"Shall we meet, now?", He texts at 8:30 P.M. from the Whatsapp through Redmi Note 4, as Ketan Bisht. He tries constantly for agrypnia. But, finally the eyelids rests at 9:00.
Ketan resumes online at 4:30 in the morning, in a half-wake call, trying to come out from sleep. His hands are searching slightly his phone through the cave of quilt, opens lock. He jerks his body as there was already 8 notifications from Tanya Rawat. He pulls his pillow, adjusts for back and with the huge irregularity in his heart, he starts reading the messages.
"HEY"
"Hw r u?, m f9"
"u want to meet, Yes definitely"
"Whenever u want to meet, I'll b thre"
"Tell me"
"Hello! is any1 thre?"
"I think you slept, Buddhu"
"Ok, good night, sweet dreams n tc"
"By"
As he finishes, he murmurs to himself, and as usual,
"Good Morning! Have a nice day"
"Actually, I slept yesterday, sorry"
connects phone to charger, and his daily routine starts.
Before he completes his daily routine, I'm pretty sure that you all want to know that who the both are they? So, as a friend of Ketan, I'm taking you to the 1 year back, where actually the story starts of both.
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2. The Past
28 Mar, 2015: The last day of Board examination of class 12. Ketan and I came out from the class after the examination. It was the great day. After a slight discussion about examination, we both rushed towards our home, with a bit of enthusiasm in completion of our Intermediate education. But, both of us were thinking also about our next target to crack the JEE Mains exam, somewhere forced by parents, teachers and somewhere, forced by our will. Usually, the parents asked about our examination, and finally they get relaxed, followed from 18 days examination.
The next morning I and Ketan boarded to Haldwani, from Lohaghat for our upcoming examination of JEE Mains. Late evening we both reached our home separately, and sat in the examination on 4 April.
Ketan was very interested in Indian Army, as the dress attracts him. The fuel of patriotism was endless within him. He was very desperate to join the Indian Army, as he was also preparing for NDA. Ketan was the brilliant student among us. He was greatly loved from the teachers. His behavior was very generous, and friendly. He was very popular in our school. We all were supposing him to see in the merit list of Board examination, as he secured his place in the list previously in High-school.
Between the JEE exam and the upcoming result of board examination, we both enjoyed a lot. That was the first official trip for us to search out the world outside the Lohaghat.
As, we are supposing, Ketan again secured his rank in the merit list of Board examination and somewhere I also passed with first division. There was happiness all around, in the school, among the parents and, in between us too. It was the first time in our school that a student secured his position in Board merit list. A round of congratulations remain there. I also went to congratulate him and his parents. Beyond this celebration, a major future was waiting for him, as followed from the discussion between his family, and him.
"I want to join the Indian Army", he appealed to his family.
"First go through graduation, it will opens huge sectors of occupation for you", Uncle denied
Before he spoke,
"I'd dreamt you as an IAS, you will go through the Civil services only", Aunt raised
"No, I'll go first through the preparation of Indian Army. Please give me a year. If I succeed, then there'll be nothing to raise any questions and if I failed than I'll do whatever you want", he simply argued.
On his confident argument, they both accepted. As soon as he qualified both the examination, JEE as well as NDA, and according to his pre-determined thinking, he choose NDA. It's a bit of shortcoming for me and Ketan like students, who pass through the Hindi medium schools, that they have a loose command on English speaking. As Ketan was looking for the SSB interview, held after the NDA examination, he joined an English speaking institute to groom his personality, and raise his flow in English. During all this, he was quite unaware of the next incident, which will definitely was turning out his life.
3.
As, I want to introduce another character here, named Pratyusha. The key part in life of Ketan. They both met, when they're at class 6. As Ketan was the only child of their parents, he find a slight probability of having an sister. As soon as they both were known as the siblings. What a great understanding between them. They both affected by the problems of each other.
After the Intermediate examination, Pratyusha also turned to Haldwani for the NEET coaching from an esteemed coaching institute. There she met a girl from Bageshwar, named Tanya.
Yes! she is the same one, as I read you all the messages earlier, and the same one, whom you all want to know very curiously. Isn't it?
Tanya was also there in that coaching institute to have the coaching for the preparation of NEET. They become best friends in coaching, as they both shared the same PG, with the same room. Actually, in physics, we all read about 'like charges repels'. But, here in case of these both, it proves wrong. They both were talkative, entertaining, powerhouse of laughter, and beautiful butterflies too. They shares their talks, with each other.
As in the late night in September, when Ketan was lying on the bed, a beep of notification attracted towards him.
"Hi" : Tanya Rawat.
A chat head was activated on his messenger, with a friend request on his Facebook account.
"Hello! I'm sorry, I'm not getting you?", with a slight confusion, he replied.
"Why to be sorry? You don't know me".
"Oh, than, Do you know me?"
"Yes".
Her 'YES' remark made him to think about her.
"How?", he asked anxiously
"From your sister."
"Sister! Who?"
"You don't know about your sister, seriously", she was trying to make a fun of him.
"Pratyusha! Is it Pratyusha?"
"Yes! By the way, he told me about you."
4.
