The LOVELY Neighbours

Strangers

Narator: Niladri

I was in the midst of my new article, inside my room,, just beside the 1rst balcony of our enormous house...I was confused what to write, I with a significant sigh thus took off my pen and swayed my back on the couch..I know not what urged me but I started to draw my sister's face, when I certainly insisted upon drawing the beautiful balcony instead of the 'ugly' mistress..I glaced at the door frame out which was the balcony, trying to draw it, and finally ended up glancing at my neighbour instead...I was mesmerized the moment when I forgot to process that it was the human I hated the most, but as he seized upon my eyes, something inside me flashed off into peals of sarcastic hatred..

He was half-naked, his hair ruffled, showing his bare back...his eyes were so pretty, the scene was angular however as he turned to me, my mind started deny everything that I had thought so far...And at the aggressive pull of his curtain, my mind came up to my senses and thrashed the door with all might...

Even though I had never liked Divyam's presence in the neighborhood but to be honest it was clear that my balcony used to be quite empty without seeing him from the opposite window...Starting from going to the same school, same high-school, same academy and finally ending up at the same college had always tired me up ever since but I would never denish the fact that I have never been happy when he doesn't fight with me at the morning..

Night was falling deeper, my eyes were a little tired, I still insisted on staying up and roaming about my room...I secured my desk, cleaning the mess when I found an old, long lost picture...Diyam and I were in the school looking at eachother and smiling at eachother after the Romeo-Juliet reverse play...Unconsciously I smiled from ear to ear..So unusual....Am I smiling at that scumbag???But wait, where was the picture all these years??? That sake old picture of my neighbour being dressed as Juliet for his Romeo to come...But why was I smiling at him??

Soon I felt asleep, lying on the bed in an unusual angle...My eyes closed up, my sense of sound was being at loose and finally as I was asleep...my eyes created a vision a scene...

"Romeo, Romeo, I've always wanted you, You finally came, hold my hands into your heart..." my heart spoke out...

It was a strange dream, I woke up and drank the glass of water I had kept beside the desk...it felt like my whole nervous system was at relay...my body shivered as I was about to drop the glass..

Was I ever in love with him???

But wait that ain't possible...

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(Next Morning)
Narrator: Aparajita

The morning was lustful..The mist of the romantic sunlight kissed my face and reached up to my toes with a sprite of joy...My face was ruffled with short hairs and I was flushed because all the work I did the day before. I had already come to my senses but refused to wake up officially to avoid the same old marriage tantrums of my mom, the same horrifying questions of my dad upon me choosing to be a Lawyer over a doctor..Besides these were to see my brother's judicious fight with the neighbour boy, the toxic rivalry between my cousin brother and the oldest son of the neighbour and the fulfillment of every demand occurred by the teens of the family...My enormous household provided me with much amusement and fun but sometimes it was too tiring to be called masculine..

My work as a litigate lawyer is well enough for me to live comfortably and more or less the contentment provided me much inspiration..Studing at the Harvard University, as the first female aswell as a member of the family to be doing so, I was hardly appreciated...Thus it might be a reason why I hated being questioned about my job..Moreover what got into my nerves was to be found as a matchmaker, company investigator and even sometimes a policeman...And its not just the first time as it happened, it was already the fifth time of the year...

My only urge to wake up was my neighbour's bitter-sweet voice as her voice stole into my balcony with my favorite song which she probably knows...I never had a bad relationship with her, all we had was some shown hatred and a little ignorance..

Today however was unusual, the nightingale of my room was quite, and was unable to bear it long I looked into the balcony towards her window but she wasn't in a good mood..I hesitated twice...

"Thank God, finally I can have some peace in my balcony not atleast a wolf's voice... " I called out as I peeped from the balcony..I knew this would tempt her as she knew whatever I would dislike she has to do it...

"Yeah, and foxes never like wolves cause they are superior.." she replied as she quickly revived from the pensive state and was fully prepared to have a full-fledged battle..

She instead started fighting with me and a principle to be followed was to switch to random topics within the speed of light..Which was not so bad until I would have no one to waste my time with...The girl was pretty younger than me, still in college while I had already entered my job..

These verbal battles were often enjoyed by our families especially mine as I would win the most and she'll be at loose...And if somehow she wins one, I'll be at peak of getting insulted until I defeat her in any other next...