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Sense of Smell

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Whenever she slid into the bed at one in the morning, he knew she had been on the rooftop; he could smell the night sky on her skin, and the nicotine on her lips. He knew when she snuck out to the library; the smell of slowly molding papers and aged pages stuck on her skin and clothes.

When he caught the smells of packaged microwave popcorn, fresh nail polish, and romantic movies, he knew she had been lazing at a friend's house for the day. Sometimes she came home with floral scents as attachments, and he knew that she had spent an hour too long in the garden section of Wal-Mart again.

She smelled of varying things, from the night to the flowers; her taste, however, remained the same. It would always be her, the nicotine, and the blankets beneath them.
I don't even know why the character smokes.
But I always had the idea that smoking calms some.
At least that's what I think.

Edit:
1. Changed a few lines (credits to ~dead-now)
2. Little grammar change (~ChibiAngel37)
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Shirei-Shou's avatar
Hoaah so many methaphore. I like this kind of literature ^^

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Sometimes she came home with floral scents as attachments, and he knew that she had spent an hour too long in the garden section of Wal-Mart again.