Prem Vivah

• Fake Promise •

"Tum reh paoge mujhse door?" Her cracking voice dwindled his resolution to break this friendship.

"Nahi, par rehna padega," Sameer replied to her without turning back, as he knew he would probably feel weak on his knees if for once he would see her tear-stricken face.

"Aisa kisne kaha tumse? Tumne hi kaha tha na tumhara pyar humari friendship pe kabhi affect nahi karega...Kyuki Dosti Pyar Hai? Fir aaj kya hogaya? Aaj kyu yeh sab tumpe itna affect kar raha hai? Kyu tum mujhe chod ne ke liye bhi taiyar ho just because I don't love you? Jab nibhana aata nahi toh aise bade bade filmy dialogue kyu bolte ho?" Naina questioned him with rage in her voice, and Sameer was silently listening to everything she had to vent out.

"Dialogue nahi tha woh Naina." He uttered as calmly as he could to maintain his composure.

"Toh kya tha fir? Oh yes, it was your FAKE PROMISE." She accused him in exasperation, and tears welled up in her eyes as pain swelled up in her fragile chest, all prepared to explode out of her mouth.

"Will you please stop accusing me?" Sameer looked back at her in annoyance.

"No, I won't...you deserve this Mr.Raut, har baar tumne dosti tod ne ki baat kahi hai but maine humesha tumhe mana kar is dosti me rakha, but tumne toh already thaan hi liya tha ki tum mere saath nahi rehna chahte is friendship me. No Problem, do whatever the hell you want...I won't beg you this time, because har baar tumne sirf mera dil toda tha...Aaj Tumne Mujhe Tod Diya Hai." Naina answered him in a screeching tone that was surrounded by anguish, and Sameer was feeling ashamed of himself for hurting her, but he had no choice. He was compelled to do this, he can't torture his mind every day because of Naina and her friendly behavior with every boy, it pains him whenever he remembers that He holds no special position in her beautiful life, it pains him whenever he remembers that He Is Just A Good Friend for her and nothing else.

"Toota toh main hoon Naina, har roz, har pal, har baat pe...tum nahi samjhogi kis buri situation se guzra hoon main TUMSE PYAR KARNE KE BAAD...maine try ki, bahut ki but nahi hua mujhse. I can't let myself be tormented by you. I've to move on, fir chahe uske liye mujhe har raat rona pade, I'll cry because eventually, I'll learn to survive alone...kyuki yahi sikha hai maine bachpan se." He said with a poignant expression, and his tears were dead now, there was nothing left in his dark eyes except pain.

"Good, very good...stay alone, and don't even try to contact me. I've had enough of you." She spoke abhorrently, and harshly wiped away the continuous stream of her tears.

"Sure!" Sameer looked at her emotionally.

Naina was shocked as to why he wasn't yelling at her? She said so much in anger, yet he dealt with her calmly? Sameer isn't like this, he isn't a calm person at all, what is wrong with this man? Why did he change himself wholly for her? She was feeling annoyed by the fact that He wasn't doing anything to stop her, she was feeling infuriated at him for looking at her with an oh-so-innocent face.

"Good Bye! Never show me your face. I Hate You." She said with heaviness in her voice, and He nodded, taking a step aside to let her go.

Naina kept looking at him with a glint of hope in her moist eyes that now He would stop her, but Sameer restricted himself from saying anything. He lowered his head and tried to control his overflowing liquid. She glared at him in abomination and walked away from there with a promise to never Look Back At Him, no matter what.

Sameer weakly raised his head upwards to stare at the leaden sky, searching for the answers in the velvety clouds for making him go through unbearable pain and heartbreaks. What is his sin that he was enduring harsh words and hatred of that lady whom he loved more than himself?  As much as he was trying to make everything fine, things seemed to be crashing down, leaving no room to repair. He is probably the last imbecile person existing in this smart-witted world for still hoping to get a bit of happiness and love even after everything that He had tolerated since childhood. Sameer laughed at himself mockingly for making a fool out of himself every day, and the pad of his thumb meekly erased away the tear that finally fell out of his lifeless eye. The Tear Dedicated To Naina and to everything that she told him.