A SHORT FICTION STORY
''A broken heart become a catalyst to a
more meaningful and enriching life. Remember love returns to those who are
betrayed but still believes in it, and somehow somewhere someone is made for
each and every one of us.''-Unknown
Wangchuk was in the
class. Before him sat a girl like a fairy on the chair. she wore a blue tego
and her hair was arranged into a latest fashion. The outside sun was very
bright making the wheather very moderate.Wangchuk wanted to tell her the very
thing he had been waiting for a good time. There was no one except for a faint
ticking sound of a wall clock on the wall. He tried to gather all his courage
and went near her. ’’I really need to tell you something’’ He said. Just then
he noticed her cheeks turn red and eyes dropping on her toes. At the same time
his heart was beating heavily. Wangchuk was six when Ap Kencho and family joined his neighbourhood. As a only son
to his father, he was very obedient, lsoft spoken and generous at heart not
only to his father but to the people at large. So Ap Kencho and family would be
always smiling whenever they saw him playing with their daughter. Eversince
Peday and Wanchuk became best friends, they were even admitted into same high
school.
‘’Why didn’t you tell me
before….’’She replied with a lowered voice
in which he had noticed out of
nervousness. As their relationship became more stronger,time came for
their board examination and after that
Wangchuk departed to India for his further studies while Peday joined in one of
the high school as her profession in teaching but they departed with so much
tears in their eyes, promises on their lips and pain in their heart. However
they heard nothing from each other after that.
The junior students called them
as sir Namgay and madam Peday and most senior students knew that they were the
best couple. He was a man of word and he would do anything for Peday. Just as
her days going a usual with many young faces everyday, she realized that four
solid years had gone after Wangchuk’s departure and that solitary moments made
her lost most of the time though Namgay tried his best to make her smile.
To her surprise,she received a
call from Wangchuk and the next day he came to Punakha and proposed her for
marriage but Peday’s ‘’NO’’ was what his heart striked the most.It hit his
heart like a shooting bullet. He became numb but didn’t let her go easily .’’Please
tell me that you were kidding me or that you were lying to me…..’’He told her
with is voice shivering.So after waiting desperately for long hours, her still
‘’no’’ was what he heard sadly and he drove back to Thimphu weeping silently.That
night after knowing all her secrets, Namgay Pelzang had sacrificed his love and
told Peday to go back to Wangchuk.Infact she was happy for getting together
with Wangchuk again and was eager to go. Unfotunately that following morning, she
had to rush to hospital in the capital city. As she entered in the ward room, Wangchuk
took his last breadth on her short glance. Peday felt immence pain in her heart
and came back to Punakha . Namgay received his love back with open arms. He was
glad that she would be with him foreve.So
afer all love was the reason that killed Wanghuk’s heart as he can’t accept
‘no’ as an answer from Peday whom he always
thought to be his life.!
This is just a simple story composed as my first article on blog.Thank you!
