She sat exhausted at the window, relieved that the day had come to an end. But her eyes screamed in the terror of sunrise, a new day to begin. All her efforts were failing but the only thing keeping her alive was hope. It was very amusing how in such times also, she could do her daily chores and look forward to a happy being someday. It was almost 4am, when she heard it....
The sms beep had never brought such a lovely smile to her face earlier. she knew she would hear from him, it couldn't have been the other way round. the sms didn't read more than two words, still awake? And then the messages didn't stop pouring in. The wee hours of the morning too seemed sensous than ever. That was the kind of magic they created when together. Wonder how it all began one day...
One of the most beautifully calm, star clad nights, Naina was strolling by the beach...feeling the cool breeze brush her neck every now and then. Lost in her own fantasy land, she missed him lying on the beach. Tripping over him brought her back to reality and woke him up...they saw each other and knew that very moment, what love at first sight meant. She sat besides him and they just started talking....about life, themselves, art, music, dance..till the break of dawn..till they heard the first naryal paani vendor hacking at the beach. The magic had begun....
Sipping on the coconut water, she the paani-wala; he on the patla malai... the water had never seemed any sweeter. But beneath the endless conversation, the hide n seek of eye contact, those quick glimpses to check eachother's vital stats, the desire to hold the hands, the rush to kiss the softest lips in the world... there was something that was neatly hidden behind the veil. The truth! The face off with reality. And it was that part of their life which was not going to be easily washed away. The coconuts were done with, the magic was still on... but how were they planning to take the next step? And right then, a phone beeped. Hers of course, as always....
She looked distressed and moved away from him as she answered her call. He watched carefully to try and measure the seriousness of her conversation. As she returned, she looked like a different person to him. He felt his heart shatter into a million pieces and a sudden flow of emotions that he could not explain. In those few seconds that she took to reach him, he had already died, thinking of a life without her. In his pain, he was convinced that she was in love with another man or worse...married!! But as she got closer, he saw her eyes and knew....He knew that cannot be but truth cannot be shooed away, for truth always dies last! And why was he doubting her as if he was a pure bred lover? He too was with someone in an official relationship. And the reason he was at the beach because they once again had one their ugly spats. Maybe that was her reason too to be at the beach so late in the night. She was close-by now, with sweaty palms and hair ruffled up by stress. Her eyes begged him to give her a chance to listen to her story. But he was drowning in the thoughts of how it never would be...
Lost in his complexed thoughts, he suddenly heard her voice, which was now very firm, but had not lost the comforting, friendly tone. She sat down and confessed to him. Her relationship status was complicated and she wanted to end it. They spoke about each others relationships. Both were trying very hard to hide the mixed feelings of jealousy, resent, happiness, relief and above all the magic. In this moment, she had a sudden realization of how horrible this could be. She had spent the entire night with a man she had just met. He could be fooling her, tricking her, trying to get her into bed.....but his eyes couldn't be such fluent lairs, he couldn't fake being genuine! She looked at him, deep into his eyes, as he continued giving her advise about her relationship. He was definitely the most amazing man she had ever met, and there was something soo special about him that she knew she was in love with him...all over again!! She felt dirty to have had these thoughts about something sooo pure.. While he spoke...
