I'm so glad that you went with something lighthearted :) I was already thinking NO, NO, NO :D And then I had to laugh. When I feel that something's going to happen I tend to read quicker just to get over it. I did it with your story but it was not needed at the end :)
Great writing! I personally would never go on such a date but I know that many people do. Oh, I can imagine how Zoe was feeling when she was facing the bed all tied up. And then the horror with TV, lol. What a disaster :D
But at least he was not a maniac ;) And he knew how to get her watch the anime :D
Thank you for sharing! Good luck with the contest!
Thank you for such a lovely comment @delishtreats!
I've been on online dates before (I promise nothing like this happened, heh) but never been on tinder. Probably a good thing :)
I had a similar thought process when writing the ending. Originally I was thinking of something dark but then that would be too expected so I wanted it to be a surprise but nothing too gruesome--a bit of a curve-ball for peoples expectations.
Thank you for reading!