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Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 10:07am On Oct 21, 2012
I put one foot forward. Then another. Then the previous one. Then the other. With each step I took, my heart seemed o beat louder in my chest, like a performance of a star gangan drum player. I could now see the door. It loomed large ahead of me despite the fact that it was still quite a few steps away. It was not a very big door. Actually it was quite regular sized but with the way I was feeling, everything seemed to be much bigger than before.

I put another foot forward. Just a few more steps and I would be there.

“Stop!” yelled a voice in my head. “Go back! Go back now! You can’t go through with this.”

“No, no, no, no,” a different voice, this one gentle and soothing and not sounding as insistent as the previous one countered. “Go on. You know you want it. You know you can’t do without it.”

I stopped. Was it so bad that I couldn’t do without It?

“Yes,” aid the first voice. “It’s that bad. Now turn around and go back to the sitting room. Watch TV. It will take your mind off it. Just don’ try to go through with this.”

The other voice laughed softly. “We both know you’re not going back. We both know that you can’t resist. Why not save our time and go get it over with already?”

And like a robot, I found myself walking the rest of the distance to the door. Now I was a the door, a door I have stood before so many times but I’ve never felt as guilty standing before it as now. I wanted to go back, goodness knew I did. But I felt like I had been programmed and nothing I tried or did wuld prevent me from doing what I came here to do.

My hand stretched towards the door but just before it made contact, I snatched it back. What was I thinking? How could I even consider it? After how much pain it had caused me the previous time. And here I was, about to make the same mistake again. I can’t, I thought. I can’t do this.

But my body was thinking differently and before I could turn around and head down the corridor, my hand reached out to the door and, before I could snatch it back again, pushed it open.
The lights inside the room had been switched off but rays of light from the corridor illuminated the room, if only slightly. It was however enough for me to see him lying on the bed, sleeping like a baby and I sighed softly. He looked so angelic in his sleep and I couldn’t help smiling, a sad smile though. Would he want me to do this? How would he react if he even knew what I was thinking? What would he think of me thereafter? My mind was in turmoil and I just stood there in the doorway looking into the room, unable to decide whether to go on or go back.

“Go back!” the first voice cried. “Go back now! It’s for the best. It’s for your own good.”

“You’ve come this far,” the second voice said. “You might as well go the whole way. What you came for is right there for the taking. Why turn back now?”

I nearly groaned at my indecision. Why could something so wonderful cause so much pain and confusion? A small chill came over me and I wrapped my dressing gown tighter around me.

Then I saw “it” and I knew there was no going back. The only way I would be leaving the room was after I’ve had it inside me. I stepped into the room and pushed the door shut behind me. It made a small creaking sound as it slowly swung shut but I didn’t hear the final “click” meaning it didn’t shut completely. Consequently, the ray of the light from the corridor was now diminished to a thin line but still it was enough to keep me seeing it and I was filled with an intense, burning desire. I had seen it before, while he was taking a bath and even then I had been consumed with longing. I had to pull on all my reserves of self control to get what I had come to get in his room and leave without doing anything else.

I crossed the distance to the bed quickly but quietly. It helped that a soft rug covered the floor and muffled my steps. I stood beside the bed and looked down at him. He was breathing softly, still sleeping, and still looking as angelic as ever. A pang in my heart that hurt told me to have second thoughts. But I had made up my mind and there was no going back now. I sat gently on the bed and felt my heart freeze as the sheets rustled under me. He didn’t move and I breathed easier. I sat there for a few seconds. Then I moved closer to him. Then closer….then even closer……now were almost but not quite touching and I could hear his breathing loud and clear. It was so close to me now, loomed so large and real that I couldn’t wait any longer. I reached out my hand to touch it….hold it….nearly now…..almost touching it……

“Nice try,” a male voice said. “But I’m still awake.”

My hand froze over my target, the thin box of chocolates on the table at the other side of the bed, practically right beside the bed. Crap, I thought. How did I ever think I would lean over him to get the chocolates and he wouldn’t wake up? He slept like he didn’t sleep. The slightest movement and my husband would be up like a shot and I realized the venture was a failure from the start. He probably knew when I stepped into the room and just pretended to still be asleep. The cunning man!

“You probably saw it while I was in the bathroom,” he said, swiping the chocolates out of my reach. “I’m surprised you didn’t take it then. How many times do I have to remind that the dentist said you should stay away from chocolates and sweets of any kind? The last time you snuck one, you were here beside me wailing like a bush baby. Now you want to sneak another one. I’m not prepared to console anybody o!”

