My life was miserable. Every inch of me wanted it to end and it was time I gave up. The crosswalk in front of me seemed the absolute solution when I decided to give in to my inner voices. Until..a fluffy ball came running to me. Only, I didn't know...
We weren't in love, we were never a thing, and she most probably didn't know I existed. But I have treasured her existence every day. I've liked her ever since I knew her. And as for me, I don't belong in this reality right now, and yet, here I am, somehow, unable to leave her side.
I remember the day the girl lying near me right now first caught my attention. I was in the detention room, staring outside the window to distract my mind from the fight between my parents that morning. I don't remember myself as a trouble maker. Its just that our school was fond of giving detention even if we were late to class and hence, there I was.
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The day seemed unusually murky and I wanted to so badly escape the thoughts in my head, and that's when I first heard her footsteps. they were unusually loud for some reason. the girl I saw then looked exhausted, her hair unkempt and face red with anger. I till date, have no idea what made her so angry that day. She was throwing things away, cursing I assume, since details were too much to ask for when you're on a floor above. Yet I saw every bit of her, I don't think I ever saw her be herself the way she did that day. In all the mutterings under her breath and shoving back her hair angrily, I couldn't help but be curious and find my lips widen to a smile.
" Ow Oww Owww" another yell from the spot she stood. I remember shaking my head from left to right smiling to myself and lying on my chin to look at her. Of course, they had found her. the spot was famous for its ant residency.
She might have been bitten by them left and right. I wondered how this girl would react, and to my surprise, she angrily started to take all those ants away from her only to purposefully put them in the puddle of water from the rain yesterday. she pointed her fingers at them as a warning sign and stomped away angrily. I yearned to get a second look at her before she left.
"Well that ended abruptly" I turned my head to the class and stared at nothingness with millions of questions in my mind. and that's when I heard the same loud footsteps, something I realized I was craving to hear for a second time. I swiftly turned my head and peeked through the window for a clear view like a child who just heard the bell ring for his favorite ice-cream.
It was indeed her. She didn't seem angry anymore though. Instead, her face was washed with tears, her legs moving hurriedly to the puddle. I remember how frantically she searched for what I assume was the ants in the puddle.
From the looks of it, she was trying to rescue them. I accidentally happened to see one of her strongest moments then, she would assume it was the weakest, but the moment she burst into tears, the moment she came back for something that had caused only trouble for her, I felt some things change for me, forever.
I felt my heart beat a little faster, my mouth parting to find some air, eyes refusing to blink away another second when I had her in my vision. I gulped down my feelings only to wonder if this was what they called love at first sight?
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