"About me! It's surprising. Actually, she loves me a lot and I too. But, still you didn't give your identification."
"Is it needy", she made a bouncer.
"On you! But, without it, how can we continue the conversation?"
"Oh ya! Drop your anxiety.", replied with a smiling emoji.
"This is Tanya Rawat, and I'm pursuing the coaching classes with your sister, having the same PG too", she explained
"Oh! nice to meet you Ms. Tanya. So, Pratyusha and you are roommates".
"Yes", with a smiling emoji.
"Ok!"
"Now, I'm supposing to go for dinner. Paro(Pratyusha) is calling me. By the way, why don't you join us", she tried to make a fun.
"Ah! Thanks for your kind invitation. You guys enjoy your meal. Good Night", He denied the funny proposal kindly.
"Ok yar! As you wish, Good Night", and the conversation ends with this funny reply from her. Before sleeping he thought a bit about her, and fell in sleep.
The days passed, and Ketan opened his Facebook account, and there was a pending request. He forgot completely the yesterday's chats with Tanya, and than seeing the friend request, he suddenly backed to the request list, and accepted Tanya, as his Facebook friend.
"Thank you!", Tanya replied him, nearly after two hours.
"For what?", he asked
"Accepting my request", she answered
"Ah! my pleasure".
A slight interaction was building between them, as they both are unknown to each other, and it's a well known rule of anxiety that it will never leave you, until you find the very fact to resolve it.
5.
The days passed, and both they get stucked in their busy schedule. On the one hand, where the Ketan was busy in grooming his personality and preparing for the upcoming interview, other hand, Tanya was busy to crack the examination of NEET to fulfill her dreams to get the admission in the Government Medical college for MBBS. As the days passed, they forget each other, as they never chatted. But, as we know, if destiny wants, than nobody will able to deny it.
Ketan is a very fond of writing poetries and literature. In his school time, he won various awards for his writing skills, and speeches. This passion became him a good writer as well as poet. His creations often based on the current incidents, festivals and situations.
That was the Diwali time, when Ketan moved to his parents, in Lohaghat. He wrote a poetry on the greetings of Diwali. As he was greeting to everyone through Whatsapp, Facebook and Messenger too. While contacting the friends in messenger, he somewhere find Tanya down in the list. Suddenly, he remembered all the conversations between them, just a month ago.
"Hi", He initiated.
"The lights are blinking behind the curtains,
As people stuck in enthusiastic sustains..." Ketan wishes her Diwali wishes with his poetry, and he also added, "Now! the people are too big, that they forgot the friends, after making them".
A bit of hours after, a blink of notification appears. It was Tanya.
"Hi. What a surprise today, that people messaged me. Oh God", she returned the satire
"By the way Happy Diwali, and your poem is too nice", she continued
"Hey! Thank you", he replied
"Actually, you too forget!"
A flying smiley with a short of blushing came from the end of Tanya.
As the Diwali passed, and the holidays sets, they both again got busy between their works. On the one side, where Tanya was too close to her entrance examination, the other side Ketan was also very close to his SSB interview in Bhopal. But, again, the conversation stops, which was significantly looks like the common Facebook friends chatting.
6.
In the cold winters of February, Ketan was supposed to be boarded to Bhopal from Haldwani, for his interview. This time, somewhere, he failed to get success in the Interview, and his dream of getting in Indian Army, collapsed. Those days of having failed to acquired his determined goal, was very tough for him, as he already put his all efforts. But, only here it isn't stops. On the one hand, where Ketan failed to get in Indian Army, the other hand, he lost his valuable one year, which took him just one year back from his colleagues.
The most challenging task in our life to face the fight with our self. We always avoid these type of situations, but somewhere, somehow we fell in that. But, it becomes much more difficult, when you find that the support, what you want will not be there with you. In that case, you suffered from mental depression. The same thing was very injurious for Ketan, as he exactly faced the situation, without telling anyone.
But, on the other hand, the examination conducted, and Tanya secured in her position in the rank list of NEET , and she was allotted the Government Medical College in Haldwani. She was ready to begin her journey, with full of enthusiasm, and joy. That was the time, when she approached to her pre-determined goal. As one side Ketan failed, and the other side Tanya passed. As usual, girls are overtaking the boys consecutively in now a days.
For Ketan, it was all about a new start, followed from his failure. He was ready to came out from this, and soon, he find a place for himself for a fresh start of life from ground level - Kumaun University, Nainital, for pursuing the graduation.
What the co-incidence! same district, and only 40 K.m. distant.
Usually, the chatting between them, wasn't started. Still they were unknown to each other, instead of having a slight conversation between them, previously. I'm not saying that they're too simple that they both don't use social networking sites. But, the reasons are the earlier relationships, and the friend circles, in which they both were out of that from each one's.
Relations are common in now a days. The kids of 90's where utilized their time with books, and cricket, the 20's kids gone through mobiles, and love. Recently, one of my friend told me that a class 7 student was flirting with her, at a marriage function, while she was almost completed her post graduation.
