Library

Kind's Pov.

Kind was following Jun's lead as Jun had held his wrist as they walked ahead leaving the bus stop behind. Beautiful flowers were planted on the sides of the footpath on which they were walking.Kind's heart was beating fast and he was feeling a strange feeling in his stomach. He wasn't sure if it was because they were walking fastly or because of the guy who was walking beside him holding his wrist.

"We are here!" Jun said as he let go of Kind's hand.

"Damak Public Library" Kind read the baner which was on the top of the entrance gate of the tall building in front of them. The walls of the building were brightly painted and there was a window display from where he could see that the library had just got some new books.

"Let's go inside" The tall guy beside him said as he held his hand and pulled him inside the building.

The interior of the library was pretty, it had got old fashion sofa(The one which has designed fabrics on the edges of the back laying part and has rounded, sponge filled inside and fabric stitched covering the inner wood).It had old big size chandelier defining that this library has old theme design.

"Let's go there!" Jun said, who was busy observing Kind's amazement before,pointing at the block which had nameplate New novel from south-west on the top. Kind gave of a nod of agreement and walked in the direction where the tall guy had pointed.

"I have heard that you are fond of reading novel specialty fantasy once" Jun stated as he took a peek and turned his eyes to the bookshelves.

"Umm," Kind nods as he pulls a book from the shelf.

"Can you suggest one?" Jun turned his eye bells to him.

"Okay" he replied with a slight smile "What kind of genre do you prefer?" he asked.

"Umm…" Jun thought for a while and said, "High-school sweat love story"

He glanced at Jun who was giving a gentle smile to him and said "Different from the genre I prefer" tearing off his eyes from Jun to the shelf [What does he mean?] Jun thought in mind.

"High-school sweet love story…" He murmured as he went through the shelves, He pulled out some books and turned around to give those books to the guy who was standing behind him.

"These are my recommendations" Kind said as he gave those books to him "Choose one, you may not be able to finish this whole pile of books". He took those books and one by one he begin to read the titles of the book.

"Teacher's pet whom I loved the most" He read making a wondering face, he said "Nah" he kept the book back on the shelf where it was before.

Then he read another title "My secret crush… interesting but nope"

"Girl whom I wanted to be my girlfriend… boring" he kept that to its previous place. Kind was getting annoyed by the faces that Jun was making as he read the title.

"He loved me enough to let me go" Jun's eyes widened after reading the title. He turned his face to the guy who was watching him with his left eyebrow up and said "I would love to know more about the story" handing him the remaining books back to the guy who recommended them.

Kind took the remaining books and turned around to keep them back to their original places.

"You said that you prefer a different genre than mine" Jun kept the book in his side bag.

"Umm," Kind replied but didn't turn as he placed the books.

"What is that ?" Jun said as he followed Kind. Kind didn't answer. He walked quietly to a shelf and pulled out a book.[Maybe in our next lives] Jun read the title of the book as Kind handed him.

"I prefer a love story with an emotional ending" he altered as it was clear that Jun didn't understand what he meant. He thought that Jun would find it funny but inside the tall guy narrowed his eyes and wrinkles appeared on his forehead.

"Don't you think reading a love story which has a heartwarming ending would be better than reading a story in which you will feel sorry for the lads who didn't meet to be together?" a long question dropped from Jun's lips.

"Love story which has a heartwarming ending may be quite enjoyable but the story in which lovers can't be together always shows the facts of the world." Kind as he took the book that Jun was holding

"And what is the fact of the world?" Jun asked as started to walk with Kind.

"World doesn't accept true lovers. It only accepts them only when they separate or die" Kind said as his smile vanished away while stating the fact

"Huh?" Jun didn't understand.

"For example Story of Ritu and Subas. They loved each other from the depth of heart but fate made Subas leave his village in order to earn enough so that he could live with her happily till death. Ritu showed a happy look but inside her heart, she wasn't ready to bear the pain of separation. Subas flew to the USA and never returned. Ritu was left with tears in her eyes but satisfaction in her heart that Subas will leave his life with luxury that she would never be able to give him. She loves him without expecting anything in return" Kind narrated an old story that he often likes to read although the ending remained the same.

Jun remained speechless, [He truly knows the meaning of love] his brain altered him.

"Can I rent this book for a week?" Jun said to the librarian as he walked to her desk

"Sure Kid, Give me your contact number and your name," The librarian said as she typed something on the desktop.

"My name is Jun Karki and my contact number is 98******0," he said his name and gave his number to the lady.

"Here" The lady handed him the book that he wanted to borrow. [Let's recommend something] a thought appeared in Jun's head. Then he said, "Kind, wait here okay." and went to a shelf. Kind stood there with thought [Why is he running like that]

Within a moment, Jun returned with a novel in his hand, he quickly gave it to the lady so that she could continue to make the bill.

"I didn't know if you will like it or not but I want you to try this novel" Jun said while forwarding a novel to him after the billing process was done.

"Okay" He took the novel from Jun's hand without a hesitation.

"Let's go. We may become the last pair to approach at the bus stop" Kind said as soon as Jun paid the bill with a laugh in his voice.

"Ha ha! sure" with that both of them walked out of the library and continued to walk. [Something is missing!] Kind said in his head, he couldn't figure it out. Though he was walking on the same path, the same flowers were there but something was missing.

Everyone had arrived at the spot where they were asked to come by Miss Sulochana only this pair was last although they were the first to arrive. Kind's eyes scanned the crowd twice but he couldn't find two people in the crowd, Mean and Win. Win had told him that he wouldn't be going but for Mean he looked at Jun and said "Where is Mean?"

"He is not going" Jun placed his hands in his pant's pocket.

"Why? Wasn't he the one who was excited for this trip?"

"Umm he was but something came up so he is taking care of that thing" in the tall guy's words Kind could sense that he was trying to hide something. He didn't question further as he knew that it would be a waste of time.

"Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!" A bus blowing its horn stops at the bus stop.

"Everyone get inside one by one" Miss Sulochana said to them after she walked down from the bus. She was holding a clipboard in her hand. "Good morning everyone" Mr. Limbu said as he walked down from the bus and stood beside her.

"Good morning!" Each of them greeted back and began to walk inside the bus one by one forming a line.Inside the bus, Kind sat at a window seat and Jun sat beside him.

"So, First things first, the bus will stop at two places;one Khaja ghar where you all will have your meal and another is MahendraNager where we will change our bus. After stopping at Mahendra Nager we will stop directly at Pokhara." Miss Sulochana then took her seat beside Mr.Limbu and the Bus started. [Note:Khaja ghar means restaurant in nepali]