I told sunset about you...

His Selfless love...!

I was trying to frame a question, but guess what, she read me very well. I was trying to move my lips but failing. And she just sighed watching me and continued. "Well, me and him. We both confessed our feelings. We were happy. Engulfed in our blissful bubble. It was his last semester and he got a placement. As a Research Assistant professor of Glaciology at the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska. He was so happy because it was his dream job. No doubt that it's too far from where we were, but distance is never a problem when you chase your dream.

That's what he said to me. At that time I was suspecting our future. And he just dismissed my thoughts even before I said. How can I ruin his happiness just because of my selfishness? But still, I had doubts. How are we going to maintain our long-distance relationship? I still had a year to complete and after that also I couldn't guarantee to get placement near him. What the future holds for us is the main concern in my mind. My restlessness was hovering over me and getting dense with the passing time. But just like always he read me. When he asked if everything was alright? I spoke about my concerns, and uncertainty about our future together. And what he answered amazed me. He told me that to be in love is not togetherness. Yes, it is a blessing if you can stay together. But if not, still you can love. The place in your heart is there, and it is going to be there forever. Maybe with the passing of time, the place is hidden beneath but it is going to be there when you glance back. And if you can't hold on, then it is not meant to be. So don't stress out.

I was dumbstruck by his answer. How can he say that 'not meant to be.' Is it that simple? Feelings are really that simple? I know feelings could be lethal too. I had experienced it. Damn, he is the one who saved me. How could he be that serene?  He continued and added further that love gives you freedom and does not bind tight. 

Love doesn't suffocate. Love gives you Salvation. 

He never wants me to be bound by his conditions. If that happened then it's not his love but only ownership. He never wanted me to submit or surrender to him, he wanted me to be myself. What I want to be. He said that the concept of love is the 'US'. But for 'us' it is necessary to understand what makes 'us'. And for that first and foremost condition, we have to stand as you and me. After that, we became 'US'. 

He cupped my face and stared into my uncertain eyes with such affection and certainty. And what he said after that, is engraved in my mind and heart. He told me that, 

without losing your color, blend in my hues. 

Without deeming your light come under my shadow. 

Let's do this, you'll be yourself, and I'll be myself. And together we'll be Us, whom no one can apart. 

We can be friends like the ocean's waves and the seashore's sand, cloud and water, like sky and air. Apart still together. 

There should be no cage in either of us's hands. We should have rights for each other, but we shouldn't have possessed each other. 

Right, my dear! He told me that he sees me achieving great things in the future. Making a difference in society. And he never ever wants to bind me and restrict me in the name of love. If he does that, then it's definitely not Love in his opinion."

Ashley and I both became silent. I didn't know what was running through Ashley's mind. Because I was busy processing this guy's thought process.  How this Sky guy could be this intellectual? I was so intrigued by this guy's concept of Love. So simple and yet profound.

It was too good to be true. That was my first thought. But I could not doubt him, only because of Ashley. The very distinctive and most intelligent and balanced personality I knew in my life. And if she was under his charisma till now, that means that guy is something. But in this century does this type of Love happen? How could a person love with this much selflessness? On second thought I was grateful for that guy's vision for Ashley's future. If not so many people might lose their hope for life. In my view, she is Actually making a difference in society that's for sure. And just like that, this train of thought made me more interested in him. A glaciology researcher, nature lover, sunshine personality, and most importantly Ashley's anchor in critical times. Every aspect of him made me wonder. Where is this enigmatic personality, why I never had seen him till now?