A Small Love Story by San J (e textbook reader .txt) 📕

“How do you know? And what are you talking about? Whose name are you telling me?”

“You don’t know what I am talking about? I am taking about the same girl you are following since last 30 days, Mr Lawyer.”

“What stupid thing you are saying! I am not following anybody and this is not my behaviour.”

“We all know that this is not your behaviour. Then why are you following her. Now don’t try to hide anything from us.” His rest of the friends said in a single tone.

“Ok Ok. I agree that I am following her.”

“But why”

“I myself don’t know. Since the very first day when I heard her voice, I have been feeling a strange kind of feelings. Daily when I left home for the college, I eagerly wait for her stop and as soon as she boards the bus, it appears that I’ve found everything.”

“So our Mr. Shy has started liking a girl.”

“In a manner, Yes. But how did you find this much information about her.”

“When we observed that our friend is lost these days we started to find out the reason. And what a reason we found!” All the friends laughed in synchronization.

“Will you all please shut up? But still you did not tell me how you found this information.”

“What will you do with that? You got what you wanted.”

“Will you tell me or not?”

“Ok Ok. One of my friends is also a friend of her. Now don’t ask beyond this.”

“OK.”

“But is not she very simple?” His other friend Umesh told.

The other friends nodded in synchronization.

“No she is not that much. And I like simplicity.”

The other friends nodded in synchronization, this time in favour of Tarunesh. They are in a way enjoying this moment and the situation in which their friend was currently standing.

“Now tell us what time she leaves college.”

“I don’t know.”

“This means that you are following her only in the morning.”

“Yes.”

“Friends, we have one more task to do for our dear friend.”

“Shut up you all and let’s go to our class.” Tarunesh told in anger. But inside he was feeling happy that now he would have a chance to see the girl, no Tarusha, in the evening as well.

“Tarusha- one of the many names of goddess Laxmi. Such a pure and divine name just like her voice.” He said to himself.

After 2 days, Vijay gave him the information which was very important for him. Now he knew the time when Tarusha left the college and the bus she also. He has already decided that he also would be leaving the college the same time and would use the same bus even though it was almost 45 minutes late than his usual time of leaving the college. That day he left for home on his normal time because he did not want his mother or bhabhi to worry about him unnecessarily in case he would reach home late. Though in past also, he had reached home late on few of the occasions but he used to inform them beforehand. And when he forgot to inform, he had to listen from them about his carelessness. Today he was not in a mood to listen from them again and it seemed appropriate for him to wait for one more day instead. And also, he would inform his mother and most importantly Sunaina that he would be coming home late from next day onwards. He was sure that they would not ask any questions from him and if, by any chance, they would ask he would tell some this or that reason. He was right in that because when he told that he would be coming late from next day, nobody asked him anything.

Next day, he was waiting the day to end so that he could meet her again even though he had met her in the evening. Although, this would be inappropriate to use the sentence that he had met her because he actually had not met her but for Tarunesh this was more than the meeting. When the clock struck 6:00 PM, he came out of the college waiting for the bus in which Tarusha was sitting. That day, Vijay was also accompanying him though Tarunesh did not want him but he insisted and Tarunesh could not resist as it was because of Vijay he could have this opportunity. When the bus finally arrived, he boarded the bus and immediately searched for Tarusha. She was sitting in the third row from front. She also threw a look on him and it appeared for her face that what he was doing in the bus now. It appeared to Tarunesh as if she was telling him that he had started following her in the evening as well. Who he was to follow her in morning and evening!

Cautiously, he and Vijay took their seats just behind two seats where Tarusha and her friend were sitting.

Publication Date: 03-06-2015

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Dedication:
To My Love!!!