It was a beautiful evening. The sun, which had shone so brightly all day long, finally decided to call it a day. The sky started fading from blue to red to pitch black. The luminescent light coming from the horizon slowly started disappearing. There he was, lying on the river bank and staring into the deep, dark sky studded with millions of stars. It was as if the sky was completely covered with a black velvet sheet and sprinkled all over with shining sapphires. The moon, in its full grandeur, was cascading its light with a romantic glow. Its shimmering reflection was casting a silvery sparkle on the still water. Everything around him was so perfect, so silent. Such atmosphere was sure to bring peace and tranquil to anyone but not to him.
This was the place where he first met her. It was one of the most romantic places he has ever seen and he used to come here regularly with her. But today, he was lying there just to forget everything that has happened, for the moment, and get some peace, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t keep her out of his mind even for a second. He wondered what might have gone wrong in their otherwise perfect relationship.
He loved her. He was so in love with her that he could never imagine what he would do without her. She was everything to him. He loved that warm gaze of her beautiful brown eyes, that wonderful feeling when she runs her long fingers gently through his curly hair, that “on top of the world” feeling whenever he makes her smile, those warm and tight hugs he received every now and then, those comforting kisses on his forehead when ever he was demoralized, simply put, he loved each and every aspect of her. He had the best two years of his life with her.
But all of a sudden, everything fell apart. He had no clue of what happened but she left him. It came as a shock to him when she told that she is breaking up with him. His mind went blank and he couldn’t understand anything what she gave as reasons for her breaking up. But he knew she was making them up. He knew she never had any kind of problems as long as they were together. He was desperate to know the reasons. Was it because he became busy with work and stopped meeting her as regularly as he used to? Was it because he couldn’t talk to her for hours on phone like he used to do? Was it because he had to go out of station regularly on work? “No”, he thought. “She is matured enough to understand all these”. So, what was it? He felt so lost. The fact that she was no longer with him was killing him.
He was so deeply immersed in thoughts that the security guard had to call him thrice to bring him back to the present. “Kya saab. Ek saal se roj yaha baitke kuch na kuch sochte rehte ho. Park band karne ka time ho gaya hai!!!” the guard said. He gave a wry smile, partly coz he realized that it has been over a year that she broke up with him and partly coz she didn’t show up today also. He wondered how many more years it might take for him to forget her, if he can that is. He took some time to gather his senses, and disappointed, he left the place, only to come back again the next day, hoping to see her just for one more time. He still loved her as much as he did a year ago, may be even more.
(Though I know I suck at writing these kinds of stories, I just gave it a try. So spare me if it is not good :) )
