Love at first sight

Love at first sight

Tunde walks down the tarred road,leading down to the lake as he lets  the cool evening breeze caress him and calm him nerves.
He had been too far away from home for a while and often felt nostalgic. At, the lake he watched the birds fly towards the water and head up back as the sounds of gushing water flowing away to another river source added to the ambience

NYSC had come late, him getting to be posted with the second batch after being bored sick of home. it was  fun he had felt at first,but it soon got old as he was weary of his new home.

Stella had gone to deep into the act of being alone and truly enjoyed it . But, lately she had been having the urge to bond, with another person and as much as she had always loved being alone while having family and friends who made parties and parties made them she was afraid to open up to anyone and most evenings for her this days all roads lead to the lake.

As tunde, buried himself deep into the atmosphere and breathed into the air of silence
Stella layed back on a tree and enjoyed the view of the lake and serenity of the atmosphere 
A tiny chirp not loud but piercing came from behind disrupting the once peaceful ambience and serenity of the environment. Stella chose to ignore as she tried to tap into the peaceful and quiet atmosphere again,again the sound rang through the air this time slow and weak like someone in pain.
Stella hurries up to her feet and follows this slow yet piercing sound into the woods
The sound gets weaker as she draws nearer, still no one in sight she almost stepped on something. Not,something but a little bird lying in pain on a pile of leaves chirping low deep in pain. Touched by the pain of this little bird,she hurriedly picks it up and discovers it has a broken wing"where must this bird had come from" she thought out loud and noticed a nest up high on a tree." Thats way too high" she said but the bird chirped low again and she became determined to get it to its nest.
Tunde had wandered deep into the woods basking in the euphoria of its richness as he had familiarized himself to the surrounding. He unconsciously noticed something moving upward on a tree, an animal he thought but looking closer he saw someone struggling to get up to the top and wasn't making much progress as she was almost loosing her grip.
Stella had felt the bruises to her skin and pain rang through her like an alarm clock while a thousand little insects did a match pass on her, yet she was relentless but her will was soon cut short as her flesh betrayed her by its weakness.
Loosing a grip and falling down to the nature rooted floor with rough edges and dried leaves,an unfamiliar yet strong and steady hand pulled her on to him sending them both crashing to the floor but with she landing on him.
"Oh my God,are you okay" Stella said."Yeah i am, i should be asking you that,you were the one falling down" Tunde said
"Am sorry, i was trying to get this little bird up to its nest, seems it fell and broke a wing"
"Wow,all that for a tiny bird. You truly love nature then"
"I just couldn't leave it down here to hurt and die"
" its mum would have found it then"
"No i don't think so,its evening and the birds are all going back to their nests with whatever food they could find for their chicks."
"She probably hasn't found it yet"
"I need to get this bird up there,even if its means falling again"
"I will take it up there then,my NYSC training has involved alot of vigorous training which one of them is climbing to tall heights"
He takes the bird from her and sets upward on the tree which each turn he skillfully manuevers himself and is soon close to the nest as she watches him...
Skrrrrrrrrr!!!! a piercing sound shot through the air. Confused they both were, suddenly a matured bird charged towards tunde aiming for the chick.
Tunde perplexed looses his grip and begins to fall ,but a familiar yet steady hand pulls him to safety.
Both breathing heavily, they see the chick now in its nest cuddled to the matured bird which is its mother.
"I think it safe now, that was its mother, she must have thought you were trying to steal her chick"Stella said
"(Laughs)yeah i guess,oucch so much for nature and my broken bones" Tunde said
"(Laughs) atleast the chick is safe now in its little nest"
"Yeah it is, hi am tunde"
Taking his outstretched hand, their eyes met and the whole world seemed to be on a hold
"Am stella, nice to meet you"
"We should do this another time" said tunde
"(Laughs),you must be crazy"
Spending the whole evening laughing about each others attempt to climb the tree and falling and staring deep into each other eyes the world felt alright as they both found peace in one other.
As it was love at first sight.