A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Take 4
Source picture for the "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words contest."
What I see
I see a teenage boy absorbed in something, sitting alone on a table, maybe in a college campus. There is a girl seen further back in the row, although with her back-faced front, her head is turned this way. Some more people are seen further back. There are some curtains hanging at the side of the corridor. A green carpet is there as a placeholder for green grass.
What I feel
There is calmness in the air. There is greenery to freshen up the mood, yet there is a green carpet replacing original grass. Does this not seem contradictory? Though the girl's face is not visible, her posture suggests something; may be she is waiting for something to happen at the front side? To me, though the boy seems to be working, isn't his face in distress? What could be the reason for the boy's suffering? Is his work not going as intended, or is there something else?
Story
(backstory)
Mr. Lee has shifted to America with his wife, Chou, and son, Xius, for about six months. Lee became a part of a multi-billion-dollar company, so his pay increased. Thus, he could afford for his son to be admitted to a high-end college for his studies.
Xius, from childhood, was an introvert. He excelled at studying from his childhood. Though he writes and draws, these traits were unknown to his previous institution and also here.
Julia is the celebrity girl of the campus, where Xius is now studying after being shifted to America. She is a cheerful, extrovert girl. As the different poles of magnets attracted each other, Julia was attracted to Xius. But being a shy introvert, Xius was not catching the hints. Moreover, he was trying to avoid her, as whenever she was near him, he would feel a sensation that was new to him.
Finally, a week ago, Julia expressed to Xius's face that she liked him. This made him speechless, as he did not know how to process this or how to reply. Well, eventually, he had to weaken his differences and begin to fall for her.
(current time)
"Come on, Xius! I know you are not fully concentrated on your work. Come to me and apologize," murmured Julia.
"Please! Please! Come to me," She continued.
"Why she act weird and become so angry? I told her I needed to finish this story; this is an interesting plot, and I am afraid I might forget it!" Xius is thinking.
He is slowly forgetting the plot while thinking about the conversation. And this is making him angry and hopeless. He thought it was an amazing plot for his fantasy series. But now that he is losing grip on it, he wants to burst into tears. But is understanding this will be miserable for him later.
(5 minutes earlier)
"Hey Xius, lets go see the movie Barbie. We have no class left and to exams are scheduled for this week," proposed Juliet.
Not now, a plot is coming to my head. I think it will be a great story if I can wrap it up.
"Can you postpone it for about 3 hours? Next week will be a busy week and we won't be able to watch the movie!" she contiued, "after that the summer vacation will start, and I will be out of the country with my parents!"
Writing is not a easy work, and plots are even harder to come, so could you just leave me alone for some time? I will finish it and then we will go if there is time.
"Your writing session takes up huge time! Why you waste time in writing? Its not like that you would publish it somewhere or let us read!"
Hearing this he was triggered!
You would not get it! I am uncomfortable in the real world, so I find peace in my fantasy world. Now if you leave me it would be great!
"Oh, you are uncomfortable and how that is my fault? You are untolerable!" saying this she got up from beside him and rushed to the further side of the corridor.
She is sitting there and thinking about the thing she has done. Although she is repenting, but her ego is too big and preventing her to come and say sorry to him.
(aftermath)
Was the situation between them resolved? Did they went to see the movie? Did he finished the story?
Well, that is entirely up to the readers.
I do think Juliet is being rather selfish but then I'm thinking to myself, if Jius perhaps voiced out why not being distracted was important to him, maybe she'd understand.
Altogether a brilliant story. A plot within a plot.🌺
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I am an introvert and a writer I can't leave if I am writing unless the story is in my head and I will remember.
She can watch Barbie alone, it's not a great film or find a fantasy one and say: ket's watch this one together, take a notebook and a pencil, write down your plot and see if this fantasy movie brings you great ideas to improve your story.
If she does that she gets away without saying sorry. Getting him a lunch might help too but not in the next hour.
Writing is a hard job, unless given full concentration, nothing good can come.