That Kiss In The Rain!!

I was walking alone at night in a narrow lane of some unknown place, when all of a sudden out of nowhere it started raining. Instead of finding some shade for me, I continued to walk as every drops of the rain was reminding me of her. I was drenched completely, my clothes had not even an inch left which was not wet, sinus started playing its game with me and my head became heavy. I ignored the consequences which were to follow, in my own world I kept on walking, when I saw someone standing at a distance.  It was dark so I couldn’t figure out who it was; the figure said that there was some girl standing with an umbrella in her hand at the seashore. The figure seemed to be of some girl, I started walking towards her. When I reached where she was standing it started raining heavily. The wind started blowing strongly, she lost her grip and her umbrella went along with the wind. The thunderbolts made her body shiver; she turned back and hugged me tightly. I was feeling every beat of her heart, I could feel her every breath and with her every breath her heartbeat went even faster. I don’t know what happened but I felt her presence as if it was her who was there in my arms. I held her shoulder, moved her strand of hair which was hiding her beautiful face and then the sky fell on me and the world escaped from beneath. It was her, I couldn’t resist, I smiled at my own luck but at the same time questions started darting into my head. How come she is here? When she came to Chennai? And why she didn’t tell me that she was here?

We always dreamt of spending our best time at some beach but I never thought in my wildest of dreams that we would meet like this. She opened her eyes slowly and smiled at me which was totally genuine. I was totally dumbstruck with this surprise and couldn’t believe my fate which always played dirty games with me. But today he gave me a reason to smile and not to swear on my fate. There were so many things to say, so many questions to be asked but that moment I was lost in her beautiful pair of eyes which has a world of its own. She wore a pink color top with something written on it. Her clothes were also completely wet and were sticking to her body which made her a bit uncomfortable. I was totally lost in her; I didn’t even notice that the rain had stopped. She understood the gravity of the moment and locked her eyes with mine. She kept her finger on my lips and signaled me not to speak anything and ruin the moment that we were enjoying together.

I moved my hand and in one stroke I opened her hair, she was blushing and I noticed her face was turning into blood red. Finally after some time she broke the silence,

“I told you na that I am always there with you wherever you will go you will find me. You are never alone in this walk of life.” she whispered into my ears and bite it hard.

I jumped out with pain and she started laughing on seeing me jumping like a little kid.

“You are my baby, my sweet baby…” she said and again started laughing.

I couldn’t resist myself and joined in her laughter.

“I love you Pri…..” I said

She blushed again; she moved her hands and kept it around my neck. I held her waist and in one stroke I pulled her towards me.

“I love you too…” she whispered into my ears.

I looked into her beautiful eyes, outlined by kajal. They were happy eyes, sentimental eyes. I took both her hands in mine and brought her closer, and she surrendered herself to my arms. No one spoke, only the waves lent their music. I looked at the sky above; I thanked God. I looked at the majestic sea; the waves were almost kissing our feet. I looked at the beach there was no one there till eternity. Everything was just perfect, pure bliss. I could feel her breathing against my chest. Finally our dream had come true. If only we could stay there forever without speaking a word, our soul completely lost in each other. I felt something wet on my neck. I realized her a little and saw her eyes. A lone tear had trickled down her cheek. I brought my lips close to her cheek and kissed away the tear. The wind had gained the momentum and the waves were threatening to submerge our feet. I looked into her eyes; eyes that said so much. She closed them as I brought my lips close to hers and touched them gently. The wind, the waves. The sky, the night, had all ceased to exit.

And then my phone started ringing. I woke up with a jerk and realized that it was just another dream. But I felt good coz the dream seemed to be a reality, it brought a smile on my face. I took my phone and dialed her number. I had to tell her and tell her now about my dream.

“heylo…” said her baby-like voice in sleepy tone

Love Happens Like That...!!

People say love happens just like that. One question always keep darting in my head, when do we know that we are in love?  This question always use to keep playing with my patience until that day when I saw her.

