Gush Forth
Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!)
To say here is far, and to call yonder nearby. Stories on the edge of the every day, strange tales you may or may not be moved by. Strange, curious, fantastic stories told by me, you, him and her. There are many stories but they’re all concluded within a single page, each story around 200 to 1200 characters in length, a short story collection you can easily read. Please enjoy them. Updated every Saturday at 6pm.
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I was waiting for my friend at the park.
Despite the heat, my friend still hadn’t shown up. I was so annoyed that I kicked a surveying stake at my feet.
It wobbled back and forth. The ground must have been soft, or perhaps it wasn’t put in well, but either way, it wasn’t stable.
Curiosity filled me. I grabbed the stake and pulled, and it came out much easier than I expected.
But when it did, water started to fill the hole it left behind.
Panicking, I pushed the stake back in, but it was no use.
Before long, the water formed a puddle and then continued to gush forth.
Scared, I ran away.
I called my friend and we met somewhere else, and then fearfully, I returned to the park after that.
I don’t know who did it, but the stake in the ground had been fixed. There was no sign of all that water that had gushed out.
Nervously, I touched the stake with the tip of my finger.
It didn’t budge.
This time, it was firmly planted in the ground.