Yes! definitely, it's a fact of humor. But, yes! I'm sure that you'll all agree with this. The commercialization of love and relation through Televisions, and Bollywood movies, are making the kids to fell in love in a very small age, at which they actually don't know, what the love is? I never surprised, when I heard that anyone falling in love every day, with a slight change in the person. As due to the pre-matured love, the attraction is modifying as a Day-by-day love.
7.
Ketan first, fell in love with Haripriya. She was our classmate. They both were good friends from class 8th. They share their every problem with each-other. As soon as they grown, Ketan was slightly more attracted towards Haripriya. Now, every time he thought about her. Often, between our conversations, he took her name. He loved to talk about her. After passing the High-school, he proposed her.
Haripriya was a sweet and charming girl. She was quite matured too. She know pretty well that it was all about attraction. She knew quite well that it's all like a mirage, but she also don't want to broke Ketan's heart. She didn't want to lose her as a friend, that's why she accepted the proposal. Where Ketan was taking it as a Love relationship, Haripriya still assuming it a healthy friendship. She wasn't feeling comfort with this relation. Time by time, this uncomfortable situation raised, and after the completion of their intermediate, the very next year the relation abandoned. It was again a double strike for Ketan, as he just lost her relation, and a best friend too. He tried to convince her, that everything is good, but that was too late to understand his pre-matured love. She didn't look back after that and moved on with her college life.
As, Tanya came Haldwani, a year before in 2014, after completion of her intermediate, it was the time for her to reveal the city. She was in a great rejoice, with a new place, with new people. As she started her coaching classes, she came in contact with Akshdeep, the batch mate in coaching classes. During the classes, Akshdeep, once proposed her, and again, due to pre-matured love, this time Tanya accepted her proposal. Akshdeep was a brilliant guy. He was preparing for the JEE Mains. Between the periods, they both met with each other, but, it was a small time when they interact. Mostly, they both remain busy with their schedule.
One night, while Tanya was busy in the social networking, a chat head activated.
"Hi!", an Unknown named Jatin.
"Hello. Who are you?", she replied.
"I know you, I often seen you in Bageshwar, at your school, where you read.", He replied.
"I'm also from Bageshwar", he continued.
"Oh!", she nodded her head, as he was just front of her.
"I want to say you something. May I?", he questioned.
"Ya! sure", she allowed.
"I love you. I can't live without you", he proposed
She just sent an emoji of blushing face, and get offline. And that night ends with offline stories.
8.
The next day, when she returned to her PG, after the classes, she checked her phone. But, there wasn't any notification about Jatin, as she was looking for that.
"What's the matter?, Yesterday you was dealing with the love with me, and now you are silent today!", she sent a kidding message to Jatin.
"Yah! I'd already told you yesterday everything, What I'll say now?", he replied.
"Oho! so you love me!"
"Yes, without any doubt. I can't live without you. I'll never love to another else", he pleaded
Tanya was quite emotional. She tried to make him understand, that there isn't any existence of love in her life, but he refused. Days passed, and they both often spent the time with each other. On the one hand, Tanya was slightly separating herself from Akshdeep, and on the other hand she was moving quite closer to Jatin. It was very hard for Tanya to pass a single day, without talking to Jatin.
"Can I get a single pic of you?, I want to see your real face", He pleaded once.
Tanya waited for a minute, and then impulsively, she clicked a selfie, and sent to Jatin.
"You're so gorgeous", he appreciated her beauty.
"Now! Happy?", she questioned with a bit of smile on her face.
"Yah! a lot. Thank you"
These type of chats were often, than. Sometimes it became too late, during talk with each other. With Jatin, Tanya forgot her time, as she wanted always to connect with him. That was the time when Tanya was slightly moving in love with Jatin.
During all these, once Tanya wasn't able to talk with Jatin for two days. At that time, he was in New Delhi. Those were the days, when Tanya felt that a part is missing in her life, and then suddenly she realized that she felt in matured love with Jatin.
"I love you too", Tanya desperately messaged Jatin, as she accepted the proposal of Jatin.
"Love! really?", he exclaimed.
"Yes! stupid, definitely, without any doubt"
And the journey of love began of Tanya and Jatin.
9.
As, both Ketan and Tanya was busy in their love lives - One was struggling to save it, and other one was happy to be in it, They were not having any time for each other. As they both were unfamiliar, with each other too.
Once, in the morning, while readying for the college, Ketan noticed a well known image printed on the local newspaper. The printed advertisement was there on the behalf of that esteemed coaching institute, from where Pratyusha, and Tanya took their coaching classes.
"It's Tanya!. Yes! she is", Ketan murmured within his lips, he smiled and took his phone.
"Hey! congratulations, I just saw your pic in the newspaper, as your coaching institute advertisement is there", Ketan messaged with a great enthusiasm.
"You're famous now! And you didn't tell about it. So, when'll I come to take your autograph?", he continued.
As Tanya was offline than, he rushed to his college. Throughout the way to his college, he was continuously waiting for her message, as it was seeming the first anxious behavior of Ketan, towards Tanya.
"Hi! after a long time", Tanya replied
"I thought you nearly forget me", she continued
"My picture! where, I'm not aware about this, and thank you! I'm in Haldwani at medical college. Where are you?", she replied.
