Lost Love

Picnic

If I know what love is, it is because of you.” —Hermann Hesse

Love is one of the most profound emotions and is therefore often indescribable. Love is a magical thing. Love is the greatest power in the universe. It is the force behind all other forces. It overcomes everything and moves mountains. Love transforms negative qualities into positive ones and turns anger into kindness. At the same time, being in love is one of the greatest experiences possible. The entire world shines in a much brighter light when you’ve fallen in love. Words alone can’t do this amazing feeling justice. That’s because the great difficulty about love is that it is so difficult to put it into words.

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Drishti had some sweet time with Rakshit last night. It's the first time when they both sat together like that and spent time with each other. It was one of the most memorable moments, they had together.

When Drishti’s slumber broke, it was not night anymore. She woke up very early in the morning even after sleeping late. May be she couldn't adjust to the new place. It was a little dark still. She tried to sleep for some more time but failed. So, removing the blanket from her body, Drishti got up from her place and wore her jacket before walking out of the tent. She took a last glance of Tirtha who was not up yet.

Drishti stepped out of her tent and found no one was up still. She left a breath looking around. She walked near the fireplace, it was not lit anymore. The weather was a little misty. It was so amazing that she didn't understand how to describe it. She sat there watching the sun coming out of dawn. There was some kind of different peace at that place. The air felt different. It was something Drishti never felt before. It was serene as well as peaceful. She wished she could be there all her life.

Divya too got up few minutes later and turned her side. But she couldn't find Drishti anywhere. She looked around the tent but she was nowhere. She got up with a jerk. Grabbing her shawl, she ran out of the tent to look for Drishti. As she stepped out, she sighed in relief seeing Drishti sitting a little far. She didn’t realize from when she was holding her breath. Divya let that out and walked near Drishti.
She placed her hand on Drishti’s shoulder. She could feel, Drishti was startled at first. Then Drishti turned back and saw Divya there. Drishti smiled at her and moved a little making place for Divya to sit beside her. Divya didn’t have any problem so she sat there with Drishti.

“What are you doing here so early? I got scared not finding you in the tent. Rakshit would have killed him, if something had happened to you.” Divya asked chuckling a little at the end. She too was gazing the sky after having a glance towards Drishti.

Drishti didn’t move her gaze from the sky. “My slumber broke early, I can’t sleep in new places. I wasn't feeling like just laying down so thought of having some fresh air.”
Divya didn’t say anything more.

They were enjoying the morning beauty in the silence. But Divya knew there was something going inside Drishti which was making her restless. She wanted to share but somehow she is not able to.

“Do you want to say something, Drishti? What are you thinking so much?” This time Divya turned towards Drishti and asked her directly.

Drishti too turned towards her with a line curving on her forehead. She bit her lower lip may be gathering her words. “I am feeling different.” She said after thinking a lot not knowing what to say more.

Divya frowned. “Different means?” Her eyes went wide. “Did you and Rakshit….” She could not complete as Drishti showed eyes to her. She mouthed a ‘sorry’ to Drishti.

“What happened? You can share anything with me. You know that.”

“I am feeling something is going to happen. Something wrong. I don’t know what is it, I can’t pinpoint anything but I have a gut feeling.” Drishti’s voice shivered a little while saying it. She was restless with this urge since last night. She could not share it with Rakshit too else he would have been tensed.
Divya looked at her for sometime.