I groaned and chucked a pillow at him. He dodged it and laughed.

“You should really lay off the chocolates honey; they could make you really fat.”

“Ah, come on,” I replied. “I’ve had chocolates since forever. How come I never got fat?”

“You may get fat now,” he countered. “Then you’ll be like Mrs. Biola.” Mrs. Biola was our extremely fat neighbor that my husband had once joked looked like rhino on two feet.
I flung the other pillow at him and play-angrily stalked out of the room.

“You’ll thank me for this later,” he called from behind me. “If you’re feeling munchy, I think there’s a box of salted crackers in the kitchen!”

Crap, I thought. I hate crackers! I was about taking the stairs down to the sitting room to continue watching TV when I remembered. My sister had visited earlier in the day and had bought my ten year old son, Francis, a box of chocolates. I was quite sure he hadn’t touched it. Now if I could just borrow a piece...

So instead of taking the stairs, I turned and headed for Francis’ room at the other end of the corridor. I was very nearly at his door when my husband’s voice came again.

“Don’t even bother!”

I turned around to see him wafting Francis’ box of chocolates in the air. How in the world had he known I would think of that?

“Looking for this?” he asked.

“Er….erm…er, no, I just wanted to check if he is asleep,” I stuttered out.

“Ehn, I know. Please take all the time you want.”

I groaned again.

“Out of pillows to throw?” he asked.

One of my soft rubber slippers sailed through the air and hit the rapidly closed door. From where I stood, I could hear him laughing.

Crap, I thought for the third time in probably as many minutes. I’ll have to buy my personal stash. No chocolates tonight. Have to be the crackers then. They’re not that bad anyways…….




(My shortest story. Hurrah!)

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Re: Hurtful Pleasures by avicky(f): 11:06am On Oct 21, 2012
This novelette has made my day.
So hillarious.
I was even thinking she was going for her husbands di*k not knowing it was le chocolat she was targeting.

Weldone!

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Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 1:02pm On Oct 21, 2012
avicky: This novelette has made my day.
So hillarious.
I was even thinking she was going for her husbands di*k not knowing it was le chocolat she was targeting.

Weldone!

Thanks!
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 9:52pm On Oct 21, 2012
This is good, nice write up, and cunny too. Actually thought she was feeling Hot and needed a man's touch, that part was suspense filled. Keep it up wink
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 3:18pm On Oct 22, 2012
samuelee1: This is good, nice write up, and cunny too. Actually thought she was feeling Hot and needed a man's touch, that part was suspense filled. Keep it up wink
Grazie mille! smiley
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Ishilove: 4:49pm On Oct 22, 2012
Lol. You had my mind going down a whole DIFFERENT direction grin. I am a difficult person to please, but this story has pleased me greatly.

You didn't try to be funny, you just let the 'funny' flow out naturally. Less is more, never forget that. Paragraphing is good, suspense is on point. Simple and easy to follow. Keep it up sebonkura,I love this.

You have made me very jealous angry. I am so going to update The Chronicles asap *pouting*

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Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 7:06pm On Oct 22, 2012
Ishilove: Lol. You had my mind going down a whole DIFFERENT direction grin. I am a difficult person to please, but this story has pleased me greatly.

You didn't try to be funny, you just let the 'funny' flow out naturally. Less is more, never forget that. Paragraphing is good, suspense is on point. Simple and easy to follow. Keep it up sebonkura,I love this.

You have made me very jealous angry. I am so going to update The Chronicles asap *pouting*
lol, what can i say. i try my best.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 7:15pm On Oct 22, 2012
@ishilove, thanks for reading and your comment. i'm so grateful to you, ihedinobi, avicky and everybody else. you guys' critiques and encouragement are helping me get better which is pretty important especially as my search for an online mentor is making gulder's ultimate search look like a walk in the park.

We're all waiting for a chronicles update smiley
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Ishilove: 9:27pm On Oct 22, 2012
senbonzakura_kageyoshi: @ishilove, thanks for reading and your comment. i'm so grateful to you, ihedinobi, avicky and everybody else. you guys' critiques and encouragement are helping me get better which is pretty important especially as my search for an online mentor is making gulder's ultimate search look like a walk in the park.

