Sunshine

For once and all, he looked at the draft and put it across the table. Figure in it was more than he has ever earned, and probably even what he would ever spend. But there wasn't even a thought about it. Soon he was going to own what owned him already. The pacific location, hilltop view from the balcony, and the sparkling city at night from its terrace, he was simply in love with all that it had to offer. Even an unspoken admiration for how the cabinets were fixed in kitchen, the symmetry or whatever that reflects through all the window panes, and he could never explain to himself what was in its walls and pillars that he felt so relaxed to touch everytime.

When he saw it first time, it was still getting built up. He had no intentions for it that time. A bird of passage he was, with savings good enough to last for long, and desires curtailed enough to not let him fall in the vicious circle of life. But everthing changed once he stood at that place and looked beyond the horizon. He felt contented for a life time. That moment he knew what he wants, and today he was going to get it.

His thoughts were perturbed by the laughter coming across the table, after those familiar eyes gazed and verified the figure.

'aji jaldi kya hai, ek baar final muyaana to kar lijiyen...len den to hota rahenga'
(There is no hurry, let's give a final inspection to the place. The transaction can happen later).

What was there to inspect. He even knew the count of tiles. Last he saw it was a week back, only the final touch was missing. He didn't say a thing and went with him. The place was lit up bright with diwali lights. And it was then he saw it finished for the first time. The green color all over in the front with stripes of white, yellow and grey at places. The green color. He stared at it for a while, turned back, and nobody heard of him after that for a long time.

Someone spotted him passing by that house today. He was wearing a greenish shirt. The house has a silver name plate shimmering in sunshine against all blue in the front .