Love… how?? with whom.?? when.??......WHY????????
Love… a four letter word.. but no four letter word evokes as much mystery, joy, calm and beauty as does love. Oxford dictionary defines love as , “ AN EMOTION IN WHICH A CREATURE FEELS ATTRACTED TO ANOTHER ONE FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE PROGRESS OF THEIR SPECIES.” Well.. it’s a pretty simplifying definition. Because it do not include the mysterical nature in which love happens.
I often wonder about the dynamics of love (pardon the use of technical terms, but its my second nature to do that..!!). I wonder how does one feels the emotion of love towards another. And how does the brain knows that this person is the one whom we should love and this is the one whom we should treat formally. And thats not all. The way a girl loves her boyfriend, is different from the way she loves her guy friends, it again is different from the way she loves her pet, which is again different from the way she loves her family. And even in family her love for her sister, brother, father and mother, is different.. mind boggling..???? yeppppp.. very much so.. !!
I often wonder about the dynamics of love (pardon the use of technical terms, but its my second nature to do that..!!). I wonder how does one feels the emotion of love towards another. And how does the brain knows that this person is the one whom we should love and this is the one whom we should treat formally. And thats not all. The way a girl loves her boyfriend, is different from the way she loves her guy friends, it again is different from the way she loves her pet, which is again different from the way she loves her family. And even in family her love for her sister, brother, father and mother, is different.. mind boggling..???? yeppppp.. very much so.. !!
Well, this story is not a psychological paper on love and its dynamics. When great philosophers and thinkers couldn’t determine the nature of love who am I to think that I can do it. I took up to write this story , because today I am officially the last member in my friends circle who has not had a relationship yet. Well I attributed it to my looks mostly which are not what u may call dashing, but rather very opposite of it. But is it possible to be in love with somebody, whom u have never seen in ur
Holidays in college life is a thing, which seems to be a welcome idea at first, but becomes very boring with passage of just a few days. Until you have plans for a trip to goa, or ur native place or attending marriages etc etc..!! and if u need to prepare for an exam during holiday, then the fun of the holiday vanishes completely. Because u will feel bored if u have the time to enjoy and cant enjoy no matter how hard u try, but u feel miserable when u know that ur friends are enjoying but u cant.
Misery is what Suraj(name changed on request..!!!) was feeling when he was having to prepare for BHEL interview during his holidays after 1st semester exams at M.Tech. To study whole day with minimum break and knowing that his friends must be having fun, it was a pain actually. One of the friend may be going PEEPLI, the another one to GOA, another must be getting to spend time with her boyfriend before her boyfriend joined his job at assam, other one must be visiting his friends at Ghaziabad.. one day it happened that he got 2 blank messages from an unknown number, and when he called back it was a girl on the other side.. it was by mistake and she said sorry and all.. that was the only interesting thing which happened in the holidays. Apart form that life was dull.. and straightforwardly put... IT WAS BORINGGG…. Until that day..
22 DECEMBER…
It was around 7 pm in the evening, when the mobile rang for 5 seconds and then suddenly stopped. Suraj was doing objective questions of thermal engg. He picked up the cell and saw an unknown number. At first he was thinking of ignoring it, but he has been working for long and enquiring about wrong numbers hoping it to be a girl, is any day better than solving numerical on RANKINE CYCLE…!!
He decide to check it out. He called back at the number, but it kept ringing. None picked up from that side. Suraj was disappointed, his plans of having some fun, dint succeded. Dejected ho took up R.K.JAIN again, and started doing questions. After 5 minutes, the mobile rang once again, but this time it was a message tone. Suraj thought his friends must be messaging him. Nowadays RAJNIKANTH jokes were very hot. And his friends mohit, parvin and the writer ( urs truly..) have been exchanging lots of ridiculous jokes. It can wait, Suraj thought and decided to complete the set of questions which he was doing. Soon he got engrossed in it, and forgot about the message. It was lying on the bed adjacent to his table. After 20 minutes of rigorous mental exertion, he decided to have a break and went up to get a glass of water. On his way back he saw the mobile lying as it is. He remembered that a message came.
He picked it up and opened the inbox.
It read, “ sorry.. miss call aya tha kya..????”. suraj checked the number and found that it was the same number from which miss call came few times back. He was amused, and it was okay to be amused. Imagine a situation in which first you get a miss call, then u call back and the other side do not pick the call, then after 1 hour u get a message from there saying “ sorry.. miss call aya tha kya..??”””.
ON MESSAGE ::::
Suraj “ nahi .. koi miss call nahi aaya.. maine to aise hi number dial kar liya.. time pass karne ke liye..”….
