12/08/2020
Nikita introduced him to me from a distance, "Stay away from him, he is a jerk. He is senior tho but yeah just stay away from him." She said it in the most hysteric way possible and I couldn't stop but laugh. Thats when I caught his attention. He lowered down his shades and good son of God Jesus Christ, he had the most ravening pair of eyes. I didn't realize when he came and sat on the very opposite bench to us and started introducing himself to which I only replied, " God your eyes! How? "
"Excuse me?", he said.
"Oh, I mean" I said coming back to the normal scenario,"Hi, I am Riana, 1st year, B.A.L.L.B."
And who knew that one laugh could change almost everything. We became such great friends that professors termed us to be the new Jay Veeru of NLUJA. Back in Guwahati we stayed close by each others place and i.e. Zoo Road tiniali. We went on walks together, tried new things together, our families became close and it was almost impossible to seperate us. Rumours started blooming in our college about us dating but we never did. Funnily enough we even did our internships together. In those initial 5 years, we even helped each find or to be honest set each other with people we crushed on in the college. Things were fun. But as we grew older we stopped doing that. As he was a year senior to me and as his last semester was slowly coming to an end, I started having thoughts of losing him forever. Yes he would never, I thought to myself frequently. And thats when the butterflies started fluttering in my stomach and I swear, I was not enjoying it. I started overthinking and that led to me not eating properly, I became insomniac and my health effected drastically. My mom suggested me to clear out the doubts with him and let out my feelings if I had any. Yeah you guessed it too! I decided to confront him. His farewell function was to be organized by our semester and what could be a better opportunity to ask him. I prepared a little speech in honour of our seniors and attached a little part of my confession at the end of it. Yes that was a bold step I was taking but afterall he was my bestfriend. Before the speech our seniors showcased their talents and guess what, Arya was performing his favorite "Tum jab pass aati ho" by Prateek Kuhad.
"Its a suprise, wait for it Raiyu, I know you will love it", he said before his performance.
And my worst nightmare became my reality when he uttered those few words before he started singing.
"I want to dedicate this special song to one of my favorite human being on earth and has been a constant crush from a very long time," he said and my heart almost collapsed, " Nikita Baruah, this song is for you", and as he started singing a stream of tear ran down my cheeks. I ran, I swear I ran to my room and sobbed. Literally. I stayed there till the farewell got over. Nikita and Arya came looking for me.
"Where were you? Did you see how Arya proposed me on stage?", Nikita asked and I pretended to not know anything.
"You did?", I looked at Arya not expecting an answer," Well I felt sick and I left"
"Yes I did and I wanted to surprise you but you missed it, Are you okay raiyu?", Arya asked. My swollen eyes actually should have answered him but instead I nodded to a yes. I realized if I said that I wasn't okay then he would loose his stupid smile that constantly stayed on his face. I lied that I was happy for them and that I always shall be their greatest friend. Both of them graduated together and moved to Bangalore together for their futher studies. They still do contact me and Arya still continues to visit our family occasionally. I stayed back here and started practicing law in High Court alongside my LLM degree in the same college. Holding on to those memories that I still cherish. Realising just a factor that no matter how many butterflies flutter in your belly you can't hold it forever. They chase their dreams and go far away to achieve them. And when you love someone truly, you can't afford to let their happiness go away. And thats what I did. I decided to be happy in his happiness and his achievements. I hope we meet in some other stories, maybe in another life, maybe with a better ending this time.
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