Did they break up? (Part 2/2)
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……………..3 days after his
joining in a new company………….
‘Hey. How was the workplace? Did you adjust well over there?’ message
received from an unknown number on his phone.
‘It’s good. I’m fine too. By the way, may I know who’s this?’ replied.
“Hey, it’s me. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you send off at the airport as I
wasn’t allowed to go out that early in the morning by our warden.” the girl
replied thinking he couldn’t recognize that it was her number might be because
he lost his phone.
“Ha, it’s okay. I’m sorry I didn’t recognize your number. I didn’t expect
you to call so I didn’t save it.”
After taking a little pause, a small breath and a moment on the keyboard not knowing what to type, she replied “Never mind, how is everything
else. Did you cope up with the new environment?”
A trivial conversation happened for around half an hour and both have
gone for their work.
They were texting each other every now and then and things were going as
usual until the day arrived when he went to attend a marriage ceremony of his
new colleague. To be precise colleagues. Both the bride and groom were from the
same office. They all had a lot of fun together the whole evening and returned
back by 11 or so. After arriving back, as a daily routine she called and asked how
the marriage and all. Suddenly, out of the blue, she asked “Oh. By the way,
what’s your take on marriage?”
“‘Take’ as in?”
“As in what would you prefer, getting married or not”
“Of course, who doesn’t want to get married”
“Oh. In that case, what are your priorities”
“Priorities…. Not sure if I have any such. But would prefer if she is
also jovial and funny like me”
“Hmm good. What else”
“As of now, that’s it. Will see if I have anything more by that time. Why
would you ask like that today”
“You know that I don’t beat around the bush to say something,” said she
beating around the bush since a while, not literally but metaphorically, “So,
if I were you, I would answer crisp and to the point”
“Ha I know you are straight forward but what’s the question you are
asking”
“Will you marry me?” (In block and bold letters with a question mark appearing
not only at the end of the sentence but also in the face of the receiver, ten
times in less than half a second)
“Whatttt?” (Extra three t’s indicating the surprise to his mind, fear in
his hands and the fog accumulated in his eyes.)
“You heard it right, though I have never mentioned it to you clearly, this is what running in my mind for so long. I would regret later if I never
tell you this.”
“But this is completely unexpected. I never imagined this type of conversation
to happen between us. I’m clueless.”
“What’s there to hesitate, it’s just your choice. A yes or a no”
“But we don’t even know each other that much to decide something this
quick”
“I know it’s difficult. But I couldn’t resist asking. You take your
time. Even if you find that it’s funny or stupid, never mind, be honest.”
“Sorry for not answering so quick, but I’ll have an answer shortly”
“It’s okay, even if it’s a No, we can be still like what we are now. I
can assure you for that”
“Thanks for the understanding” ended the conversation with one question
asked in her text but thousands in her mind.
…………….
(4 months later)
“I too love you,” said the girl to a neighbour of hers, whom she had known
since long.
The fact that she was being kept on hold for her proposal, didn’t let
her sleep for days. She kind of felt that she lost all the attention she used
to get from her colleagues and strangers for her looks. Before she even got a reply, be it a yes or a no, she turned back. She just thought she needed
someone to respond whenever she asks for, who he should be, didn’t matter to
her. Ego took over patience and logic. Found someone to listen to her, to take
her trips and of course for other needs too.
Things never would be the same. He turned
out to be possessive, needy and creepy. Though not her, her friends used to call
him a psycho.
Making things worst, her inbox popped “I gave a lot of thought into
that, I think we are good to go. We will marry”. She cried for two reasons. One
being the delayed reply and the other being a YES.
“Thank you. Love you so much”, she replied, keeping him, the psycho,
hidden from her mind. Only she knew the fact that he wasn’t the only person
who heard those words from her in the recent past. One more item added to her
bag of mistakes which continued for few more months both the guys not knowing
about other’s role in that relationship.
He decided to meet and surprise her on her birthday after 6 months of long-distance relationship, during which he did everything he could to make her
believe that his YES wasn’t just a statement. She, on the hand, was happy for
getting all the attention she wanted in life and confused at the same time not knowing
how to end the relationship with the psycho, who, even the girl herself started
believing to be a psycho.
The day had arrived. She had no idea that she put herself in such a
place where not just telling the truth but hiding the lie would also spoil her
dreams. He landed at the railway station with all the hopes of meeting her and
wish her a happy birthday on Saturday.
“Hey, I’m coming to your office. Where are you?” he texted her standing
near the escalator with a bouquet in his hand.
“I’m in office only.” she replied in a shock, “Where are you?” (Turned
back and saw wherever her eyes possibly could reach only not to find him
anywhere)
He switched his mobile screen off and ran fast towards a slow-moving
train to see some girl, standing near the foot-board, who he found familiar.
She was exchanging chocolate with another guy on the same train, but not with
hands. She turned slightly back with a bouquet in her hand. At that point, there
were two people with bouquets in their hands for different reasons. Ironically,
the girl he saw was the same woman who just replied to his message.
No questions asked. No explanations given. Took his mobile, called her
and said: “I’m done with all this, we are not seeing each other anymore”.
She understood after a while what had happened and tried explaining over the phone. But that was already too late. For her, that was just a delay of
confession, but for him, a betrayal.
A day after, the guy in the train, the so-called psycho, also received a message from the same girl “I’m done with all
this, we are not seeing each other anymore”,
The vacuum created in her life told her in silence “You should have done
this, the day you got the YES. There’s nothing wrong in making a decision from many
alternatives but be sure you omitted only the wrong ones”.
……………….ooo……………
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