Pathum POV

  Scarlet told me everything , I understand them, they were just trying to protect her. That's a good thing but in an wrong aspect of it. They are trying to protect scarlet in their own ways , they think I am bad person, that is fine too, what can I do about it but weep? And weeping is just an sign of weakness they say. Covid is slightly getting better and the bad news that come from it is I will have to go school again I will have to meet my friends after 6 long months of school break I will finally have to go school and also I will have to stay away from scarlet which is the most difficult thing to do .

  I don’t want to go school. Never with those filthy basturds. Hehe . I mean my lovely friends.

  If lovely meant pain in the butt

  Also I will have to let them know , let one or two of my friends about scarlet. I will try to avoid MANY PEOPLE GETTING TO KNOW ABOUT HER. Eventhough I have an idea with whom I might share the story I would still avoid the majority crowd. I have to protect scarlet. If I told everyone about scarlet they would want to know about her everything and might seek her pictures and I don’t want them to keep her pictures.

  I mean I trust some of them but still you never know the mystery of their minds, they could go berserk and it wouldn’t be a pleasant gift that remain as the harvest of what i sow.

  Honestly I don’t want to go school. I mean to get up early and dress and then go out there with people and most of all leave Scarlet alone, that’s literal hell.

  Pathum ; hey , Monday there will be school. I hate that. Hate it so so much. I don’t wanna leave you ??????

  Scarlet ; I hate it too cause I am going to be having my school too . I hate that I have to spent time living without you.

  Pathum ; crap crap crap why does we have to suffer like that ? we don’t deserve the pain we go through.

  Scarlet ; exactly sweetie

  Pathum ; you know I forgot to mention , there will be an book fair and I might get the chance to go there, If I get the chance I am going to buy more books.

  Scarlet ; good for you sweetie

  Pathum ; you are going to have some tough days without me isnt it so?

  Scarlet ; I am not the only one,so let’s take this test of god as a good approach and claim our victory.

  Pathum : We will win this too, just like all our past incidents.

  Scarlet : Very true sweetie. I will miss you so badly.

  Pathum : Me too sweetie!

  Scarlet : What’s it’s like going school after 6 months of lockdown ?

  Pathum : I mean I dunno. It will be odd I guess, I would ask the same from you.

  Scarlet : Strange!

  Pathum : Mysterious!

  Scarlet : Will tell your friends about me?

  Pathum : Only few.

  Scarlet : Why is that? You are ashamed of me? That a girl like me is your girlfriend?

  Pathum : Ashamed is far from who you are to me. The reason I would reveal about you to few is because that’s the number I trust. And a girl like you should be protected at all cost and I abide and follow those principles of protecting you. I would not want anybody harming you, so that’s why I am not going to reveal much about you.

  Scarlet : I know it sweetie that’s one of the reason why I love you so much, I adore and admire those qualities of yours.

  Pathum : So what about you? Will you speak about me to your friends?

  Scarlet : I don’t think I could trust them Pathum.

  Pathum : Or is it that you are ashamed of having a mentally disabled dwarf as your partner?

  Scarlet : If I was right there, I would have printed all five fingers of my hand on your cheeks. Don’t you ever disrespect my boy, ever. It doesn’t matter what I don’t want anybody to harm him. No disrespecting my child.

  Pathum : But didn’t I just spoke of the truth? I am short, I have a overthinking mind and I am ugly.

  Scarlet : So am I .

  Pathum : That is far from the truth. Look at you, you look so beautiful and cute, you have an nice accent, you are fair, you are blessed like an angel, you are smart and everything else a person could wish for.

  Scarlet : So are you!

  Pathum : Am I really?

  Scarlet : Yes sweetie you are.

  Pathum : OMG! Thank you so so much!

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  Scarlet : You’re very welcome! Don’t ever forgot them alright? Always keep them in your mind when I AM NOT HERE TO TELL THEM.

  Pathum ;Aww!!! ???? I love you

  Scarlet ; I love you more

  Pathum ; are you sad ?

  Scarlet ; no I am not . why do you ask ?

  Pathum ; because I am your boyfriend , I want to make sure you are well. I want to make sure that you are doing well and that you are happy. I know that your family hasn’t been treating you well and I am so sorry for all the pain you have to go through just because of me. I am so sorry scarlet I wish I could be there now so that I could hug you and make those weight go away from you. Just know if I was there I wouldn’t let you go through that pain, I’d take them on.

  Scarlet ; I know that you care about me sweetie but you need to take care of yourself too, have some rest and eat some food, because you go through a lot just like me, and you have to be strong, you are my boy and I want you to be strong. I trust you no matter what my family says I know you are the very best person to me, I know that you are the exact person.

  Pathum : Thank you so much ??

  So Monday morning came in a snap, I got up at 4 am and bath out in the cold , the bath was cold and I didn’t liked it either but I have no choice its my habit to wash and bath before I go somewhere so I have to follow my rituals or else there will be troubles. So I got dressed said goodbye to scarlet and mom. The bus arrived at 6 am and by 7 am I was at school it was a new experience there were taps everywhere we have to wash our hands before going into the class I washed my hands and applied hand sanitizer so that virus wont get me , I also enjoy the mask I’m wearing, heard people criticizing that mask is a trouble but I love the mask. It help me be away from the world it covers my face so it is kinda LIKE a defence, you know imagine you were in a bus and a guy spoke and some of his saliva got in to your face that will be disturbing right?

