Sometimes when you feel you are away from your family and friends, you tend to feel you are away from the feelings for you. It’s hard to face this feeling but sometimes something will happen to make your feelings better.
Oh! I forgot to introduce myself, I am Abhi and this is my short story on her. It’s not a kind of story but it’s more of a feeling towards her.
To start with, Wait!!!! Are you all by chance thinking this is a love story? Hmm…There is no other thought, right? When a boy describes his feelings towards a girl and vice versa. That’s very bad to jump into conclusion. Basically, even I am like that but you all shouldn’t think like that. Ok, without further delay, I shall start my feelings.
It was a rainy day, very rainy more like a downpour with heavy thunder and lightning. I was damn scared to leave my house. Actually, I have a very small phobia…. very small one which is getting scared of sudden sounds. And that day, I had to leave my house as my idiotic, Err…. sorry erratic friend of mine asked help from me. His Mum was coming from hometown and he was stuck at work. Mother sentiment always touches my heart and I went out to help him. Actually, it’s not only mother sentiment but I understand how it feels waiting for you family and friends when they are far away. I had been going through that continuously in my life. Waiting for my divorced parents to be together and hoping they will come back to me. Waiting for my siblings to at least come and visit me, and many more. This are more complicated waits but I understand the weight of waiting. It’s very heavy and it tends to be a burden in our heart as time passes.
Back to the point, so I went to the train station to fetch her and she greeted me with a wide smile. Then as usual like every mother she asked about her son and what happened to him. I explained that he was stuck at work and he would have come to fetch her if he wasn’t held up at work. She understood the situation without any complaints. I carried her bags and was about to walk away when she asked me to wait as her daughter is coming too.
You know, I really had no feeling towards girls so when she said her daughter, my expression was like there is more bags and luggage to carry. Then She came out from the washroom. She had a very frizzy hair with her face looking serene as the sea. I simply smiled as she was approaching us and she smiled back. She had a very pleasant smile but I was wondering why my friend never mention about her sister. He always mention about his Mum but not her sister. Strange feeling, I had but it was not my problem that I had to care for.
So, after that there was nothing much to my feelings for her. A normal girl who was acknowledging my help for them and then there was really nothing much that I had to care for her. With that I went back home and I did reflect the days happenings and slept tightly.
Then a few days later,
My erratic friend informed me that I have some important work to be done. My feeling was ok. It’s normal as it was a routine for us to have important work to be done at odd hours. On my way I saw her again, I was riding on my bike and jerked seeing her. This time she had an impact on my feelings.
She was helping a puppy stuck amid plastic bottles near the dustbin area. I really feel mad at irresponsible individuals who leave their pets like this. How can they be merciless to leave them like this? Aren’t they with a life like us loving those who showered love on them. You all may ask how do u know it’s a puppy left by someone? It’s simple, I observed the dog tag around it. I could relate to the puppy as it would have been waiting for its master after being left there. Thank god, she came and rescued it from there. I wondered how long the puppy would have been in this way. Thinking about that makes me mad on those people who did this kind of reckless action. But looking at her pacifying the sad looking puppy made my heart lighter.
I thought of talking to her but I need to fulfil my responsibility first and unfortunately, I had to leave. Maybe some other day if I had the chance I will praise her for what she did.
Upon reaching my workplace, my mind was filled with her in my mind. I wondered what magic she had done to me now. Basically, I am a quick person when it comes to feel for my feelings. I realized that I am falling for her. I know it might sound cliché of falling in love just be seeing a person helping a pet but I couldn’t stop thinking about her. After finishing my work, I decided to find about her from his brother (my erratic friend).
I called him as he was shifted to another division that day. “Hey! Abhi here, how’s work going there?”, I asked. “Come to the point Abhi! You won’t usually call me na…. It’s all through messages if now u are calling means there is something u want to know from me!” He said and I laughed realizing how much he understands me. “ Ya true and I want to ask how’s your mother? I dropped her at house but I never asked is she fine now?” I said. “For this u called? That’s so sweet of u to ask. Yes she is fine and will be leaving in a week soon”, He replied. “So fast??” I asked. “That’s not fast Abhi. It’s quite late for me as my privacy is gone for a week”, He said. “But she didn’t even look around the city and she leave so fast?” I asked again thinking of his sister in my mind. “Oh man! Is she some 20 year old girl to go around the city? She is very old, and all she wants to see is me!”, He said.
“Oh…but wait, I forgot to ask you why u never tell me u have a sister?” I asked as now I want to know about his sister. There was utter silence from his side. Did I ask anything wrong? That was my feeling when he went in complete silence and the next moment he ended the call. I was taken aback and found it unexpected.
Maybe he is having some wrong equation with his sister and his mood was off as I asked about her. I felt that this could be the reason for why he responded this way. A few hours later, I got a message from him which blow my mind away.
The message said:
“Sorry yaar….I got blank when u asked me about my sister. It’s not easy to share about people whom you had lost. She is a lost chapter in the unfinished book of mine. I think my mum would have shared about her. My mum is still in her memories. It’s not that easy to erase memories of the person you love the most. I will tell you more about her when we meet the next time. Hope you will understand my situation Abhi”.
What? Lost chapter? Lost?? Lost in which way? I asked myself trying to get a clear picture of his words in the message. That’s when a silent breeze blew on my face. It made my face to feel cold. My shoulders felt stiffened. I feel I am not alone at that moment for some weird reason.
Precap
“Do I have to speak this way?” I asked looking doubtfully and she nodded her head as yes. Bracing up my courage, I said “From this moment onwards, I promise you that I will never leave you and your brother! Trust me. Please Bijju….” Bijju looked at me with his innocent eyes looking pleased with my words. I really wonder where was his brother and to my surprise, he licked my hand and she smiled widely seeing us.
Ok I know this is a very random shot. I guess my mind is gone now due to exams and as a result this came out. But I will end it next shot as I am already writing it whenever I can. Thank u for reading and sorry if it was not up to the mark.