Image: © yarnspinner
It wasn’t the sort of dinner date one would look forward to in hindsight. All that was left was a few dried scraps of tissue. The rescue was left to sweep them up. The police hoped there might be DNA to identify which bits were his and which were hers.
No one was sure what had happened. They had ordered a sweet and sour pork, fried rice and a beef and black bean. Somewhere along the line, everything went wrong.
First, he began to shrivel, and then she followed suite. There was a breeze, and before anyone knew it, they were being blown out into the street.
The doors were hurriedly closed and the police called but there wasn’t a lot could be done though someone’s suggestion of pouring water on the dried tissue was treated with an air of disdain.
The restaurant’s reputation suffered, it was avoided, and the couple involved whose surname interestingly was Crisp lived on in folklore.
Written for: https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/fffaw-challenge-week-of-december-12-2017/
Morpethroad 
Why do I suddenly have an urge for Chinese food?
Hmm maybe you are a risk taker after reading my tale?
No, I simply love Chinese food.
😀👍
Imaginative take on the picture! Good one!
Thank you so much Reena.
Hahahaha! That poor couple that dried up and blew away! Loved the twist at the end with their surname being Crisp! LOL! Great story, Michael!
Take out food always had a slightly different meaning to me. Dinner dates have enough challenges already. Nicely done
Glad I’m not the only one who saw something like bones and remains from the prompt. I was never a big fan of Chinese food anyway…! Nice one Michael.
Thanks so much Iain.
What an imagination.Nice one.LOL, or be scared?
Thanks Indira, its a bit scary isn’t it.
🙂
Gives a whole new meaning to Takeout Michael!
I guess so Di.
Very imaginative tragi-comic tale! Loved it!
Hi Shivangi thanks so much for your lovely comment
I have always enjoyed sweet and sour, it is great, just like your story
Ha ha ha ha ha. What a crisp supernatural thriller 🙂 Loved it.
Thank you so much.
Change of plan – Indian meal for me tonight! Nice one.
Click to read my FFfAW!
Thanks Keith.
Guess I will think twice about the next restaurant I choose to eat at. Who would think of such a reaction to food, or was it something else?
I suspect something else, makes it interesting to speculate about doesn’t it.
Yes it does