Now boarding flight number…


Going with the theme of airplanes, here’s a story from our recent Spring Break trip to Europe.

You know how they always make you check in hours ahead of time for international flights because the lines for security are always so long? Inevitably, every time I arrive ‘on time’ I end up spending hours waiting at the gate. Well, a few weeks ago my boyfriend and I found ourselves in the same situation. Of course, it’s much more fun when you have someone to pass the time with 😉

In the check-in line and all through security we had been whispering to each other plans about how we would join the mile-high club that night and about all the nasty things we were going to do to each other under the airline blankets. When we arrived at the gate an hour early we considered starting our fun a bit early and sneaking into the guy’s bathroom to fool around. But, after passing by the bathrooms a few times we decided that there were too many people going in and out and that it would have to wait for a trip when we would be at the airport at a less busy time.

Of course, when Amor and I get horny we don’t give up that easily. We walked back to the gate and looked around for a dark corner to make out in. Sadly, there are no dark corners in an airport. We settled for sitting in the last row where no one else was sitting. We picked two chairs that were more or less out of view and started making out. Some businessman yelling on his cell phone gave us a dirty look, but otherwise it seemed that no one was paying attention. We passed a few minutes just making out to kill time, but the more we kissed the more horny we got. I could see how hard he was through his jeans and I just couldn’t resist. I started stroking his cock through his pants while I kissed on his neck. He was a bit worried that someone would notice, but since we had our backs to almost everyone and the people in front of us were far away and facing the other direction, he let me keep going. He kept watch while I played with his hard cock through his pants. Every now and then he would grab my hand and pretend we were just talking while someone walked by. I desperately wanted to suck his cock or have him fuck me on the spot, and the more I felt his hardness the harder it was to resist.

I begged him to let me touch his flesh, to wrap my fingers around his cock and feel every inch of it in my hand. He almost had enough self control to say no, but after all, I did have him hard as a rock already. I pulled his sweatshirt down over his lap and he let me undo his belt underneat. Rather than unbuttoning his pants he just pulled his cock up so I could reach it under his sweater. I wrapped my free hand around his shoulders and leaned over him to hide the bump I made under his sweater as I stroked his cock, moving only my wrist. We could definitely pass an hour like this!

At one point he couldn’t resist reaching over and pushing his hand into my pants as well, but (sadly) that doesn’t work as well for us ladies. Eventually we found a good position so we could keep going even as people passed by. Once, an airport cop on a Segway passed right in front of us and we just smiled and nodded to him as he rolled by, my hand still stroking Amor’s cock.

I reached farther down and played with his balls, I jerked him slowly and discreetly, but after a while even the gentle movements were driving him crazy.  I kept stroking his cock and we kissed and talked dirty about our plans for the upcoming flight while we waited for the gate to open. I was so wet I was sure I would soak through my pants, we had been fooling around and teasing each other for hours. I could have controlled myself, but when they didn’t open the gate on time I thought I might die of horniness before they let us on that damn plane.

So, we moved down to the floor, where we felt a little more hidden from view and placed our carry-on luggage next to us so passersby were less likely to notice what we were doing. I pretended to lay down in his lap – I mean, that’s not too uncommon in an airport, right? – and I wrapped my lips around his deliciously hard cock. I didn’t want to move my head too much so I just licked his head.  Every now and then he would push my head down on his cock until he was all the way down my throat and and would massage his shaft with my tonge. We kept going like this for a while, stopping every now and then when someone passed by like we had before. We heard them finally open the gate, but we were too caught up in what we were doing. Amor grabbed my hair and we pretty much abandoned any pretext of being discreet. He fucked my face in broad daylight in the middle of the airport.¨Do you want me to cum in your mouth?¨ It was more a statement than a question. He pulled my face off his cock and I opened my mouth to recieve his cum as he jerked himself, squirting a hot load almost immeditaley. I swallowed his cum with gusto and we got ready to board the plane.


