It was a sultry afternoon, one in the month of june. The boy was trying his best to beat the heat, enjoying a cornetto in one hand and his cell phone on the other. He wasn’t over the line with someone, but was busy unveiling the unknown side of FACEBOOK in order to kill the state of boredom. As he was scrolling through ,what could then be termed as icons on his friend list, he came across ‘a long time UNCLIKED’ icon. He decided to click on the icon(the very fact that the icon led to the profile controlled by a SHE was one of the driving force of the click!). He ran his eyes through the well decorated profile and was eventually driven to the photo album of hers. Who on earth could probably guess that all these events would be actually penned down one day and be tagged as one of the most influential days of the boy’s life?!.....
The boy ‘patiently’(which was quite uncommon with him) scrolled through the photo comments which were successful enough in driving his MORONish thought process to a conclusion that this gal was a snob of the highest order.!As the boy himself was one with a reasonably high level of attitude, he decided to bully/irritate the gal with a few ‘ever notorious’ comments. The things went as intended and the gal found those comments to be irritating!...She was no less and thus dint hesitate in starting a quarrel with ‘the then‘ stranger. The boy left no stone unturned and commented on yet another pic of hers. But things turned out 2 be relatively smoother this time. Both the boy and the gal were drawn inside the world of ‘anime’ since quite some time n that paved the path 2 their friendship. Eventually both had been elevated above the ‘mere iconic’ standards to good friends!
The boy had a latent hobby of writing poems and stories(as the current script speaks of it). To his surprise the gal was into the same field too. The gal one day highly applauded for the status update which was a part of one of his poems. This led to the subsequent exchange of phone numbers and thus the gates to a new mode of communication between them were opened i.e. telephonic conversation. The boy instantly decide to drop in a call at the gals 10-digit identity(mobile no.) that evening itself.The evening phone call capsized the guys opinions about the gal upside down.
1) She wasn’t a SNOB.
2)She is an awesome person whose company demands respect
3) We both can share a great rapport.
Although the boy seemed to be pretty submissive during the first conversation, he was quite sure that the gal was kinda impressed.
They turned out to be pretty good friends within a couple of days. But surprisingly, none of them succeded in realising that they started chatting with each other 24x7 and their relation had reached a threshold which was miles ahead of mere friendship. They had an unconditional sense of caring and understanding for each other which was still unrecognised. They shared stuffs which they wouldn’t even share with close friends whose physical presence could atleast be felt. The boy understood every bit of turmoil the gal had faced in the long run coz he himself had to walk through the same road full of thorns once in his life.They had charachterized each other to such an extent that they ended up dedicating a virtual (quite real for both of them though) AVATAR for each other i.e yuki and tanaka.One could infact say a cute animated love story was in the making. Days were awesome and evenings were pleasant for both of them as they shared each others company(however virtual) 24x7.
But still one inevitable thought/feeling was stealthily sneaking its way under the carpet everytime they talked. The fact that both were growing closer day by day was left unnoticed everytime. Scenario was such that they could nomore be called as good pals.Feelings had started sprouting both sides….
One fine night , a series of ‘ever conventional’ questions ran through the boys mind…..
IS IT LOVE?
SHALL I ASK HER OUT?
WAT IF SHE DENIES?
WILL WE STILL BE FRIENDS?
…….were some of the questions that constituted one third of his thought process that night.
The guy finally found an answer to the strange but obvious set of questions and said to himself…
LOOK!! BOTH OF US ARE MILES APART!!! LOVE WONT BE POSSIBLE AT AL!! SHE JUST CONSIDERS U AS A GOOD PAL!!!DATS IT!!!.....this very thought put an end to all the tedious thinking he had done that night and he finally slept.
The next day was kick-started as usual. Routine morning calls and 24x7 exchange of words via THE FACEBOOK were in place. Obeying their domestic protocols they called off the chats during their daily meals which was however gobbled in both the sides so that they could feel each others textual presence as soon as possible. One big fact that hasn’t been disclosed so far is that the gal was a professional singer(p.s-the guy was aware of this). Amidst their talks a random topic was raised which eventually demanded the gal to flaunt her singing talent over the phone for the guy.
Till this very instant the guy sniffed nothing special about the day but little did he know that a major change was yet to take place before he called it a day. The gal sang….it was a heavenly feeling for the boy. Her mellifluous tone totally lured him away from the fact that they had known each other for just 5 days. He was confused. He was a big fan of kesha , beyonce and shakira but never had his hormones reacted in such a manner to any kind off audio input! He felt the adrenalin rushing through his blood. Perspiration was at its peak! He had made it clear…….HE WAS IN LOVE AND IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO CONVEY.!!
Despite the very fact that the gal was a performer, her nerves too failed to hold the nervousness. She was panting out of nervousness after the song as well. The guy conveyed the growing uneasiness his side that triggered the same kinda emotions the other side of the phone.The gal asked, “ WATS HAPPENING TO YOU!R U ALRIGHT??....U being NERVOUS IS MAKING ME FEEL THE SAME…..DONNO Y!!”…….It was almost for three hours that the boy had stopped his emotions from overflowing but it was high time now and he had to vent out his emotions….After all, he belonged to the species known for its emotional weaknesses i.e. homosapiens(human being!)…He forced his trembling finger to type the MAGICAL words and it was 9:17 p.m when the send button was pressed!! It took 3 minutes for the reply to arrive at the boy’s inbox and these 180 seconds seemed no less than a century!!! Reply was positive……The gal replied…”The feelings are the same here….no point lyin!!!”…..happiness was brimming on both sides of the TELEPHONE!! AND AS THE CLICHÉ IN INDIA DEMANDS ……” THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!”………….
Its strange that it took the internet ,two cell phones (and two souls of course) and 5 days for an unconventional yet true and intense love story!!!
