It was a warm morning, and I was waiting for the train. With the sweet whistle sound, I heard it coming. I entered and saw her. She was sitting opposite my seat. She was so beautiful and pretty that I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She also noticed me doing it, but didn’t feel strange. Maybe she gets this more often. Finally, I reached my destination. Guess what, she's also off at the same station. The reason for my visit was to explore one of the oldest and most divine temples.
The temple was well known for its belief that anything wished there with true faith is granted. I saw her there and started thinking, is this any coincidence, or does
the universe want us to be together? She saw me and walked straight toward me. Seeing her getting closer made me nervous, but I tried to stay calm. There she was, standing in front of me. She looked me in the eyes and said, “ Are you following me or are we both following each other?” That question made me confused. That look on my face made her laugh. I also smiled, looking at her laugh. That was an icebreaker for us.
We started chatting and got to know each other. While talking, she asked about my business there. I responded, “Nothing much. I wanted to see the place where all the wishes are granted.” She looked me in the eyes and asked, “ So what do you think, does this place really grant wishes?” I took my eyes off her,
and while looking at the floor, I said, “I don’t know. I think I got what I need,” and looked back at her. She smiled and said, “You know, the complete story is that you have to donate something in order to get what you wish.” I kept looking at her, waiting for the remaining piece of the story. She continued, “People offer their hair,” and looked at me, and rolled her eyes at my hair. I said, “I can pay that price.” She got a little closer to my face and said, “Are you sure?” I looked in her eyes and said, “My wish is much prettier than my hair.” She smiled and said, “Ok lets see if you can really do it.”
She stood up and asked me to follow her. She took me to the place where the offering takes place. After reaching there, she told me, “So here we are, make your offer, and I can bet you will get your wish.” She looked me in my eyes. I guess she wants to test
my faith. I took my place on the offering seat and was waiting for my turn. She was standing there watching. She was checking if I would stay or run off. When it was my turn, and I was still sitting there, she walked up to me and said, “ You don’t have to do this. I was just kidding.” I kept my head down and said, “I have to. Can’t risk losing my wish.” Before she could reach the barber, spray water on my hair and made it wet. Then she took a straight razor and placed it at the center. Then she started shaving my head. After two strokes of the razor, a big lump of hair fell down on my lap. The bare scalp was clearly visible on top of my head. In no time, she shaved my head from the top. Then she bent my head down and shaved from the back. My shaved hair was falling on my back and then hitting the ground. She was still standing there watching me getting shaved. Within 10 minutes, I was completely bald. I stood up
and looked at her with a smile. She was looking at me with guilt on her face. I walked up to her and said, “What happened? You don’t like bald men?” She got tears in her eyes and ran off from there. I followed her. She ran to a place where there was no crowd and said, “I was just messing with you. You shouldn’t have shaved your head.” I replied, “I told you, my hair is not prettier than my wish.” Then she looked at me and said, “You know what, I cannot make any wish.” I looked at her with a mysterious look and asked, ”Why?” She said, “Because I don’t have anything to offer,” and then she took off her wig. She was completely bald. She said, “I have a condition. I never had and never will have hair on my head,” and started crying. I held her face and made her look at me and said, “I
did not know that my wish is so beautiful.” She raised her eyes and looked at me and said, “You are saying this only to comfort me. I know what your next words are.” I said, “You don’t have to think, I will tell you. Please marry me.” She was surprised and said, “What? You want to marry me even after knowing I will be bald forever?” I said, “ I am repeating myself, I wish is prettier than hair. And I already knew about your hair”. She was surprised to know that and asked, “How did you know that?” I replied, In the train, while
you were adjusting your wig, I saw you.” She said, “So all this time you were aware of my baldness and still tried to be close to me?” I said, “Yes, I liked you when I saw you first. And after knowing you more, I decided are the only one, and the reason I offered my hair so that I can get you in my life.” She again got tears in her eyes and hugged me.
Now it’s been six months, and we are happily married. Tomorrow we are both going to the same temple where we met to offer my hair for the well-being of our to be born child, who is coming into our lives in a few months.
