but it was too late. Maddie's eyelashes were fluttering and her nostrils were flaring wide with every hitching breath until she unleashed a massive set of sneezes all over the kitchen counter, spraying ropes of thick germy snot in all directions.

"Ihhhh-iggh'GTSCHHEEEW! GTSCHUUEW! Hihh'TSCHUUUH! KSCHiuueEWW. Guh!"

Once her nose was done, Maddie looked thoroughly exhausted, snot and saliva plastered on her face, dripping down her lips, and hanging off her chin. Her nose was still full to the brim, nostrils raw and red, not even sniffles holding back the onslaught of mess anymore.

She had covered the bowl and everything inside it with her germs and sent snot flying onto the baking tray and all their dishes.

"Ewwwww." Kayla exclaimed after a long shocked silence, shooting Maddie a disgusted look to hopefully shame her into developing some manners in the future. "That is SO gross. You got your snot on my clothes! And it's in my hair. Now I'm going to get sick with whatever you have too."

Kayla used the tissues she had grabbed to clean herself up, and Maddie finally had the decency to look apologetic.

"I'b sorry Kayla..." she stood there awkwardly shifting from side to side, still not blowing her own nose.

"Ugh, you're hopeless!" Kayla exclaimed, and grabbed another handful of tissues, this time laying them carefully on the counter and folding them one by one in layers before picking it all up and grabbing Maddie's face.

Maddie squirmed, but Kayla held her tight and used her body weight to push Maddie against the wall. The held the tissues against her nose with her free hand.

"Now blow." she commanded.

Maddie looked up at her with big eyes but listened, blowing out an unbelievable amount of snot in long gurgling blows while maintaining eye contact the whole time, an entire minute and a half straight. When she was done Kayla removed the tissues, which were sopping wet and warm and trying to cling to Maddie's face in a messy web of mucus. Her upper lip and nose were still covered in snot, but her nostrils were a lot less full now.

Kayla grabbed more tissues and wiped Maddie's face clean, but she was still sniffling pathetically through her ever-wet nostrils.

"By nose just feels tickly now, I knew it wadn't a good idea to blow it." Maddie shot an annoyed look at Kayla.

"Well don't sneeze on me!" Kayla exclaims. "I still need to make sure your nose is all empty before we go back to the cookies." Her face is only a few inches from Maddie's.

"I'b try-trying..." she sniffled, her nostrils flaring wide against as she tries to hold back an oncoming sneeze.

Kayla used a rolled up tissue to carefully wipe around the outside of Maddie's sensitive nostrils before sticking the tip inside to clean up the residual snot that refused to be blown out.

"It ti--tickles..." Maddie's voice quivers. "I feel like I'b go-gonna sn--KSCHIIIEWW! HAHH'TSCHUUUH! Uhhh-ihhhH-IHHHXSHHEEEEW! So-sorry..."

"Oh. My. God. You are so fucking disgusting Maddie! You just sprayed your snotty sneezes right into my face when I was trying to help you!"

"I cad't help it..." Maddie sniffled, two thick ropes of snot dangling precariously from her poor tired nose.

Kayla glared at her in furious silence, and then just when the tension was becoming unbearable, she suddenly leaned in and pressed her lips hard against Maddie's in a wet salty kiss, their bodies still pinned together closely. When they parted, breathless, a trail of snot still connected their lips.

"Next time you're going to have to listen to me when I tell you to blow your nose, or else I'll have to do it for you again because your constant sniffling really gets on my nerves." Kayla glared at her angrily.

"O-okay."

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Thick yellow snot >>> liquid transparent mucus.

It seems so obvious🤷🏻‍♂️

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The more I think about it the more I realize that I've fantasized about seeing tissues like this more times than I've actually seen them (but it did happen a few times).

And you?

A crumbled, drenched used tissue. The sickie used it only once, but it was enough. One long blow for each nostril, interrupted by several breaths, and that clean tissue, the first of the lesson, is now completely full, heavy and unusable. As they blow many turned to look at them, disturbed by that endless and gurgling noise. Every time they take a break it seemed like they had finished, and instead they started blowing again with an embarrassed look until the snot was finished.

