A day planned for trekking transforms into even more of an adventure when fleeting feelings get involved. Blue Dino recalls a recent memory of chancing upon an unlikely companion amidst the greenery of Coorg and a hundred leeches...

 

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A wagging tail. Check Soft, loving eyes. Check And a full set of floppy ears. Check and Check. 

Against the green tapestry of Coorg, a sweet creature greeted me, all smiles and happy hops. It was immediately clear, he was loved, but wanted more of it. And who was I to deny him of all my time and attention?

So as I trekked on narrow, mushy paths, this cheery companion accompanied me; all too familiar with the birds and the leaves and the leeches all around. But this company was only till a point. You see, the moment I felt the blood being sucked out of my thighs was also when I realised his hops and skips had changed directions. Now going away from me to safer grounds. I had been abandoned, just like that. 

An hour, three leech attacks, and a hundred shrieks later, I finally made my way back to where we had first met. 

Now greeting newly arriving trekkers, he all but ignored me. Did it hurt? Just as much as an ignored text. 

Very well then. The new visitors, all adorned in shorter shorts than mine, could have all his love for now. The leeches would get them later. 

Involuntarily shuddering, I walked back to the car, side-eyeing my old lover. 

Though there were new recipients of his love, the markers remained the same:

A wagging tail. Check Soft, loving eyes. Check And a full set of floppy ears. Check and Check. 

I wondered if I showed similar markers when looking at my fleeting loves...

 

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