Lockdown, Ludo and Love -2: Diamond Kapil K.C.
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Never had I got the privilege of seeing her name on the ludo board after I got infected with Corona Virus. Every time the invitation for playing ludo popped up on my cellphone, I tapped on the screen immediately with my shivering fingers, while my lips stuttered her name and my heart throbbed louder. With a heavy heart, I left the contention whenever it was about to start. Gradually, my hopes began to fade away, however; because I couldn’t subdue my innumerably unconditional love for her, I never stopped myself from joining the online game. And this happened to be my daily routine for about a whole year.
On contrary to people’s fear of the second wave of Covid-19, I, ignoring all the mishaps inflicted by the virus, started to feel excited as I hoped against hope of her re-arrival since the second phase of lockdown was imposed.
On the third windy day of lockdown, I was reading my favorite book when my notification tone was attuned. Without a second thought, I put the book aside to touch the floating notification of ludo as if it had been waiting for my acceptance. My heart stopped for a while, seeing her name twinkling on my screen, and instantly, all the pains inside me went away.
The match lasted for more than half an hour and no conversation was shared between us. In the span of two hours, we competed in three matches but we didn’t hello to each other throughout the period and it was killing me from inside. ‘Tomorrow I will surely start the dialogue’, I convinced myself.
In the evening while I was lost in an imaginary world with her, I received a message on my messenger and I checked it just to be surprised to witness her name on top of my chat list.
After conversing for about half an hour, I asked her where she had been for so long. She swayed away from the topic I was willing to talk about.
“One day you didn’t show up in the game. Despite the presence of the other three, I felt alone. I hoped I would catch you up tomorrow. It continued for a month and you never came back.” She replied when I kept on insisting.
“Each time I thought of texting you to know the reason, I ceased myself from doing so, realizing that we were unknown to each other.” I was dumbstruck to know the exact reason I never texted her. ‘Maybe, she has no feelings for you, boy’…I always controlled myself from texting her with these costly words hovering over my head.
“And after a month I stopped playing this heartbreaking game”, she added. Just when I was about to defend my love by telling her the truth I felt numb when I read her message…”Unavoidable family reasons led me to the engagement. I am getting married soon. I waited for you”.
With tears in my eyes, I cleared all the words I was about to send her…” I have been waiting for you all this time. I was in the hospital for a month because I was infected with Covid”.
The wind was rustling outside but it was I who got blown away from inside.
As I uninstalled the messenger, I felt as if the token of my love was about to reach the home and three consecutive ones rolled on.
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