Short Stories

1: Unrequited Love

"I love you but sometimes I want to throw you out of the window"

Simple things such as feelings can have a great impact on one's life. I did not realize this until a few days before, how can I let someone step inside my boundary so easily as if there was no boundary at all. Rachit has been my crush since I remember him being in my life, at first I thought it was his handsome face, his abnormally straight nose or his perfect plump lips, but later when we became more mature I realized my crush for him was far beyond the meaningless physical appearance.

Rachit is my quiet neighbour he is a few years older than me, he and I met when I first moved into my Grandmother's house.

Rachit was a child who minds his own business, he seems to be very introverted. I still cherish the moment when he first talked to me on his own.

I remember his first words to me.

"Which class are you in?" from that day we hit it off, he started playing with me daily, he would teach me maths occasionally, Summer vacations were the toughest he would always go to vacation with his family and I was left alone with a longing to see him.

Years after years we grew up together, when I was in 11 class, he got into college, he went into one of the most prestigious colleges in the country for engineering, life after that was more lonely and troublesome but I studied hard to be on his level, that time I did not possess a phone but we communicated through emails. He would visit home on vacations, his dementor was fully changed, his oversized shirts were replaced by fitted clothes, even the way of his talking seemed to change, he always had his headphone plugged but his smile, his gestures reminded me again of his true self, no matter how much he changed physically, he was still Rachit I had a crush upon.

He was the only star in my eyes.

A few days ago I received an email from him again after many months, I am now a college student studying, he has already secured a job in an MNC, we are still apart from each other.

I hastily opened the mail but paused at the subject line, it read "wedding invitation", my hands trembled at the site he.. he he is getting married.

I stared at my screen for a good 25 minutes before gathering the courage to open it.

"haa!! You wish you are yet to get the honour to wear lehenga at my wedding!"

I clenched my hand in anger, I know he is not aware of my love but how can he prank me like this, I almost thought he was getting married, this piece of shit.

"I love you Rachit, but sometimes I want to through you out of the window"

The love I have for him is unrequited, it seems impossible for him to like me but I guess one day maybe. Sigh.

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I tried my best, I hope you all like it.

@aarushi6