The story is about a guy (Neel) and a girl (Trishna). Story starts with a wish “Happy April fool” where Neel wished Trishna on 1st April. Some chats and then a long silence.
Neel said “What happened? Why are you so silent?”
"I have never heard such a wish. So I am little bit surprised."
"Meet me once and you will be more surprised."
A date was fixed when they decided to meet each other. It was not like a so called ‘Date’. It was like a get together within some friends where Neel and Trishna got involved.
Neel was sitting on a staircase when he saw Trishna for the first time. Medium height, fair, long hair, bubbly cheeks and with a crazy smile. They talked to each other for a very small time. They got their numbers exchanged and started chatting on air.
While talking to Trishna, Neel realized that the girl is very lonely. Once divorced, used by friends, depressed. But still she smiles forgetting all the anxieties. This boldness made a good impression on Neel. Neel also realized that may be Trishna had some soft corner regarding Neel. But Neel was not so interested about so called love and bounds or any kind of relationships. So he tried Trishna to make her understand that something more than friendship was impossible.
Trishna didn’t have control over her emotion. She proposed Neel. Neel denied. Trishna was silent and drop the call. Few days were over when they didn’t talk to each other. Neel started feeling that there is something missing. Something or someone. Neel thought a lot and ultimately he got the answer that the ‘someone’ was Trishna. Was it Love? Neel didn’t know. He picked up the phone and dialled her number.
-Hello, Trishna?
-Yes. Who is this?
Neel was shocked. Within this few days Trishna forgot his voice, forgot his number. How is this possible? Or she was trying to hurt him?
-Neel here.
-Hey, hi, how are you? What’s going on?
Neel was shocked again. Why she was behaving like an unknown person? Neel was trying to understand Trishna at that moment.
-I am fine. I just wanted to tell you that…
-What?
-That…
-That what?
-That, its hard for me to spend any more single day without talking to you. Can we be friends like before?
-I have lot of friends. I don’t want to increase the list. We cannot be friends.
Neel was silent. He realized that when he denied Trishna’s proposal, how hurt she was. Neel tried to convince her and wanted to meet once more. Trishna agreed.
They met and talked for long. It was evening. They sat at the edge / banks of a river to see sunset. Trishna put her head on Neel's shoulder. Neel felt warm. Darkness was capturing the surrounding and they were sitting still. After few moments Neel took Trishna’s face in his hand and kissed on her lips. A drop of tears came out from Trishna’s eyes. They closed their eyes. Suddenly Trishna pushed Neel and made some distance and said “I don’t kiss my friends.” Neel realized, Trishna was not his friend any more. She became something more than that. Neel was staring Trishna with blank eyes. Trishna was looking at the river.
-I love you Trishna.
Two more drops of tears on Trishna’s check and she came closer to Neel, hugged him tight and kissed Neel for a long time.
A relation started in this fashion. And here is the end of the 1st half of the story.
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2nd half of this story starts when the relation reached its 3rd year anniversary. Neel met Trishna early morning. Trishna was becoming unknown day by day for Neel. Neel could guess that there might be something serious happening in Trishna’s life which she didn’t want to explain to him. Neel tried hard to understand Trishna but failed. During those three years Neel left his home town for his career. Trishna became also busy with her career also. But till few days back also everything was so perfect. For last few weeks Neel can smell a change in Trishna.
They went roaming here and there, Neel tried so many times to melt her. But Trishna was little bit uneasy. She was behaving like she was out with some unknown person. Neel took Trishna to the same bank of river where their relation started. The time was sunset. Trishna was looking at the river water and Neel was staring Trishna and was expecting something horrible from her.
-Neel, I want to confess something.
-Are you in love with somebody?
-Yes. There is a guy in my office. We work together. I don’t know how I fell in love with him. We went for dinner and movie together. One day he invited me at his place. We spent a night together. I am not yours any more Neel. I don’t love you any more. He is guy who can give me what I expect from my life, not you. I found my own way. I found my Mr. Right for me. You know, he is a senior manager. You should have seen his flat. My god! It’s awesome. Cars, bikes, servants, Money, power - you name anything, he has that. Physically I was so satisfied with him. Neel I should have told you before. But I don’t want to do any more delay. I don’t mind if you take me wrong. But it’s my life. I have full rights to find my own way. I don’t want to live in a middle class family with some silly sentiments. Neel, this is the end.
Trishna went off. Neel was sitting still. I don’t know what he was thinking but probably he was thinking about the 1st wish of him “Happy April fool”.