Ketan was never seen so much impulsive, as he was at that day. As just a beep of Messenger, and he just saw that.
"Ah! here you are", he replied impulsively.
"You forgot completely, isn't it? and you are blaming me. Not fare witty girl."
"Haha! actually, the truth is that we both forget", she briefed
"By the way, where you noticed my picture?", she added
"Ah! congratulation once again. I was very glad to see you there in the newspaper", he replied.
"Oh! thanks for that. It's not a big thing.', She blushed with emoji.
A short conversation between them, made Ketan a slight happy after a long time, followed by the separation from Haripriya.
10.
Now, the chats slightly became usual between both of them. A label of 'unknown' was slightly removing between them. It was becoming a routine for Ketan to wish Tanya 'Good morning' and 'Good night' everyday. He just felt incomplete, when he didn't talk to Tanya.
"Do you have any boyfriend?", Once Ketan asked to Tanya
"Why?", she exclaimed!
"No! Just for general knowledge. Haha! If you don't want to tell, than it's ok", he pleaded.
"General knowledge. Really! Haha.", she busted in laughter.
"Yes! Jatin", she continued.
"Oh! Nice"
"Thank you!", she blushed.
Ketan just stopped texting. He was not getting the point that is he affecting with the Tanya's reply, or not. But, a slight disappointment was clearly seen on his face. Literally, his mind was didn't allow him, but in a short corner of his heart, It was clear that he was affected by the acceptance of Tanya, having a boyfriend. It was the time, when he was too disturbed from the love angle. May be, he was finding a hope with Tanya, not literally, but somewhere in his heart. But, this reply destroyed that each feeling, which was growing in his heart.
The very next morning, he typed 'Good morning' message nearly for 15 times, and deleted. Finally, he decided not to text her, as he was in a bit of confusion and fighting with his feelings. As usual, Tanya always replied Ketan's message, so there wasn't any message from Tanya's side. In the late evening, when Ketan didn't find any message by Tanya, he felt quite bad. He thought that he was just imposing the unfair relation or a familiar relation on her. As he dipped in those thoughts,
"Good Evening sir!", A chat head was there, named Tanya.
Ketan checked the message furiously from the notification bar, and the happiness was clear from his face. But, he resisted his happiness to show and waited to reply, and after fifteen minutes,
"Good evening Mam", he replied.
"Where were you today! No messages", she asked gently.
"Ya! stucked in work", Ketan tried to hide his feelings and anxiety.
"Oh!"
"Ya! so, How are You?", he asked
11.
"I'm pretty fine. What about you?"
"Me too"
"That's great. Tell further, what's going on?"
As got the message from Tanya's end, Ketan was happy. But, instead of all this, he was not feeling good. It was seeming that, somewhere still he was disturbed by the Tanya's recent message. Imagine, a person who is actually is suffocated in his feelings, and on this, if you're asking to him the most unanswerable question "What's going on?". Just imagine that, how much the embarrassing situation for the person. Take apart, Ketan was not interested to answer this.
"Nothing special. You tell", He replied unwillingly
Ketan used first time this phrase, and who knows, that it'll become the most usable phrase for him in future.
"Here too", she replied
"Dinner?"
"Not yet, within half hour, supposing to be. Yours"
"Not yet."
"Ok! Good Night"
"Good Night, sweet dreams", as Ketan replied and he slept without having the dinner. Definitely, he was suffering a bit by his feelings, that were making him too much uncomfortable. He was still in love with Haripriya, but the chats with Tanya was also attracted him. During all those thoughts, he asleep.
The next day, he woke with Haripriya.
"Good Morning! How are you"
"Fine", Haripriya replied, as she was not so much interested in this.
"So, what's going on?"
"Nothing, supposing to college", and she became offline.
Till now, Ketan was usual with her behavior. He was also getting late to his college, so quickly he drop a morning wish to Tanya, and moved to college.
12.
Nearly, in the afternoon, during the breaks, he opened his phone.
"Good Morning", the reply was there from Tanya's side.
Ketan read that, and became busy with his friends. But, still his mind was towards Tanya. He wanted to chat with her much more. But, both the relationships were not allowing him to do so. So, he decided that he'll not talk to Tanya.
The days passed. Here Ketan didn't message her, and there wasn't any too from Tanya. And, than one day in the afternoon a message came from Tanya. It was the time, when Ketan was supposing to be for his semester examination.
"Hey!, where are you"
"Hi! In Nainital, as usual", Ketan replied.
"No messages, no reminders. What's going on dude?", she questioned
"Ah! not at all like this, Just stucked between the examination.", He justified.
"Oh! sorry, am I disturbing you?"
"No! not at all!", there was a strong tendency behind the message of Ketan, as after a long time, he was talking to Tanya, and on this he can't deny to talk with her due to those silly examinations.
"so! How are you, and how's going your paper?", she asked
"Am fine! Quite good, just started."
"Oh! great."
"yah! By the way, where are you- college?"
"No yar! In hometown - Bageshwar"
"Oh! in vacations?"
"Yes."
Sometimes in between the chats it happens that what to talk further. Somehow this situation appears, and we supposed that how to deal with it.
