Nothing was unusual about today. Like every other day, I started my morning by flushing off my waste.I consider the flushing process as the start to my day because, that was the routine, the aqueous sound of which had been actually breaking my sleep ever since I have stepped into this world.
After a quick bath, I delved through my brother’s cupboard to discover a brand new short-length shirt. I took one peek behind my shoulder to make sure the field was clear, before I lay my hand on the booty.“Ahem! Put that back bro’…” Sandy was right behind my back. God knows how he managed to appear at the scene of crime right in time.“Hey Sandy, please dear… try to understand dude!” I pleaded.“Don’t tell me that again you have a date today… wow you sure are rocking dude,” Sandy said with a wink. “So… told her yet?” Sandy added.“Nope!” I said as I pulled out the hanger from the shirt.“Come on now! Do you even plan to propose to her? …EVER?” he exclaimed.
Sandy’s words put me in a state of contemplation as I gave the situation a second thought. I was seeing her since almost a month now. We meet every single day, have lunch together and then I drop her home.A coffee at Barista just before dropping her off to her place is indispensable. Literally speaking, I am dating her every single day since the past one month.
I still remember the day she joined my team and till this day I thank my boss for putting me in charge of her project. She was a college trainee and we spent quite some time on the project together.One noticeable trait of her was that she could chatter nonchalantly for hours. On the other hand, I was more of a believer in non-verbal communication techniques. This mismatch presented me to her as a GOOD LISTENER and in no time we became very good pals. Before I could realize, her one month training got over and she had to leave.
I was shattered. For the first time I felt that she was more than a friend to me.She wasn’t there to wish me good morning when I reached office.I started having lunch alone.Evenings, I started reaching home early as there was no one to be dropped back home after office… my life sure did change.
Three days later I received a call from her, “Hey! Guess what!”She sounded very excited.I guessed… I guessed the most obvious reason that could give a fresher this amount of happiness at this moment.“You got a job?” I said.“Hey how did you know? Okay, forget that… there’s even better news! Bet you can’t guess that…” she waited for me to speak.“Hmm… don’t know!” I said in a non-interested tone.“You won’t believe, I got a job in NETZAP… the company is situated just one block away from your office! We can again have lunch together and meet every evening. Isn’t that great?” I could almost see the smile on her face through the phone.I couldn’t contain my happiness either! “Wow, she too was missing me equally it seems…” I wondered with a smile.
Ever since then, it has been quite a smooth sailing for us. We have lunch together everyday at the restaurant outside my office and I drop her home every evening.Yes I am reaching home late again everyday…Today was Saturday… the day which we spent the maximum time together.“Today I’ll propose to her, enough is enough,” I put on the shirt as this thought crossed my mind.“Careful fatso,” Sandy yelled. “It’s a tight-fit for me…. barely fits you.I managed to slip the shirt on… rather slip into the shirt.I wasn’t a fat guy. It was just that recently I got hooked on to working out in the gym so rigorously that my muscles had pumped up and my brother’s clothes didn’t fit me anymore.However I preferred wearing his clothes ‘coz that showed off my cuts better than my loose fitting shirts.
Without wasting any more time and bathing myself in a sea of deodorant, I headed off with my helmet and bike keys. Within no time I reached “Corner Breads”, her favorite hangout.God knows what she liked about the place. It was a boring little restaurant serving a variety of sandwiches and weird looking food items. As usual, we ordered one plate Cheese Sandwich accompanied by two glasses of lemonade.She was one person who used to be very excited till the part which involved ordering for food… once the grub reached the table, she was too busy in chattering away to even look at the plate.Eventually all the food used to end up in one stomach only… mine.
She flagged off her conversation, telling me all about the new manager who’s joined her team and how he held meetings to know about employee grievances and blah blah blah…I seldom listened to her or spoke, yet I don’t know why I died to be with her every day. She too never showed any discomfort speaking on and on to a silent spectator. The mismatch sure kept us glued together.I pulled down my shirt a bit… it did seem a little too tight now. Maybe the sandwich, which has recently entered my body, was the cause of this phenomenon.
Suddenly my mobile buzzed and I took it out to discover a message from Sandy.“Told her???” was all that the message said.Shit! The plan of proposal had completely slipped my mind…Suddenly all she was speaking started sounding like a broken gramophone to me and I started thinking of a way to let her know of my feelings. It’s now or never.“I … I have been eager to tell you something since a while now…” I started.“Hey I didn’t realize that we have been sitting here for the past three hours”, she sprung up to her feet. “Quick let’s go, I’m late… mom will kill me!” saying this she picked up her bag and rushed towards the exit door.
“I… I…” that was all I could murmur as I followed her to the parking stand.I couldn’t complete the sentence, so I extracted my frustration on the kick start of my Yamaha. She sat behind me.One thing that I had noticed about her was that although she was very comfortable in my company, the distance she maintained from me while riding on my bike was something commendable.
The rest of the journey I spent listening about how her little sister irritated her all the time by fiddling with her makeup kit.I didn’t say a thing… guess her vandalized makeup kit was much bigger an issue to discuss right now. Soon we reached the place where I used to drop her near her home.“Riding on your bike spoils my hairdo miserably… maybe you should drive slower,” she said as she disembarked from my bike. “Ok then, see you at lunch time on Monday…”“Yeah… okay,” saying this I turned my bike.Suddenly I heard her shout from behind… “Hey Aadi, You wanted to tell me something right? Tell me fast…” she said expressing her impatience.“No no, you leave now… else you’ll be real late.” I said. “I’ll tell you some other day,” I added.“Okay, I’ll wait for that day,” saying this she walked off.
I started my journey back home alone, like every other day.Like every other day today too I couldn’t speak up.More than her, I am waiting for that day. That SOME OTHER DAY…
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