Pritam Koirala

Now, we were regularly texting each other. There was no day when we did not text each other. I didn’t find myself being attached to her. I was in a spiritual relationship with her. I couldn’t express with her but we had became best friend within a month which she regularly expressed. After one month,there was a tour for biology students. Our teacher said that we were going to Bhedetar on coming Saturday.

Chapter 1

It was my first day of college. I was little nervous and confused too. Nervous because I was completely new in Itahari and confused because it was my first day of college. Maiju called me for the meal. I had the meal and started wearing clothes. As it was my first day,I had not sewed my college dress and became busy in choosing a dress for that day. I chose my favourite. That was a black jeans and a white shirt. I wore shoes and headed toward the college. When I was about to enter the college gate,I listened a voice toward me. That was of gaurd. He said to me that I was five minutes late and also that my hair was long and should cut it. He asked my name and noted in his diary. I was ashamed because the first entry of the college did not become as good as I thought it would be. I was familiar to the college building. A teacher had shown each and every parts of building on the day when I was there to apply an entrance form. I looked at a big sheet of paper on notice board and started searching my section. I was in section ‘E’ and roll number’1′. Then I climbed the ladder. I felt that I was climbing mountain due to my nervousness. I walked towards my class and found that the intro class was going on. I asked the teacher for the permission to enter inside and entered inside the class. All the benches were already filled with other students.

Fortunately,I found a seat on the first bench and headed toward it. A girl also was there . I gently sat on the desk and shook hand with her. “It’s Hari”, I said. She replied,”It’s chaaya” with a gentle smile. The class was not so interesting. After the bell rang class was over and the teacher went out. She asked me where I was form. I replied,”Gauradaha, Jhapa and you?”. “I am from Kathmandu”, she said. On that course of time another teacher entered the class and started giving lecture. It was also a boring experience. After other two classes there was the time for tiffin. I had not seen the face of chaaya and her dresses till now. I found that she was wearing a black jeans and white T-shirt. I looked at her face. Her blue eyes and a round face impressed me. I was just hypnotized and was looking at her. She suddenly asked to me,”oh mister khaja khannau?”. I replied “khane ni jaam canteen”. There was no canteen inside the college and thus we went to the near canteen like hotel. She asked my choice. I replied,”anything”. She ordered two plates mo mo. The mo mo was ready on our table. We started having it. After a bite,I started sneezing(it was due to pickle). She immediately gave me her hankey and I covered my mouth with it. I thanked her and said that I would give it to her only after washing it. Listening this she immediately snatched her hankey from my hand and kept on her hand. She just looked at me and smiled. After having mo mo,I went to pay money but found already paid by her. Looking this she smiled and bought other two chocolates,gave one to me. Making me hurried she told that bell was going to ring. We just ran from there in hurry and entered inside college gate. After other four classes,college was over and we left the college for that day.

Another day also she was on the first desk. I also gently sat down on the desk and shook hand with her. I had forgotten her name and thus asked her name. She said,”I don’t want to tell you,you…… ” I called her as ‘saharki kt’. She punched on my arm. Everyone on the class looked at us. I smiled with the feeling of shy. When college was over she said that she liked her nickname. When I opened my facebook that night I found a friend request. That was of chaaya. I accepted the request. She was online and texted me asking my phone number. I had not given my phone number to any girls and thus gave my maiju’s number. Immediately I told maiju to scold the girl if she phoned her. She phoned maiju and asked about me. Maiju scold her badly and cut the phone. We laughed for a while and had meal. I went to bed for sleep then. Next day,Chaaya scold me very badly and gave another punch on my arm. As before same thing happened. I paid her tiffin that day. She did not speak with me. When I came to home I found myself tired. I was feeling guilty and thus texted her sorry on facebook. She did not replied to it but asked my real number. I gave her my number. She texted on my phone ‘It’s okay”.

Now, we were regularly texting each other. There was no day when we did not text each other. I didn’t find myself being attached to her. I was in a spiritual relationship with her. I couldn’t express with her but we had became best friend within a month which she regularly expressed. After one month,there was a tour for biology students. Our teacher said that we were going to Bhedetar on coming Saturday. We,all the students were excited for the tour. Finally,the Saturday came and we were in Bhedetar that day. Our biology teacher said us to make a group of two students. I and Chhaya were in a group. Our teacher gave us a paper and made us to make a list of different plants and animals that we saw there. Chaaya and I completed our list in very short time. We had came somehow far from other students and teachers. We sat on a grassy ground and started sharing our feelings. She said that she was the single daughter of her parents. She shared many things to me and so do I. We did not find that one hour had gone talking there. Looking at my handwatch I hurried her to go now. We stood up and slowly walked toward other students. Her head was on my right side of chest and my hand around her shoulder. I don’t know what happened she made me turn toward her,tightly hold and kissed me. I was completely shocked. After that I said to her “saharki kt ta khatara rahichha ta”. She slapped me on my left cheek and again kissed. After some minutes she proposed me,I accepted it. Marks of her red lip stick were around my mouth. I asked her for her hankey and rubbed it with her hankey. She tried to snatch her hankey again but I had already kept it in my pocket. I didn’t gave it to her.

From that day there were no days when she didn’t say,”love You baby”. No days were there when she didn’t give me her sweet punch. Everyday she used to ask me if I had done my homework or not, if I had my meal or not and many more. She always concentrated me on study. She had became a part of my heart. Our first terminal exam also finished and there was holiday of one month. I was going home after exam. “I will really miss you”I said to chaaya. She took me to the uppermost part of ladder where no one used to come,kissed me and said”me too” Chapter 2 I don’t like Dashain at all. It is because in Dashain I had to put Tika from some those nonsense relatives which I don’t like at all. I also have some relatives to whom I really respect. That Dashain went less irritating as before because I was regularly texting and calling with Chaaya.

After Dashain I immediately came to Itahari. I used to celebrate bhai tika with Anu dee. I think she had put me tika in bhai tika since my birth. She used to read in Banglore. In that Tihar she was unable to come Nepal due to her exam. Maiju told me that sani had came to Itahari this year and she would be celebrating Bhai Tika with us(my elder and younger brother). Sani was daughter of my another maternal uncle. She was my younger sister. I had not met with her since I was 5. I had almost forgotten her. Now There came Tihar. I also became busy in projects given by teacher. I had to type lot in computer and thus was busy with my laptop almost all the time. This busyness also hadn’t interfered my regular talk with Chaaya. I used to meet her every evening in park. I had not missed her sweet voice and her sweet punch. Sani had came to visit us a day before Bhai Tika. I was busy in my laptop and didn’t got time to meet with her. Another day was Bhai Tika. I asked some money with maiju to give to Saani. We,all three brothers were waiting for sani. I was too curious to look at her since I had not met her for long time. When Saani came and started putting Tika,I found the same girl standing in front of me to put Tika to whom I met in college,to whom I shared my feelings,who kissed me everyday in the park. She was Chhaya. She had wore the same black jeans and white T-shirt with the red lip stick on her lips. Her hankey was in my hand. I just looking at her hankey and her face. The song from Dhadkan film ‘aksar es duniyan…….’ was playing on TV on that room.