RJ Annie or Broken Anika?

Anika woke up early, that is if she had slept any. It had started to be her everyday thing. Waking up early, completing her cooking course during the day, if there was anything she looked forward in her day, then it was her radio show.

Late Nights With Annie was something that came from every corner of her heart. If she wanted she would have continued event managing, but that profession, made her remember her past, that temporary care, temporary family, temporary love. How she wished it had got her temporary feelings too!

Anika tried hard, to forget him, to forget his touch, his care, his love. The very first months, she would break down every now and then, when she saw his picture, when she heard his interviews. But they do say, time heals everything.

Gradually, yet slowly, Anika started to embrace her life. She started to handle her emotions and even though it made her cold hearted, it was difficult to protect a broken heart.

***

Shivaay woke up again if he had slept at all. Without her in his arms, sleep felt almost impossible to come to him. He remembered how last night, yet again, he had opened up his secret album, which had memories, memories of her.

Memories, he wanted to erase, but seemed to be scars, forever with him. At nights, he was Shivaay, just Shivaay, who fell in love with Anika. But during the day, the man had to change, become cold and heartless again.

Living alone, he had distanced himself from everything. His parents, his family was in Delhi, happy, assuming he was happy too. But he was in Mumbai, the city that never sleeps, because it was the city of late nighters.

Everytime, his family called him to Delhi, he refused. Why? That place had way too memories of them, being happy, being in love and this poor heart wasn't strong enough to face that again.

***

"Hi hello and welcome to Late Nights with Annie! This is your RJ Annie here. It's 11 and right now, you are maybe driving back home, at home doing work or just by the window, listening to me talking. If you are a regular listener, welcome back fellow late nighters and if you are new, hope you'll have a good time. Today's first song is dedicated to those awake because of a broken heart, remember, you're not alone, music is there. Also, call on my number +91 35278282920 to have a chat anytime during this hour!"

Changing the mic to the music system, anika sighed as she got a moment to breath. She loved doing this, because she knew everyone who was awake, listening to her, could relate. As the song neared it ending, she heard the telephone ring, this was rare.

People usually preferred to just listen to the show and not call, not discuss. But she knew the common problems and talked about it.

"Hello, Annie here, give me a moment we'll be on air"

"Hi, not a problem"

***

It had taken extreme courage in Shivaay to pick up the phone and call, but he had to. It didn't matter to him, that other people heard it, well, if they were awake, they weren't different. But what scared him, was, what if she had no solution, will he be left alone?

Brushing off his thoughts, Shivaay picked up the phone and gave a ring to Annie.

"Hey Guys welcome back! Right now, I have a late nighter connected with me over the phone, so hear out, maybe it's your problem too! So, Mister introduce yourself"

"Oh, Hi, I am...ya I'm LN"

"LN? That's fine,
Tell me then, why are you awake?"

"Because I couldn't sleep"

"You couldn't sleep? Okay, maybe that's because there's something in your mind that's not allowing your brain to relax. Maybe someone?"

"Maybe,
But I can't do anything about it"

"So, a broken heart is it?"

"Yup, we...parted ways, but then I realised it wasn't the best of decisions, I don't know if she would still love me"

"There's no past tense of love,
You always do or never have"

"What if she never did?"

"What if she did?
LN, it's necessary for you to know,
That nights don't give answers to questions
But nights do raise bigger questions,
Because eventually, the sun shines
And the answers come"

"But I am scared of the answer"

"Oh, all of us are! But,
The sun loved the moon so much that he died every night to let her breath"

"Thank you Annie"

"Don't thank me, I haven't given you an answer, maybe I've just given you more sleepless nights but well, we late nighters don't get answers so soon, good night"

"Good night to you too"

***

Shivaay sat silently, as the whole conversation with Annie replayed in his mind. She had given him the biggest possible ray of hope, by a single sentence, a question,

What if she did?

If she did, then maybe she was listening to Annie too, Afterall he isn't the only one accustomed to her arms. But, why would she love him, after everything that's happened in between them, why?

After the way their relationship was handled, judged, looked, uncared, left. How he wish he could turn time back, but unfortunately he couldn't. Why was it, you understood people's worth after they left?

Why was it, that love, was just connected to that one person, who makes you happy, bright, smile, laugh and fall, but isn't there to catch.

***

I wanted
to talk about it.
Damn it.
I wanted to yell.
I wanted to
shout about it.
But all I could do
was whisper
"I'm fine."

***

Hey ya! Back with shot 1,
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realised that this is
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XOXO,
Ishika❤️