Boyfriend

#13

Neil placed the watch on his hand. Time was slow today, really slow. She was finally giving into this relationship.

*flashback*

"Or maybe the best.", said neil very confidently. They both smiled at each other mesmerised by the will of God.

"I would just go and get ready.",neil broke the silence.

"Don't go neil! Please don't!", she was almost teary eyed. Neil hurried back on his knees and held her hand to comfort her. He felt guilty for leaving whem she was ready to talk. Everything else came after her,

"Please say neil , you won't leave. I would change, I would try and become a better person. I would make efforts for us but please dont ever leave me and go." , he could identify the fragility in her voice and like always he took away her fears in a moment, "I have taken 7 vows with you athira, theh are meant for a lifetime. I am never gonna leave your hand. even if you push me away, I would stay for you."

The water in her eyes raised but the surity in his eyes made her abnormal heartbeat normal yet again. Pranav never saw her with that surity and strength in his eyes. She no more regretted moving on. She no more regretted choosing him. She wanted to stay like this, with him, forever.

*flashback over*

He picked up the hair wax and placed some on his hand when the mirror showed her colourful impression. He turned back in the direction of those pleasently ringing anklets. The red skirt was flowy and dragged behind her as she walked. The long strings of her green blouse hung till her bare waist. Her yellow dupatta was gently placed around her neck. Her hair were tied in a bun. To her colourful avatar added glitters her shining red lips. She was looking down at the ground. He took a deep breath and his mouth fell open. His heart ready to jump out of his body. He looked at her in disbelief. How could somebody as beautiful as her exist out of dreams. He breathed out and to hide his nervousness he used his humour.

"Care to look up madam? I mean I know you were born to look beautiful but I am no bad."

She raised her head and looked at him. But like always today she didn't have any taunts to backfire. He looked stunning in the red bandgala and white dhoti. She looked at him and then looked down again. She rushed out of the romm. She was blushing like a teenager do on seeing their crush. Neil got even more nervous. He was not used to a blushy and calm wife. He ran behind her to know if she was offended or if she was offended! Because he didn't see any other reason why she would walk out. Athira kept walking, looking down smiling to herself. He kept on trying to talk to her. She laughed at his attempts and ran towards the stairs. His levels of anxieties rose. She stopped and turned back to look at him. She broke out on seeing him sweating. He made angry faces and then ran towards her. She turned back to run but suddenly not only her feet but her worlds stopped moving. Her throat went dry, her heart stopped beating, her body went numb. She could not hear any voices anymore, everything around her was rotating in circles and then their was pure darkness everywhere. The only thing she saw was a plate of garlands that feel down from those hands, those hands! She tried to gain her breath back but those eyes were snatching it from her, those eyes, those eyes! She kept her hand on the railing to balance herself but her world was shook by that figure standing there, that figure! She turned back and started running in that immense darkness. She kept on running in those unknown corridors, without feeling anything, without seeing anything. She just wanted to run away from what she saw, she wanted to run away from her pains, she just wanted to run away. No sound, no people nothing succeeded in stoping her. Neil followed her, called her, tried to hold her but she was not in her senses, she just wanted to run away. But then she had to stop, her feet forgot how to move. Everything was quite once again. Everything stopped, everything shattered. The only voice that echoed through the huge walls was

"Athira"

Everyone was looking at him as he moved towards her. He called her from all the strength he gathered in these 3 years. She could not help but stop. His voice controlled her nerves till now. They knew which string was to be struck. She stopped there but had no strength to look back, to go through everything all over again. She didn't want to love him. She felt his hand on her shoulder and all her patience broke, her tears made way from her eyes and her dry lips moved to take that name she didn't say in the last three years.

"P...pr...pranav"