The Initial Days!

Even this was written for the same competition - but this time, nothing's borrowed - had this in mind 4 sometime - twisted it a bit to accomodate the dialogue ;) and this was the output. This still is my favorite! - though i've not written many!

Patience is a virtue and u mite need plenty of it to read the entire thing! :), so...here goes...

He just completed his work for the sixth day in a row and decided to rest the next day. He looked around and felt happy with the work. It was tough to complete the task. Creating something from scratch requires lots of thinking. Analyzing the impact if something goes wrong, and redesigning to make it work according to the initial plan, ate up the king’s portion of the time he allocated.

He decided to take rest as most of the work was done. He just has to do the maintenance from now on. And he smiled happily at the prospect.

He decided to take a stroll, the next afternoon, and walked down the garden to meet the man. They sat down by the river that ran through the centre of the vast garden that he maintained. The land around them was an epitome of beauty. They really liked talking to each other, and talked about everything under the sky!

Days went by and everything was going smooth in their lives and he felt that nothing can go wrong in the future too. He thought about the man and felt happy to have him near by. He was so innocent and child like. He had no bad intentions and evil thoughts in him.

The man lived in a small hut, which he built, with his wife. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen and was head over heals in love with her. She loved him a lot too and was happy with the life that they led. She loved walking around the place during the day and collected the vegetables she could cook from the garden and also the fresh fruits that they could have after dinner. They had nothing to worry about and were the happiest couple alive.

Then the day came when everything went out of kilter. The happy family suddenly felt insecure. So many things started running in their mind. They started thinking of tomorrow and worried about what future had in store for them. They were not used to all this. And this was the reason for their sudden feeling of insecurity too. He started blaming her for everything and she was not quite sure what to tell him.

They were forced to vacate their place and they had no where to go. They moved out of the hut and went far down south. They settled by a river.

They left their old place empty handed and had to work real hard to make ends meet. They made a house using the remains of a fallen tree. They found it easier to build a house now and remembered that they struggled a lot to build their old hut, and constantly were in need of advice. They made a vegetable garden near by and produced what they needed for food. They loved each other a lot more now and found solace in her love when ever his thoughts disturbed him.

Days moved at its usual pace and months and years went by. They now had a bigger family. They had two sons now and she was busy looking after them. The husband and the wife worked for most of their day. They had a farm near the house, and also cattle and sheep. They also wore better clothes now.

He went to the river one evening and sat by the river side watching his wife bathing their sons. He got lost in his thoughts looking at them. He still worried a lot about his future. He knew that all of mankind will have this thought at the back of their mind till their last breath.

"I'm happy. I know you aren't. Such things do happen in life. I know I will have to accept your decision, and I do." The man recognized the voice instantly. Why wouldn’t he recognize it? How will he ever forget the times they spent together by the riverside at Eden? Adam was happy to see him here and the lump on his throat reminded him of his decision which he took in his quest for wisdom. God was smiling now, looking at the paradise that Adam made on earth.

Unconditional Love!

There was this competition happening in CTS sometime back, where i had to develop a story around the dialogue "I'm happy. I know you aren't. Such things do happen in life. I know I will have to accept your decision, and I do." I thought of giving it a try and this was what i came up with. This was inspired (RGV style ) from a short story that I read long back. :)

Now read on!

It was one fine evening and Sonia was on Pranoy's lap. They were on the sofa in the drawing room and he was gently fondling her, the way she liked it. He used to caress her, at the back of her neck, often when he was talking to her, even when he was angry. His touch soothed her and it seemed that it helped him to unload his tension a bit too.

"Post”, cried the postman at the top of his voice. She abruptly left the comfort of his lap to collect the post. The postman had left by the time she reached the door. She collected the only mail, left by the doorstep, and took it to him and lied down next to him resting her head on his chest.

It was from his wife Ramya, and it contained the divorce papers that he had sent, signed by her. And attached was a note that said "I'm happy. I know you aren't. Such things do happen in life. I know I will have to accept your decision, and I do."

"He isn't happy reading this", thought Sonia. He initiated the divorce procedures, and that was mainly because he had had enough already. It was not long since she moved out. But Pranoy was convinced that they can’t lead a life together.

Pranoy got up from the sofa to get himself a drink. He gulped one down in no time, and filled the glass again. He lighted a cigarette and walked towards his bed room.

It was easy to read from Sonia's face that she was not happy with the sudden change of his mood. He drank occasionally and whenever he did he didn’t want her to disturb him. He even sleeps alone those days completely ignoring her. She wanted to go to him today to try cheering him up and even walked till the bedroom door, but decided against it. He was already on his rocking chair with his eyes closed, and it meant that he wanted to be left alone. She went back to the sofa and started thinking about her life with Pranoy.

It’s been almost 2 months since she entered his life and Ramya was not living with him then. "I understood him better than Ramya" thought Sonia. He wanted somebody to listen to him and she always did, even when she didn’t understand what he was talking about. Pranoy never discussed about his married life with her, and she didn’t really want to hear much about it too.

Sonia rarely went out for anything. Even when she went out to meet some of her friends living in the neighborhood, she always made sure that she returned before Pranoy was back from office. She knew that Pranoy wanted her company, to forget his bitter past. She did what ever she could to make him happy. She even danced for him when they were alone. She went out with him whenever he asked her to accompany him, and never once tried to take him out to meet her friends. She was not sure if he will like it or not.

She felt bad thinking about him. She knew that she was the only one in his life now, and realized that it was up to her to keep him happy through out his life. He loved her a lot, and she was determined to give it back when he needed her the most, and today was one such day. She suddenly got up and walked to his bed room.

He was on his bed now and she crawled next to him. There were tears in his eyes, when he hugged her tight. He kissed her on her forehead and dragged her close to him. Her presence consoled him. “May be this is why they call us ‘A Man’s Best Friend’”, thought Sonia, and licked the tears off his cheeks!