On a rainy day!

Love is a beautiful feeling and everybody has their own story. This isn't a story but a sweet incident which happened with a friend of mine.

Kamal the protagonist of this story is in his late 20's and lives a life of a typical techie. His motto for life is 'No Girls! No Worries'. However what he never knew is that his motto would soon change. He used to work from 3.30 PM till 11.30 PM, so by the time he reached home it would be quarter past midnight. After few hours of browsing social websites he goes to sleep around 4 or 5 AM and wakes up around 1 PM. This was his routine life. He lived in his own world of virtuality and living in a cosy apartment was like a shell.

It was a Saturday and it was raining when Kamal first met his lady love. He was returning back to his apartment after buying some household stuff. It was then he saw her for the first time. She had the most beautiful eyes that he had ever seen. Her face looked more brighter inside the hood of the rain coat. Her face was lit with a lovely smile while walking in the rain. Kamal was speechless looking at her as if he saw an angel. She looked at him and smiled. He could never forget that moment and her smile was captivating.

Days went by and Kamal used to wonder thinking, "where was she all these days?" There is a saying that Sunday is the best day of the week. Kamal felt that, as Sunday was the day of his new identity. She was a newcomer to the same block where Kamal lived. When he saw her for the second time, he felt ecstatic. She remembered looking at him earlier and smiled at him. There is no greater joy than watching a girl of your dreams smile at you. Kamal asked her, "Hi! Do you live here?” she replied with a smile, "Yes! I do". Kamal continued, "I am sure you are not from this place. How do you find your new neighbourhood?", She said, "Yes, I kind of like here". He wanted to ask her name, however he was hesitant. But something sweet happened again, "My name is Shiny", and she continued, "What's yours?". After a long pause he answered, "I'm Kamal". They were chatting for 5 minutes and then she left. Kamal thought to himself, "This is the best day of my life, everything happened like a dream".

As the days went by, their friendship grew stronger everyday. She was expressive and spoke about everything from daily affairs, music, sports to literature, Science etc. Kamal has been living most part of his life in a shell hence could not express himself easily. But the only thing he did was listening to her. He was a good listener and when girls get a good listener, imagine how expressive they would be.

Kamal shared his feelings only with a couple of close friends who advised him that one should not hesitate to express love. They also added that it is "Never too late!" to be in love and one should not be the last to express their feelings. Inspired by his friend's advice Kamal came up with an idea to express his feelings for her. He wrote all his feelings in the Guitar note that Shiny gave him earlier and planned to give it to her on the following day. He did not want to fail this time and so checked in the astrology calendar that the next day was an auspicious day.

It was finally the day to get his exam results. Kamal took courage and gave her the note, she asked, "Are you okay? you look nervous". Kamal replied, "Yes, Shiny! I am okay". She noticed the change in him and was wondering. Kamal felt so shattered as he did not get a response from her. "Oh God! I think I did a big mistake" he thought to himself. The next day he was so ashamed to see her face. He came to a conclusion that she wasn't interested in him and that's why she has not responded.

Hours went by and Kamal did not come out of his home during the day. In the evening, he sat near the window watching the sunset. He felt the cold breeze blowing and the sun looked amazing with its orange rays. Suddenly he realized that someone was waving at him and he looked down from the window. Shiny stood on the ground floor and called him. Kamal was overwhelmed with emotions and rushed to the ground floor within few minutes. Both looked at each other and smiled. Though Kamal was uncomfortable to look into her eyes, he asked, "Did you check the guitar notes?". She replied, "Yes, I did. I have also added a new note for a song by Savage Garden". Kamal was wondering, " Is she playing with me? She is acting like nothing has happened". She was about to leave and said, "Okay, I have to go now. Tomorrow you should play me this song in your house". Kamal was expressionless and went back to his room to try and practice the song.

He opened the notes and the pages that he wrote earlier. Everything remained same and there was no deletion or addition. He was fed up with himself and started to think about his future plans. After some time he sat with his guitar to play the new song note that Shiny gave him. It read:

VERSE 1

G        Am7      E#m7  C

May-be it's in-tu-i-tion

G                   Am7       E#m7

But some things you just don't ques-tion

C

Like in your eyes

G       Am7           E#m7   C

I see my fu-ture in an in-stant

    G

And there it goes

  Am7                C     D

I think I've found my best friend

    Am7           E#m7         C       D        Am7

I know that it might sound more than a lit-tle cra-zy

  E#m7   C2

But I be-lieve

CHORUS

              G       Am7       C                                                                                                                    

I knew I loved you be-fore I met you

D            G         Am7  C

I think I dreamed you in-to life

D           G       Am7       C

I knew I loved you be-fore I met you

D               G    Am7    C2

I have been wait-ing all my life

He started to play the song and after an hour or two he was able to catch the chords. He closed his eyes, and enjoyed the play. Suddenly something struck and he jumped off the bed and said, "Wait a minute! Is this true? Is this an answer for my proposal? Oh my God, what kind of an idiot am I?". He ran out and looked everywhere as he was desperate to meet her. But he could not find her and was about to leave but at that time he felt something and he turned around. Shiny stood near the doorstep, he looked at her with tears of joy and there was a moment of silence. It started to drizzle outside.