8. The farewell game
Prasanna comes back to join the boys in the room. He looks handsome in his travel shorts and casual shirt. He appears to have taken some extra care to look groomed. Must be to impress someone.😳
The boys go to the breakfast area where the crowd is very less. Only the last lot have gathered there for the farewell. Prasanna's eyes search for the familiar pair of eyes which he's used to by now. He's confident that anywhere in the crowd he can recognize those beautiful expressive eyes.
He is not all in the mood to eat. His boys come to him with filled in plates, showing the variety of options. The way Prasanna show the disinterest in it, Vinod is confused.😆
"Baava, you are acting as if we forced to come here"🤣
"I don't feel like eating"🤔
"Waahh.. Since when have you started to feel for eating?"😲
Prasanna remembers how he used to scold his boys when they give emotional excuses for not feeling hungry. He had always thought that there is no connection between heart and stomach.
"You boys carry on. I'll be back" He walks out
He reaches the classroom allocated for the Carmel girls' team and finds that the they have left the campus. For whatever reason it was, Prasanna couldn't take it easy. He feels low for his misplaced feelings. He doubts that whatever his newfound emotion is one-sided and Satya doesn't have any of them. He blames himself for letting things go out of control and angry with himself for not guarding his emotions.
He is too much upset that he's lost his mind for someone whose contact details he didn't feel like asking, for he was confident that they will find each other. Now it all looks stupid to him. Yes, it's logical that they know their place of work and can reach to each other if they want to. Yes, the clich is "If they want to". He wants to but does she? He is too disappointed to think anything with a clear mind. He will make himself not want to see her. Yes, that's what he decides and leaves the campus with his boys.
While in the bus Vinod messages Malvi 😳
"Where are you my Barbie girl?" 😉
"I'm not your Barbie girl.. And I'm not talking to you" She replies🤪
"Yes I know.. You're feeling upset that you're not able to hear my adorable voice. Only messaging.. I know that feeling dear" He flirts😎
Malvi couldn't help but smile at his cute acts like these
"Haaa haaa haaa Very funny.. "😃
"I know you really are smiling"😃
Malvi for second really thought he's watching her
"OK tell me, why did you leave without telling bye to me?" Vinod asks😕
"Why should I tell you?"😡
"Didn't you say goodbye to Anitha?"😉
"Yes, I did"😊
"Didn't you bid a farewell to Barath?"😉
"Yes, I did. But.."😊
"Then I am special and that's why you didn't say bye to me?"😉
"Over imagination is injurious to health"😆
"Thank you my dear Doctor for your concern" He laughs imagining her angry face and there he gets an angry emoticon
😡
"Now shut up and listen"
The other side goes silent
"Are you there?"❓
"Madam, you just asked me to shut up" He responds with a hand on mouth emoticon🤪
She smiles to herself and types
"Bhuvana, My teammate fell sick all of a sudden. She fainted and went unconscious. We really got scared and the doctor from the campus gave some medicines for the travel asking us to take her to the hospital, in emergency. So we left hastily not wanting to delay, without time for proper goodbye"
"Oh.. Is she ok?"
"Yeah we stopped by a hospital on the way and the doc said nothing much to worry. We are on the road again now"
"Hope she is feeling better now"
"Yes, she's sleeping."
"Good.. Then.How are you feeling?"😉
"What's with me. I'm doing very much fine"😉
"Fine? How can you be fine when someone is not fine?"
"Who? Bhuvana? She's ok now. Just now we are also relaxed"
"I'm not talking about Bhuvana now.."😭
"?"
"Me"😆
"What about you? You are not keeping well too?"
"Yeah.. I'm not keeping well since the day I met you"😳
"You should change your pickup line"😆
"Why don't you teach me?"😉
"You flirt.. You must have mastered it all"🤪
"Oh.. You think so high of me? I need to up my skills then"😉
"Haaa haaa haaa" She sends teasing smilies😃
"Your smile looks so pretty"😉
"Ok. Goodbye"😆
"Are you blushing?"😳
"In your dreams"🤪
"Thank you"😛
"For what?"😕
"For giving me the permission"😛
"Huh?"😕
"To have you in my dreams"😉
"Ok. Goodbye"😆
"Okieee. Goodbyeee" He smiles and closes the chat window😉
While Vinod is lost in his daydreaming, Prasanna is lost in his serious thoughts.
How in the morning everything looked so beautiful and now nothing feels good. He wants to forget everything for a while but something or the other keeps reminding her. Be it the basketball, the sunlight, the food and even a glass of water. What is he gonna do with all the memories gushing back and forth disturbing his peace. It would have been a beautiful remembrance if he's not spoiling his mood with some unwanted thoughts.
His thoughts are so randomized in confusion
'What if she's just very casual with me and nothing lile what I'm thinking?'😕
'Why do I expect her to reciprocate my feelings?'😕
'How am I gonna handle my emotions if this the end of it all?'😕
'Since when I became an emotional fool?'😕
'This is not me.. This is so unlike me.. And look what I am made into already, just after few hours of such moments'😕
'I can't let this happen. Can't put myself through another disappointment'😕
'I should've taken her goodbye as the cue and should've shook her hands closing it all'😕
He mentally scolds himself and imagines Satya in front of her and extends his hand as if to handshake.
'Enough of this torture. Let's say goodbye now' He says in his mind
While Malvi closes her chat window, she's suddenly jerked by someone
"Caught you"😉
Malvi sees Satya coming and sitting next to her in the bus.
"Is that a good catch?"😉
"Wow.. smart move"👏
"Because I am smart.. "😉
Both laugh and continue to chit-chat. Malavika is sweetly surprised by Satya's cheerful and lively mode. Anyway she doesn't complain.
When Malvi falls asleep, Satya is left to all her own. She is thinking a lot and lot and lot about Prasanna. She's so filled with his images of sitting, standing, walking, talking, closing eyes, smiling, laughing😳.. Everything about him runs in her mind frame so clearly as if she's replaying her favorite movie again and again. His eyes, nose, jawline, cheeks, lips, fingers😉 whatever she can remember that's more than enough to trouble her in a nice way. ☺️
'I love to torture myself with his thoughts' She says in her mind...😳
Edited by Push-pull - 8 years ago
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