THIS IS A STORY

by _NAME_

Auxiliary Story E.

The stallion winced as another flash of pain jolted through his upper jaw.

He grimaced and held a hoof to his mouth, silently cursing under his breath.

For the past five or so days now, one of his teeth, for he could not quite tell which one, had been causing him a lot of discomfort.

It had started out innocently enough, just as some minor cold sensitivity, but as time went on, the slight pain in his tooth became a constant, throbbing one.

So much so that it was now having an impact on his daily life, to the point where he had to leave work early because he could not concentrate due to the intense and now persistent aching in his jaw.

That night, he even had to take pain medication just to fall asleep, because it hurt just enough to keep him awake.

Even eating was a sordid affair, as he had to take care to chew all of his food on the other side of his mouth, since any sort of pressure near that tooth would send another spike of pain through his jaw.

And, to top it all off, he had absolutely no idea why his tooth was in such a state, and that was almost just as annoying as the actual pain itself.

The stallion brushed regularly, did not eat much junk food, went to the dentist twice a year, and just generally took good care of his teeth, and, even though he flossed only occasionally, much to the chagrin of his dentist, he felt that that was not a likely reason he was in so much pain right now.

It was utterly mystifying.

He did not know why his tooth was hurting so.

But, he did know that he would have to do something about it very, very soon, because it was now unbearable, even through the medicine he had been taking.

And so, he took the next day off of work and went into the dentist's office in the hopes of getting this issue resolved.

By about noontime, he was done and his tooth no longer hurt, though the entire left side of his face was completely numb and he could not eat anything for a few more hours, as was expected.

With that done, he went back home and relaxed for the remainder of the day.

Author's Note:

INSERT WITTY AUTHOR'S NOTE HERE

Comments

[FloydienSlip]

Wait, what? I thought this was complete. I guess I have five new chapters to read...

[FloydienSlip]

God, this is actually me. I have a tooth just like this (supposedly it's pressure from my wisdom teeth).

[_NAME_]

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Yeah, it's technically finished, but I occasionally write some more if the mood ever strikes me.

I actually began writing this a few weeks ago when I also had a really bad toothache for no apparent reason. Man, you really just don't appreciate having working, non-hurting teeth until one of them is in tremendous pain. Same with a lot of things, I guess.

[8542Madness]

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Do you want a prize for noticing or something? Turns out, in order to describe something that is very short but impact in some way, one must use more words to describe the thing than the thing itself had within it. For example, the story often credited to Earnest Hemingway about baby shoes is a single sentence. For sale: baby shoes, never worn. I can't possibly describe why this is a clever story in six words.

Also, that comment is literally over two years old. I had completely forgotten about it. I almost wish Fimfic would automatically prevent people from replying to comments literally years later. But hey, since I'm here, may as well reread these cool short bits of writing again. After all, this is a story.