Meeting Him

A week has passed since I got here on this island. As I really liked to read adventure fiction books, I know how to survive on an island alone, thank those books! By now I'm used to this unusual place. I know all the places now, I even found a cave in which I'm living right now. It's a cave just near to the beach and it's pretty much great I found this because it's burning down during the day and freezing at night.

I decorate the cave with leaves and stuff, prepare weaved palm leaf mats for me to lie down and it's fun. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO IN THIS STUPID ISLAND!!! It's sometimes very boring so, I play with the waves, wander around the trees, take a swim in the lake or just run screaming from one side of the island to the other. Before dusk, I gather woods for lighting a fire, it's overly cold. Aah, the lighting of a fire, I really should say that. It's what I read in a book in which a man was stuck on an island due to a shipwreck. He made fire by rubbing some sort of stones, it's pretty basic, yeah you know, like our ancestors did....but there's some specific angle. Some 60 or 30 degrees. I thought it only works in films and books, but it did. My luck, maybe. I got it anyway.

The most surprising thing is that there is not a single animal on this island. It's very weird, yes. Sometimes it's so lonely, but it's okay as there is plenty of food to eat, only that they are fruits. I'm just fed up eating fruits all day. But it's very juicy and tasty, so I won't complain much. Also, it's pretty hard to decide how to wear clothes. I know, it really is not a problem even if I just walk naked, but still... what if someone suddenly appears and bruh, that's unthinkable. So I thought out a way. When I reached this island I was wearing a simple check shirt over a blank T-shirt and track pants, I had trousers under that. So, I wore them in pairs ie., I'll wear the shirt and the pants one day, I'll wash the other pair and dry them, the next day I'll wear that and wash the other, it's like a cycle. Cool, right? And please don't ask about the undergarments; it's pretty complicated.

Oh, there's this big volcano right in the middle of this island. By the look of it, it won't erupt for a hundred years( My precision is very accurate, you'll see). It's okay as long as it won't erupt, I guess. If it does, then I'm done.

You see, the days passed by like a turtle until one day when I'm sitting at the tip of the cliff staring into the sea, I see a black figure lying on the beach. I can't make out what it is so I start to walk up to it. As I come nearer I can guess it's someone. I really wish that he or she is not dead, because I don't know what to do with a dead person here on this island, also the thought that the face won't be... I really can't think about that. Thinking about all this, I inch further. It's a HE and he's lying face down on the sand. I really was breathing hard...

I sit down beside the body, he's wearing a black jacket with full sleeves and pants. As he is face down on the sand away from me I can't make out if he's breathing or not. So I decide to turn him. I grab his shoulders and turn him towards me, literally shaking. A familiar face! His messy wet hair was covering his face. I brush that hair away from his forehead and, yes, I know him! He's none other than the hottest guy in my school.....

Karthik Manuel.