"May I get your Whatsapp number", Ketan surprisingly asked to Tanya. It was a blunder for him, that what will she think now. Generally, he was very shy, but today he asked directly about the number. A bit of silence was there at both the ends.
"**********", She replied with emoji
13.
Ketan was not sure, that he'll get the number, but as he saw, he was not able to decide that how to react on it. Now, he was confused a bit.
"That's it. Now gone!" She targeted his confusion
"No! still there.", He replied
"Then, what happen?"
"I was not supposing to be that you give your number soon"
"Ok! so don't message me on my number", She kidded
"No! no! I didn't mean that", he replied embarrassedly
"Haha! I know yar. Why you're in a bit of confusion. It's ok! We are good friends.", she assured him, as much as she can.
'Good friends!', what? when? how? why? - all these questions surrounded Ketan, that when this happened.
"Again!", she messaged
"No! not at all, Ya! we are good friends", He strongly condemns
"Yes! Ok so tell me about your girlfriend."
"No one still", He didn't want to tell anything about Haripriya, but Ketan was forgetting one thing that his sister Pratyusha was her best friend, and if she told her about Ketan, than how is it possible that she didn't tell her about Haripriya and Ketan's relation!
"Don't lie, I know everything. Who is Haripriya, then?", she challenged him
"Haripriya! How could you know about her?", Ketan was in a bit of surprise.
" I think you're forgetting a thing that your sister Pratyusha and I both are good friends", She remind him
"Oh! yes", Finally, Ketan get to know that Pratyusha told her everything and He can't escape from that.
"So now tell, what are you waiting for. You know everything about me, and now it's your time, than you're hesitating"
You can fight with everything in this world, but once you are facing the obstinance of girls, you can't get rid of, unless you fulfill that.
14.
"No! I'm not hesitating, but it's a long story, and by the way we are not in relation now!", He justified himself.
"Why? means as a best friend, you can tell me. May be I'll make any help to you", She sympathize him.
"Yah! Definitely", He agreed
"Actually It was a pre-matured relationship...", he continuously told her all the sufferings, that he faced after the relationship, and the most concerning thing was that Tanya was also listening her quite well.
During the conversation, Ketan was completely dipped in the thoughts of Haripriya, as he completely forgot that he was slightly feeling the interaction towards Tanya. As she sympathized him, he was fluently discuss his relationship with her, as he was expecting, that somehow Tanya will support him to recreate his sinking love relation.
"Well! It's sad. Where is she now?", she anxiously asked
"Dwarahat"
"Ok, give me her number, I'll talk to her"
"No!", He was denying now.
"Give! I'll just make her convince that you are so sweet, and please don't leave him"
"I don't want any sympathized relation", He argued with obviously his male-ego. One of the most brilliant thing, which usually denies you to take wrong decisions often. But, this time it was seeming that, somewhere he was also realizing that his immature relationship with Haripriya.
"Come on yar! It's convincing, not sympathizing", she argued
"No yar! She'd already moved in her life and I don't want to pull her back".
"Ok! Ok! I knew many people in Dwarahat college. If you agree, than we should kidnap her also", she kidded
"Not at all! Haha", He replied understandingly.
"Ok yar! as your wish. Now, study. I've to do some work. Talk to you later."
"Yah! see you."
15.
After talking with Tanya, Ketan was quite happy, that he was somewhere assured that Tanya will find a solution for him and Haripriya. As he was so much excited at that day. And, again he was losing her attraction from Tanya, slightly. It was the period of confusion for him. He was not actually able to decide that where his heart actually wants to go.
Late in the evening, Tanya messaged him
"Hi! Good evening"
"A very sweet evening ji", today Ketan was quite happy
"What's going on? All set for exam!"
"Yah! all set. You tell. Had dinner?"
"No! not yet, Yours"
"Still not"...... and the conversation continued, till Tanya's mother made a call for her.
This time, Ketan didn't take a single notice towards Haripriya, as she messaged him twice that day!
After ended the chats with Good Night, Ketan was started dealing with his confusions. As Haripriya messaged her today, but he Didn't reply her, due to the fact that he didn't want to distract himself between the conversation with Tanya. He was not able to understand that what's all going on? He was in a bit of confusion, that where actually his heart was leading him!
Really! It's a difficult situation, if you are undertaking that person, whom you say that you love, for that person, whom you don't know much enough. Actually, I even don't say that it's a beginning of love, because again, it will be a pre-matured statement. But, the fact is that we can't deny it also. Might be its beginning, but definitely it's not the attraction.
Now, Ketan started his every day with Tanya again. The home trip of her made Ketan so close to her. As whenever they got time, they talk to each other, without having the conversation about Jatin and Haripriya. Whenever they be there, their faces filled with smiles. They teased each other. Sometimes, they elongated their conversations too much, that they forgot to sleep. Despite the papers was on, Ketan spent nearly 5-6 hours with Tanya.
It was quite surprising that how can you speak to that person, whom you know only by her chats, never met her, and still it became that person, with whom you feel the happiness. The same with Tanya too. At that time, Ketan was at the extremum of his happiness.
