Short Story: Bye for Now

What makes her so special? my friend muttered again.

I smiled thinking, ‘Here goes this again’. He started his epic monolog on why I should give up on my one true, one-sided love.

For my friend, the thought of Ms.Violet meant anger; not because he held a personal grudge on her but for the fact, that she always acted very elusive & distant to me.

She knew the fact that I was in love with her. She just didn’t understand why. Or maybe she mistook the reason for my love.

When everyone else saw a geeky introvert, I saw in her an undying spirit, passion, strength, resolve, and boldness. She never beat around the bush and always was ready to answer everything straight to my face.

At the same time, she had this childish nature that she revealed only to the ones, closest to her. Maybe that was why my legs take a liking to stepping towards her direction. Or the fact that, my fingers lock on a cruise mode — opening Whatsapp and landing me in her chat window.

“BFN” Bye for now.

That’s usually her last sentence to end our conversations.

She always ran away from me. Ironically she also runs in Marathons.

Bye for now — According to me, it translates to ‘Can you stop talking now’, ‘I just can’t spend another moment with you’, and so on. Maybe my idle mind is playing tricks with me. But all the disappointment and anger just vaporizes at the thought that someday she would understand, “ How much she means to me” and I just wish that moment comes not too late.

Maybe that day is tomorrow or maybe not. Fingers crossed.

As my friend’s epilog which was clustered with a lot of logical conclusions came to a grinding halt, I stepped back into reality and said, “Ok. You’re right. Totally agree. Bye for now”