Our Story

Chapter 6

I started looking forward to the next mornings, everyday. Those fifteen minutes used to make my whole day better. I started smiling more and the reason was only her. Everyday there was something new that I came to know about her.

Slowly, my interest in social media and music was gone. But still, before going to the subway, I used to wear headphones on my head without volume, hold my mobile in hand and keep it in a slightly right position just in front of my face. And whenever she or her father looked at me, I do my best acting to show them how busy I am with my phone.

And one day again when I reached the subway I started searching for that familiar face, the dull face of mine instinctively beamed when I captured her in my gaze. Standing just in front of me with her father on the platform. She was continuously talking about something to the man and he was continuously ignoring her, I guess.

He never gave me a single reason to like him but often gave me reasons to dislike him and that day I hated for ignoring. She was trying to get his attention but his eyes were looking somewhere else.

There was always noise on the subway, which I never liked. I was curious to hear what she was saying to him and why he was ignoring her like that. So, I took a few steps towards them but still couldn’t hear a word.

Every time, I wanted to stand near her and try to hear their conversation or atleast her voice for once but because of her father, I couldn't get that close to her. As I knew that Laut would never let me stand close to her and I was afraid of being humiliated again.

After a few minutes our train was on the platform and I got inside keeping my eyes on them. They were still busy, where one was talking and other was ignoring, none of them noticed the metro. I stood at the door, giving them some more time to notice the metro and thought," Should I also get down to them?...should I ?"

I was about to get down but before that she noticed the metro and informed her father too. They both stepped into the metro and I immediately settled myself on my seat.

When they entered, the Lout was walking ahead of her, and was still ignoring her. She was following behind him and they stepped to their regular seats.

It looked like she was trying to persuade him for something. Such a cad he was, taking advantage of his illness and she was as always very charming.

He sat on his seat but she stood in front of him.

I watched them continuously for a long time, they both were busy with each other. It seemed like they were arguing on some serious topic.

He looked very unconvinced and angry now. Where she was too busy pleading and persuading him. Only one thing was fabulous in those minutes, I could look at her without any fear and disturbance.

She caught her own ear as if apologizing for something and then pouted very cutely, making the man finally chuckle. Seeing her sulking like a cute puppy and holding her ears, I too giggled lightly.

At last he said something to her and she nodded like a rattle drum. It was obvious that the argument had been settled in his favor.

Then her father hugged her. But at the very moment when he won the argument, he remembered that some evil eyes must have been staring at his daughter and the next moment his piercing gaze was on me.

I was still smiling but then my curved mouth immediately turned to a flat tightened lips and I came back to my act of being busy.

I am not saying that my eyes were evil or my intentions were. It's just like that for a father, the eyes of every other man who stares at his daughter are evil. From whom he always wants to protect her.

The metro stopped at their station and they got down. But taking her last step down from the metro she turned back and gazed at me for a second. Her gaze was different that day which made me confused. But without making any other action she quietly got down and the metro ran towards my scheduled life.