Mile high masturbation


I fly a lot. And most of the time it’s a long flight, 5 hours or more. That’s a long time to sit still and watch old movies. Not to mention that flights usually mean that I haven’t seen Amor in a while or that I’m about to go somewhere where I won’t be able to see him for a while. That’s probably why, on a recent transatlantic flight, I decided to pass the time by masturbating. Not in the bathroom – it’s just rude to hog those things when a plane full of people only has 4 to use. No, I stayed right in my seat. The guys sitting next to me were asleep, conveniently wearing a night mask. And it was chilly in the plane so no one questioned why I completely covered myself with my blanket. I propped one foot on the hand rest of the seat in front of me and unbuttoned and unzipped my jeans just enough to get one hand in position. The blanket was stretched from my raised knee over my body and tucked behind my other shoulder. I tested things slowly at first, making sure that a passing stewardess wouldn’t notice any movement under my blanket if I moved my hand ‘just so.’

Confident that I was being as discreet as possible, I relaxed and slowly started running my index finger around my clit. I closed my eyes but couldn’t help worrying that the whole plane was staring at the slut in seat 34 C so I opened them again to keep watch. I moved my leg a little to mask the movement of my hand as I reached farther into my pants to feel my wetness. I pushed two fingers as far inside me as my tight jeans would allow, swirling them around until they were soaked. I couldn’t help licking my lips thinking that if I was this wet already just from touching myself for a few minutes in the plane I would definitely be cumming endlessly when we finally landed and I saw Amor again. I pulled my hand back up, spreading my wetness across my lips and my slightly swollen clit. I pinched it between my thumb and one wet finger and tapped and rubbed it with the other. No longer as worried about being discreet, I brought my other hand under the blanket and reached under my bra to grab a nipple. I was full out masturbating in a completely full airplane, right next to two guys.

I tried to keep my hips still and my breathing quiet as I got closer and closer to orgasm. I closed my eyes, imagining (no longer worrying) that everyone was watching. Not just watching…in my head everyone wanted to join in. There were people pulling my shirt off, grabbing my breasts and sucking my nipples. Endless cocks were presenting themselves for me to suck, spilling their loads across my face and chest one at a time. Amor was there, teasing my swollen pussy lips with the head of his cock. I almost begged out loud for him to fuck me as I kept imagining more cocks to suck. Now there was a hot stewardess on her knees alternating licking Amor’s cock and my pussy. I was sweating under my blanket, ready to cum as I started thinking about Amor’s cock finally pushing inside me as the stewardess licked his balls. I couldn’t help shuddering a little as I climaxed, but when I opened my eyes the two guys sitting next to me were exactly where I had last seen them, totally asleep and oblivious to what was going on next to them.


Sensory overload


Well, I finally got my laptop back, so no excuses! I’ve been meaning to write about the new toy Amor got me for Christmas, but I’ve been kinda busy 😉 Well, I’m back home and all alone again so I’ll have plenty of time to ‘reflect’ on all the fun I had this winter.

I actually got my present early, a few days before Christmas. Amor wanted to test it out, to see how I responded to the 10 (or was it 20?) different settings, to see how loud it was inside me and how long it would take me to lose control. Just hearing him bring up the bullet after all that anticipation was making me so wet we barely needed lube to get it inside me. It nestled comfortably against my gspot and I laid back, naked, shimmied my hips and smiled, letting him know I was already incredibly horny and ready to get started. He pushed the button once and the little machine buzzed to life. Its rhythmic pulses were not as strong as I expected, but I was already so horny from the anticipation that I was bucking my hips and moaning within seconds. Amor pushed the button again and the rhythm changed. The change gave me a few moments to catch my breath before the new stimulation had me moaning again. He let me enjoy it just for a few seconds, then changed the setting again. It went on like that until we had gone through all the settings. I was mad with lust. He shuffled through until he found the one he thought got the best reaction out of me. He asked if that was my favorite setting but I was so close to cumming that I couldn’t answer. When I was just about to finish he turned off the vibe and pulled it out. I was almost crying from frustration, begging him to make me cum. Since I wasn’t going to tell him what my favorite setting was, he was going to fall back on what he knew I liked, he teased, pulling out his cock. I don’t think he pumped more than three times inside me before I was cumming on his cock and dripping onto the sheets. He pulled out and I licked his cock clean.

