34 Eyes speak better (1/2)

Prakruth came in search of Punya, she was busy clicking photos of different colored flowers, butterflies and plants around.... He just stood admiring her beauty.... She wore a long light green colored maxy which had bright red and yellow floral print... ”She looks like mini version of Mother Nature.... Wow” thought Prakruth. He was speechless.

She turned around shooting through her mobile camera, she was startled to see him on screen. She gasped, lowered the phone and walked towards him.

She touched his cheeks with her right hand and said ”What happened? Why have you become like this? You weren't seen in college from many days....”

He was captivated by her touch, a cold breeze swept across his heart making his world even more picturesque....

”You're not even responding, you look so tired, you have lost weight too... Eyes look so pale brown....” she couldn't speak further.... She could see a great source of love in his eyes for her as she held his face in her hand looking into his eyes.

”I have brown eyes Punya, you've never observed I think... I just had fever from few days, now I'm totally fine. Don't worry” said Prakruth holding her palm on his face...

She immediately took back her hand from his face as his touch sent a live wire down her spine.

”What happened?” asked Prakruth.

She just nodded sideways.

”Shouldn't I touch you?” he asked.

Punya's mind started speaking for her... ”You can touch me, only you. I belong to you...but being a girl I can't express the desire. You don't know how much I love you but I'm not able to understand your feelings. Forget the gossips, you've never given hints that you don't like that color doll Roshni. What if I propose and you reject me??” thought Punya. Seeing her silence, Prakruth thought ”I must tell her what I feel or she'll think I touched her with bad intentions. First I'll know what she feels about me...”

”Prakruth” Punya broke the silence between them, ”Why didn't you tell me about your illness??”

”I don't use mobile here, no signals. Moreover I slept as soon as I came from college, got up properly on third day”, he explained.

”Why do you suffer alone?”

”I'm not alone, Punya. This is my true loving world. I can explain that to you if you see my farm... .”

”Can you show me your farm?” she asked.

”Your father told me that you want to see the festival in village, come I'll show that first...” he said.

”Now in afternoon?”

”Sorry, now there will be no events.. We should go by 5... Lots of things to see”

”So take me around your farm” she ordered.

”Your legs might hurt as you're not used to long distance walk in this hot sun...” he showed his concern. According to him, she was most sensitive.

”I'm not made out of wax, I won't melt... Come” she walked further. He had to follow her.

”You can carry me if I fatigue” she added. He smiled nodding his head in agreement.

He explained about the farm, trees, plants, climbers, few birds and some insects too. She was admiring his eccentric looks and just followed him. He held her hand in slopes and elevations, just to make sure she doesn't fall. Later they arrived near the farm house which was painted recently. It had a flower garden on right side and few fruit bearing trees on left, a square plot between these two parts was a green lawn. Some rabbits were playing in the lawn, love birds were chirping from safely designed nests hanging from the hooks on the ceiling of the portico. Punya ran to catch a rabbit which was playing around. She missed it, she made a disappointed face and sat on steps of the farm house.

Prakruth caught one of them and put on her lap... She clapped in excitement and nursed it. She asked ”Get that black one please”, he brought that too.

”You like pets??” he asked.

”I love them... All these are yours?”

”Yes, there are more, come I'll show you”

”Oh wow, come” she left the rabbits carefully down and walked with him. She unwittingly held his hand and he enjoyed that gesture.

”Oh my God” she exclaimed.

”Careful, she'll hit if she feels unsafe” said Prakruth.

”This is Emu right? First time I'm seeing it in real... She's so huge taller than me”..... she touched it slowly and gently. Emu responded well.