Embracing Love [✓]

ᵗʷᵉⁿᵗʸ ᶠᵒᵘʳ ✓

Mornings when he opens his eyes,
Without her, he feels empty and lonely.
Although he hates to admit it,
Even laughing without her feels awkward.

Like the thick aroma of coffee on his lips,
Unintentionally at some point,
She became his daily life.

Her tears,
Which never bothered him before,
Now starts to bother him
And made him want to fill her
Each minute,
Each second
With beautiful memories.

And just like this at one point,
He realized that
He can't even dare to imagine
Enduring through a single day
Without her.

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"Whatcha doing?"
Imraan asked Adil, whose concentration was solely on his laptop.

Not getting any response, Imraan nudged Adil, who almost snapped at him.
"What?"

"Whatcha doing?"
Imraan repeated.

"Can't you see? Preparing a stupid report for the person who unfortunately happens to be my boss."
Gritting his teeth, Adil replied.

"You should be grateful for having a perfect boss like him."
Haughtily Imraan said, making Adil piss off.

Taking a breath, Adil put his laptop aside before focusing his attention on his annoying boss.
"Why are you here?"

Imraan, who from the very beginning wanted to be asked this question, spoke.
"So you see, it's not about me, rather about a friend of mine..."

"It's definitely about you."
Adil mumbled before asking aloud.
"Yes, what about him?"

"He happens to share something big, you know, like a big secret with his wife but..."
Imraan replied.
"...but she, instead of reacting the manner he expected her to be, was totally unfazed about it. What do you think it means?"

"It means..."
Adil made a serious face.

"It means?"
Imraan hopefully looked at Adil who with his hand indicated Imraan to come closer.

Once Imraan came a bit closer, Adil whispered.
"It means Ayana ma'am is not interested in you or your boring secret."

"What?"
Imraan frowned.
"Boring secret? It was the biggest secret of my-"

He stopped as his eyes widened as he realized that Adil knew to whom he was referring.

"It's about you, isn't it?"
Adil smirked.

"NO! IT'S NOT."
Imraan semi-yelled at being caught.

"What kind of boring secret did you share with ma'am that made her unfazed?"
Curiously Adil asked.

"It's..."
Imraan remembered his earlier conversation with Ayana.

Flashback starts

"Won't you say anything?"
Expectedly Imraan asked her who for the past few minutes was sitting by his side agape, like a landed fish, her mouth working silently as she tried to say something but nothing came.

"I... this is..."
Ayana struggled to form a sentence.

"Yes?"
Imraan urged her to complete it. At this point, he was ready to share everything with her.