Unknown number , “ maine to koi call nahi kiya.. mere mobile may to balance hi nahi hai miss call dene laayak..”
Suraj “balance nahi hai to message kaise kar rahe ho..?? kaha se baat kar rahe ho..?? who are you..??”
Unknown number, “ message ke laayak balance hai.. tum kahan se bol rahe ho..?? why should I tell you who am I…”
Now Suraj was getting impatient, and a bit angry too.. next day he had a paper for ECIL and here he was getting engaged in a conversation with some unknown fool, who was wasting his time.
Suraj, “ see I don’t have time for this.. u give a miss call and now u cant give one straight answer.. tomorrow I have an exam.. just tel your name so that I can save your number.. I will call you back tomorrow.. right now I gotta study…” apparently Suraj still had hopes that it could be a girl…!!
Unknown number, “ why should I tell you my name.. and don’t save my number if u r a boy. But if u r a girl then you can save my number..:-)” the message ended with a smiley..
Now Suraj was really furious. “…… If u r a girl u can save my number…..”, this means that the other person was a guy after all. His hopes of having some funny interaction with a girl vanished. And he was angry on himself for neglecting thermodynamics for his hope of chatting with a girl.
Suraj , “ saaley.. tum logo ki wajah se duniya may single ladkiyo ka akaal chal rha hai.. jo dikhti hian unhe to chhodte nahi ho aur ghar baithe number bhi try karte rahte ho ki koi ladki mil jaaye.. aage se is number se koi call ya message nahi aana chahiye.. naam bata tu saaley.. ladki ho to save kar lo, ladke ho to mat karna… yahan teri aashiqi ke liye baithe hain.. sab tu hi le le.. hum kaha jaaye be…???”
And he switched off the mobile and threw it on the bed, lamenting the time lost in this useless talk. But the anger was more intense because it turned out to be a guy in the end…!!!
He got back to his thermodynamics. For the next one and half hour, the space in his head and around it was occupied by symbols and data and charts and calculations. By the time he finished he had revised whole of the cycles and did numericals on each of them. He decided its time to go to sleep. For the next day he wanted to set the alarm, for that he picked up the cell and switched it on. There was one unread message in it. He opened it.
Unknown number, “ mere family may ladko se baat karna mana hai.. tum to paagal ho.. kuch bhi samajh lete ho… simi..”
Well….. that was unexpected. But still Suraj was not sure whether this is a girl or not, but he decided to save the number anyways. He saved it with the name of Unknown number. He went to sleep with a smile.
23 DECEMBER….
THE exam went well. It was around 8pm. Suraj was contemplating whether or no to call the unknown number. He was tired so not very bullish with studies today and dinner was round the corner so he was not about to start an extensive or complex topic. So he ho thought lets try that unknown number of yesterday.
Suraj, “ hello miss unknown..!! kya haal hai..?”
Simi, “ bas badiya.. tum sunao. Paper kaisa hua.”
Suraj , “ theek tha..”
And a conversation started
Simi , “ I don’t know anything about you. Tell me something about you no..??”
Suraj , “ I am rohit ( yes, he dint tell his real name..!!). Currently doing m.tech from delhi. I am from rajasthan. Did my b.tech from NIT CALICUT” .
In excitement he completely messed up with his introduction..!!! and got the sequence completely wrong. But as soon as Simi heard the name of NIT CALICUT, she let out a loud “ WOOOOOOOW….” And started laughing. Suraj was taken aback by this reaction, but he dint paid much attention to it.
Suraj , “ okkk…maine to apne bare may bta diya.. tum bhi thoda batao.. school may ho .. college may ho.... kya karti ho..?”
Simi , “ 10th fail hu.. ghar waalo ne aage padhane se mana kar diya.. ghar par hi padi rahti hu..”
Suraj , “ NIT CALICUT ke naam pe itna bada WOOOOOOOW kyu kiya aur itna zor se kyu hasi..?”
Simi , “ wo bahut accha college hai na, aur waha se tumne B.Tech kiya hai na.. is liye…”
Suraj , “ 10th fail ke ye kaise pata ki NIT CALICUT accha college hai… maloom bhi hai CALICUT kaha hai..???!!!!”
Simi, “ ji haan…( in a mock angry voice).. kerala may “
Suraj “ chalo kuch to pata hai…!!! tum kaha se ho..??”
Simi , “ shri Krishna ki janmbhoomi se…!!”
Suraj, “ but ye number to RAJASTHAN ka lag rha hai..”
