“Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.” Ruku uttered these words with a hint of arrogance and smugness in his voice.
His cycle was punctured and we were standing in a deserted field. I was standing there shaking in fear, imagining all kinds of bad things that could happen to us and this boy was uttering stupid lines from a Disney movie. I cursed myself partially for nagging him to go and watch this movie during our last date. I never perceived it would boomerang on me. A part of me actually felt like strangulating him.
My voice sounded rude when I asked “Do you have any idea what can happen now?” I am sure my body language was in synchrony with my inner turmoil.
He was nonchalant as before and said with a cool voice “A lot of things can happen. We can get robbed, you can get raped, I can get lynched, and police can pick us up suspecting indecency in public place.”
I seriously felt like slapping him. He was actually speaking out whatever I feared but was scared to utter. I looked at his face carefully and tried to decipher what was going on in his mind. Was he looking scared and nervous or indifferent and carefree? I could find out nothing because his face was as calm as a placid lake.
He perhaps finally understood my anxiety and to calm me flashed his beautiful smile. His smile always melts my heart and turns me into a smitten kitten. I blushed like a new bride and lowered my eyes. I was feeling shy to look at him.
He left his cycle and came near me. He came quite close and I could smell his sweaty body. I actually love his sweaty smell, it always make me feel giddy. He put both his hands on my shoulders and lowered his head to reach my eye-level. My eyes were still lowered yet I could feel his intense stare. He asked softly, almost in a whisper “what are you scared of?”
I kept looking down and did not reply. My one toe was fiddling with the other and my eyes were fixed on them. He lowered his head further. His head was now twisted below mine and my eyes met his. I looked up and he again flashed that mesmerising smile and said “Do you know why I uttered that line?” I said no by moving my head from one side to the other.
He chuckled and said “Us means you and me together and our fate is not in you or me alone but in us. So be brave enough to see it baby!” He embraced me in a warm hug and all my misgivings vanished.
Prompt:“Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.”- Brave
Genre: Romance
Image Courtesy: Pixabay
Awww…the setting is quite scary but the tale is mushy. It seems like Ruku is one smart guy who knows how to say his romantic lines very well. Okay, let me admit I do not dislike reading love stories. What I dislike is reading the clichéd ones.
I have a question – how did the punctured tyre get fixed?
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They dragged the cycle home and next day took it to the cycle repair shop.
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Nice little bit of fluff early in the morning. Good one, Balaka
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Thanks Varad
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You made my toes curl too. What a cute love story. I love the mush and the gush and all the arrogance of a callow youth……
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Yes..the age of guilty innocence…it sounds oxymoron but I am sure you understand what I mean
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That took quite a romantic detour .. dint see that coming!
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😁
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Awwwwww, I liked how t went from scary to mushy. Much love to them!
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Thanks Mayuri💓
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Aww, that’s a cute story, Balaka. I liked how you injected romance into a scary situation.
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Thank you Vinitha😘
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I would have never thought of a romantic tale on this prompt. You are awesome Balaka..
Is it the weather ?
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Thank you for always being so kind…💓💓💓
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I loved the romantic twist at end. I’m a closet incurable romantic at heart. Nice work. 💜💜
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I am a sucker for romance. Glad someone came up with this cute romantic take on the prompt
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Cute, cute. 🙂
https://natashamusing.com/2018/06/because-daddy-says-so-write-bravely-write-tribe/
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Mushy. Loved it, Balaka. Beautifully wove the prompt with the story.
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Balaka great mushy tale, I love such kinds you know it all too well. But I am more interested to know what happens after he utters these wise lines 😉 you robbed us of the pleasure of mirch and Masala… So unfair 🙂
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Ha ha ha…did I?? Sorry…Will write a sequal later on or even better let’s play this game…you finish the story…you are one amazing storyteller who can pen great love stories… remember during Tara days how all of us used to literally nag you to write whatever we wanted to read😂😂
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Ha ha.. You can’t put this on me.. It’s your baby and now we want to know what goes on in that delightfully wicked head of yours
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Let the festival get over…Will conjure up something after that
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🙂
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That is cute .i could visualize the scene vividlyl
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You could?? I am really happy to hear that you could visualise the scene. Thanks for dropping by.
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cute story balaka. Loved your day 1 and day 2 posts too. could not comment immediately. i second anshu.. I loved the pic and the effect of your words to the story!
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Thanks Deepa. I am glad you liked it
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That’s such an interesting turn in the story. The way you took the turn from scary to romantic was really beautiful.
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Aww such a mushy tale. I loved the last line the most 😊
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Yay! Romance rules! But men can be so terrible no? Imagine listing out all the scary possibilities before allaying them!
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Men are terrible indeed…thanks tulika
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So cute. I love to read romance.
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Such a cute tale of young love! Reminded me of the evergreen teenage romance of the Sound Of Music for some reason. 🙂 Baji maat kore diyechish Tina…ebaar ekta filmer script likhe phel! 😀
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etai baki ache Mituldi..satyi tumi gache tule diccho amay 😀
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he he…tui toh chirokaal bhalo likhish re…Tui amar favs der modhhey ekjon…today and always.
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Muah di..and I fell in love with English for you..remember those crazy days..tumi amay country music, beatles, Abba, eisab gaan er sathe introduce korao..and then reading all those books..
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Yes, I do! So many memories…Shob i mone pore jaay…
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shei..tao j tomar sathe jogajog ta theke geche etai ekta baro paona..
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I feel the same way too..
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