"In a moment of childhood innocence, SHE found herself unwittingly tied to HIM by a simple promise. As the years passed, she harboured a silent love for him, keeping it secret and buried deep within her heart. A life filled with longing and unanswer...
"This is my secret, one you wanted to know." Her big-black eyes were welled up with tears and her voice was choking as she finished her last sentence.
Aishwarya sounded in astonishment, "My god!! You have been hiding so much inside your heart for a long time. I can't believe that you are still waiting for him. How can your love be so selfless?" Her heart and psyche are still not vacating the impressions of her friend's childhood love tale.
Prisha smiled ghostly and hushed the words, "Because it is love."
Aishwarya decided something in her mind and said, "Don't worry Prisha. I am here for you, I will find Ryan at any cost."
"Aishwarya!" Her eyes widened at her statement.
"Yes, Prisha! Then why are friends for? Hmmm?"
Prisha was stumbling, she didn't know what to tell her enthusiastic friend, "Aish, I can't and also you are going..."
"Ok ok, I know I am going to Canada this week. But don't worry, there are many agencies. We will find out Ryan soon." Aishwarya chimed in before Prisha could complete her words.
Prisha's lips curved upwards as her heart felt elated by having such a good companion like her, "Aish, no matter how many times I'll say thanks to you, it won't be enough."
"You call me your friend but still show this gratitude to me. That's not fair." She faked anger and pouted.
Prisha chuckled and embraced her tightly.
Reciprocating the hug, Aishwarya affirmed, "I promise, I'll find him."
"Prisha!!" A sudden voice startled them and they immediately separated.
Glimpsing in the direction of the voice, both said in unison, "Youu!!"
"Yes, me!" A man with superficial facial features and an exaggerated body answered back to them.
"Why are you here? And how can you..." Prisha queried him.
"Oh, I just shifted here a day back and came here to jog."
Her eyes were lit up with the fire of outrage, "Why are you following me? Huh? First in the library and now you have shifted to the same colony where I live. And from where do you get to know my name? Huh?!"
"Calm down. This is just a coincidence that I shifted to the same colony where you live. And yes, I heard so many times your friend calling you by your name Prisha. So I too simply called you by your name." He shrugged his shoulders and wiped the dripping sweat from his muscled-shoulders to his arms with a blue towel.
She warned, pointing her index towards him, "Hmmm, But don't stroll around me. Okay?"
"I will try." He hushed the words.
"What did you just say?" She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Nothing, nothing! Okay, I won't come to you from now on." He covered up immediately.
"Better." She remarked.
"One minute! Did you hear our conversation? Since when you are standing here?" Aishwarya asked him as fear of leaking the new to know secret engulfed her senses.
"I came here when you both are hugging like you are not gonna meet another time. Well, I didn't hear anything from you, but you can tell me if you want to."
"No thanks, we don't need to. Come Prisha." She dragged her friend along and left from there.
A drop of tear escaped from the eye of that unknown man.
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A few days later
"Okay, Aishwarya. Call me, after reaching there." Prisha hugged her friend as they were standing in the airport and bidding adieu to each other.
"Of course, is it a thing to tell?" Aishwarya cackled, making Prisha giggle too.
"I will miss you, dear." Prisha uttered, her orbs were filled with lots of emotions.
"I too." Aishwarya soothed her by caressing her cheek.
"And yes, keep your eye on that unknown man. Who knows what's in his mind?" She further added up to enhance the atmosphere around them.
Prisha huffed and nodded, "I will..."
"I won't be worried if your parents would be staying here with you."
"Ufff... Aish! I told you naa they are in their hometown. Their beloved place."
"Yaa, you did. And yes, I will find him." Aish spoke and pressed her shoulder gently
"I know, you will." She smiled.
"Bye, dear..." Aishwarya muttered.
"Bye, and take care." Prisha wished her.
Aishwarya grinned lightly and went ahead to the security checking area.
All the while, Prisha kept a big smile on her face, as she sent off her best-friend to another country.
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The sun was blazing high in the hot-sizzling summer. Everything felt lonely and dusty at the noontime of this season.
Prisha was at her home and was lying on her couch lazily. She was getting bored as there was nothing to do in this heat. So she decided to walk to the library to chill out in the warm weather.
She adorned herself, seized her handbag, and left her apartment after locking up the main door.
Entering the library, she chose a book for herself from the history section of bookshelves and sat on one of the wooden chairs.
She had just commenced reading her book when an abrupt voice startled her.
"Oh, hiii!!"
Gaping at the proprietor of the voice at her front, her eyes widened and her mouth fell open as she gasped aloud, "YOU!!!"
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