At Mellatur Bus Stand
It was nearly 8.00 pm, and the atmosphere becomes dark. My whole body was shivering with fear, I had never once in my life been these late, I didn't know what would happen, maybe the whole Mullasan family would encounter me for the reason of my late arrival. But more than that I feared the world in the dark; it was scary, all the unsafe conditions out in the world came to my mind like I'm in a haunted house.
When we reached the bus stand the first thing I checked was the arrival of the Mannarkkad bus, there was a board near the seats which clearly stated the time of the next bus, their routes, etc. I checked it and it stated that the next Mannarkkad bus would only arrive after fifteen minutes. My mom called again, I picked up the call, she seemed so worried. She asked: "Where are you, my dear? Why are you taking so long to reach home? Come Fast." I wanted to yell at her, she was saying everything like I'm taking so much time to be late intentionally, which is not true. The one thing that I wanted most now is to be at home, under my blanket, where I feel safe. But of course, she wouldn't understand that, and it would lead to a great fight, so I tried to keep my cool and said calmly: "Mom it was not my idea to get home late, but what to do, it's the situation, don't worry I'm safe and I have friends to accompany me, so please don't call me again until I get home."
She disconnected the call by saying that she would call me after an hour, yes that's so sure even for me. But more than that now I started to feel hungry there was this shop which was located opposite the bus stand, I asked Anugraha: "Hey are you hungry? I'm going to that shop because I'm feeling so hungry, I didn't eat anything since morning, are you coming with me?" She looked to the shop and said: "No, you carry on because I'm not that hungry, I would manage." I felt odd because she was a foodie she never rejected an invitation to a food shop ever, so to be sure I asked her once more: " Are you sure because I'm going ." She said: "Yeah, I'm pretty much sure, you carry on and don't worry about me, I'm not that hungry." When I looked at him, he was doing something on his phone, so I went to him and asked: "Hey, are you hungry? I'm going to that shop over there and if you are hungry, I would bring something to eat for you." He looked at me and asked: "is it ok if I join you?" I was not sure about that but I didn't want him to feel isolated after all the good deeds he did for us, so I said: "Yeah, no problem, you could join me."
Suddenly Anugraha jumped from her seat and said: "I'm also joining you guys." Ok, that was weird, but I didn't say a word, we went to the shop, it was a small shop with fewer seats, a tea boy was serving tea and snacks to a couple at one counter when he saw us, he said: "Come on, you can sit here." And he pointed towards a small counter with four plastic chairs and a table. We went there and seated, me and Anugraha seated on one row and he seated opposite to us.
The tea boy came and asked what would we like to have. I saw some burgers in the glass stall, so randomly ordered that, look it's a thing for me, I just love burgers, it's one of my favorites, but since I'm on a diet, nowadays I prefer a vegetable burger, so I asked him whether there is any vegetable burger is available, he said there is none, so I was not happy and become confused what to order. Suddenly the new guy said: "Why don't you order the chicken burger and remove the chicken filling? In that way, you could have your burger without any chicken." I liked the idea, so I ordered as he mentioned that. He ordered a sandwich and Anugraha ordered some pakooras. He gave us snacks right away.
We all were eating, and suddenly Anugraha asked: "So what's your name and are you going to Mannarkkad ?" He looked at us and said: "My name is Anzar Rahman you can call me Anshu and yeah I'm also going to Mannarkkad." Anugraha: "That's great but what are you doing at Mannarkkad, I mean it's pretty late, and I wonder what you do at this hour at Manarkkad?" I didn't like that question, it seems that she is interrogating him, whatever he does is his own business, and no one else has anything to do with it, but I kept my mouth shut.
"I .....I'm going to visit a friend"
"That's interesting, a long-distance friend...wow...Is it a girl? Oh my god, is it your girlfriend, that's why you are traveling these much to see her...Aww...That's so romantic."
He seemed very uncomfortable with the question, Ok that's not cool, whether it's his girlfriend or not she had no right to ask him such a personal question at the first meeting itself.
"No, no....it's not like that..huh...it's not a girlfriend, I'm going to see a guy friend"
"Oh, so you are saying you are single and available. That's great..."
She looked at him like a lost puppy looking at his master. I felt nauseous, why is she so desperate? At least she should take a break from this dating thing, it's just like she is living just to date someone. I ate my burger without saying a word.
"So what about you guys, what are your names? And why are you traveling these much?" he asked.
"Oh my name is Anugraha and we are PG students, we had our first-semester exam in Unity College; that's why we came to Manjeri to attend our exams."' She said enthusiastically like she was giving some interview, I found it very funny how she moved her hands and rolled her eyes for such a short sentence.
"And what about you?" he asked with a smirk, I found that dangerous.
"Oh her name is Aysha Shafrin and is also a PG student who came to attend the same exam." Madam just needed all his attention, so that's why she said before I could even open my mouth to answer the question.
He just nodded, but I found his staring very intense like he is searching for something in me, but I decided to ignore it, maybe I'm misjudging him a little more, or maybe he is acting casual but it was me who found meaning to each and everything. Damn, me and my stupid imagination.
We ate our snacks and settled our bill, at that time he insisted on paying for our snacks but I refused it. He had already taken our tickets, I can't accept any more favors from a stranger.
Our bus came right after we came to the bus stand, it was not that crowded which was a relief, I always wanted a window seat which was another thing for me, I love to sit on the window seat and play on my music. And I prefer to sit on the right side, I rushed inside the bus to conquer my post and I found an empty seat. Anugraha also wanted the window seat and there was only one window seat available on the right side for ladies, so she settled down on the left side and Anzar settled on the right side just behind me.
The passengers were filled in the bus and the bus was full within less than ten minutes, the bus started and I put my earphones on my ears and played my recent favorite Hindi songs. Suddenly my favorite one "Rabba Ve " started to play and it was a magical moment, but deep inside I felt that something is going to happen, maybe more beautiful than Rabbe Ve...
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Here is a sneak peak of our handsome Anshu
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A Manjeri Love Story
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