WALLFLOWER

CHAPTER 6

Win looked at me and smiled wide for the very first time.

My heart did a somersault. I felt a warmth fill my whole body.

He looked dashing. I suddenly felt selfish. I wanted to keep that smile only to myself.

I smiled back.

"I didn't think you will follow me. Normally, people with high status will run away after hearing that about me." He said with a small sad smile on his lips.

I took a deep breath.

"Win, I know I don't have a very high reputation here at the Collage but what I .... with you .... I am not faking."

Ohh God, why am I this nervous. I closed my eyes for a second before opening it again to look at win.

"Win, I really want to get to know you. I don't want to find about you from others. I .... I like... I like you. Please don't freak-out." I said pleading.

When Win didn't reply I continued. I was afraid if I stop, I will not find courage to tell this to him anymore.

"I never liked a guy before, this is all new to me. But my heart beats like crazy when I ... see you and I feel this .. this is right. So, please .... please give me a chance." I suddenly found my shoes very interesting.

"I don't even know whether you like blokes. But I really didn't plan this to happen. I just fell in lo ... it just happened." I was surprised at what I was going to say.

"Please.... a chance to prove... myself". I couldn't continue. My voice was breaking.

There was silence between us for some time.

"Bright, I want to tell you, my story. It's nothing much but I want you to know.....me, the real ME." Win said suddenly.

I looked at him surprised, that he is talking to me, that he didn't run away. He patted the place near him asking me to sit.

I blinked a few times. I can't believe this is happening. I went and sat near him. My hands brushing his, unknowingly. I felt an electricity pass through me. I felt goose bumps all over my body. I looked at him but he was looking down and suddenly he started talking.

"Bright, I don't know when or where I was born. From when I could remember I lived in an orphanage. I used to wonder about my parents, about my family.... before, but i understood everything soon and accepted the orphanage to be my home ..... and I don't regret it. I have a family there. I have a mother... not my biological mother but the person who took me from streets and took care of me. I call her mother; she is a nun. She is the most kind and loving person I have ever met." He smiled. I could see the happiness on his eyes.

"She said that she got me from a street when I was just days old. She took me to the orphanage and she gave me my name 'Win'. The day she got me from the street, that day became my birthday. She is my everything Bright." His eyes were moist.

"She says, my parents would be good people as they didn't kill me. But choose to give me a chance to live and I should appreciate that. She says that, there are many people who don't even get that chance." Win said.

He took a chain from around his neck, hidden under his hoodie. There was a thin gold band hanging in the chain.
"Mother said, when she found me, this ring was on my neck hanging from a black thread." He caressed it lovingly.