❝ If Your Path In Life Takes A Sudden U-Turn, While It's Going Straight For The Rest Of The World...

Don't Panic, Nothing Is Wrong With You...
It Just Depicts That You Are Too UNIQUE To Be On A Common Path...

You were the shadow to my light
Did you feel us
Another start
You fade away
Afraid our aim is out of sight
Wanna see us
Alive

Where are you now
Where are you now
Was it all in my fantasy
Where are you now
Were you only imaginary
Where are you now

I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost
I'm faded
I'm faded
So lost.

Somedays, we're LOST, we just FADE AWAY from the World, as if we don't exist.

But, somewhere, someone is feeling the same. FADED & LOST for You.

& There's Just One Question.
Where are you now?
Was it just a Fantasy What We Shared..... ❞

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PRESENT DAY

Auckland, New Zealand.

" Hi! Kush...."

" Hey! Meera...."

His eyes weren't stable, they were starry. He pulled the glass next to her and gulped it down in a sip. It wasn't the usual hard drink that he'd prefer.

" Ah! Macallan... Smooth... " He wetted his lips and pressed them together.

" Your taste's...."

".... upgraded, isn't it?" She completed him.

" Yeah! I expected Apple Juice."

" Even I didn't expect you here, though." Meera said, cutting him loudly against the rambunctious of the French Pop Band.

" I love to do the unexpected. I love to prove people wrong. That's my thing, you know. "

" Of course. Lying is also one of those things that you love. Never mind..."

" Well, you have learnt it too, haven't you? Howz life?"

" Thanks to you. Can't be better. " Just as she said that a man sneeked behind her.

Tall, blonde and muscular. In a go one would say that he was perfect for her. And if Fate is on their side, so was she, for him.
But, Kush knew better than Fate that he was the only one who was perfect for her.

Always was, Always Will Be.

Even after half a decade, Kush could easily make out who he was. They were acquaintances from past, and a person he last expected to be with his love of life.

Yet, he was next to Meera while Kush wasn't, while all he could do was loathe all his cheesy actions.

She turned her face and in a swift moment, planted a kiss on his lips. They intertwined their hands together. Until Meera's eyes met Kush's.

She was putting up a good show, and he was aware of that. Things had reached a level which weren't only complicated but involving a fight of ego.

Half a decade wasn't easy, neither for him nor for her. But, she thought she was strong and he knew she wasn't.

Kush hadn't yet made his peace with Auckland. He moved just a week back.

It wasn't his home.
It never will be.

While Meera had made Auckland her home.

A Home Away From Home...

Kush intended to take her back, back to her real home yet things weren't gonna change to how they were with a snap of fingers coz he knew Thanos was a fantasy and he always will be.

The Hardy's Bar wouldn't fit Kush's taste. It was just too Gody for his mighty self. Yet, he was here waiting to have one look at the only woman he fell in love with. The one who had moved on while he was still stuck behind. A love pit so deep that it was nearly impossible to go back.

The ambience wasn't bright, neither one would call it a pleasantly subtle surrounding but admist the mixed azure and red hues of dancing lights and thumping beats, what was inevitable was the fire in the pair of nostalgic eyes that were piercing right through the other one without a blink.

A faded memory running like a everlasting movie. They felt it was all a fantasy and a dream.

They knew that if anyone blinks before the other one, it's a sign.
A sign of weakness. A sign of guilt. A sign of regret.

In a moment all the memories came flooding back as if a dam had been cracked, in an impulse by a quake. It wasn't just a Flashback, it was something more than that.
It was that igniting Spark, signifying that ' Some Things Are Never In Our Hands, They Just Happen, For a Greater Good. '

Life's never how you Wished it'd be
Or How you Planned it to be...
It's always how it was Meant to be...

Perhaps, this is how it is.
Meeting in a random bar, in an unknown country as foreigners. Perhaps, having moved on with someone else.

Nevertheless, those flashbacks weren't stopping, not tonight.

'' No.... I won't scream to the world that I love you, I just need to whisper that in your ears because you mean the whole world to me...''

'' Hugh!! LOVE...That seems too much from you. How much more will you lie, Kush?
You're A REAL ACTOR. But, this isn't your film set, It's a goddam real world. Be the real you... And I think I had enough of your shit to damage my gullible heart. You played with my feelings... "

" No... I didn't... I need you, Meera... "

" I've my parents who need me more. You just proved me correct. There is nothing like Trust or Love in this selfish world. Love is a Poison.... "

" A Poison that we both tasted. And for what it's worth, for you I'll taste that a thousand more times. You can't run away. There's still an explanation."

" Tasted, wasted and paid the price too.
A Lie is A Lie. It doesn't come with an explanation. Goodbye. I pray I don't see your lying face again. You always asked me, What's our story, right?
This is our story. It's a THE END. "

They were still staring at each other as if reliving that horrible moment again, together. Not just this one but even the one where they created happy memories, times when they had each other's back.

Yet, now they are at that cross roads in life where returning is impossible, yet if given a choice none would disagree of choosing that option.

Moving On is Vital. But, not at the cost of regretting Hearts.

But, can't be averted either if you meet that person again on the next junction.

There was a question he frequently asked her.

" What's our story, Meera?"

She never replied, it was just a smile that made his heart flutter.
Yet, that day she replied.

" Kush, you always asked me What's our story, right? This is the end of our story. THE END. "

She pledged to call it an End.

He pledged to call it a Lovestory.

She pledged to Hate him.

He pledged to Love her.

She pledged to Forget him.

He pledged to be Remembered.

She pledged to Move on.

He pledged to hold her back, Forever.

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