Hostel life was thrilling, and my friends were very well
hearted. Life was just like a smooth sailing boat. Sum up these, I was running
through the best phase of my life, this was the time of my engineering. My professional life has not been so excited until yesterday, one finding opened new possibility for me, I am praying.
Few years ago:I have crossed one and half years of my engineering career. Everything was going well for me, as a student, as a daughter, as a so-called engineering aspirant. I look good, good at studies, I can sing; so, it is obvious that I was the center of attraction among boys, to be very true, I did not like those display. But special was someone, who was my senior. Although I don’t know him personally, still I don’t have any hesitation to tell that he was very good looking, smart, popular among friends, man of dignity and humor.
After some days, he got pass out from college. To me, that matter did not affect me in any sense of means. I have already decided to do some advance course in the summer vacation with some of my friends. Before anything to go well for me, a strange thing happened. I found him at the institute on the very first day of class. Irony was that he was not a student there. It was so unfortunate, how he got the information that I am going to train in that institute. I casually overcome that. But that was not a practice of two-four days. That happens continuously for one and half months. ‘What a stupid person' I thought to myself. He comes every day just get glimpse of mine and goes back. I can’t understand whether he is miss utilizing his valuable time or making his time valuable by seeing me and being around me.
During those days:
One day he found me alone somewhere in the road. That was not a co-incident, that dream comes true for him after chasing 30 kms behind me. He started walking just right to me. My heartbeat was against my ribcage as if it is trying to burst out of me. Thing were dizzying around me. He repeatedly asked me to stop and tried to express something. His shaking voice was little bit of nervous rather than request. Adding no bones to the fact I make my feet forward. Instantly he got that I am not going to stop there and he step back. That mid-day was all sorts of possibility. His return was a great compliment for me. I was very happy that he will never fall on my eyes. There was a great joy in me that, as if I done something worthy. That was his final step towards me. I wished that he may never come on my eyes.
Time is inexorable. I have covered the path of my study life with great excitement. There are a lot of memories behind me in the hostel and the college campus. Till there was time for the final nail of the coffin. As to the tradition of my college, final year students have to publish the college magazine. I was one of the sheet anchor of the publication. Somehow I got to know that the boy has given an article for the publication in the magazine. A long after I heard his name. I tried to know about the article. But I could not, as it was directly submitted to the alumni coordinator. A strange excitement has filled in me for that article.
After some days, everything came to picture. I was eagerly waiting for that. Story revealed, I had no ambiguity that the character which was in the passive voice of the short story is me only. I realize that he was die-hard optimistic, who can see a silver lining everywhere and in every cloud. He has not given up yet. That short story made me stand on the edge of knife, if he has such a strong feeling towards me, why he did not express ever. Whether his craziness was not quite impressive to catch my eyes, or I was considering myself superior. I just hurt him at every step, but I could not knock out him completely. My heart began to soften towards him.
I have been so different from what I have been so far. I start to think about him. Anywhere I got to