She dint replied to it and sweetly started some other talk. This is a trait which is exclusive to girls I think. They can influence any conversation with their sweetness..!! the conversation continued, and before Suraj could know it, it was 2 am in the morning.
Simi “ pata hai.. aaj mera b’day hai…!!!”
Suraj , “ wow.. pehle kyu nahi bataya… HAPPY BIRTHDAY YAAR… may god bless u.. and may u keep giving me missed call by mistake..!!!”
Simi , “ hey thanks a lot for ur wishes..!! I wont make the same mistake twice..!!”
Suraj , “ where are u right now..???”
Simi , “ m in train with my mausi ji and mausa ji.. and my cousin.. we are returning from our relative’s place………………………………………”
And she sent a very very long message, the details of which even Suraj cant remember, apart from remembering that all of it was about Simi’s mausi ji and mausa ji. This is another exclusive traits of girls I guess. They can just go on and on about a stuff. I wonder how do they get so much to talk on an insignificant issue. I mean, its permissible to speak whn required ( like Rachna did in the treat for delayed service of the restaurant..!!!), but to keep going on mausi ji and mausa ji.. I’m sorry, I should get back to the story..!!!! pardon me…;-)
Suraj was trying to figure out what to reply to this unexpectedly long discussion of Simi’s mausi ji and mausa ji, suddenly he got a miss call from Simi. For a moment he wondered what to do, then decided to call her up, hoping that network wont play spoil sport.
Suraj dialed the number and wrapped himself up in his heavy quilt. No sound could escape from there, and thus he was sure that no one could over hear him talking. With trembling heart and half parched mouth he called up.
ON PHONE:::::
Suraj , “ hello…”
Simi, “ hiii…”
Now, there are few moments in one’s life, which we cant forget. It keeps playing in front of one’s eyes again and again over the years. Acc. To Suraj, hearing the word “hiii…” from Simi was one such moment. First of all he was relaxed to know that she WAS a girl after all…!!! And secondly, that was the sweetest voice he has ever heard.
Suraj “ I’m relieved that u are a girl after all… I thought someone was playing an extended prank on me… thank god I dint wasted 2 days on a prank!!”
Simi “ accha… u talked with me for 2 days, doubting me all the time… guess I am the one whose time is wasted..!!” .. and she let out a small chuckle.
It sounded as if someone has played a 1000 violins together. Suraj could feel her laugh on his ears. He could feel her smile, though he has not yet seen her. He could fell her happiness. And at that moment he felt as if making her happy is the most important thing in this world. Never he had imagined that a chuckle could be so pleasing.
Simi “ wht happened.. why u r not speaking..?”
Suraj, “ no no .. I’m here.. your voice is very sweet yaar..”
Simi again let out a small chuckle. “ yaar mausa ji is coming I guess.. will call you later..we can keep talking on messages though.. bye”
Suddenly the violin concert was disrupted..!!!! what’s up with this relatives that they always come up at a very important moment. Suraj couldn’t listen to her reply on his compliment of her voice.
But then he got a message from her.
ON MESSAGE::::
Simi “ thanks for calling up.. actually mausa ji went to door to have a smoke.. called up in tht time..mausi ji was enquiring who has called you up this late.. but my cousin saved me saying, it must be her friend.. today’s her birthday no……………………”
Again it was long message, elaborating on how exactly the scene happened. How her mausa ji enterd the cabin, how he had difficulty in getting up on his berth… standard girl stuff.. wont elongate it.. u already got the idea I hope..!!
Suraj¸ “ hmmmmm…..”
God bless “ hmmmmmm…”. This word never goes out of fashion and is very handy while talking to a girl. Its like a rubber mattress, no matter how hard or heavy the blow of words form a girl, it can always absorb it. When u cant pay attention to a girl’s elongated talks, just say “hmmmmmm…”. Suraj used it to perfection…!!
Simi , “ there’s something I want to tell you…”
Suraj , “ kya..?” his reply was calm, but any guy can sense something unusually big or unuasually insignificant is gonna happen when a girl says “ …there’s something I want to tell u..”…!!1
Simi , “ actually us din maine jhooth bola tha.. m going to do my MBA from PUNE. Will join this year”
Suraj , “ ohhhh.. aur kya jhooth bola………..///////
He could not type ant further, his mobile died. I mean the battery of his mobile got completely discharged.!!! Suraj again switched it on and started typing the same message… but again he could not do it.. The mobile got switched off again. Suraj was adamant, he again switched it on, a message was received.
Simi , “ what happened…?? Why not replying..??? got angry..?? I’m not lying now.. please reply.. “
Suraj was getting restless. He wanted to run.. and keep running till he reached simi and wanted to tell her that he is not angry, that she do not need to be sad because of him. He wanted to tell her at that moment her chuckle was the most important thing in the world for him.