He pulled out his laptop and let me lay there for a minute to recover. I was totally dazed, I didn’t even notice what he was doing. Eventually he turned his laptop around so I could see the big Kink.com castle displayed on the screen. I can’t usually cum right after times so I assumed he wanted us to watch some porn while I sucked his cock. I lay my head on his stomach so that we were both facing the screen and started licking the tip of his still-hard cock. The video started and we settled in to enjoy. As the action slowly built I took his cock deeper into my mouth, licking and sucking with gusto and caressing his balls with my hand. Soon my pussy, still wet from my last orgasm, started melting again from the combined excitement of sucking cock and watching porn. Damn would I love to be Chloe, kneeling with hands tied to a chair so that my mouth couldn’t go anywhere besides down on top of a hard cock! Amor had his hands in my hair now, pushing my face down onto his cock, and my swollen pussy lips and clit were throbbing with new arousal. “Is sucking my cock making you horny again?” he teased. I was about to nod yes when he reached over and pinched my nipple hard, twisting and pulling enough to make me squirm. “Do you want to cum with my cock in your mouth?” he asked as he switched to the other nipple. I moaned and nodded and chocked on his cock.

He reached between my already spread legs and easily pushed the remote controlled bullet back inside me. He turned it on and went back to abusing my nipples with his fingers. With the other hand he helped me keep a steady rhythm on his cock as I started to lose to go crazy again from all the stimulation. A vibe in my pussy, his fingers mauling my nipples, my mouth around his cock, watching porn (and hearing Cloe sucking and getting spanked when I couldn’t see it), and feeling incredibly submissive from Amor’s hand controlling me by my hair – I couldn’t pick which sensation to focus on. As if that wasn’t enough to drive a girl crazy, Amor took the hand I had on his  balls and brought it down to my clit. “Touch yourself slut, make yourself cum again for me.” he ordered. So, I added another sensation to the incredible mix. Every part of me that could feel something was feeling something incredible and every sense I had was focused on one thing: how horny I felt. There were so many things going on that I couldn’t get my brain to concentrate long enough to make myself cum. I just laid there, sucking cock and dripping cunt juices onto the sheets for what felt like a lifetime…the best lifetime I could ever imagine.

I gave up on *trying* to cum and just lived in the moment, enjoying every single feeling, sound, sight and smell. The buzzing against my gspot. The fingers massaging my clit. The delightful pain in my nipples, now alternating with gentle kisses. The delicious cock in my mouth. The strong hand on my head. The sounds Amor and I were making in our pleasure as well as the sounds coming from the laptop. And of course, the incredibly sexy sight of Chloe bound and fucked on screen. Amor pushed my head down as far as he could onto his cock and held it there, cutting off my breathing. I didn’t gag or panic, I relished in the total loss of control. I wasn’t trying to cum and I wasn’t trying to make Amor cum. I was just blissfully aware of both my arousal and his. He wasn’t letting go and I started getting light headed and again, instead of trying to lift my head off his cock I gave in to the sensation. That was enough to push me over the edge without my even realizing that I was on the edge. My pussy spasmed and I came around the relentless little bullet. Amor lifted my mouth off his cock and I gasped for breath as my whole body shuddered and wave after wave of amazing orgasm overtook me and the vibe kept going inside me. As my orgasm was finally subsiding Amor shot a hot stream of cum onto my face.

That made a nice picture for his webcam collection.

Thank you for the Christmas present baby! I think that orgasm made it to my all time top 10! Can’t wait to use our new toy again 🙂


Laptop fail


So, about 2 weeks ago my laptop (which had been overheating for a while) melted itself. Literally, something was burning inside it and whatever it was created some horrible, acrid, cancerous smell. I packed it up and shipped it off to the manufacturer (lucky it’s still under warrany) and was told to expect it in 4-7 business days. Well, it turns out (true to my reputation) that I really am death to technology. It was so melted that they even had to replace the outer plastic casing. It’ll be at least another week, probably 2 before I get it back. Meanwhile, the public library and my friends’ computers are not exactly the kinds of places I want to be sitting when I’m wiriting the details of my sex life. So, sadly, I won’t be updating until I get this situation resolved. You can enjoy some of the other great writers on fleshbot while you wait 😉


Snapshots of my week


OR: Things I want to write about but can’t make myself finish…

It’s late but I’m still asleep. I guess Amor gets tired of waiting so he climbs back into bed to wake me up. He’s just cuddling me, but it’s making me horny. Good thing I’m already naked.

Amor just came on my face. I’m sitting in the tub masturbating myself and he’s thrusting his fingers inside me, smiling. Just a little break before we finish our shower.

