Few Things Left Unsaid...

              Today I am writing this Blog Post for one of my closest friend Ritesh. He happens to be working along with me in the same office and often calls me Hulk. Well,that's because I've really put on a lot of weight. I never mind as he is quite younger to me. He is the one who is very mischievous and  always carries a smile on his face. I have never seen him worried or tensed ever since the day I have known him. His funny ways always make me recall the days when I was of his age. I used to enjoy life to the fullest. I always used to carry a smile on my face just as he does. Well I could say it’s that same feeling every guy carries when he is in love with someone. True love to be precise. But in today’s world I hardly believe in this word anymore. It’s been two years since I have ever been in any relationship. I try hard to forget everything that ever happened with me. But my past haunts me on every walk of life. Thanks to Ritesh I cannot forget my past and always cherish those lovely moments I once shared with my girlfriend. 

            Every morning whenever I reach often he is the one to yell on me for being late as he is always on time. Within a fraction of seconds his anger disappears and we both are at the juice center. I don’t remember if at that time we miss a chance of staring at girls around us. But that’s the thing every guy of our age would end up into. The others from our team join us soon and the day begin with teasing each other. It’s just a month in this new office and we all have developed a nice bonding with each other. We share the various moments we spent outside office along with each other. But something has to be different here. It’s Ritesh. Obviously!

            Every time he stares at a girl or see a girl passing by the only thought that comes into his mind is about the girl he loves. His girlfriend who stays in Delhi. All he would say is if she would have been here in Pune he would have done this and would have done that...Blah Blah Blah!! I get irritated soon and tell him to talk about something else. We get back to work and then are lost into the routine. Soon during the break its again him talking about this girl. So once I asked him her name and how he met her. So he began to tell me. Her name is Chitra and I met her in my institute. I was pleased by the honesty, most important the cute little smile that lit up on his face when he told this to me. That certainly provoked him to tell more about her. "Chitra knows that I love her and even if I always flirt with girls she knows I love her a lot." Well he would never mention the missing part in his conversation and soon would change the topic.

          Ritesh-my new friend in office who left his hometown and came to Pune to build up his own career without being dependent upon anybody. He is very straight forward guy who believes in a simple life has a good helping nature and wouldn't thing much before helping anybody if he can. Many times he is very irritating but work seems to be dull and boring without him around. I always recall my days when I used to be same like him most of the times. So why exactly have I chosen this Blog Post to write about him. This isn't because I want to tell anybody that he is very cool or that kind of a friend every person would want. No! This is not about such stuff.
             
             Something happened today and I thought of writing this Blog Post and dedicate it to him. The entire day today he was just the same as he always is but couldn't hide his fake smile from me. I asked him what the matter is and within a moment he vented out everything. That was funny because if it is something very serious people these days never share things with anybody but he does. And he told me everything that had happened. My past stood in front of me as he kept telling me that had happened between him and his girlfriend Chitra. The one who was everything for him says she is in love with somebody else.

             Ritesh smiles and I laugh at him. Rahul laughs at him and so does everybody in the office. We all make fun of him and he begins in his own unique way. He abuses everyone and continues to smile. But somewhere in the corner of his heart he has already convinced it to keep smiling.

                I knew that somewhere down the line he just wants to leave everything and go back to Delhi and ask her. Why? Why did you do this yaar? How could you leave me ? I didn't know how I could really help him at that moment but I tried my best to keep his smile throughout the day. But the entire day I kept observing him. He would always check his cell phone to see if there's any reply for the message he sent to her. Sometimes he would continously keep looking at her pics. He also tells me that many of his room-mates told him to find another girl and stop cribbing about her. But is that what he should really do? I didn't know how exactly I could help him. But I knew one thing about guys even if they are far away from the girls they love they would never cheat if they truly love that girl.

               Two years back I used to do the same stuff which Ritesh was doing today. I was laughing at myself and the situation that had laid in front of me. History repeats itself in various forms! I had always believed in this statement of mine and today when I see the same things repeating again, I really want to ask this to everyone does TRUE LOVE really exist in today's world. Can distance create such a huge gap between two lovers that they need to replace that person with somebody else.

I don't know what Chitra did was right or wrong. All I see is my friend has lost his smile and continues to throw a fake smile letting the entire world know that he is happy. When the truth is...he is crying from inside. No matter how hard guys try to keep smiling there is always a part in the corner of their heart that misses the girl they truly love and it's never shared with anybody.