"Same Choice"

"Same Choice"

       (Short story by Tshering)

She was a demure young lady in our college. She had a slim body and blonde hair with fair face. She was a headturner in our college as many boys are hooked up by her. I fall into one of them.

It was Sunday afternoon that i planned to pour my heart out. My mind was fully drenched in her. She has become a psyche disease as well as a therapy because absence of her makes me uncomfortable, but everything seems to be perfectly fine when i see her. I felt like I am waiting for eons of years to know what my heart feels about her.

Without my notice, she majestically appeared near me. I was out of my mind but steadily i made my way. So, i gave her a beseeching smile and she stared at me for few seconds. I always thought that i am one of the unique bees that can choose an unravished stunning flower. I can explicitly imagine her.

No matter how much introvert i am, on that day when i saw her there was different rejoicing adrenaline racing in my body reminding me to burst out my engulfed memoir of love to her.  I got confident, it geared up my courage. Then in a low voice, i said, "it was almost two years that i am smitten by you, please bear me."

She was amazed and looked at me skeptically. "Tshering don't joke huh!" She bellowed me. Her friend Pelden appeared smirking at me. With an exasperation in my mind, i dissapate from them. I directly went to the class and my mate Nado was busy writing homework. I frantically made my way towards the sit. Nado stared at me with amazed expression. "What happened Tshering?" He questioned me. "I got 'trongsa poenlop' with that idea of proposing her.” I replied sadly.

"I think your way of proposing might be wrong. Use those snyangag (poetic) words, so that you can mould her heart." Nado mocked.

"It’s not like that, i have tried my best to convince her, but it did not work as i thought. It's okey because fate has designed it,” i said with a screwed face.

"Nado, would you predict her boyfriend, i definitely feel she has a boyfriend." i whined. But he answered, "hmm i don't know".

The next day, i was running towards my class in a hurried way. On the step behind, there stood Dechen holding a pile of book, waiting for her friends. On seeing me she gave Nado's book saying "He went to toilet, please can you take his book with you.”

"Yeah why not,” I answered. After being arrived in the class, I opened my dzongkha grammar book to write homework, but i have no questions to write it, so i went through Nado's book and to my astonishment i saw a letter in his book. The letter has no address on the envelope. Looking around, i oppened eagerly taking a long gasp.

Here the letter goes........

My sweety Deki

           I know you are surprised by yestarday's tragedy, because it was a silent overtook love that i have with you. Tshering was exasperated to know that you have a boyfriend and questioned me several times who he was. But i stood unknown. I am surprised to know that, eventhough there are many fascinating moon like girls, what has made him to choose you. I am in the nick of time because i need to convince him about us and i think he will undertstand me. I hope you won't change your direction of love. So be the 'queen' of my heart forever.

Your love,

Nado.

After reading his letter, i felt whether it was illusion or i am living in a dream. It was really annoying. It made me remorseful and desperately bogged down by his action of concealing his love.

I wondered; "what's the point of concealing his secret from me. Indeed i am his sitmate and his friend too." Bulk of questions evokes in my mind and I was fully engrossed in it. I closed the letter and kept in the same position on seeing Nado coming with his friends wearing a smile on his face. When he sitted near me i felt my heart skips a beat as i was left with no word to share him for what i know about them.

"What was our first peroid" He asked me. "Literary Genre,” i answered with a smile. Then i gasped for a second and said, "Did you saw Deki anywhere?" He was unable to face me and the time he looked at me, he blushed. "Nop,” He groaned. "I am sorry; i never thought that we had a same choice." I said in a low voice making it clear. "Actually i tried to share it, but i was afraid that it may hassle you.” Nado answered. The peroids ended as if we are an alien enveloped with greatness of silence.

The next day I was jogging towards the dinning room and there stood Deki with her friends behind the door. I didn’t know what to do. Her friend Pelden’s eye was glued on me, but I ignored her stare. Finally, Deki saw me, but it was a just blink of an eye. She was making her way into the dinning room.

I made my way towards her and I called, “Deki, would you mind to wait for me please.”

“I am sorry, I didn’t know that you are engaged,” I pleaded. But deep inside my heart, i felt something miserable. She answered, "it's okey". It was as sweet as the sweet melody of god Sarasvati.

No defense mechanisms is going to help me to pure her image from my heart. With a lost sense, i marched towards the hostel and was aware that my hearthrob, 'Deki' will be gone forever from me.

(It's a fictitious story from the imaginative writing bowl of Tshering.

Sorry, if there is any grammar mistakes).