{"id":23571,"date":"2025-07-06T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=23571"},"modified":"2025-07-03T21:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:52:33","slug":"international-kissing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/international-kissing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Kissing Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/happy-international-kissing-day\/04d-international-kissing-day\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?fit=800%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"04d-international-kissing-day\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?fit=800%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-10871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?resize=689%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?resize=150%2C101&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?resize=400%2C270&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/04d-international-kissing-day.jpg?resize=768%2C518&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s National Kissing Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So give a loved one a kiss!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And for a Sylum Snippet!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Warrick gently picked up the bird and set it aside, then claimed his Mate&#8217;s mouth in a deep kiss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nico gave him a look.\u00a0 &#8220;Not that I don&#8217;t mind, but &#8230; &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s National Kissing Day, and last year the birds beat me to it.&#8221;\u00a0 He leaned down again and gave him another kiss.\u00a0 &#8220;I regretfully do have to go into work, prepping for court on that big case.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The one &#8216;Aiden Pierce&#8217; dropped off?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The side look usually set people running, but Nico had been inmuned for centuries.\u00a0 &#8220;Yes.\u00a0 The hoops Horatio and I had to manuever to still make sure all evidence stayed made cortotinists cringe.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Lucky for you, Pierce has a background in forensics.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The eye roll was epic, but the kiss was soft and passionate.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m off.\u00a0 No kidding birds today.\u00a0 It&#8217;s my day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the birds chirped rudely at him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;They are demanding.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Warrick pointed a finger at the bird.\u00a0 &#8220;Back off.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bird gave an equally epic side eye and marched straight to Nick, then gave him a kiss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Bastard.&#8221;\u00a0 Warrick laughed, getting one last kiss before heading out with a wide smile at Nico&#8217;s laughter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s National Kissing Day. 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