RE: STACH Short Story Contest #27: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!

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STACH Short Story Contest #27: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!

in contest •  7 years ago 

He can't lie anymore.

It’s Tuesday

And I think he needs to pretend happy again. He does it all the time. Not just every Tuesday.
But, today is different. He can’t lie anymore.
He was cursed.

If he became genuinely happy, something will be taken away from him. And today, he met happiness. But he’s afraid.

The world can see it. And he can’t lose anything more. He can’t smile, he can’t laugh, unless he fakes it. But how can he be fraud, when it is right in front of him?
Tick tock, tick tock…
The twinkle of its eyes shivers his body. He can’t stop dancing.

Tick-tock, and boom. It bursts. He can’t fake-happy anymore. He can’t lie again. He truly is happy. But, he has nothing to lose. Except his life.

He doesn’t care anymore. “I will die a happy man.” He whispers.

Blink.
There’s a light.
The Universe.
He’s alone.

With happiness.

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dark and deep. I love it sis.