But real life has this habit of playing spoilsport time and again. Just when I get in a mood to elaborate on love, Suraj’s love story gets a speed breaker. Sometimes mausa ji comes, sometimes battery dies. And charger was in his bhaiya’s room, so he couldn’t get that before morning. Reluctantly he kept his mobile aside, praying to god “ plz make her stop worrying about me… tell her I am not angry..”. I don’t know whether god listened to his prayers or not, but somewhere above the foggy delhi night sky, a certain Mr. CUPID was surely smiling….!!!
25th DECEMBER
It was Christmas, the season of cheer and joy. But two messages in Suraj’s inbox was making him gloomy.
Simi , “ yaar u talked so much for 2 days.. now I am starting to tell u the truth and u are not replying.. today’s my birthday.. please reply no…”
Simi , “ yaar this is not good.. I have one more thing to tell you.. but I will tell only when u talk to me… m sad on my b’day because of you… after talking for 2 days with u I thought u r not like other guys.. but I guess I was wrong..”
To know that a girl is sad because of you is bad enough. But to know she is sad because of you due to no apparent fault of yours ( NOKIA should make more powerful batteries…) and that too on her birthday, and when she herself accuses u.. trust me.. it cant get worse than this..
Suraj wanted to reply, but the damn phone had 23 paise..!!! he wanted to go out an get his phone recharged, but the damn shop was having a holiday. He wanted to use the landline, but his bhaiya was at home and he cant talk to an angry birthday girl, sitting in his living room, with his bhaiya bhabhi around. He will surely blow it. So all he could do was to force himself to study because he had another paper on 26th. But thermodynamics becomes more hard when your concentration is not there…
26th DECEMBER
Whole day was engaged in the paper related things. He had to go to sleep early in the night of 25th fro he needed to get up early on 26th. In the morning he had to travel till the venue of exam. By the time he returned home after finishing the paper it was around 4pm in the evening. He didn’t forgot to recharge hos cell though..! he had some food and initiated the conversation.
ON MESSAGE::::
Suraj , “ hello. How are you.?? M sorry I could not reply that day .. actually my battery was discharged and I dint had balance in my cell. Sorry.. how was your Christmas..???”
Suraj expected her to be angry. But surprisingly she was not at all angry. In fact she replied coolly.
Simi , “ its ok.. how was ur paper..??? my Christmas was same as yours…”
Suraj , “ how can u say your Christmas was same as me.. how do you know whether I am hindu or muslim … my Christmas was far interesting than you… that’s because I’m a Christian..”
Simi , “ chalo ab bakwaas mat karo……”
Suraj was taken aback by this sudden frankness of hers. One part of his mind was thinking how did she knew for sure that he is hindu, and other part of his mind was thinking of a suitable answer to her last message. Then he got a message.
Simi , “ call karo..”
And Suraj called up instantly. Its usual for guys to do exactly what their girlfriends says. But to call up a girl, whom you have never meet in your life, with whom you have been talking since just few days, who has told you a lots of lies in the beginning and whom you too have told a false name of yourself.. well it is not usual I guess. But then, nothing is usual as far as love is concerned.
ON PHONE::::
Suraj , “ hello..”
Simi , “ hiii…”
Oh god… again the violin concert started..!!! 1000 violins playing together. It was like lying on a vast green field in a summer evening. It was like flying through the clouds. It was like flowing like the current of a river. As if the only thing needed to live was her voice.
Simi , “ hey… what happened…? U there..???”
Suraj , “ aaa.. yesss… I’m here..” [ was he … really…???]
Simi , “ what happened..? u not answering…?? Not in a mood t talk..???”
Actually Suraj was really not in a mood to talk to her.. he just wanted to listen to her voice. He wanted her to go on and on….. and on…!! But then he needed to say something. Real life is not exactly a violin concert…!!!
Suraj , “ so … how was your day..?”
Simi , “ usual.. went out to the market for a while… hey listen, shuld I get a message card or a calling card..??? “
Suraj, “ whichever u wish..”
And the conversation continued. Suraj came to know that she was from Jaipur and would be joining MBA in pune this year. Suraj contemplated many times should he tell her about the false name which he has given to himself. But could not do it. He was talking with her standing in the balcony.
It was around 8 pm in the evening. And on 26th December it was quite foggy and cold. His bhaiya was calling him inside, but he could not go inside for obvious reasons, but he said that inside the signals are weak. .!! I guess our brain becomes extra sharp when it has to work with our heart..!!
