[Weekly Short-Short Prompt] Eradicated Mandarin

The mandarin's fate had already been decided.

A baby's chubby fingers grip the mandarin's peel. In those tiny hands, the mandarin is not just a piece of fruit. It is prey.

Squeeze... squish...!

Without a moment to resist, the mandarin's soft flesh spreads across the baby's palm. Juice oozes out, reaching even its cheeks.

"Ngh-hoo!"

The baby laughs contentedly and carries the mangled mandarin to its mouth. It is less of a tasting and more of a conquest.

Watching the mandarin, which no longer retained its original form, the mother muttered.

"...My condolences."

And so, another innocent mandarin had vanished without a trace before the baby's overwhelming force.

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☆I decided to participate in Taharanika-san's weekly short-short note challenge (*^-^*)☆彡

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