QUORA DIARIES

SIX

This is not one of the adorable stories, so think before giving it a try. This would make you smile and cry, at the same time. :)

Manik's POV.

2nd October 2016. She, Nandini Murthy sent me a friend request on f*******:. I hadn’t seen her for like 2 years after my 10th class. She was my classmate from 8th-10th class.

Before that let me tell you about myself. I was in same school from 1st to 10th class and I was always a topper ( sorry for bragging…) And I am like this very shy boy. Forget the girls, I even didn’t talked to boys of my class till 7th/ 8th class. I was too much silent.

Ok… Coming back to my story…

She took admission in my school in 8th class. In those 3 years, I had barely talked to her. She was not the cutest girl of my class. The closest encounter was a sports group project when we were in same group. After 10th, I became busy with my JEE preparations. Those two years were really tough with no television, no f*******:…. only studies. But all my efforts came to fruit as I got selected in one of the top IITs (will not mention which one it was).

So, one day, as I was exploring the new world of f*******:, a notification popped up. ***** sent you a friend request. I just accepted it… nothing in mind what was ahead of me. Just a few minutes late she messaged me and we had a formal talk. Just when the conversation was heading toward more awkwardness, she asked my w******p number. I was surprised, but I gave her my number and thus started a beautiful phase of my life. She used to message me all the time telling about what was she doing, everything…. I was very less responsive and seldom responded. I was getting some hint but I thought I was crazy. After nearly 8–9 months I gathered all my courage and asked her about it. And there was a silence for 2–3 days. I was really worried. But soon I received a big message where she confessed to me about her feelings which were to my surprise right from 9th class. I was awestruck…. I was not ready for this… And I told her that I could not say yes to her as I never thought of her in that way. But, to my surprise, she was not sad. She told me she was ready for this. She waited for 2 years with no contact with me. She was going to confess on the last day of school. But unfortunately we could not meet. Things became awkward between us. I proposed to be just friends and not beyond that.

Frankly speaking, I too wanted to see if anything could ever happen between us and hence continued the friendship. And as they say “ A girl and a boy cannot be friends” , I fell for her. Rather she made me fall for her. It was like two souls living miles apart waiting for each other. One year after her first message, I confessed to her and she was so so happy. But we both knew it was going to be long distance relationship. 4 to 5 meets per year. Still we put over love ahead of distance.

I met her after 1 yr online chatting. We became a couple just by chatting on f*******:. It was like the perfect online love story. There were lots of challenges that we faced. We are totally opposite in nature. On one side, I am an introvert, who likes to spend time alone. While, she was a perfect extrovert, and too much “Chatty”. Initially we were so excited and talked for nights. Time was never a barrier. Days and nights seemed same. We shared all our secrets, planned our future together. But, it was only 6 months into relationship, our fights started to increase. There was nothing to talk. The spark was dying. Finally, the distance won and love failed. We broke up recently. But, in our last call, she said, “ I waited for 2 years to get you. I will wait 10 more. But I will never stop loving you ”

And I know, I will get her back again! ❤