We’ve just had sex twice in a row, we’re laying on the bed recovering.We’re face-to-face, holding each other and I feel my chest press up against his as we breathe.

I joke about sucking his cock. Seconds later, I’m sucking his cock 😉

We’re sitting together, watching TV. My head is resting on his shoulder and he smells irresistible. I realize I want him again.

We try watching porn together, but we only make it about 3 minutes in. Then we’re ripping each other’s clothes off.

I try writing in my blog every day, but every time I do I get distracted and we end up fucking instead. And all my post ends up unfinished. At least it’ll give me something to do when I go home next week…


Practical BJ tips


There are tons of how-to’s and advice columns all over the internet about giving a good BJ. If you’re reading this you’ve probably already seen many of them, so I’ll assume you already know all the basics: about his balls and perineum, about using your tongue, covering your teeth and all the stuff that’s covered in every other oral sex how-to. There are more than enough articles out there about those things, so I’m offering a few ‘practical’ suggestions that are rarely seen in those columns.

If you have long hair, tie it back. First of all, that will give him a much better view of your face and facial expressions (and if you’re doing it right, he’ll love watching). But, more practically, it prevents your hair from getting in your way. You don’t want it in your mouth or getting covered in spit Plus, a simple pony-tail or bun will leave your hands free for his pleasure instead of having to constantly brush aside your hair.

Having trouble controlling your gag reflex? There are two ways to go about this, the hard way and the easy way. The hard (and more traditional) way is to tell your partner that you’re having trouble not gagging then have him help you take him in as far as you can repeatedly until your body forgets to gag. Yea, that’s about as fun as it sounds. The easy (or cheating) way is to buy some sore throat spray – the kind that numbs your throat – and use it 2-10 minutes before you start giving head. Oh the marvels of modern medicine! Just relax your throat and take him deep inside you, no annoying gagging to kill the moment. The best part is, after you use this method a few times you’ll be able to do it with no ‘help’ just as fast as you would have using the tedious traditional method. (NB: don’t use the spray immediately before going down on him, anesthetic and hard-ons don’t mix)

So you’ve heard that you should pay attention to his balls. I remember reading that in Cosmo before I had ever even seen a penis and I remember thinking about it the very first time I gave a guy head. It didn’t help at all. I mean, what does that even mean? I’m sure there are plenty of methods to doing this (feel free to add yours in the comments) but I figured I’d toss in a simple how-to to help you get started. My favorite method is to cup his balls gently from the bottom with one hand then roll them around my palm with my fingers. Imagine a pair of those stress balls that you roll around each other – keep the motion slow and steady. Practical warning: he might tell you he likes it when you squeeze his balls. If he’s not a masochist then he probably doesn’t mean squeeze. You should absolutely never squeeze his balls unless you know what  you’re doing.

Sucking cock doesn’t really require any sucking at all. I was very confused about this for a while. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to suck, by all means go for it. But, if you make a tight seal with your lips and move your mouth up and down on his shaft he will feel a ‘sucking’ sensation without any actual suction on your part. Actually, I don’t thinking ‘sucking’ adds anything to a good BJ. You’re better off not worrying about how tight your lips are around him and concentrating more on using your tongue (and not using your teeth)!

Watch porn! Why does no one ever say this? Probably because so many guys out there think it’s ok to treat girls like porn stars… Well, in this case I think it’s safe to say go for it. If you’re not big on porn I’ve presorted one of the most popular free porn sites online to show you it’s most viewed oral sex videos. 15 million views can’t be wrong 😉

Never given head and kind of grossed out at the thought? There are definitely some people who don’t like it and never will. But don’t knock it ’till you’ve tried it. My advice for a good ‘first time’? Talk about it ahead of time, tell him you haven’t done it before and what you’re worried about (for example, if you don’t want him to cum in your mouth, make sure he knows you mean it). Don’t pressure yourself by thinking that you have to make him finish, instead try focusing on getting to know him and his body. Mess around, try different things – dxon’t let yourself get bored! Even if he doesn’t cum from it, he’ll definitely appreciate your efforts and probably show you just how much if you let him fuck you after.

Don’t really like giving head but want to do it anyway? Pretend you’re loveing it, it’ll be over that much faster 😉


Fun survey


Saw this on aag’s blog and thought I’d give it a shot. Pretty neat results overall 😛

Click here to take the survey.

