My Latest Crush

I saw him in one of my gymming sessions. Tired with running in the field I was wiping off sweat from my forehead with my t-shirt sleeve when he caught my attention. Majestically he walked past without even flickering a glance in my direction. I smiled. Quite a sight he was. Felt like pummeling him all over just that it would have been the other way around had I given that fantasy of mine a try.
I continued jogging in the field. My instructor had refused to allow me use the tread mill. “If you want results, take on the field,” he had said. And I had clumsily made my way to the dry field on the right hand side of the gymming hallway. I had barely completed 3 rounds when Turkis (that’s how the little boy accompanying him pronounces his name) trundled his way into my life and made me his ardent fan. All the resentment on my instructor’s decision had melted away like butter on a grilled bread loaf.
It took exact 2 minutes for us to click. I think he sensed I was a dog lover. And no sooner did I call his name out he plodded clumsily toward me. Weighing close to 40 kgs this cute looking Napolean Mastif snuggled next to me on the green patch and looked up with droopy eyes. The folds of his skin hanging loose reminding me of the Garnier Fructis anti wrinkle cream advertisement. After initial head pat and a coat brush he preferred rolling on the grass and I got up to take few more rounds. My head would turn right, left and back to catch a glimpse of what he was up to while I jogged.
Now we meet almost everyday. I see myself beam when I see him in the field and my eyes search for him when I am early. I think he likes me too. He lets me play with his skin folds and ears and I even checked his eye colour by almost peering right into them. The small kid who gets him there? I told you about him right? Ya. He says, “Didi, you are the only one who has the courage to come and touch him and surprisingly he never growls, Nahin to yeh logon ko chhoney bhi nahi deta, apne ko”. I smiled. Ya may be I found a new friend ! Turkis- my little monster.