*First love* He stepped forward She took a step back It then took him a decade to move further to come back to her. He: I am sorry for being late She: I am getting married now *Too Late* "Too late", this word haunts Anshul till today. He didn't even realize that he had applied so much pressure on the glass he had held in his hand that it shattered in pieces in his hands. The only question that keeps on revolving in his mind is why Keerti didn't understand her emotions all these years. High School; the place where most love stories begin to unfold. A time when adolescents start feeling the emotion of love and develop a crush on beautiful girls in their schools. Being 17 years old kid, Anshul was going through the same. Despite being a stud in his class, he was afraid of expressing his emotions to his junior- Keerti, the bombshell of the entire school. Every boy's mouth used to water just looking at her curvaceous structure, even at the age of 15, she had the figure to lure the attention of boys, but Anshul had genuine emotions for her. Then one day, after summoning all his courage, he expressed his emotions to her. If there would have been any other girl, she would have readily accepted, but not Keerti. Instead of saying anything or responding, she ran away from there and started avoiding Anshul. She was not accepting the fact that getting attracted to someone and having feelings for them is a natural and very normal thing. Anshul was shocked to see her react like this and he tried to tell her that he was not misbehaving with her, he loved her, but all his efforts went in vain due to her avoidance. This incident severely affected Anshul's state of mind as he had lost all his confidence in talking with girls and speaking his emotions because he was afraid that either they will misunderstand him or mistreat him. From a person who used to be a stud in his school, Anshul had transformed into a nyctophiliac. The incident had a severe impact on his mind and soul and it started reflecting in his studies and career too. After struggling for a decade, and attending numerous counseling sessions with a psychiatrist, he was able to overcome the trauma he had suffered. As he sat on a chair and began to sip a coffee, the ringing of a bell broke his chain of thoughts for he was engrossed only in keerti's thoughts even after these many years. As he opened the gate, he went pale and his happiness knew no bounds because standing at the door was KEERTI!!!!!!!!!!!! The girl she loved till now was standing in front of her with a smile on her face and here he was standing frozen without a single muscle moving. Keerti coughed a bit and he was out of his trance and invited her inside the house and offered her coffee. She politely declined the offer and there was tension building between them. To diffuse the awkwardness, he asked her how her life was, to which she replied she was doing good and was getting married the next month; she came to invite him to attend her marriage. SHATTERED!!!!!!