Suraj, “ aur batao..??? when would you be leaving for pune..???”
Simi, “ soon.. what to do yaar.. these gujjars have blocked the railway lines…”
That time around gujjars were staging protests all over northern India and had held the railway lines to ransom. They were just blocking railway lines and arm twisting the government to give in to their demand of reservation. Obviously it was creating a lot of problems to the common man. And simi was obviously frustrated by it. Suraj decided to extend the fun.
Suraj , “ hey don’t say anything to gujjars…. I’m a gujjar too…!!!”
Simi , “ sahi batao..??” she asked it in a very sweet and innocent voice. I mean sweeter than her natural sweet sound. Suraj at first thought if lying once again but it becomes impossible to lie when a girl asks you so sweetly. And also he was contemplating how to tell her that he gave her the wrong name. he dint wanted to increase his work by telling yet another lie..
Suraj , “ I was just joking yaar.. actually I’m MEENA”
Simi(was silent for a moment, then in a very excited voice), “ really….??? Wooooooowwww…” and she started laughing.
Suraj was again taken aback. And he started wondering what’s so funny about being meena that she laughed so uncontrollably. But then, u cant or rather shouldn’t interrupt a girl when she is having a laughing hysteria..!! its way better than a crying hysteria..!!!
But she dint gave many details yet. Our Suraj gave a full fledged introduction to her on just the second day and she has yet not divulged anything substantial. And Suraj was already hearing violin concert every time she spoke…!! The conversation continued till his brother himself came out and asked him to come inside or he would catch cold. Suraj had to enact the final few lines, as if he is talking to a junior from college…
Suraj , “ … okk then.. prepare well for your placements yaar… don’t get nervous for interviews. Gotta go now. Bahiya has come outside to call me in. ok..?? take care yaar,, bye.”
all this while, simi was laughing uncontrollably on the other side.!!
Suraj finished the dinner in a hurry and went in his room. He had his charger with him this time , in case the battery runs out again. Talks went late in the night.!!
27th & 28th DECEMBER
Now most of the time in the day was spent in messaging. Earlier it was messaging in between studies, now it became studying in between messages.!! I wont bore you with the details of their talks. But most of you would be able to understand, the usual kind of talks between a boy and a girl when they are getting to know each other for the first time. They get to know each other. But Suraj still couldn’t tell his real name to her.
Its weird actually how two young boy and girl are able to talk so much without even bothering to know about each other in detail.
29th DECEMBER
It would have been an ordinary day like the previous 2 days but it became an important day, because this was the day when Suraj got to know how it all started. They have been messaging all day long. I am not going into the full detail will start from the part which is relevant from the point of view of the story.
ON MESSAGE::::
Simi , “ so how was your college life…?? I mean how was your relations with juniors..???”
Suraj , “ everybody’s college life are the best days of his life. Mine was no different. Juniors were fine. Knew few of them closely. How was you college life..?
Simi , “ mine was also good. But interaction with juniors was not very extensive. Tell me how many of the juniors you think knew you very well..???”
Suraj , “ well few of them. There’s one guy PRABHAT MEENA. I had good terms with him. He was also from RAJASTHAN. He is in 2nd year now. Initaily he was so scared of ragging. I had to tell his seniors not to rag him. From that day he used to interact with me quite often. He was a nice guy.”
Since long simi was silent and giving no replies.
Suraj , “what happened..??? I’m boring you..?? but u asked about junior no..?? that’s why m telling you. What happened..?? say something…”
Simi , “ yaar wanted to tell you something..”
Suraj , “ yes.. go on..”
Simi , “ you remember, once u got 2 blank messages from an unknown number and u called up on tht number and talked to a girl…??”
Suraj , “ yes.. but how do you know it…????”
Simi , “ well. I am that girl…!”
Suraj was taken aback. I mean he dint expected this to happen. I mean what are the odds that u get blank messages and missed call from an unknowon number within a span of 25 days and you end up talking with the same girl… and the odds that u end up liking that girl are even bizarre..!! Suraj was trying to process all these in his mind.
Simi , “ you there.??”
Suraj , “ yess. I am here. But how did you got my number in the first place. I mean how cud u send me messages that day…??? From where did u got my number..???”
Simi , “ I have something else to tell you ..”
Suraj has started to dread this line from her. Everytime she has said it, it turned out that she had been hiding something from him.
Suraj , “ aisa jhatka mat dena ki sahan na kar paau…!!!”
Simi ¸ “ I am prabhat meena’s sister…”
WHAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT..????????????? Now Suraj was not even trying to think about the odds of this event.!!!! He was totally blank. Both were silent for sometime on the phone. Simi knew she needed to give time to Suraj to accept the situation. After sometime Suraj finally could write just one word.
