Photo prompt courtesy Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
“All these flowers for me?” she cried out, positively drooling.
Heartened by her enthusiastic reception, I waxed eloquent, “Yes, sweetheart, just a small token of my undying love for you.”
She smelt the sweet redolence of one, and sighed, “You are as sweet as nectar.”
“In that case,” I whispered, “I have a question for you. To…”
ZATAAAAAAAAKKKKK!
The next thing I saw was her body splattered on to the dining table.
Ah well, these humans are rather possessive about their flowers, it seems. I just wish they’d allowed me to complete my question, “To bee, or not to bee?”
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100 words.
This groan-inducing story has been written as a part of the Friday Fictioneers challenge, hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The objective is to write a short story of 100 words or less, inspired by the weekly photo prompt. To read many more stories based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
jagahdilmein 
Killed another woman with flower! What has gone into you?
A bee, not a woman!
LMOA… Unexpected. Awesome story.
Thank you so much
Bye bye bee 🙂
🙂
Drones, of course, have only one function in bee colonies.
Ahem ahem 🙂
I like the way you use an unexpected POV to surprise us!
Thank you so much Penny
I didn’t see that one coming! I had to read it twice x
Thank you so much
I don’t bee-lieve it, humans just ruin everything!
They do, they do.
Dear Anurag,
A story with a sting attached. Groaning and going…well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you so much Rochelle
oops! it didn’t end up with the expected happy ending. 😦
There’s always a next time 🙂
And that is the question! Very well done!
Thank you so much Russell.
Wow, that was a bit unexpected! Nice one.
Click to read my FriFic tale!
Thank you so much Keith
Heheheh. That’s a good groan. Funny and clever. It’s a clear not-to-bee now.
Thank you so much
I am told that insects, particularly bees are a dying by the hundreds – oh dear.
Your story had that sudden switch which worked well.
Thank you so much James.
Nice switcheroo at the end. It gave me a chuckle.
Thank you so much Russell
Do be a good bee. This was beeting funny.
Ha ha ha, thank you so much.
A bee-utiful twist. Well done!
Ha ha ha, thank you so much Brenda
Too bad for bees… a story with a sting
Thank you so much Bjorn.
Different which is great, but I am sad that the bee had to die