Unexpected yet welcoming

 

An eminent sentence we all have heard from our mothers is, never talk or accept anything from strangers. I don’t have any inkling why I find it solicitous, because we aren’t that stupid enough to just go around and talk to strangers.

It was raining, I knew I was going to get late reaching my house. Honestly saying, Monsoon is a season that needs to be expunged. I stopped at a café, to have a cup of coffee, being a city-girl, I am inured to the smell of the coffee from local cafes.

There was only one chair empty, beside a man who looked to be in his fifties, flush with positive vibes, and affluent with his style of dressing, excusing myself, I sat beside him waiting for my coffee. He was reading a magazine, it’s name was obscured. Flummoxed by his indifference to my scrutiny, nonplussed, he let me take my own time reading it's title, which was, "Love thy Enemy". I became a bit irresolute by the time my coffee came along. I started sipping my coffee, while not keeping in mind my mother’s unpopular advice, I talked to him, unnervingly, about the weather, damn, I don't know why I was hoping he would just ignore me, but instead he turned towards me and gave an edifying smile, and said, “It is indeed a good weather to have a cup of coffee.” When I looked at him in askance, he vaguely replied saying, “I am fond of this season, as it reminds me of my days as an unabashed lover, oh what days those were, she's no more, but there is not a single day that goes by without missing her by my side, the chair you are sitting right now, is where she used to sit and laugh at my pointless jokes.” I was a bit bereft by his words. He looked at me with a raffish smile got up, paid his bill and left me there in a vehement emotion, I couldn’t put my finger on. I can't think of a valid reason why it sounded so soulful, happy and hopeful, for me, all at the same time. 

I came over his words, drank my coffee, paid the bill, and left for my house, in the now clear weather. I did think about his words later, somewhere deep within me, I knew I crave for such a kind of venerated love. I knew I desire a person who would miss me, cherish me, want me like that person. 

And then I realised, if I am good enough, I'll surely be blessed to have a person like that in my life.