The Heartquake

DISCLAIMER

The following is a work of non-fiction. Any resemblance with characters living, dead or undead, is purely non-coincidental and intended

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Him and a girl named Her, and the world in, around and between them.

They were friends. Good friends. You see, they were compatible. Compatible people are really, really hard to find.

Then one fine day, Him and Him’s friends were hanging out. Him talked to Her on the phone and Her wanted to join them. Him happily agreed. Him enjoyed spending time with Her. Her was nice to talk to on the phone and online, but even more so face to face, by virtue of being very pretty. So Him and Him’s friends were joined by Her. As the evening progressed, Him began to feel that something was not right. Later that night, when Him was in bed, he couldn’t sleep.

Him thought incessantly about Her.

Him had never, ever thought about Her in quite that way. Him used to hit on her regularly, but in a very friendly and light-hearted way. This, however was quite different. Him and Her were on a beach, sitting with Her’s head on His’s shoulder, and they were just talking, talking softly. The beach became another quiet setting,  not quite as clear as the vision of Her in His’s arms, Her’s soft, warm body entwined in His’s. Him and Her became Them, and the world had no other people other than Them in that moment. These happy visions were then suddenly gone, and were replaced by Insecurity, The worst enemy of Love. Maybe Them was not such a good idea after all. Maybe pursuing ‘Them’ would kill ‘Him and Her’. Maybe Him was not good enough for Her. In the deepest throes of despair thus caused, however, salvation came in the form of  those happy visions making their appearance again, and the whole night, Him was caught in this painful  tempest of oscillating emotions. Him then thought of this word- Heartquake.

The other morning, Him called Her and tried to explain his feelings. Him was confused about his feelings, and was in a lot of physical pain. However, with Her help, Him finally could figure out the issue, and think beyond the pain. Finally it was clear to Him that the feeling Him harboured for Her was infatuation in its raw, unadulterated form, triggered by the pretty face and Him’s general admiration of Her. If Him made mistakes, the cost could be Her as a friend. Him then set about restoring order in the world. It would be very difficult, but had to be done, to prevent life from tuning to Hell, like so many before Him.

Him realized the need to take it slow with Her, the current speed was breakneck. More time was needed to, well, just let things take their own course. Rushing things at this stage would be disastrous for Them as well as Him and Her. Him realized that Friendship is the most important relationship of all, and trumps Infatuation anyday, because Infatuation brings with it Jealousy and Insecurity, the most efficient destroyers of a peaceful life. Him also tried to revive the Self-Confidence lost during The Heartquake.

The Bottomline, then is, that Him learnt three important lessons in approximately forty-eight turbulent hours:-

• The need to let things take their own course  in matters of the Heart

• The value of Friendship.

• The importance of not losing Self Confidence.

These monumental changes instilled in Him a sense of Joy and Relief, Happiness at being able to crawl out of the Abyss of Despair and Desperation. Him became less Excitable and Less Worried Perpetually, and more Confident. Time would decide Him’s fate, and everything would happen for the best.

As For Him and Her, well, Them lived Happily Ever After.

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