SHORT FICTION
A Colorful Relationship
Giving a voice to an untold story
There was a peahen, and there was another, two good friends. One had a blue-green neck, and the other had a gold-green neck.
Finding something to eat along the edge of the road and minding their business.
Then, there was a peacock on a nearby high ground, looking at these two best friends.
“Hey, beauties. Will you join me?” Perhaps he might have asked.
“Thank you for the invitation, but no thanks,” a blue-green peahen responded.
“What is he thinking, asking us to join him?” the blue-green peahen said to the gold-green one.
“Yeah! So lame,” gold-green also agreed.
“Girls, I really like to spend time with you. You won’t regret it,” the peacock said again.
“This one is becoming a headache,” the blue-green peahen said to the gold-green one.
“But he’s kinda handsome,” the gold-green peahen responded.
“Hey! Don’t you dare to do that,” the blue-green one said to the gold-green one.
“Do what?” said the gold-green peahen.
“You are unbelievable. I can see you blushing,” said the blue-green peahen.
“Girls, I am not like others. So, why don’t you join me?” Peacock interrupted their conversation.
“See, he is singing the same old song,” Blue-green one hissed.
“Perhaps he is telling the truth.” Gold-green one opposed her friend.
“Wait, where are you going?” Blue-green one screamed at the Gold-green one.
“See you later,” said the gold-green one as she flew to the peacock. Then, both peacock and peahen vanished into the bushes.
The blue-green one raised her voice, perhaps to resent her friend’s foolish action or to show anger at her friend’s betrayal.
Our team is conducting a traffic survey before designing the pavement thickness of the road. I visited the site to check on its progress. While I was there, I witnessed this love story.