Inseparable

"Yes! I got forty on forty once again." I chuckled. I'd been acing all my subjects for quite a while now, and I was even studying 2-year advanced syllabus. Everything was perfect, at least that's what I told myself. I conveniently believed that I had everything I ever wanted, I was excelling at my studies and doing some great things that would contribute to my future resume. I was quickly ascending the steps of my goal, if I kept this up, MIT wasn't too far, I deemed. I didn't discern that this focus had begun giving me tunnel vision, the only thing I ever saw was my goal, and I never apprehended how lonely the route was becoming. I was under the impression that you have to travel a tough path alone but hadn't understood that even a tough road becomes a piece of cake if you have a friend to accompany you on the journey. I lived with the idea for most of my life without having the ability to comprehend how wrong it was.

 

Eventually, my mindset changed, I found a true friend, and it brought everything back into perspective. He came into my life like a storm and shook things up! It felt like our friendship was natural; like it was meant to be. We were nothing but table partners at first, but then slowly we grew into something so much more. We had fights, lots of them, but we would always end up giving each other an enormous hug and crying because we couldn't live without each other for even a minute. What we possessed was priceless, love and trust. We had secrets, inside jokes, codes and whatnot, but most importantly, we had each other. I faced a few hardships like the time I was insulted and annoyed by nearly everyone around me, it made me feel worthless and low, but every time I cried, I had someone to look after me, to give me a hug and make me feel like I will always have him by my side. He would sit by me for hours and console me, he'd listen to everything I had to say, he'd tell me everything would be okay, and most importantly he'd say to me, "I am here for you."

 

He was with me in school for only 4 months, but I would undoubtedly say that they were the best 4 months of my life. His parents forced him to move to another school, but we fortunately still meet every once in a while. He isn't with me all the time, and now, in retrospect, I understood how incomplete my life was without him. I am glad to have a friend like Shaun in my life, and I wish everyone finds at least one Shaun in their lives in this confusing, yet magical world.