Suraj , “ how…?”
Simi , “ excuse me…?? I dint get you..”
Suraj , “ I mean how did u got interested in me…? How did u got my number from prabhat..??”
And then simi elaborated the bizarre chain of events which led her and Suraj in today’s situation. PRABHAT was home on vacations. One day by mistake, he went out with simi’s cell and left his cell at home. Apparently both the cellphones were identical NOKIA 5530 EXPRESS MUSIC. meanwhile Simi’s cousin who was a kid, picked up the phone and started messing with it. With the result that accidental blank messages were sent out to many numbers. Suraj’s number was one of them.
Prabhat has saved Suraj’s number by the contact name of :4th year senior”. This way simi could not know who it was. But sometimes later Suraj called up and enquired who it was and she said sorry and all.
Suraj had the junior’s number in his cell. But in delhi
This was their first encounter.
When prabhat returned, simi told her about the blank messages and that 4th year senior had called back and she said sorry and all. Prabhat then told his sister about Suraj in detail. Praising him a lot, because Suraj has indeed helped him a lot during his first year.
Thus simi got impressed by Suraj.
Simi had taken the number from Prabhat and had saved it. The missed call which Suraj got on 22nd December was intentional. And that’s where all of this started.
Simi , “so this is the truth and the whole story.. are you angry..??”
Suraj , “ no… but you could have told me all this..”
Simi , “ I wanted to but. Was not sure how you would had reacted.. also I wanted to know first whether or not I can trust you.”
Suraj , “ so you do trust me. Don’t you..?”
Simi , “ yes…”
Suraj , “ now can I tell you something..?”
Simi , “ what..???”
Suraj , “ my name is not rohit. My name is Suraj…sorry I dint tell you till now. But I guess there’s no need for any lies to exist between us anymore..”
Simi , “ you are right. And no need for sorry… actually… my name is not simi.. its Sakshi….”
I wonder if they were playing a sort of game on false names or what. But Suraj was now way too much used to getting shocks from her. So he dint took it very deeply.
Suraj , “ yaar.. finalize one name.. I’m having to change your contact name again and again..!!! and if there’s anything else which u want to tell me.. do it..”
Simi , “hey .. you cant be angry on me.. since you too gave me a wrong name.. and no, there’s no more lies or secrets..”
Suraj , “ hope we never have to resort to lies in future…”
Simi , “ yaar.. but my brother will never ever agree to it. And I guess my parents also will oppose it. We better not talk in future.”
Suraj , “ hey that’s not an option.”
10 minutes.. no answer
Suraj , “ you there..??’
7 minutes no answer
Suraj , “ gone to sleep or something..??”
Again no answer. Suraj dreaded that would she ever contact her again. Dejected he went to sleep. Before lying down he again prayed, “oh god.. please make her contact me again. Plzz…” I guess Mr. Cupid was again having a smile.
30th DECEMBER
IN the morning , the first thing he did after opening his eyes was to pick up the cell for ant messages from Sakshi. And yes indeed. There were 4 messages from her.
Sakshi , “ sorry yaar.. I tried hard to resist, but couldn’t.. guess I cant stop talking to you. “
Sakshi , “ hey sorry for abruptly discontinuing talking with you.. “
Sakshi , “ hey plz reply..?? gone to sleep or something..??”
Sakshi , “Yaar please reply to me. I wont ever sto talking t you.. I promise…”
Suraj typed the reply right at that time.
ON MESSAGE::::
Suraj , “ m not angry.. and I’m glad that you’re not severing talking terms with me.. please never ever say things like that.”
And Suraj went off to brush. On his return there was a message from Sakshi. And whole day the messaging continued. Again, I wont dare to elaborate on that stuff, simply because it would take at least 10 hours of furious typing to cover their conversation of whole day, which was, I’m sure mostly pointless..!!!! but that’s the strange thing about love. When u love somebody u can talk nonsense with them for whole day, while u cant stand one hour lecture by a teacher even if they are teaching some sane stuff…!!!
31st DECEMBER
It was same as 30th… messaging whole day and whenever Suraj got time he called her up just to listen to her sweet voice.. both Suraj and Sakshi were feeling that something was drawing them close. They could feel it but cant explain it. Both knew they were reaching a t a point.. together…. I think this is yet another thing about love. You can feel it but can’t explain it.
