Raghu-Rupam

04. The first Talk with Rupam

Raghubir continued"I still remember the date...I would have read this repetadely in these years.I had written it on that same evening before my night nap"

He opened his phone's diary,and started reading with blushing face

"2073/11/05

I am not shy.I have some very decent friends who are girl from secondary level school.But I am not able to face her really ,when she use to cross me.I use to look at her only utill she inspects that she is being looked at,as her eyes use turn towards mine ,for a fraction of second only,I am able to look in to her eyes.
This heart always use to have a fear, a kind of feel, a kind of bond or you can call it what you like ,just I am not name this bond.

This all started in our break time, When the minute hand of my wrist watch was perpendicular with the hour hand which was facing right, I mean it was 3 o'clock.
We were freed of those Physics theorems and numericals which we had to bear daily before break of 19 minutes.
After few seconds,as lecturer departed, the class started to be empty. There were few students,I,Rupam, Rishav ,Viru and few others.Benches were only seen in class.
She was alone sitting on her bench. l glanced at her and pretended that I was talking with Rishav(my best friend) and puru(Rupam's exam time bench mate) .
Really,she was looking as a blushing rose in the garden just after rain,in her purest form without any makeup.
She approached towards gate ,sat on last bench of girls column which was two bench far from my bench diagonally.
I started "What's your mark in chemistry?"
She told 7.5/12
'In English?'
She told,"11/15 and yours?"
Coincidence!,mine was the same 11!
(Our high school use to conduct Monthly test of each subject in last week of month.)
She still was not talking directly, was looking at Viru with questioning facial gesture(eye brows stretching up to forehead.)

I mockingly,"Viru will not punch me...he is also friendly to me".

She changed angle of vision by 60 degree,looked outside.I thought she must be waiting for her intimate friend with whom she always use to share her canteen food, I mean her concentration was outside of classroom.

I asked "Where are you from?" "Lamjung ....and you?"
"From Janakpur",I replied

In all questions' reply she used to adress with respecting word " हजुर ",the respect which no one had given me up to now, To be honest I was not habituated of such respect.
I said,"हजुर नभन,'रघुविर' या सथी भने पुगछ!"
I was sure, she was iritated and annoyed.

I added," के जिस्काउदा नराम्रो लाग्यो!?"

She replied elegantly" आफु लाई कसैले जिस्काउदा कसलाई राम्रो लग्छ र!?"

"हजुर! मलाई! ,कुनै तरुनीेले जिस्काई दिए हुन्थ्यो.....(I looking at my best friend Rishav)

At Iast again I enquired " नराम्रो लाग्यो ,रुपम?"

She said "नराम्रो लागेन..."

" जिस्काएको नराम्रो लाग्या छैन भने , आब त सधै जिस्काउ छु म!"
I ,the monkey flew from there along with Rishav.
Well it was a good ineraction with her,I and she will be verry good friend really damm.. good friend!"

(By ending last line from his digital diary PDF., again looked on those new tender leaves of deciduous trees,went flat on spinal cord with hand perpendicular to body, in lawan closed eyes, inhaled air ....and
Raghubir exclaimed "Extecy!,Ragahav, I am inhaling nature, I love NATURE ..पायो जी मैनै ,प्रेम रतन धन पायो! "
( what he was mumbling was, I wasn't interested in...I was felling hungry ...., It was late afternoon. )

"Raghu,Let's go to eat samosa chat.."I compelled Raghubir

"OK! Raghav,but from next day you must come for morning Yoga,if not at least for your Tag,Pandit baje has resumed morning prayers in temple"He agreed (but with an obligation for me )

"Please wake me up in early morning, Alarm fails to wake me up"I said

(We headed towards Paul Singh's Canteen for breakfast ....)