Infatuation Troubles. How it started. A nondescript sanitiser. That is it how all it started, my very forgettable infatuation. The stores had just opened after the lockdown. Life had a new normal, masks, sanitisers, gloves, social distancing and people were generally going about their lives as normal as normal could be under the circumstances. I had gone out to the local grocery store for provisions, walked down from my apartment block and was enjoying the new found thrill of selective freedom from the confines of my flat. It was then I saw her, a slightly built person fumbling with the sanitiser kept on the desk by the entrance of the grocery store. She was trying to get some sanitiser liquid on the paws of her grimy looking dog. Obviously she wanted the dog to accompany her inside. The whole scene was so funny to look at, that I couldn't control my laughter. This happens as I come up by the grocery shop, and I quickly stop as she looks up surprised. " Can I help you", I ask, smitten instantly by her deep blue eyes, trying to cover up my gaffe. She nods and I help her by holding the bottle for her as she applies the sanitiser liquid on the dog's paws. " Thanks", she said, "My dog cannot be without me for even a second and I don't want to leave him outside." "Oh I see", I replied. Trying to be less awkward, I opened the door for her and we start an amiable chat on the new normal of life as we shopped, even as the grocer glared at us, apparently he wasn't too keen on the dog being there. We went out separate ways soon after that. I never saw her again, but those deep blue eyes haunt me on my dreams but her grimy looking dog could spill cold water over any romantic notions, I believe! I wonder if I will ever see her again, not her dog though. Here's a rather unconventional #collab prompt for #YoStoWriMo Day 8. Take this fun story forward. :) #SanitiserStory #YourQuoteAndMine Collaborating with YourQuote Baba #tejaswiniaura