We're all waiting for a chronicles update smiley
You are welcome sebonkura

grin
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 11:42pm On Oct 22, 2012
Who the deuce is this fella? shocked Meh, you sure can write. Now that sure did a number on me grin Love it dude!
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 4:22pm On Oct 23, 2012
Ihedinobi: Who the deuce is this fella? shocked Meh, you sure can write. Now that sure did a number on me grin Love it dude!
Grazie! Grazie mille! Really appreciate!
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 2:01pm On Oct 25, 2012
Box of Chocolates? A fuccking box of chocolates? My mind had already raced to a different direction...loool, but nice one OP. The imagery wasn't forced, it just flowed naturally. Good one, good one...but seriously, a box of chocolates? you did fool me...hahahahahaha.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 2:10pm On Oct 25, 2012
Good write-up! I think you are very prolific in keeping the general readers to suggest what the end is going to look like while taking a different direction. It is creative and clearly additive. But, one thing, just one thing about the write-up I don't agree with is the title - Hurtful Pleasures. It is too direct and self-explaining. I would be interested in something critically creative for a title.

Indeed, you have a writing ability that needs to be sold to the public. I wish you good luck in your future works!
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by esn1(f): 2:43pm On Oct 25, 2012
Nice one. Really got me. And to think all for a box of chocolates.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 2:50pm On Oct 25, 2012
very nice and very creative. nice one Senbonzakura
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by esn1(f): 2:51pm On Oct 25, 2012
all4naija: Good write-up! I think you are very prolific in keeping the general readers to suggest what the end is going to look like while taking a different direction. It is creative and clearly additive. But, one thing, just one thing about the write-up I don't agree with is the title - Hurtful Pleasures. It is too direct and self explaining. I would be interested in something critically creative for a title.

Indeed, you have a writing ability that needs to be sold to the public. I wish you good luck in your future works!

I think I agree with the title, not every title should be direct. Like Wole Soyinka's 'Telephone conversation' a little decieving but worth it. You follow it with ever vigour, enthusiasm only 2 smile. I think we all xpected something else. Kudos 2 d OP.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Kslib(m): 2:51pm On Oct 25, 2012
The funny thing is that i mistakenly scrolled past the story to read the first persons comment,and i saw some part of her post where she said she thought someone's d!ck was about to be played with not knowing it was chocolate..
I quickly went back to read the story,but i was still convinced that d!ck must be involved,but i was wrong..
Op you did a very very good job..kudos

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Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 3:05pm On Oct 25, 2012
A box of chocolate!Lwkm anyways op I scrowled down 1st cos I wanted 2 peep the end..gud1 man kip it up
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Remzolution: 3:15pm On Oct 25, 2012
ur creativity is genuinely highlighted in evry aspect of ds story. 4rm d dribblng 2d suspense n d choice of words. vry incisive, enunciatn @ its best! I luv it!
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by biggie123(m): 3:25pm On Oct 25, 2012
senbonzakura_kageyoshi: I put one foot forward. Then another. Then the previous one. Then the other. With each step I took, my heart seemed o beat louder in my chest, like a performance of a star gangan drum player. I could now see the door. It loomed large ahead of me despite the fact that it was still quite a few steps away. It was not a very big door. Actually it was quite regular sized but with the way I was feeling, everything seemed to be much bigger than before.

I put another foot forward. Just a few more steps and I would be there.

“Stop!” yelled a voice in my head. “Go back! Go back now! You can’t go through with this.”

“No, no, no, no,” a different voice, this one gentle and soothing and not sounding as insistent as the previous one countered. “Go on. You know you want it. You know you can’t do without it.”

I stopped. Was it so bad that I couldn’t do without It?

“Yes,” aid the first voice. “It’s that bad. Now turn around and go back to the sitting room. Watch TV. It will take your mind off it. Just don’ try to go through with this.”

The other voice laughed softly. “We both know you’re not going back. We both know that you can’t resist. Why not save our time and go get it over with already?”

And like a robot, I found myself walking the rest of the distance to the door. Now I was a the door, a door I have stood before so many times but I’ve never felt as guilty standing before it as now. I wanted to go back, goodness knew I did. But I felt like I had been programmed and nothing I tried or did wuld prevent me from doing what I came here to do.

My hand stretched towards the door but just before it made contact, I snatched it back. What was I thinking? How could I even consider it? After how much pain it had caused me the previous time. And here I was, about to make the same mistake again. I can’t, I thought. I can’t do this.

