Trials of Love (One - Shots)

8. The Love I know

Hello Fam :)

Happy Valentines day :P

So, I had written this for a prompt for the title as the topic. It was sitting in my draft. Thought of sharing it with you all. It's a bit fun and casual. So, don't expect anything serious.

Happy Reading...

Day - 1

Sam had finally given up. After a whole year of disappointments, failures, and being clueless about her own life, she decided she didn't have the strength to continue further. She couldn't bring herself to pass on another day questioning the purpose behind her existence. Ending her life felt like a better option and even though she didn't have quite the courage to do so before that day, she has been thinking about it for a while and at least wanted to try. The cuts she used to give herself weren't enough. The pain at least distracted her from reality but now she wanted to experience all the pain just one last time.

She glanced towards Veronica, who was eyeing her warily. Veronica didn't speak. Didn't stop even though she knew perfectly well what was going through her mind. Sam met Veronica a few months ago and felt an instant attraction towards her, maybe because of the slight similarity in their situation. Veronica has been through hell when she attempted to commit suicide and ashamed of herself, she drowned herself in worry. Even if it's a little late, she realized how beautiful the world is, in her words, not Sam's, if we reward ourselves with a bit of freedom. With her new devil-may-care attitude, she became the source of love. Sam felt Veronica cradling her fingers in her hair as soon as she laid her head on the latter's lap and life didn't seem really bad to give another attempt at survival. She closed her eyes feeling exhausted because she knew Veronica would be there in the morning to remind her that life really will go on after a bit of storm only if we allow ourselves to look for some rainbow.

Day - 8

It's been a week after Sam's not-so-brave thoughts about attempting suicide. When she entered her place that evening, she found Harry, her guy next door, with a cup of coffee and lost in his own thoughts. For a brief second, she thought Veronica might have told him something about her condition but then mentally slapped herself when she realized Harry doesn't know about the existence of Veronica.

"Hey, famous one", she exclaimed bringing him out of the stupor. "How many girls have lost their hearts to you since our last meet?"

The small grin that was appearing to form on his face on seeing her, turned into a glare but the slight red on his cheeks ruined his desired effect. As he seized his attempt to scare her and rubbed the back of his nape, Sam, like a countless number of times before, questioned herself on why she chose to push him away during her childhood, brushing him off as the too-cool-for-his-own-good guy. Her feelings didn't change as she grew up when every other girl seemed to have a crush on him. But suddenly one day when they had become friends, what started off as a trial-friendship from Sam's side turned into something really beautiful and special. Just in a short span of time, they became inseparable and she started finding him whenever she needed an escape from life.

Harry was a trouble magnet and every simple thing that he does somehow becomes an adventure. Once every few days, they sit down on the balcony of her room or curl up on her bed and he recites his stories to her. What makes him different from others as he doesn't question her about what she's going through because he knows she's confused and can't quite figure out herself. Instead, manages to take her mind off her life and lets her experience a rollercoaster ride of events through his brilliant narration until she falls asleep. Some of them were hilarious but some were dangerous and every time he described one such stint, she felt her heart constrict and she didn't want anything but to protect this brave, beautiful boy.