Monsoon Reverie-Episode-3

Monsoon Reverie

                                                Episode – 3

The musky odour of fresh soaked earth, mesmerizing patters of rain drop, blowing of the moist breeze- with all these traces, the monsoon seems to stir romantic motions in the young and old.

Job-holders find it difficult to travel every day in the bus during monsoon. But in this area they are lucky for they have frequent buses.

Even then most of them like to travel by that particular bus for two reasons-one is that if they travel, they can reach in time to their working places and the other reason is that the driver and the conductor in that particular bus are normally kind enough to help them in reaching safely. They are not rude. Hence job-holders never try to miss that particular bus.

          Since a week Shivprasad was nowhere to be seen. He was neither seen in bus nor in college campus.

 Everyday Sinchana and Sahana when they came to bus their eyes were searching for him. They were talking about him. Though he did not talk much, his presence was enough for them. They really missed him a lot for he was their pass-time.

Vijayprasad had many other admirers also in the bus. An elderly woman, working in the health department is also a good companion of Sahana.

One day she too asked Sahana “Why that tall and angry man is not seen in the bus nowadays? What’s the matter?” Most of his fans were eager to know about him but no trace of him.

At last Sinchana told Sahana to ask Lavanya about him. She did accordingly.

 “Why do you call him Shivprasad?” His name is Vijayprasad” asked

Lavanya doubtfully.

“Never mind, he has two names it seems. His friends usually call him by the other name. By the way, what’s the matter with him? He’s not seen anywhere?  Sahana asked with tension.

“I don’t know anything. Even I am eager to know about him. I heard he applied leave for a few days. That’s all.”

This was Lavanya’s reply but they seemed not pleased with her reply.

One week gone. Both Sinchana and Sahana were waiting for the bus as usual. All of sudden Sahana’s eyes brighten up and she screemed, “yeih Sinchu, look there”, she pointed at Shivprasad and said “reserved-creature he is back.”

 Both were very much surprised to see him. At the same time they were stunned to see a graceful woman at his back.

Coming to senses, Sahana asked, “Hello sir, since many days we didn’t see you. Where had you been?”

Vijayprasad with a broad and mischievous smile said, “I had been to my native place to get married my fiance. She is my wife Vinuta” saying so, he introduced her to them.

That was his first smile and this time he had a hearty laugh.

Both of them fell silent for a while and walked away without saying anything

                                                ---Ended---

                                                                             Indu Naik