Thursday, 6 October 2022

Courage (Tiny story in 100 words)












She smiled at him every day at the office giving him those special glances. He liked her too, yet checked himself from responding.

One day, he took courage, smiled back and asked her whether she would join him for lunch at 2 PM at the restaurant in the next building. She nodded happily.

 She waited for him from 1.45PM. But even after the clock struck 2.30 PM, there was no sign of him. He had got cold feet. We are living in “dangerous times” he thought - too many hassles in the proposition. After all, they belonged to different communities... 

4 comments:

  1. Yes, love has religion and caste now.

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  2. Thank you for reading and responding to the post.

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  3. So nice of him to consider the doubts early rather than think of them later! Know too many people who thought of such things later causing a lot of hurt all around!

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    1. Thank you for sharing your thought on the subject!

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