It was not the first time when I saw her that day but something in her made me speechless and yes I think I was in love with her. It was a pleasant afternoon; I came out of my class and went to have my daily quota of cigarettes when all of a sudden it started raining. It always happens with me whenever I fag. I dropped the plan of smoking instead I was busy finding some shade for myself to save myself from this game of fate. I stood there for a while when I noticed that she was standing by my side, playing with her wet hair she was cursing god for making her wet. I noticed her carefully, the tiny droplets of rain rolled down her forehead meeting her eyelashes and slowly making the way down her cheeks. I never noticed anything so carefully before but there was something in her that made me notice her so gracefully. She finally noticed me and smiled. Her smile was so graceful which made me feel alive; I was intoxicated by her deep intense eyes. I felt a pang in my heart never felt like that before I was getting nervous and the sweat beads started appearing on my forehead. I felt numb for a while and didn’t know what to do when she asked me something. I didn’t hear it and I was at loss of words to answer her question which only she knew what it was. What was happening to me, she was my classmate from past one year hardly we use to talk and I never thought that standing by her side I will be at loss of words. I felt guilty for not replying to her question. She must have felt either I am a weirdo or I have gone mad. I would prefer the latter one though coz what I did next totally surprised her. I moved my hand and untied her wet hair in one stroke. She kept staring at me for a while when finally I opened my mouth. I had to for what I did there has to be some reason. I moved ahead and whispered in her ears, “You look good this way.” She smiled at me.

There was an eerie silence and again I was at loss of words. She understood the gravity of the moment and finally she was the one who started the conversation.

“How much time do we have before the next lecture starts?”

“I guess the lecture must have started by now.” I said looking at my watch and I jumped with happiness though I didn’t show her. Yes, I have got another 50 minutes to spend some time with her.

“Jesus I am gonna miss that for sure now. This rain looks like it’s not gonna stop so soon.” She said gesturing her hand in air.

“So what are we gonna do? Stand here whole day?” I said expecting that she would understand what was going through my mind.

“How about a cup of coffee, I am feeling cold.” She said reading my mind yet again.

I didn’t say a word; I held her hand and winked at her. She smiled at me and we started running towards the main road. The rain was getting even heavier. Oh god I love getting wet in the rain. We took an auto and asked the driver to drop us at the nearby CCD. The driver gave us a puzzled look, we looked at each other our eyes met and we busted into laughter. This was my day, I looked in the sky and thanked god for this moment. She looked gorgeous in her black dress which was totally drenched by the rain now. She was shivering and so was I, but we kept on laughing for I don’t know whatsoever reason. I paid the driver and asked him to keep the change. We started climbing the stairs and she slipped. I caught her hand and I pulled her closer to me. She kept on staring at me, our eyes met and she thanked me for saving her. After a while she moved away from me when she noticed many eyes were staring at us blankly. We moved inside and ordered coffee for us.

Sipping our coffee in silence I noticed her. She was so elegant, I cursed myself that why didn’t I notice her before. But I thanked god coz if I had noticed her before then we would never had this time together. She caught me staring at her and raised her eyebrow. I didn’t say anything I was again at loss of words here.

“Nice coffee huh?” she said breaking the silence yet again.

“Yes it’s good, maybe the coffee is really good or the weather has made it good.” I chuckled

She smiled again and I was lost in my own world of fantasy. We finished our coffee and she signaled me that it was our time to leave. The rain had stop. I wanted to ask her for a date. I wanted to grab this opportunity and give her a hint that I liked her. I paid the bill and we started walking back to our college. It was hardly five minutes walk from the coffee shop. Finally we reached our college and she excused herself as she wanted to use the washroom. I held her hand, pulled her close to me untied her hair and whispered in her ears, “Will you go out me this weekend?”

She moved away, blushed and just nodded her head. I stood there for a while when she went inside the washroom. I couldn’t believe my luck. That weekend we went for a movie, had lunch at the KFC, spend some time together, walking down the street holding our hand and enjoying the small moments of life which we knew would never come back again.

That rainy day took a new turn in my life and I thank god that it rained that day. Finally I got answers to my questions and I realized that yeah “Love do happens like that…!”

P.S - It's purely fiction...

The Best Dream of My Lyf That Faded Away....

Life is totally unpredictable and so is our fate. When you think that now it’s over then and there it slaps you and reminds you that it’s not over yet. Similar was my case because I took everything for granted but one day changed my life, just one day.

I never expected that things would change so dramatically between us but that day it did and changed my life forever. My girlfriend broke up with me or should I call her my ex girlfriend now. When I asked her the reason then she simply said, “It’s not working the way I want…”

I met her for the first time when I was in Hyderabad through a common friend. Our first encounter was kinda okayish. I never thought then that someday she will become so important for me. I told you before you can’t take even a single thing in your life for granted. Within a blink of eye things can change. I remember the day when I proposed her; she was blushing though she asked me to wait for a week or so. Soon weeks turned into months and months into year but her reply never came. It was taking on my nerves and so after waiting for one and half year I finally decided to move on. Maybe she treats me just as one of her friend. And so I decided to move ahead in my life…

Two days later I received one message from her that brought a 70mm smile on my face but at the same time I was in a dilemma. The message said, “hope u’ve nt moved on wanna talk…” The moment I read this message I jumped out of joy. Maybe it was my frustration or the happiness. I still don’t know what it was. I called her up at night and the same happened that I always wanted to happen. She finally said yes to me and yeah we were in relationship now.

