@Greatwolfman 22 February 2022

Could it be love? **It was just like any other day, I woke up bright and early feeling so enthusiastic about what the day had in store for me**. It was the holidays so no classes to attend. I stepped into the living room and saw that my Aunt was still awake, she had come to visit, **she happens to be a big fan of the Zee-World series**, we knew when she was around, that's going to be the channel we would be seeing all day (unless the power cuts out or she goes to bed). **We had a roaster for chores at home,** there were a lot of protests which led to voting spearheaded by my sister who used Dad's love as an advantage to cheat. That was how the roaster came to be, I didn't exactly like it since as the firstborn, I'd been doing the house chores single-handedly for a long time before these naughty siblings came to be. *You know how annoying it can be when you are about to do something, let's say wash the plates and then you hear mom say - "Great, go and wash the plates"? At that moment you would not want to do that chore again, yep, I can see you're smiling, you can relate.* Check out my amazing sponsors Anyway, I decided to do my chores to avoid such drama. When I was done, **I got a call from my friend that there was a party going down and we should go together.** Well, you guessed it, I agreed to go, why wouldn't I? I felt like if I had to stay one more day with my aunt screaming and insulting the Zee-World movies characters, I would lose it. So, I fed my dogs and went to freshen up, wore my nicest shirt and jeans and I was out. Most people might find this weird but **I think Black is the best color**, hence why I mostly use black wears. We got to the venue of the party, there were a lot of people my age there, every time I felt like I had the perfect conversation starter, I lost it again, so I just sat down in a corner, going through some funny Tiktok videos. **Then I heard a voice behind my head laughing at one of them, I turned around and that was when I saw this beautiful lady.** "***Can I sit***" - she said with a voice so gentle, it made my heart settle, "***by all means, please do***" - I say to try and sound cool so she wouldn't notice just how nervous I was. Suddenly making conversations wasn't so difficult anymore, we joked and laughed around. It felt so free, ***could she be the one? Is this what they portray in movies as love at first sight? Is this love?*** We didn't spend the day just staring at the phone, she forced me out of the corner to dance, **we danced and we danced,** it was very beautiful, a part of me didn't even want the party to end. I didn't even get her name, where are my manners. "***May I know your name***" - I asked, "***Elizabeth, but you can call me Lizzy***", "**my name is Great, but you can call me Great**", this made her laugh out loud, oh those dimples, I later joined in. We exchanged numbers as we parted way that evening, **a day to remember if you ask me.** **You can imagine my disappointment** when I was sharing this experience with my friend later that night and he told me she had a boyfriend. It felt like my heart had been shattered into tiny little pieces. That would mean she was just being friendly with me and I on the other hand assumed something else. ***How do you go one being just friends with someone you love eh?*** *Would you say I fell in love too quickly, would you call that love? I still don't have an answer to this. The line that separates love from just being nice is so thin. Boys like myself can easily misread this as love. I think we should normalize being nice to one another (if that's even possible), there is no love in the street they say.* *Thinking back on it, I would say it wasn't love, after all, how could you even love someone you barely know, I might be wrong as Disney is so rightfully portrayed in children's cartoons and fairy tales but what do I know?* **This article was merely a work of fiction with a pinch of reality to portray a very serious issue that is spreading through society like a plague. It's not uncommon for a guy to even take a complete lack of attention from a girl as an indirect love message these days, it's so bad that it's alarming, you can share your thoughts on the matter.** Lead image source: **Unsplash**