Geuszey's 100-word story for May 5, 2025

Geuszey wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 5, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Johnny wore a plastered-on smile. It was his first date with Samantha, and he had agreed, foolishly in hindsight, to join her at her favorite restaurant, without asking where or what she liked to eat. As it turns out, Samantha had spent her gap year backpacking across Southeast Asia and had developed a taste for curries, soups and stews composed almost entirely (from Johnny's perspective) of chilli peppers, occasionally decorated with thinly sliced chicken. As a counterpoint, Johnny had spent HIS gap year undergoing and recovering from surgery for Crohn's disease and IBS. Maybe he should have spoken up earlier.

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