Usually I’m not the kind of person who will go around flirting on streets or any other place no matter the most wonderful guy sent by God himself is standing next to me and also it is considered unpleasant for a girl to behave this way in my civic but sometimes it does happen when you accidentally do something and it turns out to be much charming and memorable which certainly cannot be called flirting.
Though I didn’t want to start it by saying that it was one pleasant morning or it was one fine day…. err…. But cannot find a better start…so…
It was a chilly morning of 23rd January 2007, me and my friend were going to our office, where we were interning. We were stopped at the road across the India Gate, Delhi, as the there was a dress rehearsal of the Republic Day Parade.
We were standing on the footpath in front of the Patiala House (the Delhi District Court), surrounded by all the old wretched lawyers and little kids from the NDMC School watching the Parade pass by, clapping and cheering the armed forces of our nation marching forward with pride, elegantly dressed in their uniform. One squad after other, one regiment after other then came marching forward the officers from the Naval force clad in their navy blue coat, I really couldn’t have recognized owing to my pitiful knowledge, if I wouldn’t have seen the symbol of an anchor up their sleeves that they were a Naval Squad.
I was cheering them and suddenly saw one smart officer marching, second from right in the last file, was looking at me, just in a moment, not thinking how to react and I just saluted him, he smiled and passed by, still mesmerized with the whole act I kept looking at his back.
In want to see him again, I did which never thought I would actually do (“following a guy”), I dragged my friend further, where the parade had halt to take a break, searched that squad where they were taking some refreshments and much to the embarrassment of my friend we walked through all the men standing there, while me all the time looking for that same guy. Finally I saw him standing in front of me drinking water, he grinned at me and said “Hi” I replied back saying “Hello”… wanted to actually talk to him more… but feeling shy and a bit awkward I couldn’t and walked forward with my friend, who was actually feeling weird of what all I was doing… and may be for the first time in all those years she has known me as a coy and righteous person who would never do anything objectionable, she must have thought that I’m actually a shameless creature. But least caring I said to her “let’s wait please, they will start marching again then I want to see that guy again…” so we waited in front of the Embassy of Iran for the Parade to start again much to her disgust.
The parade started again that squad was marching in front of us…I looked at that guy again, waved at him and he grinned again and winked at me…I was again awestruck…
I kept standing till his figure started to fade…the parade was to march till the Red Fort and we were destined to reach our office, which I could see right in front of my eyes. The little flirting…well yes would be called flirting, ended there.
For that moment I’d actually wanted to follow him till wherever they went but later thought that it’s better to go to my office and not get carried away with this mystifying interaction.
For a guy, this must be usual to look at girls and wink at them (while the girls not finding it repulsive) but may be something unusual for me...so thinking sensibly I walked towards my office and prize it as my first flirt.
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