16.
As the days were passing, it was seeming very clearly, that Ketan is slightly forgetting Haripriya. And, now slowly-slowly he was Going towards Tanya, even he knew that she loved with someone else, say Jatin.
As slightly, at January end, our all possibilities came true, when Ketan unexpectedly propose Tanya. It was quite surprising for both.
"Hey!", Ketan was supposing to propose Tanya today, as he didn't want any delay to express his feelings for Tanya.
"Hello Mr. Bisht", she laughed through emoji.
"How are you Mam Rawat", He replied her in the same manner.
"You copycat! I'm fine absolutely. What's about you"
"I'm not copying you, piggy! Me too", He wanted to make her comfortable and easy before proposing her.
"Listen!", He was supposing now to propose her.
"Yah! I'm. tell"
"I want to say you something, and please don't understand me wrong", He requested
"Come on! Speak now, speak without any fear", She made it easy to him
"I LOVE YOU", he confessed his proposal
And there dissolved a pin drop silence, both the sides of mobiles. Tanya was in a deep surprise, that she wasn't know that how to react on it. It was a blunder for her. She was frightened that how to deal with it. On one hand where she didn't want to cheat Jatin, on the same hand, she also didn't want to lose Ketan. It was the bit of difficult time for her. And, suddenly
"Hey! what happen? Haha! I must want to see your face right now! I'm just kidding yar!", Ketan replied with a smiling emoji
When Tanya read that message, than finally her breath returned. She murmured to herself, "Thank god! that it was only a joke".
"Have you lost your wits, duffer! I was supposing to be dead", She was supposing to scold Ketan
"Haha! sorry yar! Ok It's too late, I'm feeling sleepy. Good Night!"
"Good night duffer!", she replied.
The chats were ended, but a drop of tear fell from the eyes of Ketan, which wetted his mobile's guard.
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A perfect proposal, in which there was no sign that he was kidding, and at the same time of proposal, the uneven heartbeats. Than after, the drop of tears!
Those all signs were enough to tell that Ketan lied to Tanya, as he was not kidding with her. Ketan proposed her seriously, and the time she took after the proposal of Ketan, it showed him clearly that she didn't love him. He understood that, Tanya will not accept it, and then finally he converted the topic. It hunted Ketan deeply, to the core of the heart, as after that he was not able to deal with Tanya, he just quitted by saying 'Good Night'.
Ketan was very emotional. He took his all the decisions by heart. He assumed that, the decisions made through heart will always lead him on the right way, instead of mind. He had the deep faith in Love. But this time his heart broke again, and Tanya was completely unknown from this. She was happy after knowing that was only a joke, made by Ketan!
The next morning, he again wished her a Good Morning, but today he was not so much enthusiastic, as still he was thinking about his last night proposal.
"Good morning joker!", Tanya replied.
He just read the message and dropped his phone on the bed. Some days he passed with the daily routine. Somewhere, Tanya was aware about that, at sometimes in the chats, she also discussed about it.
"What happen Ketan? After that kidding, you looks like quite distracted, and separated."
"No yar! Nothing like this. Actually it's all about work load", He again lied.
In a corner of Tanya's heart, it was published that it's not all about the work load and kidding. Somewhere, now she was also suspicious that might be that wasn't the joke! But, she never discussed about that further.
On the one hand, where Ketan didn't want to disturb Tanya by telling her feeling to her, the other hand, Tanya was also quite scared about that recent proposal. After the changed routine and behavior of Ketan made her to suspect that was that only the kidding or Ketan was really proposing her that day? Both were in a slight confusion, and they both didn't know how to deal with it.
I always supported love, that I believe that it can build your life. If you are in love, than this will be the best feeling in the world, but after the incident of Ketan, twice, I also believe that it is successful, only if you are having it. If you are quite far from your love, than it might hurt you the most.
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During, the matter of love, I forgot to tell about the health history of Ketan. Actually, Ketan was suffering from Angina. He often faced the improper heart beats, and he suffered a lot. The worst habit was Ketan had that he never took his meal seriously. Sometimes he took, sometimes not. This irregularity, and the family history too caused him to had Angina. He took a medical support very soon, and he was suggested to have operation as soon as possible.
As his behavior didn't allow him again, to tell this to his parents, because he didn't want to disturb them. He went to his elder brother Sanjay, and told him everything. One during the chats, Ketan also told about it to Tanya. She scolded him too much, as it was usual on his non-responsible behavior. But the fact was that she cared about him. And then, in starting of February, that frightful night came, when after that they both talked to each-other first time through voice call. That was the first time, when they both heard each other's voice, but before that there was a horrible incident,
"Hey! What's going on? Had dinner?", Tanya messaged.
That night Ketan was quite sick, and his aunt in Haldwani departed to Delhi at the same day in the morning. He and his elder brother Sanjay was there.
"Hi! Nothing special. Not yet, yours?", Ketan replied, as he suffered with a severe pain in his left chest.
"Done with dinner! But, it's too late, for dinner", she putted a question.
"I'm not feeling...", and before he could complete his message, he fainted ,and that half written message was sent to Tanya.
