Story Time: Part 1

Don’t say things which you don’t mean
“Dear, I love you forever too,” whispered Laura into Mike’s ears. They were both alone in Mike’s apartment on February 14th, 2007. Valentine's Day as most people will know.

Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February is a day of romance for all the loving couples around the world. How it became a day of romance was not clear because Valentine’s day is actually a day to remember St Valentine. It was on this day which he died. (Further history on this man will not be elaborated). It was also on this day where the prices of roses rose up to exorbitant prices and many V-day gifts packages appearing in almost every shopping mall. These gifts and roses are what you will see every other day in the malls if you have been observant enough and not only observant enough to spot them on V-day itself. However it was only on V-day itself or near V-day that people rushed to buy them as if they had never seen all the roses, teddy bears, mugs, key chains etc in their lives. ( a mug with his and her name printed on it romantic? Oh come on, you can do this almost every other day, you can even have your entire bed sheet printed with his and her photographs nowadays.)

Mike is one such ‘romantic’ person, and thankfully (at least to himself), his girlfriend of slightly more than 1 year, Laura, is a sucker for such romantic gifts too. A simple gift by Mike of a keychain made up of the letters L-A-U-R-A would drive Laura mad with happiness cause it was from her darling Mike. And that was what Mike got for Laura for their 1st month anniversary of their relationship. And throughout their one year relationship, little gifts are part and parcel of their lives. And alas, keeping little secrets are also part and parcel of their lives too.
(To be continued....)