Science fiction. The restorer

Science fiction. The restorer

She had just arrived when I heard the car honking loudly. It was early morning and except her voice everything else sounded irritating and displeasing. And right now the continuous honking was ruining my morning, and I left my bed with the resolve to silence the car and cease the restlessness of the person driving it.

I put on my robe and I dared the freezing cold, and in less than a minute I was standing in front of this person. The moment he saw me he stopped honking and bent his head, less in shame and more in an attempt to escape without being noticed by me, and my raging friend who too had joined me. The moment he saw both of us approaching his car, he acted a bit awkwardly.

I placed my hand on his steering and then with a steely gaze I looked into his eyes. He instantly stopped the engine of his car.

Now, I was sure he would not try to run away because it was a complex crossing where 6 lanes intersected. And to get to any one of them, he would first have to make his way through the incoming traffic, then gain a thief's speed which was most improbable. Moreover, he had jumped the traffic signal and to avoid getting stuck in the incoming traffic he had parked his car in the reserve area. Defined for vehicles that breakdown or jump the signal. And he was there waiting for the traffic light in the reserve parking area to coincide with the green light of the lane that he was supposed to enter.

But right now I did not want to chase him. Because I already had seized the steering of his car and he immediately knew something was not right.

He politely opened the door of his car and asked me to pardon him. Even though I had not accused him of anything yet. I had not even mentioned about his loud honking that had transformed the entire neighbourhood into a driving training institute where honking at will is permitted and necessary as well.

Maybe he had lost his patience, which triggered his uncalled for honking at a place where traffic moves based on sophisticated traffic lights. And sometimes it may happen that a lane may get to witness a green light after 10 minutes. And waiting here in your super fast car for 10 minutes demands a lot of patience.

And this person definitely had the lowest reserves of this quality.

So, before I lost mine, and it was most likely, because he had ruined my lazy affair with the morning that continues until I am not ready for office. Because once I am in that frame of mind, where office and daily tasks seek the precedence over everything else, I tend to move very fast. This is why I prefer, not per say a lazy morning. But a morning that flows at my wish, which can be faster than most of the people, but it has to be based on the willingness of my mind to adjust in the morning. And his unnecessary and loud honking had disturbed this pace of my morning and that of my friend. Who had just stepped into my room.

Now he had to deal with the fury of two irritated souls early in the morning. A bad start to our day and not at all a grand start to his day either. So, we had something in common at least.

He seemed to know our reason to stop him and he also offered a well worded apology, that only someone well educated and with a good social background could formulate. And it was his style to express it that stood out and impressed both of us. We were about to ask him what led him to act so differently when he was honking ceaselessly. The traffic light turned green and now we were blocking his car, and it was blocking every other car behind it. And the honking began to grow louder and louder, so I slowly eased the grip of my hand on his steering and he stepped into his car, and he wished both of us "Good Day" in his polished mannerism. Then he turned his steering to the left, and as he pressed the accelerator he disappeared from our view. There were all other cars, even the one that stood right next to his, but he and his car could not be found anywhere.