Life was not the same without her. It had become his habit to wake up every morning and sprawl hishands to the right side of the bed, hoping that maybe when he opened his eyes he would find her there. But as had been happening every morning for the past six months, while she would be there when his eyes were closed, the moment he awakened she disappeared.
It had become difficult to adjust to a life without her. He now lived all alone in what was once their penthouse, in the city. As he dressed and looked out to the skyscrapers from the window he saw gray clouds hovering around the huge buildings and a sense of dread came over him. This was going to be a dull day as usual.
Infact his day to day life had become a drag ever since she left, she had essentially taken the happiness out of his life, for how could there be happiness without Khushi.
He went to the parking lot of his building and sat in his BMW on his way to work at 7am as usual. Although he was a handsome man, over the course of the past half year his face had grown a more older, mature and tired look. His eyes had dark circles beneath them due to countless sleepless nights thinking of her.
He started to heat up his car and pulled it out of the driveway into the busy street.
Nowadays all that played on his radio or CD player were depressing songs. There was no liveliness left in life itself. As the winsheild wipers cotinued their back and forth motion in front of him as he waited at a red light a song much reflective of his feelings started to play on the radio..
Yeh dooriyan in raho ki dooriyan nighaon ki dooriyan humrahon ki dooriyan fanaa ho sabhi dooriyan...kyun koi paas hai door hai..."
Arnav closed his eyes remembering old times when life meant something and was more then just a drag. But he himself had ruined his once colorful life by wronging her and failing to trust her, he knew he deserved this punishment, but really he would do anything to see a glance of her face again..and as if the Gods from above had heard his plea something extraordinary happened in that moment...
Arnav's windshield was getting foggy from the rain and the wipers so he slightly opened his driver seat window to make the fog disappear. He was at a red light and as he looked out of his now open window he saw her...She was wearing a black sari which was clinging to her petite form as she tried to cross the street..he hadnt seen her face right away as it was being covered by the black umbrella she held in her hand which was blowing in the wind. But his heart knew it was her for he could recognize her from miles away. It struck him that she was wearing black, a color she had never worn before, but then he realized this was all his fault as he had taken away all the colors of her life. His eyes teared at the thought!
As the "don't walk" sign started to flash signaling that his light would turn green soon and he would have to leave he hoped that she would look up at him just once. And then as if he heard the call of his heart her umbrella moved from her face and she moved the loose strands of hair covering her eyes. He saw her and she looked beautiful as ever just as she had always looked in her simplicity. As her eyes met his he saw tears roll down and caress her cheeks before they fell onto the ground and into the surroundings getting mixed with the rain and the wind. Arnav's tears continued to fall at the realization that he was the sole reason for her tears. He pulled out his arm from his window and caught the drops of rain into his palm and closed his fist. For these to him were her tears, the tears that had gotten lost in the rain and he wanted to snatch them from the wind so they would never caress her face again...and as he did this his eyes met hers again and this time he saw a sad smile on her face before she walked away towards the sidewalk getting engulfed in the rain of tears while he sat in his car immersed in the pain of tears...her tears...!
This was just the result of some thoughts in my head today during a lecture and as i was walking in the rain! Lol im typing this at 3:40 when i have class in the morning! Ahh im mad..anyway do like/comment with ur thoughts..idk what i will make of this maybe ill leave it as an OS for now!