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❝𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.❞

To my beloved,

It's been days, three hundred and ninety-five, to be exact, since you left me alone. People around me have started expecting me to return to normal; they expect me to laugh and smile like how I used to. But how can I? You were the artist who painted the smile on my lips. Without you, I am just a body living without its soul. You were my soul. And I was yours.

Each passing minute is like a walk through fire for me, for your memories keep burning in my mind. No matter how hard I try to extinguish them, they keep resurfacing. I'm trying to keep strong because I know that you hate seeing my tears.

I still remember the day we first met. You were just twenty-two years old. And I was twenty, two years younger than you. Droplets of water were embracing the ground in the form of rain. All of a sudden, you came up behind me to get under the umbrella in my hand. I remember how I looked at you, startled at first, but the more I looked at you and your warm, almond eyes, I found myself lost in its depth. The snap of your fingers before my eyes had woken me up from the daze I had fallen into.

I didn't even know who you were, yet you had already conquered my heart. Hours later, when we were parting, the pain I felt in my heart was ineffable. The only thing I knew about you was your name: Poorav.

Days passed, and slowly I started realizing that I had completely and hopelessly fallen in love with you. Wherever I went, my eyes started searching for you. I spent sleepless nights scouring through Facebook and Instagram just to see you again. When I failed to find even a trace of you, my first hope was Didi, my partner in crime. I confessed everything. Although it took a bit of persuasion, she finally agreed to help me find you. Being the professional hacker she was, she was able to procure all your contact details, including your number, in no time.

For many days I waited with your number in my hand, unable to muster up the courage to call you. A talk with Didi changed that.

I reminisce about how I had waited with a dancing heart, just to hear your mellifluous voice. And when you finally did pick up the phone, words became unknown to me. Your 'Hello?' kept reverberating in my eardrums, its effect being conducted into my brain. You cut the phone a few minutes later, but I stood there like a fool for almost 25 minutes.

Our next meeting was unexpected. The sight of you standing outside my house was baffling, to not only me but Didi too.

At that point, I was sure that I couldn't possibly love you more than I already did, but that was before I caught sight of your smile. A mere glance of it proved me wrong. Your smile was the most wonderful thing I had ever seen in my life.

With a little help from Didi, I learnt that you were there to work under Pa. Words could not express the joy that erupted within me when I got to know that you were going to stay near our home.

Days passed on, and slowly, I got the courage to come up and talk to you. The small smile that always greeted me when I came near you used to be the best sight for me every day. The small talks we shared gave life to my day. Even a day that passed without seeing you, was suffocating for me.

And then came that day. The day I finally got the courage to express my love. You were in your room, doing something for Pa. The way you looked up from what you were doing and gazed deep into the depths of my eyes and the small smile that tugged at the corner of your lips gave me the courage to hand over the small note I had written. The small creases which appeared on your forehead upon seeing the piece of paper in my trembling hands were cute to behold.

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒.

𝑃𝑆: 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝐼'𝑣𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢...

The long silence that followed after you read the words etched upon the paper did frighten me a bit. The way I bit my lips and stared at you in anxiousness remain vividly in my mind.

What happened next was unexpected. You came forward and held me close.

"Thank you for being the moonlight that brightened up my dark days. Thank you for the small things you did to make my eyes sparkle. Thank you... I love you too," Your whispers caused chills to run down my body. I couldn't help but come closer and hug you tight.

Days passed by swiftly, and so did our love. The euphoria each day gave me is inexpressible. I enjoyed every moment I spent with you. Even your mere thought caused happiness in me.

But as they say, all good things must come to an end.

That night was rainy too. Unlike the soft drizzle of the day we met, that night rain came thrashing on the ground, in its full fury. The frequent flashes of lighting and the loud rumble of thunder which followed it, were a warning of something ominous.

I shouldn't have shouted at you like that. Those words 'I never liked you anyway' shouldn't have slipped from my mouth. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Poorav. I love you so much... My mind wasn't right when I said those cursed words. Even the tears that ran down your cheeks didn't move me that day. I don't know what had gotten into me.

Never did it occur to me that the last words I would say to you would be 'I never liked you anyway'. Never did it occur to me that the next time I see you, life will have left your body.

Are you seeing me now Poorav? Are you seeing your Khushi's plight? The days after you left were melancholy for me. The memories that I once cherished now give me only agony and pain. Not one night passes by without my pillow getting drenched. All my thoughts are centered around you. I can't bear this pain anymore. Take me with you. It's been 1 year and 3 months. I promise if you take me with you I'll never do anything to hurt you again. Please. Just rid me of this pain. Call me back. If not in life, let's be together in death. Please don't punish me like this. Please...

I wish I could see you once more. Just once... Hear your melodious voice... I wish I could just come close to you and whisper in your ears how much I love you. I wish we could live the life we had imagined together... I wish I could relive that day, just to prevent myself from saying the words I never should have said.

I love you Poorav... Love you so much... Forever and ever...

Longing to be in your embrace,
Khushi

~~~ COMPLETED ~~~

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