Lief & Punching(Vol.2)

13 years EARLIER.

I wasn’t interested in this world anymore, my grandfather recently died, he was the most important person in my life to shape my personality. And my first love of my life has cheated on me with my best friend. For a teenager these were important shits. Not the upcoming boards which were going to tear my ass in pieces. We were in Patna; in Bodhgaya we poured his ashes. My train was at 11 mid night, which arrived half an hour earlier, the train was supposed to departed at 11:05 pm. I got onto the train. My parents were also with me, who soberly went on their seats and were preparing their bed to sleep. I was having ONE NIGHT AT A CALL CENTRE by Chetan bhagat. It was a fact that if you have to look cool in train, carry a fucking book, and on airport you need motherfucking 30K headphones.

The train departed, Oh fuck, today I was about to lose this train like my virginity, said a girl coming towards my compartment. I was sitting on the lower berth. She just came opposite to me and sat on the lower berth opposite to me. She wore tight black t-shirt that barely covered her abdomen and fitted jeans. I turned my eyes away from her towards the other side, my heart skipped its beats two times in a second, my eyes blacked out. I saw A GIRL. I had never seen such a beautiful face, which was worried and beautiful at the same time. She wore a blue salwar kameez with white texture mixed in it. No doubt she looked like the goddess of clouds. I couldn’t pull away my gaze from hers. She prepared her bed for night.

GORANSHI, TT said her name out loud. Yes, she replied, the YES from her mouth was so soft like cotton on your lips. Mace! Tt said my name. Yes, I said I thought and hoped that she noticed my name.

She started preparing her bed to sleep. I felt a success on my way towards ‘MISSION GORANSHI’ Just breakup man, come on do it already!!! She will do like this always, girl sitting opposite to me said as loud as possible, which was audible to the whole coach. She was pretty enough to have 1.1 billion crush and 0.69 billion serious lovers. Latika guru, tt said Yup that’s me, she replied Can I have your id please, tt said her Your age... tt was mumbling, as he was about to say it Don’t you dare say it loud, latika made a statement that not to revile her age to tt. Her voice was like radio jockey. I decided to continue reading my book, as I was having upper birth, I thought to prepare my seat in 10 mins. After 10 mins I went up and laid. Happy bday!!... latika shouted loud enough to screw half of the coach’s sleep.

I look at my watch, it was 12.02 am. I was bit sure, if she talks tonight, I won’t be able sleep. Excuse me, you are disturbing me, I said to latika Then what the fuck can I do, she replied I lost my confidence as some girl has spoken to me like this, she continued

Why don’t you put on your headphone and let the Coldplay fuck your ears. Hmm? She said in dark anger. Hmm, I said in an innocent voice, as my guts couldn’t gather strength to reply her. But I slept in excitement, for the next day of journey to see how I could proceed my ‘MISSION GORANSHI’

Normally train journeys are monotonic but this one wasn’t.

GORANSHI, GORANSHI, GORANSHI...her name rang in my head like an alarm. I looked out of the window; the train was at a halted station.

GORANSHI wasn’t at her seat, I went looking up for her, I stepped out of the train. I bought a newspaper, Allahabad, I read at the newspaper. I checked my watch; the train was running 4 hours late. I saw GORANSHI talking with somebody quite elder to her and more of frank. Motherfucker, I murmured What, my father said out of nowhere. Where did you came from, I said No, that’s okay, what did you said now, he said, trying to hear it from my mouth. What now Yes, now. he said Brother huger, yeah... brother huger, that’s what I said, come on bruh, give me a hug. I said to cover my holy mouth. He didn’t react, and went onto the train. Seeing GORANSHI with someone else, a feeling of jealousy caught fire in my blood. That must be her brother, I tried to cool myself with my pseudo thoughts and came back inside. The train departed from Allahabad she also came back, I was burning from inside, I wanted ask her ‘who was that fucking guy’ but who was I to ask. While she was reading the newspaper, a call came to her. She answered and said yes maa, bhaiya came. Ooooooo...... a flow of cold mountain dew ran inside my vein and I got back normal. Ya, yup... okay mom she said as she rolled her eyes.

A few stations passed, I tried to make an eye contact. I recently enlightened myself with a fact that if two strangers have an eye contact more than 8 seconds then they are surly in LOVE. Few halts and hours passed, I tried to look at her, at the same time she faced her face towards me, our eyes MET, I was paralyzed. Although it was only for 0.8 second but enough to make my whole-body travel through the most beautiful hell, I have travel. Because paradise doesn’t deserve such a BEAUTY. It would be a SHAME on paradise.

When we generally look at a person, we make eye contact, but in those 0.8 second I made the whole travel of her face. Her gaze made a spark in my body, the cheeks allured me towards them to land my lips on them, as I reached on her LIPS the spark which she started on her eyes was ON FIRE, my whole body was reciting FLAMES from her GORGEOUSNESS.

I didn’t realize when Kanpur passed when Agra passed, as for those whole hours her face was repeating itself in front of my eyes on loop. I didn’t know that she was the ONE but I FELT. I wanted to talk to her, and started making efforts.

In no time GORANSHI stood up and went towards the exit gate of the train, I also stood up like SALMAN KHAN to go at the gate but bloody LACK OF confidence, and I sat like CHUNKY PANDEY. After 7- 9 minutes she entered the coach and with her also arrived the smell of cigarette. Quite obvious.

Oh boy, I said to myself, I’m flattered She was giving me surprises which was making her more interesting, my destination was

about to arrive in 2 hours. I had to do something. Train was still 3.20 hours late.

I went near the gate of the train to refresh a bit. Out of nowhere, suddenly a violet sky filled my eyes with the blue flames running under them,,,

TO BE CONTINUED....