One-Shots

Bloody smile

Horror. Part-fiction. About the event when I go to the dentist to wash my teeth since it kind of gives me bad memories.

(31st December 2019, done on 10.20 am)

Inspired by the last page of the comic "Smile" I read in my school's library.

Happy New Year by the way. (Too late I guess)
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"Everyone, say cheese!"

"Cheese!" Everyone said as we all smiled.

It was for my orientation.
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"You have periodontal disease. Fortunately, it was only stage 1 and it was not too late to fix it."

The dentist smiled as he took out the tools he needed. "I just need to wash your teeth and you are done."

His side robot nurse was ready.

But that I was afraid of.

"Dentist, would it be painful?" I asked, as I held both of my hands together and tightened the grip.

"No, it wouldn't." He straightforwardly answered and smirked.

I began to feel doubtful and with some other mixed feelings but I felt that I had no choice. I had to agree.

It started. Everything was fine, but it started to be painful. And then more pain.

I held on to the chair to withstand this pain, but I couldn't take it. It was like the feeling of forcing out all my teeth, leaving me toothless.

A few minutes later, it was finally done. The moment that felt like forever.

I gurgled my mouth and spit all out but I still feel the blood.

"Here's how you brush your teeth. Take your toothbrush and instead of just brushing your teeth, you must brush your gum and your insides too. By the way, I made your problem better, I took out all your teeth for you. Wasn't everything better?"

Took out all my teeth?

"How was it bett-"

"If you tell anyone, you're in trouble. Very serious trouble, okay? You better be a good daughter to your mama and everything would be fine."

"O-okay..." I dare not say anything anymore. The nurse gestured me to go outside.

I went to the toilet and checked out. I was right, he was telling the truth. I became toothless.

The dentist lied, he said there wouldn't be a pain.

[LMAO "He was saying the truth" and not even a second later- "He lied"]

And now, it had become like this.

It was my mom's turn, but she came out fine.

She went to the paying counter and I followed. The nurse spoke. "It would be $888 altogether with your daughter."

"Oh okay." She took out $890 and got her $2 back. She went down and asked, "Show me your teeth."

I said nothing. I lost my accurate English pronunciation because of teeth loss.

I just showed her.

"Ooh, the doctor did well! Your teeth became so clean and neat already!"

Neat already?

Did I hallucinate or something? But it couldn't be, since it hurts so much...

I went back and checked to make sure of something.

I checked, bloody teeth. Though, mom said it was neat.

I think overall it was because there's something wrong with everyone right? I mean, why wouldn't she see it the way I see it?

Moms were supposed to take care of their kids, right?

I couldn't even brush my teeth at night since I had no more tooth to brush so I brushed my gums instead.

As I walked out of the washroom, a creepy face appeared. It widened to reveal its scary bloody teeth with the lips forming a smile, dripping down blood.

My mom was killed with a forced, bloody smile on her face and her teeth were everywhere. I stared at the body in horror, and puzzlement struck in.

A stranger broke in with a peal of extremely wicked laughter in the room. It sounded like the dentist I went to see earlier.

"That was what happened when you disobey me." He ridiculed me over something I didn't even do.

"But I didn't tell her! I-" I objected but was interrupted with his taunting voice.

"I lied." He snickered. "I was anemic and I needed blood. I was not the doctor your mom had appointed to see. And I hate to break it to you but, your mom was never there."

-The end-

P.s. this is how my mindset works.

Edited- 9/8/2021

This reminds me often of that day when I go to a doctor's appointment. It hurts like hell. T-T