Friday, 18 July 2014

Short Story: A Bad Romance



I held the phone in my hands admiring the beauty of Lydia, she was so beautiful and so innocent, I also was handsome and intelligent, I knew that she had platonic feelings for me just as she knew I also had for her. I had not known Lydia for more than a month but from how we spent time fidgeting with our phones and sending each other messages and emoji, it is like we knew each other from Adam. Speaking of Adam, I met her through a friend called Adam, he was Lydia’s boyfriend but they had never met before, all they did was to communicate via social media. According to Adam, he met her on one of these social media platforms and instantly took liking for her; he proposed to her and they have been dating for a year and half now.

 “You are a perfect gentleman, I wonder
 why you aren’t dating :)

“Well, I have been single for three years now :(
“Oh I see, when are you getting a new girlfriend? :P”
 “When I find one I love”
“But you are handsome, brilliant and
also kind of sexy, I’m sure every girl will like you”
“Do you like me?”
NO REPLY
THREE HOURS LATER

“Sorry for the last question, I think it was rude”
“Oh never mind, sorry for not responding,
I was at the kitchen cooking”
“Oh I see, cooking what?”
“Rice”
Oh I see, are you sure you didn’t use a rice-cooker?

NO REPLY
TWO HOURS LATER

Let’s play this game, let’s assume I’m dying
Tell me one secret you have held from me :) 
And I shall tell you mine.
I think you are beautiful
Oh thank you, but then read the question
Again.
TYPING….
I looked on my scream and I was thrown into a state of confusion. I knew like she also knew that, we were in love with each other. Nothing was stopping her from loving me but then I was thinking of Adam. I considered him as a friend, as a little brother although I like Lydia had not seen him before

Still typing?

I looked at the second reply again and I knew that she wanted me to propose to her. Ever since we had met, she had been sending me veiled, love-concealing message of her feelings for me and how she wanted me to propose to her. But then I was thinking of what to write. Do I have the courage to take Adam’s property? I typed “I think I love you” I was about to press the send button but then a voice deep within me screamed “If you were Adam, would you feel ok if he did it to you?” In fact, he introduced her to me, there was this element of trust in Adam; he knew that he could trust me with his girlfriend so then I didn’t want to betray him. I pressed backspace and typed again “I love you but then Adam is my friend”.

Ei, this long time
TYPING….
This is silly, how I possibly write that to a girl? I thought very hard on what to write

Can you prepare food for me tomorrow? I’ll come and eat
Sorry for the late reply, Network problem.
Seen
I sat on my bed just cursing myself. This was indeed a bad bad romance.

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