ELEMENTS OF LOVE series - BOOK 2 (Trust and Intimacy) - Symbolising Element of Nature - Earth
Thooriga
Losing my parents in front of my eyes in a fatal accident was my worst fate and being sent away to a highly scrutinized residential school immedi...
The techno beats rage through the nerves of the crowd as everyone starts stumping, dancing, and shouting as they enjoy their last night in the university campus. The crowd which was posing as discipline students in the morning during the graduation ceremony is now enjoying the party with booze, dance, and sex at night.
I walk towards the bar, away from the dance floor as a slow romantic song comes up and couples start grinding against each other. I order a Shirley temple mocktail, and a voice behind me asks the bartender to make it as three. Tina and Tanya step forward as they take the seats beside me. "Ohh Ohh Thooriga, a romantic number came up, and you took off the dance floor," Tina says, rolling her eyes.
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"Come on hon, it's the last night of our college life, still you wanna stay away from the guys?" Tanya questions her.
"Because they are not the one I want," I answer her as my lips curl up into a smile remembering who I want.
"You have been saying this same dialogue from our freshers' party night, but you never said what kind of man you want," Tina asks me.
Instead of responding to them, I think for a while before asking them, "How about you both visit my house, with me?", with a raised eyebrow.
"To your house, are you serious?", Tanya exclaims looking back at Tina. Both were surprised by my question as they couldn't believe that I'm inviting them to my house.
I nod my head fast and laugh as I say, "It's time for you both to know who I really am. Also, you will know who I want."
"We didn't press you when you said you can't reveal much about yourself and I'm happy that at last, you are ready to show us your reality," Tina says.
Our shots arrive, I lift mine and toast, "To the reality" as they both rise theirs' and touch mine.
Tina and Tanya are my dorm roommates from day one of my college life. Tina is from Punjab while Tanya is from Mumbai. When we first got acquainted, I didn't reveal much about myself other than my parent's first names and that they died in an accident and my uncle has sent me to study abroad. They both didn't press me much about it or about the reason that I never left the campus for any holiday. As our time together has come to an end and I no longer need to hide myself from the outside world, I'm now ready to reveal myself to them.
A week passes by in a swift as we pack our belongings and ready ourselves to leave. Tanya and Tina informed their family that they will be going to my place. We three were seated in the flight, as I looked out of the window and started thinking about the past ten years of my life. After losing my parents in the bomb blast, I was not only orphaned but had no one to trust except for my parent's bodyguard Raj, My Bodyguard Mama.
He must be thirty-five years old now, and I haven't seen him for the past ten years. He used to call me Kitty cat from the time I remember and as I was fond of Superman and with 5 '11't feet tall and muscular physique, I used to call Raj as Superman.
