Kaya OS-Intezaar(part 6(last) -pg3) - Page 2

In fact,Kabir had been there for a long time.Hiding himself behind a tree not very far from her and watching her figure from behind,he hesitated.With his hands shoved deep into his pockets,It seemed that he could not pluck up his courage.He even regretted having written that letter on an impulse. ' What if she was offended,and cut him off forever?😭In that case,it would have been better to simply be friends with her as before than to have written that foolish letter.

He himself didn't know why he had posted the letter but it was too late to retract it now.He had been a Muddle-Headed bookworm,reading books and performing calculations;even a word with his classmates had been considered by him a waste of time until he met Ananya.He was intently preparing for the Olympic Competition,now and then stamping his feet and blowing on his hands for warmth,when Ananya came in quietly with a beautiful glass full of hot water in her hand.Fussy Manav (one of their classmate)stepped forward in a hurry to meet her and take the hot glass from her.Suddenly it broke with a loud ' pop '.

"Dear me!" Manav cried out in alarm.

"It serves him right!" Kabir thought as he got a bit excited when he saw Ananya run up to Manav,

hold his hand in hers,and rain questions upon him.

"Are you hurt?Are you hurt?Any cuts?" She didn't seem to care about about her beautiful glass at all.

Manav pursed his lips,saying, "here it hurts!"

'He's putting on a show,' Kabir snorted with contempt.

She didn't think so,and examined Manav's hand.

"There's a cut,its bleeding!" She said.

"Don't move.I'll squeeze that blood for you." Ananya said.

Then she guided him to the clinic.As the door to the classroom closed noiselessly,something,Kabir didn't know what,surged within him.The weather was cold,indeed,but was not his heart colder than the weather?

😊Tbc😊

As he got to know her better,he found his sense growing keener and keener.The tall trees after rain,the meadow in the sunshine,the smell of the earth in the breeze,the widespread clouds and the glorious setting sun---all these things touched him deeply,and he saw beauty beyond words in them.

Kabir also learnt to console classmates,keeping them company and chatting with them.His heart was brimming with warm feelings.

He owed these changes to Ananya.To him,she was the sunshine,she was the air.He wanted to be with her throughout his life,protecting her and making her happy,like a true man.😳

It was on that warm evening,While he was leaning on the windowsill of the classroom and gazing at the setting sun,when her figure emerged from horizon.He got excited and,picking up his pen,wrote the letter.

Now he was being punished by his own heart.He was so confused.He had never experienced such confusion.He thought a lot.He thought of her refusal,he thought of her acceptance.Both answers tortured him.Her refusal would bring him a lifetime regret,not that he couldn't survive his own misfortune,but that he would never forgive himself if his rash act was to leave a shadow in Ananya's heart.But if she accepted...

Would he be able to protect her and be responsible for her?😕

He saw her stamping hard and hunching her shoulders against the cold.He himself was feeling cold;

how hard it must be for such a girl.Clenching his hands into fists in his pockets,he made up his mind to end her waiting.Step forward to meet her and,thinking of nothing.

😊Tbc😊

The next part is going to be the last part and in the naxt part Ananya and Kabir are going to come face to face.

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-Suparna

Ananya had grown anxious from waiting.He may even have met with an accident.Drawing her eyes back from the pond,she lowered her head.Then,on the the blanket of greenish willow leaves appeared another pair of feet in gym shoes,wet and covered with mud.She knew he had come.When did he come.

"You've come,haven't you? She addressed him,but didn't turn to him.

"Yes" Kabir murmured.

SILENCE☺️.She was too embarrassed to know what to do next.

Slowly,Kabir pulled two little paper boats from his pocket.

"Lets set the little boat sailing,shall we?" Kabir said in a fluid tone,putting a blade of grass into one boat and a flower into the other.

Ananya looked at him,puzzled,not knowing what he meant.

Squatting down by the pond,he picked up another long grass stalk.Not turning around,he said casually,

"Are you willing to let these two boats sail side-by-side on the voyage?"

She was in the dark for an instant,and then,understanding,was grateful.She tried to refuse,but her mouth closed tight before she could open it.She saw him turning around,and read the sincere expectation in his bright eyes.She hesitated,wanting very much to lean over him and stroke his hair.

Quite,motionless,she gazed at the pond in front of her.Mist still enveloped on the pond,but it was thinner.Willow leaves were dancing in the wind in front of her.

"Don't tell me you aren't willing..." he faltered,his voice so soft.

"No,"said Ananya,herself not knowing how she had said that word.

"Why?" Asked Kabir.

Why?Why?She lowered her head,fondling a willow branch she picked up from the ground.A sprig of willow leaves fell to land on her head.

"Do you really mean what you have just said?" Kabir asked.

"Yes." With these words,Ananya turned her head aside,heavy-hearted.

Silently,he rose to his feet,gently placed the little boat with a flower in it in her palm,then turned and quitely walked away.

"Crack" The willow branch in her hand was broken,and he stopped.

"Listen," Ananya said in an unexpectedly loud voice."I don't refuse!"

He turned around,his eyes brightening with hope.He came up to her and took the little boat from her palm.

She let him have the boat,but turned her head aside.

"I don't refuse,neither do I accept.These two boats are two small,aren't they?They haven't been on any voyage yet.Will they be able to decide their destination?Will they know each other's destination and stick to the same route?"

His hands hung down.The paper boats dropped to the ground.

"Yes they love each other at the present,but it isn't enough."She went on slowly,"What will become of them if some day in the future on of them is to find he or she has got the wrong companion?"

Her voice seemed to hang,floating over the pond as he thought deeply.

She broke in abruptly."Allow me five years.Perhaps by the end of five years I will be able to give you a definite answer."

"No,on second thought,"She shook her head,"we'd better let these boats float on the water freely.Forget your question.Maybe they will meet again in five years and sail on along the same route.Maybe" Ananya tried to smile lightly,"they will separate and sail in different directions in less than five years,and never recall each other."

"No,they won't.I'm sure at least on of them won't forget the other," He declared earnestly,as if proclaiming a geometry theorem.

"Wait and see!" She smiled cunningly.But she did smile.

"It's time to set the boats sailing!" Kabir reminded Ananya.

They squatted down,put the boats on water solemnly,stood up,turned around quickly and paid no more attention to the boats.

A small hand reached out.

A big hand reached out.

The small hand and the big hand held each other tightly together.

~Greenish Willow leaves were falling and falling~

😊 The end😊