Exhibitionist / Voyeur
89%
Submissive
82%
Experimental
82%
Switch
71%
Bondage
71%
Masochist
43%
Degradation Lover
43%
Sadist
39%
Vanilla
25%
Dominant
21%

Sexy piercings?


I love piercings (on guys and girls). But, because of a bad experience with a belly-button ring in high school, I’ve never gotten anything else pierced. I really want a new piercing but I can’t make up my mind where I want it. I think the indecisiveness might be an excuse to procrastinate. So, help me out please! What should I get pierced? I’m thinking maybe nipples, or tongue or eyebrow but if I get a better idea, who knows? Nothing that can’t be removed/concealed for a job interview though! If I get enough suggestions to help me make up my mind I’ll post a pic when it’s all done 😉

And while we’re here, I’ll share a funny story with you guys. When I first met Amor he had these super sexy piercings in his eyebrow and lip and he was rocking this whole geek/punk thing. I had just come from my internship and was wearing business casual and my natural dark hair up in a ponytail (my shirt was a little see-through though, I don’t like to look 100% like a good girl!). Who would’ve guessed that I was the kinky one? He was really sweet and spent the whole time not staring at my boobs and I spent the whole time staring at his lip ring wondering what it would be like to kiss him.


Snow day


All girls wish their boyfriends could read their minds. Well, Amor can’t yet, but we’re getting there. I just want to share a moment from my day that made me fall in love with my Amor all over again.

We slept in late this morning and since neither of us had anything to do, decided to spend the day lounging around the apartment. When we were finally up and about we decided to barter a shoulder rub for an omlette. Really, I would have made him breakfast anyway if he asked, but I’m not gonna turn down a massage! After our yummy breakfast (really, it was past lunch time) we  snuggled up on the couch for that shoulder rub I was promised.

It was purely platonic, just a boyfriend giving his girlfriend a treat on their day off. I was really tense for some reason and his strong hands made me want to purr. Then, purely by accident, his hand brushed against my throat. Just for a second. Suddenly I was aware of his body surrounding me, of his hands on my neck and his kissable face so close to mine. My heart skipped a beat and I immediately started slipping toward sub space. I was wet in seconds. I don’t know what I did in those few seconds that let him know his happy, comfy girlfriend was turning into his horny little slut. But somehow he knew. And somehow, just the thought of how horny I was made him feel the same way. He kept working on my neck with one hand, but moved the other back to my throat, then down to my chest. He squeezed gently, then a bit more roughly. He pushed aside my tank top and bra and squeezed my hard nipple, making me gasp and shudder. I could feel his hard-on growing as he watched me wanting him.

We were too turned on to bother with things like taking off our clothes. Somewhere on the way to the bed I lost my pants and his were barely below his has ass when he climbed on top of me. As soon as I felt him slip inside me I started bucking my hips, grinding myself on his cock. He loves watching my fuck myself like that and sat back on his heals to enjoy the view. He watched me bring myself closer and closer to the edge until I was crazy with the need to cum. Then, he pushed himself down on top of me and rode me hard, pushing his big cock into me at that perfect angle. I love it when he tells me to cum, almost as much as I love it when he fucks me so hard I can’t help it anyway. I got both that time and, with a moan loud enough for the neighbors to hear, I came. And came. And before I was done cumming I was already wrapping my legs around him, begging for more. It didn’t take him long to cum after all that, and the satisfied smile on his face as we laid down for a nap made me feel like such a good girl as I drifted off to dreams of more orgasms.

When I woke up from those dreams still horny, Amor was more than happy to take care of it again 🙂 I’m taking a little break now to write this and make dinner (two meals in one day!) and then I think I’ll have to make him cum again. I just can’t get enough of the look on his face when he’s cumming inside me.