But my body was thinking differently and before I could turn around and head down the corridor, my hand reached out to the door and, before I could snatch it back again, pushed it open.
The lights inside the room had been switched off but rays of light from the corridor illuminated the room, if only slightly. It was however enough for me to see him lying on the bed, sleeping like a baby and I sighed softly. He looked so angelic in his sleep and I couldn’t help smiling, a sad smile though. Would he want me to do this? How would he react if he even knew what I was thinking? What would he think of me thereafter? My mind was in turmoil and I just stood there in the doorway looking into the room, unable to decide whether to go on or go back.

“Go back!” the first voice cried. “Go back now! It’s for the best. It’s for your own good.”

“You’ve come this far,” the second voice said. “You might as well go the whole way. What you came for is right there for the taking. Why turn back now?”

I nearly groaned at my indecision. Why could something so wonderful cause so much pain and confusion? A small chill came over me and I wrapped my dressing gown tighter around me.

Then I saw “it” and I knew there was no going back. The only way I would be leaving the room was after I’ve had it inside me. I stepped into the room and pushed the door shut behind me. It made a small creaking sound as it slowly swung shut but I didn’t hear the final “click” meaning it didn’t shut completely. Consequently, the ray of the light from the corridor was now diminished to a thin line but still it was enough to keep me seeing it and I was filled with an intense, burning desire. I had seen it before, while he was taking a bath and even then I had been consumed with longing. I had to pull on all my reserves of self control to get what I had come to get in his room and leave without doing anything else.

I crossed the distance to the bed quickly but quietly. It helped that a soft rug covered the floor and muffled my steps. I stood beside the bed and looked down at him. He was breathing softly, still sleeping, and still looking as angelic as ever. A pang in my heart that hurt told me to have second thoughts. But I had made up my mind and there was no going back now. I sat gently on the bed and felt my heart freeze as the sheets rustled under me. He didn’t move and I breathed easier. I sat there for a few seconds. Then I moved closer to him. Then closer….then even closer……now were almost but not quite touching and I could hear his breathing loud and clear. It was so close to me now, loomed so large and real that I couldn’t wait any longer. I reached out my hand to touch it….hold it….nearly now…..almost touching it……

“Nice try,” a male voice said. “But I’m still awake.”

My hand froze over my target, the thin box of chocolates on the table at the other side of the bed, practically right beside the bed. Crap, I thought. How did I ever think I would lean over him to get the chocolates and he wouldn’t wake up? He slept like he didn’t sleep. The slightest movement and my husband would be up like a shot and I realized the venture was a failure from the start. He probably knew when I stepped into the room and just pretended to still be asleep. The cunning man!

“You probably saw it while I was in the bathroom,” he said, swiping the chocolates out of my reach. “I’m surprised you didn’t take it then. How many times do I have to remind that the dentist said you should stay away from chocolates and sweets of any kind? The last time you snuck one, you were here beside me wailing like a bush baby. Now you want to sneak another one. I’m not prepared to console anybody o!”

I groaned and chucked a pillow at him. He dodged it and laughed.

“You should really lay off the chocolates honey; they could make you really fat.”

“Ah, come on,” I replied. “I’ve had chocolates since forever. How come I never got fat?”

“You may get fat now,” he countered. “Then you’ll be like Mrs. Biola.” Mrs. Biola was our extremely fat neighbor that my husband had once joked looked like rhino on two feet.
I flung the other pillow at him and play-angrily stalked out of the room.

“You’ll thank me for this later,” he called from behind me. “If you’re feeling munchy, I think there’s a box of salted crackers in the kitchen!”

Crap, I thought. I hate crackers! I was about taking the stairs down to the sitting room to continue watching TV when I remembered. My sister had visited earlier in the day and had bought my ten year old son, Francis, a box of chocolates. I was quite sure he hadn’t touched it. Now if I could just borrow a piece...

So instead of taking the stairs, I turned and headed for Francis’ room at the other end of the corridor. I was very nearly at his door when my husband’s voice came again.

“Don’t even bother!”

I turned around to see him wafting Francis’ box of chocolates in the air. How in the world had he known I would think of that?

“Looking for this?” he asked.

“Er….erm…er, no, I just wanted to check if he is asleep,” I stuttered out.

“Ehn, I know. Please take all the time you want.”

I groaned again.

“Out of pillows to throw?” he asked.

