The Irony of Life(Chapter 6)

That Night

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Abhishek was lying in his double bunk bed in the dormitory, his friend Harsh in the top Bunk. It had been an hour since he was trying to sleep, his eyes were drooping, his body was tired, he was wounded, normally , a person in that state wouldn't even take a second to drop into his mysterious land of dreams, but he was in his own wonderland tonight.

She, she was so different, her eyes were so beautiful.

He started gazing up at the bottom surface of the top bunk like an idiot, lost in his thoughts.

She cares.

He was moved by this event, although Harsh did make fun of him, they were like brothers, when Harsh understood the gravity of the situation later that day, he stopped making jokes and became all sympathetic towards him, he had been like his guardian angel all the way back to the hostel, helping him, carrying him when he couldn't walk, etc. etc., he even tucked him into bed.

Maybe I should talk to him, maybe not, but who else, but what if Prasoon interferes, well if he does, let him, how does it matter?

"Harsh, bro, you up?"

No response.

"Harsh?"
Nothing.

The Poison In Her Eyes

I had thought it had ended,

I had thought the broken heart had mended,

That I had finally come forward, moved on,

Pity it was just a beginning, just a con.

Her eyes are filled with venomous drugs,

Involuntarily my shoulder shrugs,

I let out a sigh of upheaval, of relief,

Oh, f*ck! She still has that effect, this belief.

The Irony of Life(Chapter 5)

Day 2

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Abhishek and his friends were supposed to climb the mountain-like structure in the Baara Patthar area with the help of the instructors, it was supposed to be really interesting. Harsh was really fired up.
"You know bro, today I'm going to climb this rock, one day, I'll climb Mount Everest."said Harsh.

"Dude, you cannot climb Mount Everest, no one can, it's like too high. You'll die the first few 100 meters." said Abhishek.

"Newsflash bro, people climb it regularly, don’t you read?"
"I read more than you!"

"I'll kill you!"

"You cannot, not if you climb this mountain…you'll die…and then how will you kill me? Mwahahahahahahaahahaha!!!! That's how you do an evil laugh."

"We'll see about that, I'll climb this mountain before you!"

"We'll see."

"I'll see. Loo-hoo-su-herrr! LOOSSSSSER! PHRRRRTTTT!"

"You know, you look like a dummy when you do that."
"I don’t care! You are going to lose."

"We'll see."

In some time they were about to climb the rock, the guide started giving them instructions on how to do so, it took him at least half an hour to instruct and set them up for climbing, they were set to climb in a queue set order, so Harsh and Abhishek decided to time their climbs, and of course, Prasoon would use the stopwatch.

Harsh completed the climb in just under a minute. Abhishek was set to be the last to climb. Just before he could climb, he saw a group of girls walk towards the area they were sitting in.

The Irony of Life(Chapter 4)

The decision was made. His friends were going, all of them, he couldn't stay. He had to go. Why? He could not go, never ever. Rock climbing? What were they thinking? Shit man. It didn't matter now, he had to go, and he had to simply.

They had to walk all the way to the place where they would learn how to climb mountains, it was at least a decent 45 minutes away from the school.

The first day was mostly about learning on how to assemble the equipment, the ropes, the harness, the jumar, etc. The challenge was supposed to be the next day, when they were supposed to climb.

On the way back, Abhishek and his friends bought themselves a few parathas and a pastry on the way. The pastry was dirt cheap and it seemed tacky, but it tasted really good. On reaching the hostel it was almost dinner time, so they took a bath and rushed to the dining hall. They were all really hungry, they didn't do, much physical activity on the mountains but that long of a walk really made them hungry. The dining hall had a lot of food and very less time to eat, so what the boys would do was take whatever they could back to their houses(hidden, of course), and had them later in the night when they would feel hungry, or if not, they would share it with their hungry dorm-mates, someone was always hungry, it was a boys' hostel after all.

The Power Of Fear

As I sit to write today, I have no idea what to type. For the first time ever, I seem blank, because after all these years of living and experience among human beings(unfortunately, I'm one of them), the problem with them is fear. Either we are talking of conquering fear or backing of from it, just talking about it. Someone is afraid of doing something because, he might not know what he wants, someone might just be confused, the other might know what he wants, but he just might be afraid of what might happen if he asked for it, someone is afraid to step up and do the right thing. This is all the wrong way, you cannot conquer fear, you cannot back off, it is part of our emotions, one of the things we do, it is programmed in us. Learn to embrace fear, learn that we cannot run away from it. It is one of our best emotions.