Solace

Emotional Breakdown - Part 3

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Recap:

Karan:

No I cannot I'm scared I wouldn't be able to put my pieces back again if I break ...... I need to mask up and put a strong front so that my family doesn't see me fall weak.

If they ever know they would just crumble and their heart would be ripped to pieces ......... most importantly except family all others would just pity me and take me as weak.

They would judge every word that would come out of my mouth in right and wrong ........ no .... no .... I cannot .......

( By now the bath was done, I had changed his and my own clothes clothes as well and taken him out supporting him over my shoulder.

I had made him sit on the bed again and was now towel drying his hair, his confession of not being able to vent out made me feel the suffocation he must be going through, unable to express and open up to anyone.

All this had shook me from within, unable to suppress the urge for being there for him and giving him that place where he could melt down I just spoke ........ )

Teju:

If you need to talk about your your past , you're safe with me. If you need to break into a million pieces, I'm right here, Karan. I promise I'll find them all,

(trying to lighten the atmosphere)

I'm good at details, and I'll put you back together. You're safe here.

( By now Karan was looking at me with teary eyes and longing for love and care ....... I couldn't control anymore, knowing we had already stepped over the lines of friendship still keeping aside everything.

I just sat besides him on the bed held his one hand and cupping his one cheek I kissed his forehead ........ suddenly a tear slipped of his eye breaking all barriers paving way for the rest which followed in no time ........

I took him in a hug, he hid his face in the crook of my neck and hugged me back, it was a bone crushing hug, I could feel his tears wet my neck and the hot breath of his make the heat in my body also rise.

A few minutes later he loosend the grip and pulled out of the hug ........ he looked at me and then at my lap .......... I understood what he wanted, I shifted to the middle of the bed and sat with my back resting on the support of headboard.

He was still looking at me so I blinked at him and in an instant his head was on my lap ......... but what he did next sent shivers across my body .........

He put both his hands underneath my legs which were resting straight on the bed. He held my legs encircling them as if I would run away if he left .....

Not only that but at the same time he was hiding his hands under my legs and face buried in my thighs as if trying to hide himself from the rest of the world .......

I knew this was inacceptable for friends as per society but I let him be ........ somewhere even I wanted this ....... his warmth ....... and the right to comfort him ........ become his sanity, his solace ............

I began to ruffle his hair encouraging him to open up ..... he started to speak ......

Karan:

Do you really want to know ........ will u be able to hear it all ......... it's going to be a long night ........ and I ...... I might just ...... just ...... need you to ....... to be there till the end .......