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Kissing
The stuff of nightmares. At least once in every child's life, they have walked in while their parents (or other caregivers) were "having a moment" (A/N: get ur mind outta the gutter). And moms and dads must take enjoyment out of their offspring's initial disgust, for they make a point to kiss and do all other sorts of gooey things in their presence. Laughing at the pleading and begging that their children do at such sights, parents joke about how one day, it'll be their kids telling them to cut the love fest.
This was no different for Tian Mi and her parents. For you see, there are normal couples that kiss and call it a day. Then there are the couples that never came down from the hormone-induced love high from the teenage years. The second description would accurately portray the Avatar and his lady, a.k.a. Tian Mi's mom and dad. They were always making playful (and sometimes suggestive) banter at the least. If it wasn't banter, it was sly kisses sprung upon the unsuspecting partner. After the first round of playful kissing, it would escalate to a game of tonsil hockey. At this point, they would make an effort to get out of their daughter's line of sight. Now don't get me wrong, Tian Mi was glad that her parents loved each other so much. But this was where she had to put her foot down. In any way possible, Tian Mi would separate them before they lip locked – that was the point of no return. Whether it was sabotaging her mother's cooking or causing mayhem with her younger siblings, it was done to stop the kissing.
Once, shortly after she first became an older sister, Tian Mi took extreme measures to keep her parents apart. Although she didn't know exactly where babies came from, she knew the warning signs that meant her parents were going to go find another one. And Tian Mi didn't want any more siblings anytime soon. The ending result was a broken leg for Tian Mi. But whenever she groaned and complained about the kissing, her mother would laugh good-naturedly while her father predicted that one-day she would understand. That she would like it for her husband to kiss her. But she didn't care. All she knew was that kissing was yucky now.