What the? Nan des ka?Paul,my best friend,was actually the other half of the perfect female specimen.I could hardly contain my shock.My pupils expanded,then contracted painfully.I could feel the tears welling up in the corner of my eye,waiting to gush out in roaring torrents the moment I slip up in keeping the dam gates sealed.As I looked painfully at Paul,his apocalyptic eyes shot back.They seemed to utter:Your destruction is the will of the Gods,and I am their instrument! My thumb,index and third fingers twitched uncontrollably,like the talons of a vicious eagle,wanting to personally tear out the eyes of Paul from their sockets, along with the nerve ends and all other attachments.My left arm swung out,fingers poised to kill.
I checked my hand.No point going to jail over this.It just wasn't worth it.
Dejected and despondent,I hung my head.After mumbling a lame excuse to the pair I hastily left the premises,the sunlight reflecting off my steadily increasing tear drops clearly visible,as if a stream of stars had been released from my eyes.As I sprinted towards the bus stop,I heard yet another barely audible sigh behind me,but didn't stop to care.
At home,I lay in bed.The stereo was playing Do As Infinity's Fukai Mori,a touching,wonderfully done piece of music.Normally when I listen to this song,I would close my eyes and relax,and allow the music to manipulate me anyway it pleased.It was just too wonderful.However,this time,as my ears took in the saddening lyrics,warm tears dripped down my emciated cheeks,and I finally opened my heart out and cried for a whole minute,an event never chronicled before in my life.
I got over it soon enough.No use crying over spilt milk.No point giving up an entire rainforest for a mere conifer.I dropped her from my head and added her to my 'Friends' list,although deep down I wished that she would stay the way before,before Paul came into the picture.The very thought of that sent my rage soaring.
The next day,I was at the shopping centre again,where it all began,when we first met.Silently hoping that she would be around,I walked around the sprawling complex.I passed by a pet shop and paused my journey to go in and have a look.The frisky kittens jumped up and down in their basket,making such cute mewing noises,soothing my battered soul.They also reminded me of her childish giggles.Thus,I made a decision. I decided to visit the bathroom.
The bathroom was a few feet away,on the other end of the level.Two transparent plastic cylinders with streaks of blue lightning sizzling in them flanked the entrance,an advertising gimmick most probably.Allowing myself a private laugh at them as I made my way to my terminal destination,I did not notice someone so vaguely familiar coming my way.When I finally got a glimpse of the person,my laughing stopped.
It was her.
Alone.
I swallowed,then proceeded to take evasive action.I dove for the nearest bench.As I did,time seemed to slow down.Everything slowed to a crawl,including the lightning bolt exhibits by the entrance.She,however was unaffected.I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable.
"Hey!"
Taken aback by the sudden outburst of English,I opened my eyes,and fell face first... to the cold,hard,unfeeling marble flooring.My pride was hurt more than my body by that silly move.Some evasive action...
But that got her attention though,which wasn't good.She advanced towards me,at an alarming rate which I had never thought possible for a girl of her physique.She kneeled down beside me and tended to my wounds,which were almost non-exsistent.It could be an excuse,but i would never know.At that point in time,I felt that I was in heaven,with an angel beside me.I felt so wonderful,the best feeling I felt in more than 48 hours.It was sheer bliss... But I knew this period would end.
Soon.
To Be Continued...