One of my soft rubber slippers sailed through the air and hit the rapidly closed door. From where I stood, I could hear him laughing.

Crap, I thought for the third time in probably as many minutes. I’ll have to buy my personal stash. No chocolates tonight. Have to be the crackers then. They’re not that bad anyways…….




(My shortest story. Hurrah!)

damn this story got my mind twisted..cool
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 3:32pm On Oct 25, 2012
@ OP good one there...lmao @ bush baby..nice one @ suspense
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by controlseven: 3:34pm On Oct 25, 2012
Ur tale is quite a triller! Amazed cuz i was bought over by your intriques. I flirt more with crime series. Maybe u'll do dat angle 4 me plsssssssss...
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Nobody: 3:35pm On Oct 25, 2012
;Dhmmm, what direction did Your mind race to?
ItsModella: Box of Chocolates? A fuccking box of chocolates? My mind had already raced to a different direction...loool, but nice one OP. The imagery wasn't forced, it just flowed naturally. Good one, good one...but seriously, a box of chocolates? you did fool me...hahahahahaha.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by amosy007: 4:24pm On Oct 25, 2012
Choi! This ur ID na die

nice write up
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Dospix(m): 4:49pm On Oct 25, 2012
You did put us all in suspense.For me,the fact that we couldn't decipher the message passed from the onset of your writing,describes the beauty and creativity it posseses.I AM GREATELY INSPIRED BRO.In one i say:"EMPHANTIC CREATIVITY"
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Dospix(m): 4:51pm On Oct 25, 2012
[quote author=amosy007]Choi! This ur ID na die

nice write up. I actually felt he is some one from east Africa.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Denlightened(m): 5:00pm On Oct 25, 2012
this story actually threw me off balance and to be sincere,i came down from d seat to d foam jxt to avoid a standing ovation but I must say that d suspense wz above par,Keep it up;u are d next Kola Boof
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by dustydee: 5:02pm On Oct 25, 2012
Good one. Got me thinking in the wrong direction.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by misreal(m): 5:27pm On Oct 25, 2012
[quote author=biggie123][/quote]y did u quote evwitin if u had nting to say na.pls dnt do dis again oh.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by Orikinla(m): 5:28pm On Oct 25, 2012
senbonzakura_kageyoshi: I put one foot forward. Then another. Then the previous one. Then the other. With each step I took, my heart seemed o beat louder in my chest, like a performance of a star gangan drum player. I could now see the door. It loomed large ahead of me despite the fact that it was still quite a few steps away. It was not a very big door. Actually it was quite regular sized but with the way I was feeling, everything seemed to be much bigger than before.

I put another foot forward. Just a few more steps and I would be there.

“Stop!” yelled a voice in my head. “Go back! Go back now! You can’t go through with this.”

“No, no, no, no,” a different voice, this one gentle and soothing and not sounding as insistent as the previous one countered. “Go on. You know you want it. You know you can’t do without it.”

I stopped. Was it so bad that I couldn’t do without It?

“Yes,” aid the first voice. “It’s that bad. Now turn around and go back to the sitting room. Watch TV. It will take your mind off it. Just don’ try to go through with this.”

The other voice laughed softly. “We both know you’re not going back. We both know that you can’t resist. Why not save our time and go get it over with already?”

And like a robot, I found myself walking the rest of the distance to the door. Now I was a the door, a door I have stood before so many times but I’ve never felt as guilty standing before it as now. I wanted to go back, goodness knew I did. But I felt like I had been programmed and nothing I tried or did wuld prevent me from doing what I came here to do.

My hand stretched towards the door but just before it made contact, I snatched it back. What was I thinking? How could I even consider it? After how much pain it had caused me the previous time. And here I was, about to make the same mistake again. I can’t, I thought. I can’t do this.

But my body was thinking differently and before I could turn around and head down the corridor, my hand reached out to the door and, before I could snatch it back again, pushed it open.
The lights inside the room had been switched off but rays of light from the corridor illuminated the room, if only slightly. It was however enough for me to see him lying on the bed, sleeping like a baby and I sighed softly. He looked so angelic in his sleep and I couldn’t help smiling, a sad smile though. Would he want me to do this? How would he react if he even knew what I was thinking? What would he think of me thereafter? My mind was in turmoil and I just stood there in the doorway looking into the room, unable to decide whether to go on or go back.

“Go back!” the first voice cried. “Go back now! It’s for the best. It’s for your own good.”

