The Last Goodbye

Chapter 39

It had already been a week since their college had gone shut... however things weren't calm. Divya had begun posting the pictures on her Instagram and the boys would find some or the other way to comment and tease Divya. There were a series of trends going around with people making dalgona coffee, reels came into action, the trend of big what is this big boss began to change into completely different aspects.

The song 'yaar mod do' was now slowly taken over by soft music, people had now started watching old series and Mahabharat and Ramayan was back on TV.

Divya's cousin had gone back home on Friday however she couldn't forget the conversation and the feelings she felt while talking to Madhav for the very first time.

"So your cousins are still there?" He asked.

"Yeah..." Divya's voice sounded weird to herself as well, and hence it was no surprise when Madhav asked her. "Something seems wrong."

"I am not liking them here, it's been a while since I was home, I had my room, my parents, my things to myself, and now I am to share it with them... like even before I could get back to the normal routine they were here."

"You don't like them? But they wont be for long so it should go back to normal." Madhav assured her.

"No Madhav, you see I love them, since my childhood I have grown up with them, they are just like my sister and brother to me, the little one is like my kid for me, and this, this whatever that I am feeling right now is making me feel like a bitch, but I want them to be gone to their home and for once I know that once they would be gone i would miss them."

"You must be feeling homesick while at home, you know when I was at hostel during school and when I used to come back, my mom used to make sure that all my things in my room are just the way it used to be, yet I used to hate it that my brother or my family used to come and interfere in my rooms matter. When we are used to have a few things to just ourselves, than when someone else comes in and we have to share it with them, in the beginning it does become difficult, but you know we get used to it, we accept it and that doesn't mean we don't love them, it's just that there is a huge change in a few things and naturally as human it will affect us."

It took a while for Divya to understand this, and later on did she get used to it, however the moment she did they had to leave, while bidding bye to them, Divya found herself holding onto her little cousin's hand a little more tightly not wanting it to let go.

It was then Divya realized how Madhav was right in what he said, it's the change that makes us vulnerable and with time we shall get used to it.

While Divya adjusted to the numerous changes in her life, PM Modi used to turn up on the news channel at 8 pm and announce a nation wide lockdown. Everything was shut down, no jobs for people, some had resorted to work from home, and students,they had the best of their times... none was there to stop them from doing what they wanted.

At Divya's place they would stock all kinds of food and at night after dinner, Divya would sneak out at the terrace away from everyone as she would sit by herself and listen to songs, away from everyone.

Similarly on one Monday morning she was lying in her bed when she received a text from Madhav.

"I am going to Jaipur." The sudden pain in her gut made Divya worried. She knew that feeling, every time she had felt that her gut feeling had come true.

It won't be soon, or maybe anytime now that she will be meeting Madhav. He was going to Jaipur for good. She knew this day was going to come,but this soon? While she would be laying in her bed on a random Monday... she had never thought she would be bidding bye to Madhav like this.