And then they puts down the crumpled tissue, which is still white but if you look closely at it the visibly full part is yellowish.

It looks like a cream doughnut. With a lot of cream inside obviously.

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A new method for nose blowing

CW: EXTREME MESS AND COLOURED SNOT DESCRIPTION

A: a pretty girl with red hair, pale skin, freckles, green eyes and a bulbous nose, she gets sick very often. B: her boyfriend and college classmate.

A had warned him not to come to her house: the cold from which she had almost recovered had suddenly worsened after she had been to an outdoor party and today she were completely congested, her sinuses were blocked and even her chest was filled with phlegm.

She had spent the day in bed, under the covers reading a book, since winter always brings colds she has no shortage of tissues and in fact on the nightstand there was a whole pack of tissues, it had to last her all day because her nose didn't run much, her snot was so thick and sticky that it remained stuck in her sinuses, slowly filling her nose. She was the only one at home so she had no problem wiping it on the blanket or leaving the used tissues around her. And in fact B's arrival was a surprise.

Hearing the doorbell she went to open it, with her hair disheveled and her eyes swollen, and when she saw that it was her boyfriend she said: "what are you doidg here? I told you dot to cobe, I'b too disgustig ahd codtagious!" since she had never spoken that day her voice was extremely hoarse and low, and then she cleared it forcefully trying to move the phlegm that was in her throat.

B: I came anyway, you needed me. A: I just deed rest! B: company? A: at your owd risk, you're the ode who will get sick. B: I've done worse. A: trust be, you dod't wadt this shit.

and saying that she coughed twice really wet and productively and raised her eyebrows as if to say: "what did I tell you?"

They went into the bedroom and she apologized for how messy it was, he didn't care and climbed into bed with her. When they got under the covers some tissues fell to the floor where there were others. B kissed her but A interrupted him: "wait wait I'll blow by nose first..." she started to blow, but nothing could come out, and A huffed impatiently, then, with the tissue still in front of her face covered a particularly phlegmy cough that made her let out an "eww sorry... I've sdot everywhere" and then she cleared her throat.

B: can I help you? A: ih what way excuse be? B: if you want there's another way to make something come out of your nose. A: steab? I dod't feel like it. B: no, an alternative method, let's try...

Without giving her time to answer he put his lips on hers and blew air into her mouth. Immediately nothing happened and A looked at him perplexed, but then a slight bubbling sound came out of her nose, and B stopped to take a breath.

A: what... B: trust me.

And then B went back to blowing and this time the bubbling increased to a snotty pop, and two yellowish bubbles appeared in her nostrils, and blowing into her mouth again began a slow gurgling and all the snot that had accumulated during hours of reading finally began to gush thickly and noisily through A's nostrils up to B's cheek, sticking to it like a warm mush.

Then B stopped to see A's expression, a large string of snot continued to join her cheek to her nose. A kissed him: "keep goidg, it's dot over, SNRKK..." and snorting wetly she made him feel how full she was still.

And then he started again and the gurgling of everything that was left at the bottom of the sinuses began again, and it was even thicker because that snot had been there for hours. At a certain point a tickling began in A's nose, and worried she told him to stop but he was too caught up in that "kiss" and remained in front of her face when she finally sneezed out all the mucus that was still left, and moving away from his face he saw that one side of his was slimy and full of her yellow slime.

A: oh god what a mess I've made... B: at least now you breathe better?

A tried and she could clearly feel the air passing through her nose.

A: thank you so much... and she kissed him, feeling her warm snot on her lips.

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someone using their shirt to tend to their nose because they dont have any tissues. just a wet crumpled patch of snot left on the shirt. sneezing wetly into the collar which immediately becomes darker from dampness. the sticky string of snot that connects their red nostrils with the soggy shirt. them having a productive nose blow into it, soaking it in mucus whilst having the snot stick it to their chest. them having to change their shirt only to have their nose ooze all over it again just because they cant get any tissues

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CW: contagion, mess

A: sorry but I really cad't go beyod the kiss, I cad't breathe through by dose... B: don't worry, we'll take breaks. A: mmh ok...