As Sanjay saw all this, he rushed with him to the City Hospital, where he was now supposed to be operation. In that whole event, his phone got off!
"Feeling! What happen", She asked
Till that, Ketan became offline, as his phone got off. And Tanya messaged him continuously.
"Hello! Where have you gone"
"Reply me! please. Are you fine?"
"Please yar! read the message, where are you? are you fine. What happen?"
And the messages were on from Tanya, but there wasn't anyone to reply her. She called on his number, but it was off! Now, she was much terrified, and she was not able to decide what will she do now.
That night Tanya and Ketan both were facing the horrible night, where one was fighting for his life in the operation theatre, and the other one was terrified for Ketan, that what's the wrong was happening with him!
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The night passed, and the next day with early 3:30 A.M., she tried again to call him, but there wasn't any respond. Now, Tanya was in a deep horror, that her mind was showing her some unwilling probabilities. The last night she didn't sleep well, as her mind totally on the question about Ketan. As the sun was slightly crawling up, the anxiety of her was rapidly increasing. Within a difference of 5 minutes, she nearly called him about 7 times, and every time she failed to contact with him.
Here, in the theatre, Ketan fought bravely with the disease, and overcame from the situation. Nearly at 11, he came in sense, and after the routine checkup, it was declared a successful operation. But, between all those incidents, Tanya wasn't aware all about that. She was constantly trying that somehow she could connect the Ketan. In her whole day, she might be physically presented in class, but her mind was totally on Ketan. Nearly at 2 P.M. Ketan asked for his phone, and there -
'35 miss calls!', and when he looked, than it was all from Tanya.
"Hi! What happen? Are you all right?", as he was not expecting the Tanya's fear for his condition.
"Here you are. how are you? where were you? at least you have to pick my call", she replied in fury as she was desperately waiting for his reply.
"Oh! sorry, actually, last night I fainted, and Went for a minor operation", he replied
"Operation! seriously. All ok!", she frightfully replied
"Yah! everything is ok! I'm absolutely well. There isn't anything to be worried", he made her relaxed
"Yar! you have to be careful for your health"
"Yes! definitely"
"OK! have rest, and please don't be careless, you aren't a kid. Very soon I'll be back", It was seeming that finally, she relaxed
"Yah! definitely. See you soon"
That caring behavior of Tanya, again attached Ketan too close to her, that a girl, who is just a friend is actually caring for him, forgetting all about her. It definitely snatched his heart, again. He was now having the rent of Tanya's day, that because only of him, she wasted her day.
In the evening, Tanya called Ketan, and that was the first time for both of them, that they were hearing each other. It was too melodious moment.
"Hello!"
"Hi, What a surprise as you called me today!", he somewhere was trying to hide his emotions
"Yes! You sounds too sweet"
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"Oh thanks! you too, means I'm hearing you first time and it is tremendous", He was blushing with himself.
"Oh! anything else, that you want to give me a complement. Haha", she kidded
"No! For the day, that's it", he too.....
And their conversation remained for nearly an hour, in which they talk to each other so closely, that it wasn't looking that it was their first conversation. After that conversation, Ketan was quite changed, as he was now supposing to fell in love with Tanya, definitely. And, this was soon will reflected in the Valentine's week. In every specific day, he messaged her with his writing skills.
"The blossoms of your character,
Is a deep down therapy to heart,
As a rose of immortal nectar!", The rose day!
"You smiles, as the heart is ready!
you're my poo, and I'm your teddy.", The teddy day!
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Followed the promise, chocolate, hug and kiss day. And then finally on Valentine, again he expressed his feelings to Tanya.
"Will you be my Valentine?, for, ever forever? will you marry with me?", He jumped
During all those days in the week, Tanya was quite happy that she was getting the wishing from Jatin, as it was their first valentine, but on the same hand, she was happy too with the messages of Ketan. She thanked him, for his delicious and expressive writing skill, but somewhere she wasn't took it seriously. As on the valentine, when Ketan proposed her, she thought that Ketan was again kidding with him.
"Valentine! Off course, why not. But, marriage! Seriously. Haha!"
"Yah! I'm damn serious", he replied in a serious manner
That statement made Tanya to think about that, as she was expecting that it was only a joke, but today Ketan was denying that.
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"Tell na!", As Ketan pressured on her.
"Ketan! please don't do the joke like this"
"I'm not making a joke. This time I'm serious", he denied
It took her smile, as before she was laughing. What to do, and what to say!
"Ketan! you know yar! that I'm already in relation, and I don't want to break his heart, and yours too", she confessed in front of him.
"And! It's about marriage, It's too early", she continued
And again, as you all are supposing, that what will be the next reaction of Ketan, and somewhere Tanya was also waiting for that.
"Haha! I know, how could be you so serious are?", He again made a prank.
"Oh! come on yar! Ketan. These type of jokes will kill me one day! Seriously", She replied
"Ok! I'm sorry yar! At last, It's a day of Valentine"
"I never celebrate These type of moments! I never like them", Tanya responded on Valentine's
"Ok! Ok! mam", Ketan survived
Ketan knew very well that she will never agree for relationship with him, as he knew quite well that she was very honest towards her current relationship with Jatin. But, somewhere he was looking for the possibility to get enter in life of Tanya.
