What do you think a girl looks for in a boy ??
Good looking, rich , smart , intelligent, respectful.......If only he can have 2-3 of all the qualities a girl would like him right.....
What if a guy can have all of them , So had he , and most of the girls of our school used to like him , approach him and tried to be friends with him . His name was Keifer. But it was opposite for me. I used to hate him , the only reason being he was the topper of the section B , although I was also topper of section A , but was always compared to him and would always loose in this comparison.......
I hated him for being so perfect in everything he did .....(Although I had never met him in person)
Keifer was a cold guy although not an introvert but didn't like to talk to people very much and I considered it as his ego ...
Our lives took a turn when we entered high school ....
We joined same tution. I thought our rivalry will increase since we'll have more chances of encounter and will be always compared..
But what happened was not something what I expected
When I met him for first time, I doubted my perception. How can such a innocent boy be rude and ignorant. He was wearing casual tshirt and pant. He had small innocent eyes which were calm and curious at the same time . His voice firm and sweet all together....
I reminded myself not to judge him by his looks as all the people of my school knows that he was rude
Since we both were the toppers we had had enough encounters.....
As we met time and again we started to talk over topics , discuss our doubts and help each other.....
I never noticed how my hatred for him gradually turned to friendship
I realised he is not what I used to think of him . He was sweet , kind , helping but no one tried to understand him ....
Now we started coming and leaving tution together as tution was just after our school....
He started to smile and laugh often( may be just in front of me ). I must admit he had a beautiful smile 🫠
Our discussions were not limited to just studies.
He used to love teasing me , always making fun of me , talking of all the random stuff that didn't matter......
But it's life and everything can't go this smoothly.....
Our tution teacher noticed all of that was going and misunderstood us and our friendship. He thought that we were distraction for each other and if it was not stopped in time his 2 topper students will be lost....
Although Keifer was always a good friend to me and I'm sure he also think of me the same way.......
Anyways........
Our teacher decided to set us apart. Earlier we used to sit together now he changed our seats and warned me to stay away from Keifer......
We tried but couldn't. I didn't know why I did that , but there was something.Even if we sat apart whenever I looked up at him he was already looking at me .......
We decided to walk together to and after tution and sit separately in tution to avoid trouble......
We would decide to come or not for the next day . If I had doubt and came to tution, he would come too even if he didn't had doubt just to accompany me . I used to love that btw.....
Once I remember we had a test in tution. It was actually quite difficult paper. Everyone performed poorly in it. We both had got good marks but I got more than him. I always wanted to be better than him but when I did I wasn't happy because I knew me getting more marks than him is going to be trouble for him.....
And as I thought, sir scolded him in front of whole class and asked him not to come to tution anymore ( let me tell you our sir was a little biased. He had high hopes from Keifer and thought all this was happening because he was getting involved with me )
Next day in school, I thought of him for whole day . I just can't imagine going to tution and not seeing him . I even cried that day..... My friends kept asking me what happened but I couldn't answer that because I didn't have one .....
“I didn’t know why I was crying. What did he even mean to me? He was just a friend… wasn’t he?”so why was I feeling this way
When I reached tution, the grief of whole day lost in a second as my eyes met with his . He smiled at me , came and sat near me. I was shocked, I even tried to push him to tell him stay away worried of trouble if sir saw us....
He kept his hand on mine , my body got heated up,may be I was even blushing but I controlled myself to listen what he wants to say ...... He assured me that sir will not say anything and will not bother us anymore. I was scared and kept asking him what did he mean , what did he do?? But he didn't answered just started talking about something else.....
Till today I don't know what he did........
High school years went on and it was last exams of high school
On last day of our exam , I didn't get to tell him goodbye, we didn't even talked that day since it was all so rush .........
I thought I was never going to meet him again but after our results I got an opportunity....
I was the school topper, he was the second topper, we were invited to school for some award function......
I was so excited but also nervous thinking if he would be same as before or something might have changed since it's been 3 months since we last saw each other.....
After award function we set together in a classroom. It was only me and him .....
He started talking to ease the environment.....
But the conversation got tensed when I said I was going to different town for the further education.... His eyes darkened, his smile dropped , he stopped talking for a while ..... I didn't understand what I should do , suddenly I got text , my brother was waiting outside. I was about to leave when he grabbed my wrist, I looked back. He didn't look at me , his eyes fixed to the floor, and said don't leave, stay here for your further education and released his grip.....
It was more like a request which was unusual for him.....
After coming to home I thought of it for several times . If I can do something about it. But I already knew that whatever logic I think of there's no way going back . I have to go to another town for my career.......
2 years later......
It had been 2 years since I left here . Everything has changed here in a better way . I was here for vacations for a month.
In deep somewhere in my heart I wished to meet him but it was nearly impossible to meet a person after 2 years in such a large city when I didn't even know where he is or what he is doing.......
But I needed to meet him so that I can get a closure to this ......
My vacations were about to end and I didn't saw him or heard of him . I was strolling around and thinking of him when I bumped into someone. When I looked up it was him......
It was actually unexpected.....
He looked directly into my eyes and smiled.
But it was stranger to me, not something I knew. It made me felt distant. It made me feel hurt , there was an unknown ache in heart.....
" How have you been these years?" He asked
" Fine . What about you?"
" I have been great and happy"
It felt more like sarcasm that assertion
" It was nice seeing you . Hope you do good "
These were the last words he said before leaving
I was standing there for don't know how many minutes before getting back to reality and then leaving for home .
When I reached home I got a text from an unknown number
" Hii , Keifer this side"
I replied "hello"
And before I could ask where did he got the number from I got another text this time a long one -
" Before high school, I used to stay away from people, not feeling comfortable in taking to others . When we met in tution for the first time I sort of starting liking you , but you always seemed to avoid me . I don't know if you ever realised that I used to find chances to talk to you , made up doubts so that I can spend time with you . Gradually we became friends. The more I got to know you the more I liked you . When sir tried to set us apart I talked to sir and promised that we will never affect each other's study and guarrented that we will be the toppers of school. I fall in love with you , you stupid girl ..... You must be thinking why I decided to tell you this now. It's because all this time after you left I was feeling guilty for that day . Because I tried to hold you back . Even after knowing that it was important for your life instead of wishing you luck and supporting you I tried to stop you. I was selfish of thinking just for me ......
But now I have realised what is right.
I got your number long ago , I wrote this message long ago but never got courage to send this.
Today when I met you , I tried maintaining my composure, although only I know what that 5 minutes felt like . They were enough to compensate the past 2 years .
So I finally gathered courage to send you this.
I know you deserve far better person than me . This message is not to hold you back but I just wanted you to know this before move ahead in your life..."
I didn't realised tears were falling while I read his message.
I admired him all these years of knowing him but today I think my respect for him increased a lot more .
I immediately called him and asked him to meet me at our school court.
When I reached there he was already there in the same casual tshirt and pant
I ran over to him , hugged him tightly and cried sobbing as if confessing everything without saying anything....
He firstly hesitated but then held me even more tightly and whispered in my ear in same teasing way " There is no way going back . I hope you don't regret it ..."
I smiled and kissed him ........
He kissed me back , taking my hand in his hand and said " This time I am not leaving it, are you sure about it "
I grinned " maybe , I'll think about it😁"
He tightened his grip on my hand and said "Too late now. I’m not letting you go again....."
-"The end"-
By Jerry ❤️
