The Cursed Princess Love story

Call it what you want

2015

I am a very cheerful person now, unlike my earlier years. I have a bunch of friends and go to parties here and there. Then I met a person, who made haphazard changes in my life. Actually, he was there for quite some time but caught my attention only in my second year.

When my friends and I were interacting with junior girls, he saw us and nonchalantly walked to the canteen. Later my batchmate came and said, we were called by our final year senior, Sanjay. We went to the canteen immediately. He talked to us for some time, just taking our introductions and whereabouts. When he talked, he maintained eye contact, which I liked about him a lot.

After that day, every day, we used to hangout in the canteen after classes. He kept the conversations going. He is Tamilian and speaks in Tamil mostly. I learned a little Tamil because of him. Whenever I tried to reply in Tamil, he would smile amusingly at me. That would immediately be followed by my blush. My friends often failed to attend those chitchats, but Anna Joseph, the typical Christian Keralite and I would be there as it was our fundamental thing. He spoke so nicely to me that I sometimes wondered, can the sugar be this sweet? But all the sweetness causes sickness at the end.

Later I got a call from home that my grandma passed away. I went home and made sure all the rituals happened according to her beliefs. My relatives said their condolences and left. I am all alone in this world now, literally as an orphan, I thought. My eyes become puffy with the continuous crying. I couldn't stomach any food. The next day, a lawyer uncle, my grandpa's friend's son came. He said he needed some signatures of mine to handover the will and properties I inherited. I didn't know till that day that we were millionaires. I let our old employees and maids work in their respective positions and made arrangements to pay them regularly. I asked them to keep an eye on the home and clean the surroundings regularly. Because it's the only memory of my grandparents and my dad's childhood.

By the time I returned to college, so many things had changed. I was in so much grief that I failed to notice those. Then I find out that Sanjay and Anna are a pair now. That's a low blow though. I just couldn't stop myself from crying more. I never announced my feelings aloud but Anna knew how I felt about Sanjay, how much I liked him. And Sanjay. He is just a dressed-up attire of betrayal. I stopped going to the canteen, stopped being a cheery available person, stopped talking to Anna, stopped worrying about people, and stopped all the nonsense. And then finally managed to stop the crying for hours routine.

I started concentrating more on studies. Now after the classes I started going to art galleries, museums and ancient sculptures to get to know more about designs. Sometimes I play games. I needed distraction that badly. There's an event in the college, and I win every round against their batch which is represented by him. Take that dude.

It's the farewell of the final years. I paid no heed to him and Anna whatsoever. I realized I moved on. Sanjay suddenly came to me and asked me to meet him behind the canteen. I told him no, but he was persistent. So, I agreed. By the time I went, he was already there waiting for me. I was confused to see him so stressed up.

"What's the matter? " I probed.

"It's... I have a lot to say but I don't know how to. Firstly, I'm so sorry for the way things turned out. Actually, I liked you from the start, I don't know what made me propose to Anna. But after you stopped talking, then I realized, I was crazy about you, not Anna. It's just she is so.... I don't know how to convey this. Whatever, we realized just after few days that it's stupid of us to go there and we broke up. "

They broke up!? I didn't know that.

"But you didn't spare us an eyeglance. You made it clear that you are hurt and we deserve that much hatred. But can you please forgive me and take me back? I can do anything to get your love. The thought alone that I am not going to see you from now on is making me go mad... Please say something. "

Seriously!! I had no idea about it. Whatever. I made up my mind already.

"I think you should return to the party. It's time for me to go to my room."

"What? Mohana, you used to like me!"

"Used to, not anymore. You are forgiven if that's what you are afraid of. Don't be guilty anymore. Enjoy the party. All the best for your future. Good bye Sanjay. "

That's the closure of his chapter. After that I tried not to think about any guy, even if they themselves came to propose to me. Because I knew by this time, with all the experiences I had, that I'm not a piece cut out for Love. They will be all charming until I like them, then suddenly they don't like me anymore. If I stopped liking them, they would come around. I am exasperatedly exhausted with this chain of events.

I completed my studies and graduated. I got selected for a campus interview with a package of 12 lakhs per annum. The posting is in Bangalore. I don't need to do a job but I want to get experience and contacts, to start my own firm.

2019

This year has been peaceful so far. But lately I have been feeling extremely lonely. Having no one to talk to, no one to turn to for care, no one to scold, no one to correct, no one to hold. I'm an excellent example of a lonely person. After Anna, I lost faith in friendship. So, I'm kind of a person with no guardian at all.

I'm staying as a paying guest, even though I can afford a 2bhk apartment now. Because I want to be around people, even if they are not close. The owners are wonderful people. Their younger son who works in a call center, soon became my friend. He is younger to me by two years, but he is the best friend I never had. His name is Ramakrishna but we call him Rocky. He can be mean and pulls dirty pranks, but he is also the only person who wished me 'happy birthday' this year. That's him. I promised myself to never and never lose him.

There is a conference held by my company about the development of new and various designs. Delegates across India are invited. I'm so happy and excited to meet them. But one particular person who seemed to be so familiar, yet unknown to me, caught my eye.