Rahul and Chitra joined the same company last year. They started as complete strangers,but very soon they became very close friends. With every passing day their bond became stronger and stronger. Every night they would talk for hours and hours. Chitra would confide everything to Rahul everyday - the fight she had with one of her friends, how her boss was rude to her and what not. And Rahul would always try to cheer her up and solve every trivial problem of her. Despite their busy schedules, they would make it a point to meet everyday. On days when Chitra wouldn't show Rahul would become really upset. He would keep on thinking about her day and night. He would go to sleep thinking about her and would wake up the next morning hoping to see her again.
Rahul was going crazy now. He had no clue what was happening to him. Why was he thinking of Chitra day and night? Why would he stare at his cell for hours and pray that she would be calling him soon? Why would he search for her face in every girl that he watched? He tried thinking rationally about it. But he couldn't arrive at a logical conclusion. He was totally lost now. For weeks he kept on thinking about the same question. One night when he was walking all alone in the deserted streets of the city, something occured to him. Was he in love? Had he fallen for his best friend? Initially he tried to shoo the question away from his head . But it just kept on coming back. Was that remotely possible? He kept on denying it with every possible logic that he could invent. He closed his eyes and the only image he saw for the next hour was that of Chitra and her mesmerising beauty. He realised it was indeed true. He had fallen for her and he couldn't deny it any further.
He was so excited about the turn of events the last night. He wanted to share every bit of information with Chitra , like they always did. He wanted to confess his true love for her. He wanted them to be more than just friends. Over the next week he met her several times. He had spent so much time with her as a friend in the past one year. He imagined what it would be like hang around as lovebirds. The very thought of them being together infused immense happiness in his life. Chitra was perplexed to see this pleasant change in him and was quite curious to know the reason behind it. She even teased him saying that probably he had found his girl and would keep on bugging him to reveal her name, but every time he would shyly just deny it. He wanted her to know that indeed i have the found the love of my life and its none other than you. But somehow he was refraining from letting his dream girl know the sea of love that he had inside for her. Every morning he would wake up and prepare himself mentally to tell her his feelings . But somehow he was refraining from taking the final step. He was totally lost again. Why was he not revealing the truth to Chitra? After days of soul-searching he had found the truth and now he was running away from it? Why - this is the question that kept on playing in his head for the next one week.
One night when he was all alone on the terrace he tried to visualise the whole situation. Next morning he would go and propose her and then there would be no looking back. They would be so happy together and they would never fight with each other because they knew each other inside out. He felt so relieved to think about it and thoroughly planned for the next morning. When he was about to leave, he felt as if someone had knocked from inside.He wondered what was going on. Then it occured to him what if she rejects him? What if she just wanted him to be his best friend - nothing more , nothing less? And then he realised that it doesn't end here - things might get still worse. Would they ever be the kind of friends they used to be ? She had shared everything with him including her crush for guys and lots of other intimate stuff with him over the years. But wouldn't his proposal change the equation between them . He tried to rationalise with himself that it won't affect their friendship but deep down he knew that things will change. Now he was staring straight at a very critical question. Should he take the risk and confess his true love for the girl of his dreams or should he keep his emotions to himself and enjoy their true friendship forever ? He thought,thought and thought about his decision for the next few days.He re-lived the amazing moments which they had shared with each other.He remembered how their friendship was the "envy of the masses" and how much it meant to both of them.He perfectly weighted his decision and finally came to a conclusion. Their friendship meant more to him than anything else in the world and he was not going to risk it for any thing . And that was it. He gave up his love for his friendship. Every know and then he wonders what would it have been like had he taken the other route , but then whenever he sees the sweet smiling face of Chitra and how happy her friendship makes him , he just thanks god that they are still together and he forgets everything else.
Sounds familiar?? Indeed it is. People might have different opinions about this scenario.
- Some might say that Rahul was stupid to keep his feelings of love to himself. But guys his gain was much less than what he could have lost.
- Some on the other hand might say that he did the right thing by keeping his love to himself and saving his friendship. But then you have to give love a chance.
Which stand is right?? It is a debatable question. It's indeed the BIG QUESTION!!
