My secret keeper

It has been a decade and we still have the same bond that we had when I first met him. He has been with me all these years, every single day… every single moment. He’s my secret keeper who keeps all my treasured things safe.

I can remember the first time I chanced upon him on an old store near my school. As soon as I saw him, there was no looking back ever since. I still thank the old uncle from the store who introduced us in the first place. Wherever I went he went with me as, I never had the heart to leave him and go. My school life ended and he was there as I moved on in life from school to college and then finally completed my graduation.

I pour out all my heart into him, not to mention my things, and he takes care of them for me. Right now, he’s the possessor of my beautiful pink stapler, my free sharpener, my painting brushes and nibs… my pencils, my precious ‘nirmali’ (flowers from prayer), and a few tenners.

In all these years… I changed a lot… he never did.

Confused? Don’t be… He’s my beautiful Harry Potter pencil box, a gift from my mom on that fateful day I saw him in that old shop.