Love of the Times...! // காலங்கள் ஓய்ந்தாலும் காதல்...!

Avoiding

It was a Friday. Friday evenings are always for business meetings. So Musi came to pick me. As usual, he was late.
Why can't you make it on time? At least one day...

Musi: Bro it's about our business. Who's there to question us?
Me: Mr. Don.. it's about our business and we should be on time. That's what will show our employees about our enthusiasm towards the business
Musi clapped sarcastically and said
Okay, sir. I will try next time...
Me: This is what you say every day... huhhh...
I am proudly one among the poor souls around the world who are picked on my own bike by my friend. I tell you, I own it but he uses it the most... sad me huh...

We were having a casual chat about the business until we reached. It was as boring as every day.
The meeting is not with the employees, suppliers, or dealers. It's among the partners. Yes; it's a partnership business and our common partner is Riky... our bestie.
When someone has two friends as besties it's a blessing because a gang of three friends is always crazy. We were as crazy as all the stories that we have heard about a gang of three friends. We do have an issue that broke all three. We had never expected such a break.

Riky had already come on time.

We run a restaurant. A very nice restaurant that has a pleasant environment surrounded and with modern interior artworks. Now gradually it becomes a landmark.
The drive-in from the main road itself is very nice and charm. To the left from the entrance is the Motorcycle parking spot, adjacent to that on the opposite of the entrance gate is the Car Park. On the right side is a small garden that is being maintained by Riky. In between the garden and the car park is the entrance to our restaurant.
The specialty of our restaurant is that it has a River view on the other side. So I suggested having half of the ground floor with outdoor tables with two and four chairs. The outdoor dining, floor, and walls are completely made of wood. Riky suggested making a private partying space on the first floor. We three had a thought of having few Family Cabins to have family dines. So the rest of the first floor was made as family cabins.
Actually, it's a four-storied building. The second floor is the Central Kitchen. The third floor was well planned and made. Because that's our office. We have a shared cabin for the directors and a small conference cabin and a huge space with three single sofas facing the Riverside with a distance view of the Waterfall. Half of our life is spent there for our silly jokes and funny fights. To be inside that glass wall is a blessing. The other side of the river is a pine forest. The forest darkens the entire background of the river gives an adventurous beauty.
It's a place like nowhere. Early morning, we can hear Dawn's chorus of birds, and late-night farewell given by owls are a definite pleasure for a nature lover. The Chorus sound of the river through the glass walls keeps us reminded of nature and the Sunrise on top of the waterfall is really elegant. It's a place where all the girls will love to live in. To wake up facing the waterfall and to sleep listening to the river is definitely a blessing.

But the truth is, City girls will post pictures about Waking up in a glass-walled room facing a Sunrise on top of a waterfall and falling asleep in a place where sunsets into the river. But to live is very difficult. They will only last for 3 days and the technology will want them back to the cities!
Whenever I said this; Musi will always say, "That's why we are still single" and yes, maybe he's true. The girls of nowadays will post pics that they love nature and like they crave for such places but the truth is they are tied up to cities and city life. It's hard for them to come, settle down or stay in Villages with a wonderful environment. Except some...

Whenever we get late at work, we spend the whole night there to experience all these wonderful things in the surrounding.

Usually, we sit in our single sofas for meetings. They are not actually meetings. We only have discussions. Whenever we start a serious discussion it only ends up as jokes. But nowadays even the meetings are boring and they are only discussions until Riky leaves the place. Problems between friends should be sorted out very soon or the problems that are not easily possible to be sorted out should not occur. We are in such a situation.

The mistake was Riky's, since then I don't encourage anything that he does or speaks but I talk to him because Musi should not hate him. Musi doesn't talk to him but he Supports his activities just because I should not hate him and Riky suffers in between everything. Sometimes life puts us in a situation like to stand on a Knife or to hold on to a rope. Both hurt but both are essential!

The meeting wasn't for too long. It was only about to increase our Menu items and they were finalized as planned and soon as possible.

Every time when Riky went, soon after a meeting was finished. I felt like if one of my hands was cut of. It was hard to accept that one among us is mentally far from us. Musi would have had the same feeling but we never expressed it. We knew it would shatter us both if we had.
We were just calming ourselves by looking at the scenery in front of us. Each time when Riky left, there was a huge silence. Silence is something that is lovely, pleasant, pleasant, calm, sweet, and sometimes it is deadly too; depending on the circumstances. This silence killed us both, at the same time it was calming us too. Whenever nature mingles with the silence it gives a cool, pleasant, and stress relieving feel. That feel is heavenly!

We were both running out of words to start a conversation. I was thinking about topics to start one. Suddenly Musi asked.
Any updates about her?
Me: Who?

Janii...
Me: Nah.. not much. I have reduced talking to her...

That's good. But... may I know the reason?
Me: Nothing special or wrong. I felt like attachment brings me hope, hope brings me expectations, if the expectations aren't met, it will hurt me more than anything. I don't want such a curse.

Curse? It isn't a curse bro. It's all about life. Just chill out. She's not the only one in the world yeah?
Me: Of course! Well said, bro. She may not be the only one. But she's that one and only whom I like the most.

Okay, man... I understand. Give her some time. Girls will need time to realize.
You are maintaining a gap, that's really good. Distancing will bring two hearts together very soon.
Me: Dude... please... I've heard enough of all these bro. Look. First of all, we should understand that; Purposely when you push yourself into something that is not you, you easily give hunches about who you really are!
The next statement is that I really don't like this distancing stuff. I have heard of many stories about distancing each other and maintaining gaps between each other, etc. but for me, it doesn't make any sense.

Musi... don't we really grow up? When two hearts and souls are together the love should grow and improve more and more. Being beside someone is not about being physically besides. Our emotional supports, mental helps and encouragement matters much more than anything to the other person. That's how I wanna look after her man.

We should understand the truth that love will always be raised up only by two hearts and souls being together not by having distance, maintaining gaps, or avoiding. Avoiding will make us miss the other person but that's not because of love that's just infatuation. If avoiding what makes someone realize that the other person is worth enough. I tell you, they aren't really worth enough. If they can avoid you once, they can avoid you multiple times too. "Out of sight, out of Mind too". When someone truly has a feeling, it can definitely be controlled but not for so long and not every time. Remember that.

Musi kept looking at me in a way that I have never seen him before.
Musi... don't say that you love me. My feelings are only for a girl, not you.
Musi: Ahhh enough enough... I'm not gay like you okay.

Gay? Me? Then you should be my partner buddy. You, yourself put you in trouble man. (I was shouting with laughter)
Musi couldn't say anything, he was completely locked with my words.

I was just kidding... Ozi... I was just thinking...
After all the struggle when You marry her... just think how beautiful her life you will make!

Me: Huh... you understand this... but she doesn't... 🤣