And after the kiss their tongues start to touch, B doesn't care that A is sick, that the day before they also had a little fever, and that from today they seems even more snotty, B just wants to make out hard.

Every time they stop A catches their breath for the next time, breathing from their mouth wet with saliva and then they start again. At a certain point A tries to pull away but B holds them back by pushing their tongue further into their mouth, then A tries to breathe through their nose with a light thick sniffle and then another, a little louder and they're embarrassed by how gurgling it was. So they pull away and quickly looks for a tissue among the many used around them on the bed: "sorry i really deed to blow dow..." From their position B can also see two yellowish beads emerging from A's nostrils. Blowing A happily manages to clear some of the congestion and get rid of enough snot to allow them to breathe through one nostril. With the same snotty tissue they wipes some saliva from their mouth and look at B.

B: can we start again? A: yeah, but do you really dot find be disgustig in this state?

and after saying that they cough to the side, softly but giving the idea of how congested their chest is too.

B: I think you're even hotter.

Laughing their mouths come together and pick up where they left off, while A's nose slowly fills up with snot again and their mouths with saliva.

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CW: mess

Two friends, A and B go on a trip (by car or train) and B has had a cold for a few days and is all stuffy and snotty. B is very easy-going and has no problem sniffling loudly or coughing openly, she is also one of those who, rather than blowing her nose, prefers to keep all the snot inside and constantly suck it in. After another extremely snotty sniffle A teases her and says things like: gross! blow your nose! B then as a joke sniffs even harder near A's ear and she is disgusted but they laugh together (B's laughter turns into a phlegmy cough and this makes her laugh even more)

A: wow, you sound terrible. B: really... I'm so full.

and saying this she points to her nose which is also a little red under the nostrils.

Then during the trip she finally blows her nose and looking at the tissue she says to A: wow there was a lot in here... do you want to see?

A: ewww no thanks. B: you don't know what you're missing! However, I should have brought more tissues...

Or she sneezes loudly into her hands and then holds them pressed to her face and in a nasal voice complains about the mess she has made: "oh by god..." followed immediately by a huge, gurgling sniffle as she tries to pull all the thick snot that has dripped on her lips back into her nose.

A knows it will be a long journey.

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Some time ago I was with my girlfriend at a party, she had a bad cold but even though she had brought a packet of tissues I've never seen her blow her nose, so she sounded very stuffy when she spoke.

Anyway at a certain point we sat down to kiss and during the kiss she coughed very wetly into my mouth and we started laughing. Instinctively I asked her to do it again, and she did it again. The cough wasn't as wet as before but it was still a nice feeling.

Despite all the germs I caught at once I didn't get sick, while the next day her cough had become even deeper and wetter: while we were in bed together I tickled her and while she was laughing I felt that she had moved some phlegm and she had a really really phlegmy cough, after she cleared her throat apologizing for how gross it sounded. Then I kissed her.

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A crumbled, drenched used tissue. The sickie used it only once, but it was enough. One long blow for each nostril, interrupted by several breaths, and that clean tissue, the first of the lesson, is now completely full, heavy and unusable. As they blow many turned to look at them, disturbed by that endless and gurgling noise. Every time they take a break it seemed like they had finished, and instead they started blowing again with an embarrassed look until the snot was finished.

And then they puts down the crumpled tissue, which is still white but if you look closely at it the visibly full part is yellowish.

It looks like a cream doughnut. With a lot of cream inside obviously.

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Sneeze in ancient Greece

You probably all know this already: sneezing was once considered a divine omen, but perhaps not everyone knows this passage from the Anabasis, a story from the 5th century BC set in Turkey, when a military expedition moved to Persia to overthrow the King:

[at a certain point someone sneezes loudly (in greek: πτάρνυταί τις): everyone hears it and the assembly becomes agitated, the soldiers kneel down with enthusiasm to thank the god, and Xenophon (the author of the book) comments: "praise be this wish from Zeus the Savior!".]

Anabasis III; 2,9

Interesting isnt't?