1st JANUARY
Suraj was very happy. Not because it was a new year’s day but because bhaiya and bhabhi were going out with his cousin and he was staying back to ‘study”….!! I know u are getting my drift..;-)
As soon as bhaiya bhabhi went out of the house, Suraj called up Sakshi.
ON PHONE:::::
Suraj , “ hiii. Happy new year..”
Sakshi , “ heyyyy.. happy new year to you too..”
Goddddd… her voice is like a sweetly ringing bell suraj thought.!! How can one have conversation with a person whose voice is so sweet. Its almost impossible. Sakshi then went on to describe what she did for new year. What dress she wore. And our Suraj kept on listening. He wasn’t complaining at all.
This continued for almost half an hour. Suraj kept on giving one word responses to most of her questions and just laid back and enjoyed the beauty of her voice.
Sakshi , “ kuch bolo na..?”
Suraj , “ kya bolo..?’
Sakshi , “ kuch bhi… itni der se mai hi bole jaa rahi hu.. tum bore ho rahe hoge na.. kuch bolo na..???”
Suraj , “ koi nahi yaar.. tumhari aawaz baut acchi lagti hai..”
Sakshi , “ thanks.. but ab kuch bolo..”
Suraj , “ par kyaaaaa…???”
Sakshi , “ I love you bol do…..”
Suraj was reclining against the sofa, but sat upright suddenly. He was not expecting it. But then, she has given quite many surprises till now. He did wanted to say those words but dint thought she will ask him to say them.
Sakshi , “ kya hua.??”
Suraj ( almost whispering..), “ I love you…”
Sakshi was silent for a moment then said
Sakshi “ yaar.. pyaar karna itna aasaan nahi hota.. tumhe kya batau… sab se ladna padta hai…..” and she went on an on … and on..
Suraj, “ yaar, don’t get senti.. I ws just kidding..”
And again the conversation continued on convoluted paths. What started as joke became serious suddenly and then again the atmosphere was cooled down. If one of our friends are to be believed, it was a joke which resulted in her boyfriend proposing her and she ultimately agreed…!! So I guess jokes are also very important in a relationship for its future. Oh.. what an irony, despite being funny, the writer ( yours truly..!) never had any relationship..!!! love really is strange yaar..!!!!!
2nd JANUARY
The day started with her message and once again continued in conversations whole day. It was supposed to be another ordinary day. But it turned out special for Suraj.
At around 5pm Suraj went out to get some things from the market and getting the opportunity called up Sakshi. It was a routine now, to call up each other at the slightest opportunity. Usual chatting happened and then talks ventured towards last day’s joke which became serious suddenly.
Sakshi , “ yaar.. kal tum mazak kyu rah the..?”
Suraj ( in a mock innocent voice..) “ kaisa mazak..?”
Sakshi, “ shut up….!! Wahi jab tumne I love u bola..”
Suraj “ yaar. I was serious that time. I was serious when I said I love you. Because I really do. It makes my day just to listen to your voice. I check my mobile every time expecting a message from you. And I find it everytime, and it makes me happy. I laugh at all your jokes. I’m…. I’m just happy when I’m talking with you.. that’s why I said I love you. I was not joking… at all.”
Sakshi , “ yaar.. kya bolu ab may… actually I too cant stop myself from thinking about you or messaging you every time. I don’t know how to say it but I too love you very much.”
As I said, there are times in everybody’s life, which is special for them. Times when a person feels he is the king of the world, when he feels nothing can be wrong in his life, when he feels he has got everything he had ever desired. To love someone and to be loved n return, and hearing it for the first time is definitely one of those moments.
Suraj, “ yaar hamara ye kaisa pyaar hai,. Humne abhi take k doosre ko dekha bhi nahi hai aur humien ek doosre se pyaar ho gay ahai..”
Sakshi, “ hmmmmmmm………….”
God bless “.. hmmmmmmmmmm……” . apparently not only guys but girls too need to use it at times…!!!! I wont elaborate on how the conversation ended.
I wanted to end the story here only ,but this is not the end of the story. As my friend Suraj requested me to involve one more incident..!!
he had BHEL interview on 5th. He told her during the course of conversation that he need to study for it, and she completely agreed with it.
5TH JANUARY
As soon as Suraj stepped out of his house he called up Sakshi. And they talked and talked. He was worried regarding the interview. It was important to him. But talking with Sakshi calmed him down. Sakshi said to him that u should go early , then your interview will also take place early. Suraj tried to make her understand that interviews will take place according to sequence, but when he turned up at the interview center, it was like first come first serve. Those who had their documents verified would get interviewed early irrespective of their serial. The interview which was scheduled to take place at 2:30 was over by 11:30.
