Hide's 100-word story for August 18, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 18, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

This picture just reminded me how there’s a giant pimple in my nose right now. It really hurts and honestly it’s ruining my day. Any time I touch my nose it hurts. Please if anyone knows what to do let me know. I bet this kid had a really fun time building this thing out of snow without his nose hurting. I wonder if he’ll ever know this pain in his lifetime. Some days I would say I hope he does. Pain builds character. Right now I don’t have that kind of schadenfreude in me. May he stay innocent forever.

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