True Love

(07/12/06)

Like they say every rose has its throne, like every man has a woman. Well this is a story of a young man Suman Rai and his woman Rita. It started in a small town called Khotang in Nepal. It was the first day of college in the summer of 1998, Suman Rai 18years old first day of class. He was walking in the school premise, unfamiliar and totally new to him. Senior student totally stared at this newer student. Not only him, but there were other student too. And there was a whistling in one corner of the area. Out of curiosity, Suman tried to see what was happening. He couldn’t see the view, as other student blocked his sight. He approaches nearer to get a better view of the commotion. As he slightly pushed the front student to see what was going on, he saw a glimpse view of this person in front. He again pushed the front student. Now he had a better view of the person who was being whistled. Her face as sweet as honey, her eye as beautiful as ruby. Suman couldn’t take his eye of this beauty, he had never seen such beauty in his entire life. He was totally blown away and kept staring at her in a daze. He didn’t realize, he was in the middle of the path way. Other student had given way as this beauty was taking this path to her destination. Now he was blocking her, and she was approaching. Her path was blocked and asked him if he could give way. As Suman was in his fantasy and totally lost in reality, he didn’t respond. Now she was frustrated and pushed him hard. As he was pushed, Suman came back to reality. He was very embarrassed, as other student were jeering him. As she walked past him, he managed to slightly shout at her that he was sorry. She responded without turning, “whatever”. Now the jeering was even louder, and his face was so red that he bowed his head and continued his search for his class. He was walking at the ground floor and he came across his village friend, and asked him for the direction of his class. His friend obliged and showed him the direction. Now he got the direction of his class, he made his way to his class. Finally he approached his class. The class was full of student and the lecture had already begun. He asked the lecturer for permission and apologized for being late. The lecturer warned him not to be late again and asked him to proceed to his seat. As he faced the student, he could see some of their faces grinning. It could be because of the morning incident, he thought. He tried to avoid the look of their faces, and proceeded to find himself a seat. As the class packed, it was tough finding a seat. He saw an empty seat and proceeded to it, but the guy forbids him the seat. Now Suman was quite pissed of with him, so he looked for another seat. The same thing happened. Now he was wandering why this guys behaving oddly. His blood was boiling and he was about to quarrel back, when he heard a voice. It said, ”there is one seat vacant over here”. It was sweet and caring. He looked around to see who it was. To his surprise, it was the same girl that he saw in the morning. Now his face blushing to red, he slowly walked towards her seat. Now he realized why the other student didnt gave him their seat. In his mind he was thanking this other student. Now he was beside her. He pulled his courage to say Hi to her, but she didn’t respond. He pulled the chair and sat down while putting his bag on the floor. He thanked her in a soft voice, and introduced himself. She just nodded but didn’t reply back. He found her not sociable, so he just concentrated on the lecture. While the lecture was going on, he saw her name in the front of the book. It read Rita. He stole some glimpse on her. The more he spied on her, the more he liked her. Finally the lecture was over and it was time for their next class. As they had to go to another room, he took the courage to ask her if she was attending the next class. She replied yes and asked her if he could go with her as it was his first day of school. She nodded and they left together for the next class. While heading for the next class, she finally started to talk. She told him her name was Rita and she asked him his name. She even told him that she didn’t have much friend as she too just started school. Suman took the opportunity and told her that they could be friends since both of them were new in the school. They arrived for the class and the rest of the day was spent on lecture and tutorial. Finally class was over and they bid farewell and left for home. It was next day and Suman headed for class only to find Rita in the canteen alone. He took the courage to join her. She obliged and they both had their breakfast together. As 2 years of school was almost over, they had become best of friends. One day before the final examination, Suman proposed to her if she would like to go steady with her. She told him that he needs to wait, as she told him that she needs to concentrate on her University first. After their result, they headed for separate University and separate town, as both had a different faculty. But they promised that they would meet up after graduations.
Finally 4 years had gone by and Suman had a honors in Business. But he never forgets Rita. He longed to see her, and made a trip to her town. He searched for her every where, but couldn’t find her. But he never gave up.
Two years had gone by and he was working now in a Business firm company as a manager. He was a successful in his work, but there was always something lacking him. He dated other girls, but never came across any one like Rita. He always thought, “The first love is the deepest”. Any way he never gave up hope on her. He just continued his daily lifestyle. One fine day at work, he was invited for dinner at his boss home. At first he declined to go, but he was persuaded to go as it wouldn’t look good in the view of his employer. So he agreed to go. The day finally arrived and he gathered with his colleague to go to the employer house. They were greeted by their boss and they entered the house. It was large and beautifully decorated. Once inside, they helped them selves with the food and drinks. The place was big and there were a lot of guests. As Suman was having his meal and talking with the guest, he heard a familiar voice. He knew in his mind that he had heard this voice some where before. He excused himself from his guest and made his way to find this person. He approached nearer to where the voice was coming from. Now he was just behind her and excused her. As she turned, he saw that it was Rita after all. Thank god his search was over. He shouted with joy. She too recognizes him, and replied she missed him so much. They viewed back the times they missed together and alone. After which, as they say the rest is history.