Life was full of fun for him in London.
Famous in his college for his Charm.He was the best friend anyone can ever had
& the brightest in the class. Fond of helping friends, completing
assignments & party all weekends. Coming back to India was definitely not a
very good idea.
As far as rich Indian families are
concerned, they always wish their kids to go abroad to study & always come
back to serve the family business & of course the nation. Who cares about
the emotional turmoil the kid undergoes. But Manav was a sensible lad, had
always been. When he came back to India, it took him six months to meet all his
relatives. Sometimes he would wonder if half of India was related to his
family. Hundreds of cousins & other relatives but not even a single friend.
All day feasting & he was happy to indulge in lavish rich spicy Indian food
after having continental for those many years. Family’s immense love started
showing on his body & he gained enormous weight. With increase in weight
there was a decrease in his interests and cheerfulness. He would go to visit
different construction sites on behalf of his father and spend evenings
listening to music in his room.
Trying to revive his old hobbies, he pulled out his acoustic guitar one evening & started straightening its chords leisurely sitting on the terrace. In the evening silence touched by some of its chords, he heard a soft humming. He stopped to hear the voice again which was louder & sweeter now coming from the adjacent terrace. What a beautiful & tender voice it was. Manav couldn’t stop himself from peeping in the other side. There he saw a girl sitting on the swing with a book in one hand & singing. This beautiful feeling was enough to wake him up early next morning. He had something new in his life.
While going out to work, he saw that girl
coming out of her house. She was asimple but a very beautiful girl with a glow
similar to a flower & tenderness of a fresh leaf. All day long, he thought
about her and cursed himself for not being able to see such a beauty living so
close to him. Then he thought of the best ways of approaching her but found
none to be convincing. For the first time, he felt conscious about his being overweight.
He could gather no courage to meet the
girl as he thought he looked unattractive. With this came another thought in
his mind-Gyming. Why what else people do to reduce fat immediately?
He worked hard in gym for weeks altogether & even became conscious of his diet. But there was not much considerable reduction in his weight or flab. Disappointed, thought he will never come back and rather sit & eat all day. Forget about the girl, he Is never gona get her. While he was going out, he happens to see an aerobics class happening in the adjacent room. There she was dancing like a butterfly. He got his motivation. He had to come back & he did. If not for his workout, but for her. To see her few glimpses here & there.
Manika, completely unaware of Manav’s affections, but filled with hers, could take our different opportunities to see him. In fact, he was the only reason why she was at the gym. She had been following him since they were teenagers. All the years when he was abroad, unaware of Manika remembering him, she silently waited for him. She would peep in the gyming area to see him lost with dumbles when he would be least aware. Every morning she would peep out from her window to see him drive off & then hear him play guitar on the terrace till late night. She always thought he would never notice her as she was sober & simple.
One evening hoping to catch a glimpse of
her, Manav was sitting on the terrace checking his Facebook account. Flipping through
old memories at College, reading messages from his friends & feeling sad
about being away from them. Just then a friend request popped up. Some unknown
girl with Naitri (from the movie Avatar) as her profile pic. Navina Roz- the
name was not at all familiar to Manav so he sent a message to enquire. Narina Roz
dint tell much but just that she knows him well and it was time for him to know
her too. Intrigued but not much convinced, Manav accepted her friends request. Manika
was more happy than she had ever been in her life. This was the only way to get
close to him & to know him better. And one day she may make him fall for
her.
Days went by; Manav kept gyming with a hope
to impress Manika & Manika kept chatting with Manav with the same hope. Navina
became good friends with Manav. He would
share with her all his worries, anxieties &moments of happiness. But one
thing he never shared with Navina was his feelings towards Manika; His desperation to know her and be with her
all the time. He liked chatting with Navika as he felt lighter & better.
Receiving some part of his affections, it
was becoming difficult for Manika to hold herself anymore. She wanted to love
& to be loved. Now was the time when she wanted to go ahead & try all
her chances. So one evening she proposed him online. He was astonished &
worried and what not. It was then when he had to tell Navika about his
affections towards another girl which is unlikely to fade away but rather will
ignite more with time. He liked Navika as a friend and loved chatting with her
& he wished it would remain the same. For Manika, Manav had not rejected
Navika but her .The fact that Manav could love someone else was more
devastating than anything. She was feeling choked of painful emotions. She
wanted to yell out, cry aloud so she ran up to the terrace. And there he was
standing& waiting for her. Somewhere Navika made him realize that it was
getting too late to keep his feelings to himself & that if he didn’t tell
Manika about his feelings, it may go very late. So he jumped up her terrace to
tell her right away.
Manav told Manika about his feelings that he
had been struggling with from past one year. Manika was in tears when she told
him that she understands as she has been struggling too from past ten years.
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