The strings of mirza

The first string (grey)

Everyone knew what the strings meant, I thought they were just silly signs of hopes and mistake dreams, even pathetic love, the story of strings always seemed fake and fed of delusion, how could anyone believe it? I dreaded the day of my string, I'm telling you it's invisible, my soulmate has been long forgotten and I'll be soon faced up with my hidden depression. My mom was always excited for my string, she always said "Saleem, you should be excited for your string, your soulmate could be anyone!" she was always so cheerful, but what was so good about having a stranger be my long lasted lover? I always lowered her expectations, what could she have possibly been wishing for anyways? There's nothing good ahead of me other than death. My birthdays soon anyways, if it's grey then I'm all safe, it's not like the string changes anyways.

7:00 am, ah my birthday, it's pathetic now that I've grown, always dreaded the happy birthdays and the pathetic smiles of others thankfully it was swamped on a Monday, I woke up in distress, how could I forget, it's my 'string of mirza' day. My mom raced towards my room "Before you get changed, tell me your string!" I sighed in annoyance. "Pleaseee" "ugh fine" I tilted my head slightly towards my feet... grey? Well I can't say I'm surprised this is what I wanted a life of myself. "It's grey mom you can stop annoying me now" the drop on her face, it also made me disappointed. "Well I couldn't expect much, maybe you were destined to marry the darks" did it upset her that much.

I headed towards school with the thoughts on my mind; * Well atleast my string wasn't black.. meaning my soulmates dead * I sighed in disbelief. "Hey birthday boy!" "God it's a bit early for that isn't it will?" "Who cares you can finally see your string!" ahh another one to disappoint. "Well sorry to disappoint but it's just grey" "Awh I'm sorry Sal hopefully it'll change overtime" "I doubt it aha" god it sounds morbid, it's not that much of a crime. I looked Down to see a questionable string leading of to will, *what a horrible yellow* I thought.. wait a minute.. how can I see that! I'm only meant to see my own.. and yellow? What could that mean? Friendship? Nah it can't be wills already in a long-term relationship, well atleast it's better than dusted grey.

8:35 am, finally at form with peace, i never minded form just another useless lesson to 'past' the day, it was just the loud noise and the hyena laughs that were surrounding me. "Hey can you get my pen for me?" Huh? Who's that.. "Oh yeah sure" I gripped the pen and looked above, *why do I keep seeing all these strings* I looked closely at mine.. whys it turning lighter? And wait is it connected to- "Hey your taking quite a while you okay?" shit. "Yeah.. here sorry I got distracted." "You just got your string too huh?" oh a conversation, great "Yeah not a big deal though, it's just grey well I think" "I'm pretty sure the strings change colours anyways at least as I'm aware" "Yeah.. well what colours yours?" "Mines just grey too I'm afraid at first I was worried but I reassured myself it would change" "Oh, well I'm saleem, I don't really pay attention enough to remember names, care to remind me?" "I'm Abi, well if we're going full names then Abi liddle" "Ah nice to meet you." The silence bloomed, but this time it wasn't awkward? I titled my head down and saw that my string had became a vibrant green. But how come it was attached to her? What greatness could she be leading aha.

After form, I headed for a so called 'study break' just to learn about all the strings. I was shocked to enlighten myself, I never realised that the strings could change over time. Black is death. Green is friendship. Grey is unknown?!. Yellow is best friends. Pink is for crush and red is for well the obvious soulmate. There must be more colours it only seems limited. I flipped the page onwards till I discovered. 'The hidden string of Mirza', I hesitated before reading and it seems like the page is filled with the least fortunate strings. Brown is for falling out love. Blue is for one sided and white is for faded. Thankfully the strings can change colour within time. I just wondered if your string could be re-attached to another. As my study breaks wraps up I'm still known with my unanswered question. I just wondered if there was more than just one possibility.

As the day carried on, I was distracted with multicoloured bomb of strings, seems like everyone is connected but is unaware. I continued towards my class.