Hello, friends, and welcome!
You might notice, if you follow me, that you just received a flurry of emails. These are drabbles that I wrote as requests on my Tumblr blog (only-lonely-stars) and on Discord. I have denoted the requester for each installment: each of these is about 250 words, with one notable exception. I will be posting just a few more of these in the next day or two, but for now I've only written five.
Without any further ado, please enjoy!
Prompt: Ohh, spoopy pumpkin carving pls! (fishybehavior on Tumblr)
Slowly, methodically, Kai maneuvered the knife. Surgical slices took away pieces of flesh, leaving perfectly-shaped holes in their place, cleanly dividing… until a chunk fell away, smacking into his hand with a wet thwap as the knife slipped.
"Gah! Dang it!" Kai slammed the knife down on the table. "Not again!"
Across the table from him, Jay burst into laughter. "Kai! What did you do this time?"
"I was this close!" Kai grumbled. "Stupid knife, stupid pumpkin, stupid day of the departed!"
Jay stifled his laughter a tiny bit, forcing it down to only snickers. "Well, come on! Let's see it!" He made a spinning motion with his hand.
Kai grumbled and turned the pumpkin around, revealing a messy pumpkin face. The lines were clean, for the most part. It seemed to be smirking, but it would've been better if it weren't for the massive gash out of the cheek, nearly connecting to the eye hole. It only served to send Jay into even more peals of laughter. "Hey! Give me a break!"
"That– haha– that looks like a mess!" Jay tried and failed to stifle more laughter.
"You don't need to rub it in!" He crossed his arms, sinking into his chair with a dark glower. "It was supposed to look like me."
Jay wiped at his eyes. "Oh, then it's perfect!"
"I will stab you." Kai pointed the knife at him.
"Sure, sure!"
"Stop laughing at me!"
"NEVER!"
"JAY!"