Please, may I suck your cock? (Part 2)


Well, clearly we worked things out after that frustrating night, otherwise I would have had more time to write 😉 In fact, the very next evening we had what I like to think of as an ‘aha!’ moment. We’ve had plenty of those moments in our relationship: when I realized he really wasn’t freaked out by my kinks, when he realized I really did love sucking his cock, when we both realized how much fun public play could be…So here’s a new one for our collection:

On the Sunday before Christmas, still at his parents’ house (but with fewer people around), still on my period, and still upset about the night before I decided to take out my frustration by sucking his cock. In case you haven’t caught on, I love to give blow jobs. I had been thinking about his cock all day and as soon as we closed our door for the night I was ready to take him. I guess he was thinking along the same lines because before I could say or do anything he was kissing me and pulling off my clothes. But, this time I wasn’t just going to sit around and do what he wanted, I was pissed off. You’d think I’d do something mean, but no, all I really wanted was to have his cock fill my throat until everything else in the world disappeared. So I helped him with his clothes and got on top of him so my head was above his erection. I started hungrily licking the head, the shaft, his balls, anything I could find, popping him into my mouth for a second sucking him off, then back to licking, kissing, sucking again. You can tell the difference between a girl who just wants to give a good blowjob and a girl who needs to suck cock right now or she’ll die. Yea, I was the latter.

I bounced my head on his cock, licking the underside of his cock, flicking my tongue across the tip every so often just to hear his reaction. He had his fingers in my hair, not guiding me, not hurting me, just letting me know that he could. I don’t usually choke if I can control when I take him into my throat, but his size makes the last inch really hard to push in. Not because of the gag reflex, but literally because I can’t get it past the narrow part of my throat. I had only managed it on a few occasions before but I was determined to do it again that night. Don’t ask me why, it was just there and I wanted it inside me.

He saw my neck was getting a bit tired and decided to help me out – ’cause he’s such a nice guy 😉 Standing up he pulled my head to the edge of the bed so I could take him from a new angle. But, now I didn’t have gravity on my side helping me push onto him. He watched me struggle for a few minutes, starting up at him while I tried to swallow his cock. Steadying my head with both hands he started thrusting in and out of my mouth. I loosened my jaw to accept him as he slowly worked himself deeper into my mouth. Then deeper into my throat. He was face-fucking me faster now and I was starting to get dizzy from the lack of air. Losing my focus I gagged. He pulled out to let me recover. “Are you ok?” He asked, genuinely concerned. I smiled through my tears and nodded, taking the tip of his cock back into my mouth. He let me suck him like that for a few seconds before he felt sure enough to start pushing into me again. Over and over I took him as deep as I could, until I couldn’t anymore. Over and over he made sure I was ok before starting again.

To give me a bit longer break, or maybe because he was getting tired of standing, he climbed onto the bed, kneeling over my chest. He stroked himself for a while there, again asking if I was ok and if I wanted to keep going. I always thought that would be a turn off, but coming from him, in that loving voice it made me want him even more. I answered by licking and sucking his balls, smiling up at him every time I let them go. I took a deep breath as he lifted my head up to the tip of his cock. He pulled my head toward him so that his cock was half way in my mouth and there was no way for me to pull away…as if I wanted to. He started thrusting into me again, deeper and deeper until he was as far as he could go. I could feel his balls on my chin as he moved his hips to get more leverage. Then he stopped. Balls deep in my mouth, he stopped. With his cock down my throat I couldn’t breath. With his body on my chest and his hands holding my head to him, I couldn’t move. Instead of panicking and trying to push him off, I opened my throat just a little bit more and he pushed all the way inside me. My head was swimming, probably partly from lack of oxygen, but mostly because I had completely given up control. I was as far into subspace as I could imagine, all I could think of was his cock in my mouth, nothing else mattered. I’m sure that moment lasted only a second or two, but it felt like forever.

He pulled out again and I gasped for breath as he held me just an inch or so from the tip of his cock. Again he asked if I was ok. I don’t think I answered, I don’t think I could, but I smiled and made to take him into my mouth again. And that’s when it clicked. Somehow he internalized what I had said about how much I love to suck his cock. He was no longer worried about whether I wanted this or not, he was going to cum in my throat and he knew I was going to like it. So he fucked my face, chocking me with his cock and giving me only a few seconds to recover. Tears were pouring down my face now from suppressing my gag reflex, but neither of us cared. I stroked his cock with my tongue as he fucked me, sucking and swallowing as much as I could, begging him with my eyes to unload down my throat.

And when he did, it was as good as I imagined. I felt his hot cum on the back of my throat as his cock pulsed on top of my tongue. He held me there, my face pressed against his abs until he had spilled ever drop of cum. He pulled out without letting go of my head and as I felt his head pass my lips I gratefully licked him clean.