“I can’t take it anymore.” I want to put an end to it all”.
Even through the phone she could hear the pain and desperation in his voice.
“But you can’t, it’s against nature”
“I don’t care, It’s too much to bear”.
He slammed down the phone and sat looking at the pills for a long moment. Finally he picked them up and swallowed them quickly.
Then he leaned back, closed his eyes and waited for the release.
After a while he opened his eyes and smiled. The painkillers sure made his migraine go away in a jiffy.
Naturopathy be damned!
This Drabble was written in response to this week's Write Tribe Prompt.
Arre wah! I was thinking again one of 'those' posts. Thank God you did not disappoint. Good one!
ReplyDeleteAhh my dear. I aim not to disappoint !
DeleteWhatta mean "those posts" :P
Good one! And though I have been writing 100 word stories, I never knew till now that they are called Drabble! You live and learn :)
ReplyDeleteThanks ! Somehow I love the word Drabble !
DeleteI love the twist. Yeah, naturopathy be damned
ReplyDeleteYou bet ! Thank you !
DeleteNaturopathy be damned? I'm calling Sangeeta immediately! ;)
ReplyDeleteNice one, Ruchira. And thanks for educating me on the word drabble - I was clueless!
LOL ! she will whack me if she sees this :P
Deleteha hah...those painkiller are life savers even if you sing naturopathy songs all the time :-)
Delete#realitycheck
And this 100 word post is something I am feeling inspired by. Let me try one. You built up excitement and gave it a fun twist so naturally :-)
Hahaha!! Awesomely attempted Ruchira! End tak end nahi pata chala!
ReplyDeleteThats how I wanted it to be ! Ki end tak end na pata chale !
DeleteHahahahaha! What an anti-climax.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it !
DeleteKya twist tha... loved it!
ReplyDeleteArvind Passey
www.passey.info
Drabble -- thanks for educating on what that meant. And, yeah sometimes the faster remedy is so worth. I've suffered from headaches and I know the lure of that painkiller :). Nicely penned.
ReplyDeleteThank you ! Well the lure of painkillers is strong but then so are the side effects !
Deletehaha
ReplyDeletecool ending. I hope my migraine ends that fast :-/
OH poor you !
Deletethe twist was fab! Liked it :)
ReplyDeleteThank you and welcome here !
DeleteLOL!! :D Loved your drabble :)
ReplyDeleteThanks !
DeleteHah! Kya unnatural twist tha! I didn't even know this kind of short story telling had a name!
ReplyDeletetwist mein hi maza hai !
DeleteHahaha...nothing like allopathy for a quick fix.
ReplyDeleteyou bet !
DeleteI thought it was heading for.......
ReplyDeleteI liked the twist in this
Thank you !
DeleteAwesome :) I want to try... no not naturopathy, 100 words stories :)
ReplyDeleteYou should ! I would love to read them !
DeleteThe header looks beautiful... almost unreal.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Its Pangogng lake !
DeleteDrabble, learnt a new thing.
ReplyDeleteMigraine, I can relate to that!
They are horrid things . Migraine
DeleteRuchira.. This had a damn cool ending.. When I get migraines.. All I wish to do is shoot the ache or the head.. Phew.. U made it quite an experience.. Like so many readers I learnt abt Drabble,.Thank U :D
ReplyDeleteyeah I know .. I get them very rarely but makes me want to bang my head somewhere !
DeleteNicely written, Ruchira. I should try these drabbles, too. They are really fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThank you and welcome here !
DeleteLoved your story and will try this form of writing soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sulekha. Id love to read what you have written !
DeleteRuchira.. the ending :P :P
ReplyDelete:P welcome here !
Delete:) Welcome here !
Deletehahahaha :D wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks !
DeleteI know the migraine feeling and can totally identify! :) I never knew drabble meant that. Short and sweet drabble it is. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you ! I have migraine rarely but god is it bad !
DeleteAgainst nature? Just when I allowed myself to think of the most terrible things that those two words could mean, along comes the life saver.
ReplyDeleteVery amusing, Ruchira.
Thank you !
DeleteLOL :D That's a good one!
ReplyDeleteI know how harrowing is the migraine pain... true naturopathy be damned!
when you have a migraine, all you want is pain relief! !
DeleteNice one. I was wondering where the story was going. Relieved that it ended with just taking a medicine pill.:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you and welcome here !
DeleteWow, I was wondering if this was going to end in a suicide. Nicely done. Those migraines are the worse!
ReplyDeleteKathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
Migraines are bad ! Glad you liked the Drabble. Welcome here !
DeleteThanks and welcome here !
ReplyDeleteI wa shalf expecting this to be a seriious story but what a twist :)
ReplyDelete:) Glad you liked it !
DeleteFantastic! The man looks so tortured - it's difficult to turn the pic around and make it into a light hearted drabble. Thanks for that word. Glad to have found your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much and welcome here !
DeleteSame like Kathy, I thought he ended his life but ended with happy note.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed reading the Drabble Gany. Welcome here !
Deleteha! such an interesting twist in the tale :D you led us on ahaan :D
ReplyDeleteRicha
The final lines, the twist is really good :)
ReplyDeleteVery Nice twist!!
ReplyDeleteFirst time to your Blog :-)
Glad to find your Blog!!
Priyaa
http://meintheblogosphere.blogspot.in/search/label/Write%20over%20the%20weeked-blogadda