Rise from the void

Drifter's rise from the void, Day 11

Arjun seems like he has lost it completely today. He has been skipping his lunch for the last four days, straight. And the fool just could not do one thing perfectly. You know, the plan was to go get his license today (Learner's). He left to the RTO, but before that he went out and collected his phone at work (remember no phones allowed, he complained) from the locker, noticed that he had received an email he quickly opened it and read it. He was so engrossed in reading it that he forgot to pick his bag which had all the documents in it. He kept reading the email again and again to understand what it meant and by the time he did that for the third time, he reached the parking lot. He got on his bike, double checked the parking ticket given to him by the Security but did not bother about his bag. On his way, he did not ride the bike the usual way, he was lost in thoughts. He slowly moved on the road, allowing the traffic to overtake and did not notice the usual stares he received (even though he is shy and turns his face away upon such stares, he would usually enjoy this attention). In no time, he reached the RTO and only then did he realize his stupidity. He did NOT GET THE FREAKING DOCUMENTS!! Job is going to be postponed yet again! The single most important job!! Moron!!!

Since he was already here at the RTO, he went to the KTM Service station and even before he could explain (in his usual boring and lengthy way) what the problem was, he was interrupted by the Service engineer who asked "So, you mean to say the rear view mirror vibrates a lot?" To which he said yes, and the service engineer checked and confirmed that the whole piece needs to be replaced and that they could not fix it even temporarily, for the mirror in the panel is loose. So, he will have to manage the trip with a noisy, rather strong one at that, vibrating rear view mirror. This is not the worst part of his short trip now - On his way, Mr. Fool decided upon something (He blames it on me!) and he almost did it. He was very close to doing it. Even I was shocked to see how easy it was for me to make him do it. But I barely tried. It was as if he was waiting to do it. He slowed his bike completely down, almost stopped it. He was ready to put his feet on the ground; he took the right one of the brake pedal… I was happy that he was doing it. I think it would mean a lot to him, but the fool is too stupid to realize it (or maybe I am too ignorant to understand the severity of the consequences). And… while his foot was mid-air, almost touching the ground only then did he realize that it is not the right thing to do. And he immediately pulled open the throttle and the machine did the rest for him. I constantly pushed him until we crossed that Mc Donald's where I again became strong only to lose yet again… another failed attempt to make or break his life. He is strong. I have to give him that. But how strong will he be? There is always a tomorrow. ;)

I am so looking forward for the road trip now!

The Drifter