Just as soon he stepped out of the interview room, he again called her up. She patiently heard what all happened in the interview. Though I’m sure she wasn’t able to understand more than half of it..!!! but then, it takes a girl to patiently hear out a guy’s ramblings. And as far as Suraj was concerned he thought he had found his lady luck after all..!!!
7TH JANUARY
It was Suraj’s b’day and as luck would have it, he and Sakshi had a fight just before the clock could strike 12. at 12’ O clock calls started pouring in. wishing him happy birthday, but he wanted the call of one single person.
He was calling her whenever his cell was free. But shed didnt called back. It took around 24 miss calls from Suraj , when she finally called up.
ON PHONE:::::
Sakshi ( in a mock angry voice..) “ happy birthday…”
Suraj was silent.
Sakshi “ I said happy birthday….”
Suraj, “ sun liya…”
Sakshi, “ b’day ke di gussa nahi hote..!!!!”
As if, girls have the right to decide when we will get angry and when we shouldn’t be angry. It was perfectly fine when she got angry on his b’day but the b’day boy shouldn’t get angry. What a logic..!!! but it’s the sweetness of a girl which allows them to get away with such stuffs. And a guy in love don’t have much say over his girl anyways…!!!
Suraj , “ b;day ka gift kaha hai..???”
Sakshi, “ gift chahiye..??? close your eyes…”
Suraj did as she said, and softly over the phone Suraj received his first kiss of life. It was the best gift he ever received.
Well the conversation which followed is between 2 lovers, madly in love. I dint got any details from Suraj and I wont make up my own, but as Suraj said to me its sufficient to think that the details are “CENSORED”…!!!!!!!!
Next day Suraj updated his status to “IN RELATIONSHIP” in facebook and got endless comments and likes on it.!!
Well , that was the story of my friend. And that is how I became officially the last member of the group, who is still single and without any relationship. As I got to know from this story, love is unexpected in its nature of arrival. Suraj could have never guessed that he would fall in love with a girl without ever meeting her. And for the first 2 days of conversation he dint even knew for sure that whether it’s a girl or not..!!!
Both Suraj and Sakshi dint know each other’s real names for as long as 7 days..!! but still it is the love which held them together. I chose the title of this story to symbolize the enigmatic nature of love. I could never understand “how” love happens..??? I have written this story of love , yet I can’t fathom it. I cant understand how do you decide, “whom” to love . I tried understanding it form Suraj, that how did he know that she is the one whom he should say I LOVE YOU. But Suraj dint had an explanation. All he could say was, that he just knew that she was the one.
Also he cant tell exactly “when” did he fall in love with her, but I think it was the moment he heard her chuckle for the first time..!!
And lastly, “why” do we fall in love…?? If anyone finds answers to these very simple questions of mine then please contact me. I would really love an answer to them. As for my opinion, LOVE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EMOTION WHICH TRANSCENDS HUMANS… FINDING ONE’S LOVE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THIS WORLD. BUT HOPE SOEMDAY I WOULD FIND MINE, AND WISH THE SAME FOR ALL OTHER SINGLES OUT THERE.
Both Suraj and Sakshi dint know each other’s real names for as long as 7 days..!! but still it is the love which held them together. I chose the title of this story to symbolize the enigmatic nature of love. I could never understand “how” love happens..??? I have written this story of love , yet I can’t fathom it. I cant understand how do you decide, “whom” to love . I tried understanding it form Suraj, that how did he know that she is the one whom he should say I LOVE YOU. But Suraj dint had an explanation. All he could say was, that he just knew that she was the one.
Also he cant tell exactly “when” did he fall in love with her, but I think it was the moment he heard her chuckle for the first time..!!
And lastly, “why” do we fall in love…?? If anyone finds answers to these very simple questions of mine then please contact me. I would really love an answer to them. As for my opinion, LOVE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EMOTION WHICH TRANSCENDS HUMANS… FINDING ONE’S LOVE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THIS WORLD. BUT HOPE SOEMDAY I WOULD FIND MINE, AND WISH THE SAME FOR ALL OTHER SINGLES OUT THERE.
The last few lines, for the latest guy in relationship…. I’m givng Suraj the right to use these lines for his girl..!!!
You have left me without any cure
I’m so obsessed with u, tht I feel I’ve become a bore
Whole day I remember just you
I want to know all about you
Throughout my heart you have created some sort of hype
I wonder, how can i do this, i'm not the romantic type
But ever since I have heard your voice..
I gotta listen to you whole day, u have left me no choice
you have taken myself away from me
i am in pain, oh... can't you see
my heart is torn and only u can sew..
oh.. I’m so much in love with you..
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