“You’ve come this far,” the second voice said. “You might as well go the whole way. What you came for is right there for the taking. Why turn back now?”

I nearly groaned at my indecision. Why could something so wonderful cause so much pain and confusion? A small chill came over me and I wrapped my dressing gown tighter around me.

Then I saw “it” and I knew there was no going back. The only way I would be leaving the room was after I’ve had it inside me. I stepped into the room and pushed the door shut behind me. It made a small creaking sound as it slowly swung shut but I didn’t hear the final “click” meaning it didn’t shut completely. Consequently, the ray of the light from the corridor was now diminished to a thin line but still it was enough to keep me seeing it and I was filled with an intense, burning desire. I had seen it before, while he was taking a bath and even then I had been consumed with longing. I had to pull on all my reserves of self control to get what I had come to get in his room and leave without doing anything else.

I crossed the distance to the bed quickly but quietly. It helped that a soft rug covered the floor and muffled my steps. I stood beside the bed and looked down at him. He was breathing softly, still sleeping, and still looking as angelic as ever. A pang in my heart that hurt told me to have second thoughts. But I had made up my mind and there was no going back now. I sat gently on the bed and felt my heart freeze as the sheets rustled under me. He didn’t move and I breathed easier. I sat there for a few seconds. Then I moved closer to him. Then closer….then even closer……now were almost but not quite touching and I could hear his breathing loud and clear. It was so close to me now, loomed so large and real that I couldn’t wait any longer. I reached out my hand to touch it….hold it….nearly now…..almost touching it……

“Nice try,” a male voice said. “But I’m still awake.”

My hand froze over my target, the thin box of chocolates on the table at the other side of the bed, practically right beside the bed. Crap, I thought. How did I ever think I would lean over him to get the chocolates and he wouldn’t wake up? He slept like he didn’t sleep. The slightest movement and my husband would be up like a shot and I realized the venture was a failure from the start. He probably knew when I stepped into the room and just pretended to still be asleep. The cunning man!

“You probably saw it while I was in the bathroom,” he said, swiping the chocolates out of my reach. “I’m surprised you didn’t take it then. How many times do I have to remind that the dentist said you should stay away from chocolates and sweets of any kind? The last time you snuck one, you were here beside me wailing like a bush baby. Now you want to sneak another one. I’m not prepared to console anybody o!”

I groaned and chucked a pillow at him. He dodged it and laughed.

“You should really lay off the chocolates honey; they could make you really fat.”

“Ah, come on,” I replied. “I’ve had chocolates since forever. How come I never got fat?”

“You may get fat now,” he countered. “Then you’ll be like Mrs. Biola.” Mrs. Biola was our extremely fat neighbor that my husband had once joked looked like rhino on two feet.
I flung the other pillow at him and play-angrily stalked out of the room.

“You’ll thank me for this later,” he called from behind me. “If you’re feeling munchy, I think there’s a box of salted crackers in the kitchen!”

Crap, I thought. I hate crackers! I was about taking the stairs down to the sitting room to continue watching TV when I remembered. My sister had visited earlier in the day and had bought my ten year old son, Francis, a box of chocolates. I was quite sure he hadn’t touched it. Now if I could just borrow a piece...

So instead of taking the stairs, I turned and headed for Francis’ room at the other end of the corridor. I was very nearly at his door when my husband’s voice came again.

“Don’t even bother!”

I turned around to see him wafting Francis’ box of chocolates in the air. How in the world had he known I would think of that?

“Looking for this?” he asked.

“Er….erm…er, no, I just wanted to check if he is asleep,” I stuttered out.

“Ehn, I know. Please take all the time you want.”

I groaned again.

“Out of pillows to throw?” he asked.

One of my soft rubber slippers sailed through the air and hit the rapidly closed door. From where I stood, I could hear him laughing.

Crap, I thought for the third time in probably as many minutes. I’ll have to buy my personal stash. No chocolates tonight. Have to be the crackers then. They’re not that bad anyways…….




(My shortest story. Hurrah!)



Well done.
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by senbonzakurakageyoshi(m): 5:38pm On Oct 25, 2012
amosy007: Choi! This ur ID na die

nice write up

Lolz, my id no be here o. Got it from the name of a sword in a japanese manga series I'm watching. Tricky to type, right?
Re: Hurtful Pleasures by seyibrown(f): 5:41pm On Oct 25, 2012
Nice Novellete! grin grin You got talent!

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