One year passed by and things were going smoothly when one day she asked me something and I was speechless that very moment.

She asked me, “when r u cmin to meet me…?” and I couldn’t say anything to her then as I was not sure when I would be able to meet her. However I decided to visit Mumbai (that’s where she lives) even though I had to lie to my parents. Besides meeting her the other reason to visit Mumbai was her mom. On 17^th dec 2010 there was a pooja at her place as it was her dad’s first death anniversary and no one from her family was coming. So her mom asked me if I could be a part of it she would be happy. I didn’t give it a thought, next day I booked my tickets and I reached Mumbai on 17^th morning.

When I was boarding the train she ordered me to call her when I reach Dadar station and from there she would guide me how to reach her place. So I reached Dadar station around 4am. Instead of calling her I called up my sister (who’s our common friend) to guide me as I wanted to give her a nice surprise. My sister asked me to catch some local train, get down at the respective station, take an auto for the address that she gave me and call her then. I followed her instructions and I was standing in front of my girlfriend’s apartment. I called her up and told that I am waiting outside for you, she came downstairs running and when I saw her the earth stood still for a while. I spent the best ten days of my life with her almost 24*7 we were together.

Finally the day arrived when I had to leave. I was busy packing my stuffs when she came to me and asked, “Can v go for a walk?” I couldn’t say anything to her then I just nodded her and we went for a long walk. Before leaving she hugged me twice, I noticed there was tears in her eyes. I bade her goodbye with a flying kiss that her mom noticed and smiled. I promised her that I will come again as soon as I get a chance. I reached my home safely and spent the rest of my holidays at home. But then things were not the same, it started to change dramatically…

There use to be fights for no reason. She was busy when I needed her and when was there, her mood was not. This use to piss me even more and the argument use to get started which was followed by huge fights. Someone use to hang up the call every now and then. We were going through a rough patch and I wanted to resolve all our problems before Valentine’s Day. I couriered her a box of chocolates, a sweet card along with a love letter that I wrote for her. But unfortunately it didn’t reach her that day. After two days she finally got my courier and she was on cloud nine. She was happy and so I was but her exams were coming nearer. I had to stop calling her at night as she wanted to study. From 18^th feb to 9^th march I use to call her for hardly 5 mins or 10 mins.

Soon her exams got over and I was happy as now she would be able to talk to me properly but something else was written in our fate. Out of nowhere her brother came to visit her place and again I was not able to talk to her properly…

Again our fights had started, the same hanging up of call and we discovered a new thing within us and that was our ego. Ego was taking a toll on us and we were sailing through it.

It was just like another Sunday when I got another shock. She messaged me which said, “I knw m dng wrng wid u, but dis has no future.. Its gng nowhere nd I want 2 end it. I want 2 conc on my studies nd other parts of lyf. Dat is possible only wen v part away. I cnt take it anymore. Plz move on….”

I read this message and my hands were shivering. My heartbeat went faster and tears started rolling down my cheeks. I called her up but there was no response, I messaged her but her reply never came. Everything that I did for her and for our relationship started circulating in my head. Those moments we spent together, those sleepless nights when I use to skip my dinner so that I can recharge my phone and talk to her. The money that I saved to visit Mumbai. Those lies that I had to tell my parents because I wanted to meet her.

It took her few minutes to take such kind of decision and message me, but it will take my whole life to gulp it down my throat. I had to give up as I was helpless. I couldn’t do anything just kept staring at my fate. Sooner or later I will have to accept this bitter truth of my life. But one thing is sure that doesn’t matter if she comes back to me or not, nobody can ever take her place in my heart.

She wants me to move ahead in my life. Maybe she would be happy then. My fate has slapped me yet again and I am helpless. Life is so unpredictable. When you think that now everything is fine then this bloody fate always shows its true color.

The best of my life has faded away and I kept staring at my bloody fate…

“There’s one thing, you’ve got to learn,

Life’s full of twist’s n turns.

You’ve got to break rocks in the hot sun,

For the tides to turn.

If there’s night,

Then there has to be dawn.

O-O-O Life goes on……”