prompt #3 // haeku // 345 words
"happy halloween!" haeku exclaimed, waving a goodbye as her friends drove away. her halloween party had been successful again this year - her decorations were gorgeous, her food was scrumptious - and she was certainly excited to eat all of the leftover goodies she had prepared. the chips, the pumpkin seeds, the ribs, the candy...the possibilities were nearly endless for what she should start with. picking up an m&m, she plopped it into her mouth lazily as she closed the door. but as as she shut it, a sudden thought hit her from something she had seen out of the corner of her eye.
haeku's eyes lit up in shock as she remembered something she had forgotten about earlier. "oh no!" she gasped, whipping the door back open and looking out to examine where her favorite succulents usually sat on the front porch to bathe in the sun. instead of being bright as usual, they were turning a deep brown and starting to wilt, which made haeku shutter with remembrance.
it was cold, much colder than it usually was around this time of the year, and haeku had accidentally left her plants where they would freeze overnight during the sudden cold snap. she had been so occupied with halloween festivities that she had completely forgotten to take them inside, and now they were dying. she was afraid that she might not be able to revive them this time.
dashing outside, haeku tugged the pots into her arms in a fury before running back inside where it was warm. she placed them by a small heating lamp, turning it on and taking a deep, nervous breath. what if she was too late? what if she couldn't save them? no, she had to push those thoughts to the back of her mind. she would save these plants no matter what; she was not about to give up now. through patient care, her plants would surely be able to recover, but what a scare that had given her; she loved her plants like children. losing one would have been horrid.