Now, he started to pass his days with himself, by talking with himself. His heart now, was not remained his-self, it was somewhere else, most probably in the dreams of Tanya. He spent his great time in the thoughts of Tanya. But, soon his soul created a difference. He felt that he was doing wrong, as Tanya already loved someone else, and he shouldn't took his feet between them. And he decided to talk about this with Tanya.
"Hi! Tanya"
"Hello sir!, How are you, Hw's the day?", she replied
"It was all good. Yours"
"Quite well"
"Ok! I want to tell you a thing", he was preparing the plot to confess all those things, from which he was suffering, at last it was about Tanya.
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"Yah! sure, Tell na"
"As in the recent days, I'm quietly attaching with you, might be I'm in love!", he confessed
It was the blunder. As Tanya's doubt was correct about Ketan and his feelings. She was stuffed and choked.
Ketan waited, for her reply, but still she hadn't anything to say.
"I know, that what you're thinking and I also don't want to get indulge between your relation", He continued than.
"Ketan! What will I say, I don't know!", She was feeling very nervous.
"No problem yar! I know. But, give me a favor, that in future, if I'll try to get nearer to you, than you'll resist me", He pleaded
And Tanya was not having instead to say, "Ok! as you wish".
As he confessed, and instructed Tanya to restrict him, he too restricted himself to talk with Tanya. Now, they talked each other as just friends. They wished each other in morning and night. They wished each other in festival, very usually.
"How are you? What's going on?'
"Nothing special. you tell!"
"Same here"
The phrase "Nothing special" is enough to tell their mind set, at which they were talking to each other. They both wanted to speak much more, but the limits, they both drew between them restricted them always.
Once you can left the meal, may be the breathe too, but once you fell in love, than whatever the barriers you created, your heart will never follow them. As on the one side, Ketan restricted himself to get more close to Tanya, but his heart was already there. As he was trying to get a way to go far away from this feeling, but somewhere he was getting too close to her day by day. As much as he tried to stay away, the much he fell in love with her. The feelings of love were grown strongly, and slightly they were crossing each barriers.
Slowly-slowly, those each barriers were destroyed very soon, and again they both indulged with each other, forgetting those all limitations, which they mutually created for each other.
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It was more than one year, by talking to each other. Meanwhile they chatted in Whatsapp, Facebook as well as in calls too. They both have already seen each other in their display profile and profile picture. But, only on the basis of talking in chats, and calls, Tanya's behavior snatched the Ketan's heart, and he became fell in love with her, strongly one-sided love. He never thought about that, as he was growing quietly. As he was till than had the Matured love!
Now, somewhere they both wanted to meet with each other personally. They chatted about it, many times.
"Where are you? If you're having time, shall we meet?", Once Tanya said
"Still in Nainital. Definitely, Come here, we'll meet and take the enjoy of tourism in Nainital", He replied enthusiastically.
"Nainital! Still I haven't time to visit there, why don't you come here, as you live here too", She replied
Those chats were often between them. They both were eager to meet with each other, to look each other personally. But, in each and every time, the interruptions took place, which resisted them to meet.
As it was the time of mid march, where Ketan was supposing for his Practical examination, and before the practical day, he decided that he'll met with Tanya.
"Hi, how r u?"
"Am f9. What abt u?"
"Me too", He replied
"So, shall we meet the day after tomorrow?", as Ketan was planning finally to meet with Tanya, to break every hurdles or barriers between the meeting.
"Yah! why not. I'll too want to meet you", She replied eagerly.
"But, your practical'?", she continued with a question
"Ah! Don't worry about that. I'll take care of that. I'm supposing to be Haldwani the day after tomorrow, and then definitely we meet for the first time", He assured
" Ok! I'll be there", she replied him with happiness.
But, again a hurdle was waiting for him. As the next day, he went for the practical, but due to the illness of External examiner, he didn't visited to students at that day to took their practical, and their scheduled viva was postponed, for the next day. It was quite harassed moment for Ketan, as he already made a promise to Tanya for a meeting, and now he is stucked in middle of his practical.
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He didn't tell anything about it to Tanya, as he was completely determined for the next day meeting with his love.
"Hi! so, all set for tomorrow?", Tanya messaged
"Yah! all set. I'm too much excited", He replied with hiding all about the situation.
"Yah! Me too!"She replied anxiously.
The next day was the great day for Ketan!
And, 'that's all about the planning of their first meeting, which is somehow curious. Isn't it? Will he met with Tanya. If not, than what happen, and if yes, than how was it. How Ketan deal with all those hustle and bustle, I'll tell you all about it in the next volume. I hope you'll definitely enjoy this one, and definitely, you all are eager to know about their first meeting. And, I bet that when you get to know that how they met, you'll definitely love it and laugh'.
Now I'm tired, and it was the great journey with all of you. Everyone want such a great audience. I'll meet you soon. Wit for me, I'll miss you.
Even, you'll all know about their future, that will they get together or will they lost each other?
Thank you!
.................... To be Continued.
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