  But when you do have a mask its the other way around his saliva wont be in your face so you see its kinda like a protection and its really good to have a mask you get good air and also it helps with corona. I kinda wonder do I have a disease because I wash too much I spent like 2 minute washing the hands once I came to school. I don’t know but whatever it is I don’t mind I have an angel taking care of me. She’ll help me figure it out as well.

  Anyway we discussed about the trip we are about to go , well that is not a trip , its a ride to book fair , Colombo international book fair , WE SCHEDULED THIS COMING FRIDAY to the journey, so that will be very interesting to have some books and smell them haha, its always awesome. But to stay away from her is the most difficult thing.

  So me and my former best friend Kamal fell into a conversation , it was about scarlet,

  “ so tell me everything how did you both met? Was it instagram? Or wattpad? Man tell me everything.

  “ okay I will.’’

  ‘’ great!’’ kamal clapped.

  ‘’ So we met on wattpad 6 months ago on march 13th and it was the start of our relationship. So it started with her thanking me for the follow and it was 2 hearts and then 3 hearts by me and then we asked for read for read ,she and I both read each others book and gave the respective comment on the books , she was delighted so was I . so we started talking with each other about our differences and culture and country so we spent like 2 weeks on wattpad and then she invited me to an app named google hangouts well there we talked and shared our photos , we also got into google photos there we were able to exchange many pictures about us and we got to know each other quite well. So then we got to know the family members and they talked with each other like my mom with her mom and her mom with me and else our relationship grew stronger. Things were fine and healthy , it was nice. We also talked in an app called Marco polo there we shared video clips of our selves and that was better, we also video chat, we talked for hours and hours and we didn’t stop, I enjoyed talking to her and she did the same. And 6 months later here we are.’’

  ‘’ wow thats an amazing story ! ‘’ he said smiling.

  ‘’ please don’t share it with others, they don’t need to know About this just yet.’’ I said.

  ‘’ you got it boss, its your privacy I wont blame you..’’

  ‘’ its not a bloody privacy matter, it is just I want to protect her and I don’t want anybody stalking her.’’ I told him as we made our way to the class room. Ignoring other classmates.

  ‘’ I understand I wont speak this to anybody I promise.’’

  It was a normal school day , but until I met an accident in the bus on my way home, I contacted someone else armpit Eww disgusting! but true it is disgusting, I didn’t mean to touch that mans armpit but I accidently contacted there and that ruined my entire day , so I came home threw my bag to the bed made sure that contacted arm wouldnt touch the bed and so I went near the tap and washed my hands and washed them very well , applied so many soap and washed them afterwards dried my hands and then applied hand sanitizer, so that it would kill any remaining germ or dirt of that man.

  You know my thinking is quite absurd, I think too much about things and I don’t know whats wrong with me . soon after the bath I texted scarlet , I made sure my hands are clean as well as my body so I bathed well, and yet it is true that I bath at 4 am and now at 4pm after school 12 hours of pain and now finally I have the freedom but my happiness wont last long because scarlet has to go school as well so she will get up in few minutes and then get ready to go to school.

  I texted scarlet , and she got up few minutes later and I told her everything about school and the armpit case and how much I suffered from it, so she has done her research and came to the conclusion that I have an disease named OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder , and these incidents just proved that. You know I am quite glad that we was able to figure out what is wrong with me. But that should remain as a secret , just I informed mom about this and no other friends, when did I ever had friends any way ? When I told mom she was both concerned and frustrated and sad. Concerned about her son, sad that I am suffering and frustrated that I keep framing myself as a mental boy. She loathed those words, if she would have slapped I would have lost all my tooth due to her fury. But am I wrong? Ain’t I a mentally disabled boy? Who cannot handle himself and his daily life.

  5 days later we were on our way to the Colombo international book fair, it is the biggest book fair in the country and I am participating in it for the 2nd time and it was very interesting I bought 10 books , well more than 10 I bought some number of books , I loved every second of it, I don’t know but it is life, I don’t enjoy the company with friends that much but I do enjoy these books and later how I would be able to read them and share the stories with scarlet, she always loved hearing stories from me especially my voice. I did marco polos regarding the book I got and she was over the moon .

  Isn't she so innocent?

  I just love this girl so much and I wont let any harm happen to my sweetie.

  She stood for me when her own kind said her not to, she never betrayed me and for all of that I will protect her and give the best life I possibly can give her. No matter what the haters say , they can sing their anthem all day if they want but there is nothing that is going to stop me from loving my innocent girl. I just wanna kiss my baby girl so bad haha.

  Gosh ! Too much of day dreaming huh?!

  And make her feel like she deserve the whole world because god she deserves.

  Dear god, I am sorry for my inconsistent prayers, I wish I was drawn to you more than I am now but I just can’t. I never said you didn’t exist or neither said you do but all I know is I am thankful for the gift you gave me ; my dear baby girl Scarlet. What more could I ask for?! She’s my everything and thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing her into my life. I promise I will take good care of her.

  Amen!

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