ʟᴏᴠᴇ- ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ | ✓

~ t h i r t y f o u r [a] ~

"पाया तो तुझे, बूंद सा भी नहीं,
और खोने का डर, समंदर सा हैं!"

"Tell me everything!"

"Everything means?"

"Everything means sab kuch Cabir, now I've to teach you word - meanings?"

"Ha-Ha nice one Arijit Bhai." Cabir raised his hand to high-five but put down his hand back when Arijit stood rigid with his hands folded on his chest. Cabir gave him a nervous and scared smile. He could swear on his food, he never felt so intimidated by Arijit ever. But he was confused too, as to why Arijit was at his doorstep at this hour. And what he wants to know?

Wait! It can't be what he was thinking it to be, right? He looked at Arijit and gulped before smiling sheepishly at him.

"Arijit Bhai, I swear, It was not me who stole your precious Vintage car's keys that day. It was Manik's plan and he did it."

"What?" Arijit glared at Cabir hearing this and stepped forward but Cabir backed off on time. Arjit exhaled a deep breath to calm himself down, as it was not the time to cry over that.

"Wait a minute, you weren't asking about it?"

"Of course NOT, but since now I know about this, I'll deal with you guys later. For now, I'm here to know about Mann." Cabir sighed in relief for the time being but frowned hearing Arijit's last words. What about Manik?

"What about Manik Bhai?"

"That why he is not being himself these days? That why he is not looking happy when he should be on cloud nine that he found his 'The One'? That why he doesn't talk about her anymore? That's why I feel like he is breaking inside. And don't you dare say, that you know nothing. I want to hear only Truth, nothing more, nothing less." Cabir looked at Arijit and sighed. Now what should he tell him? There's so much to tell, yet he is unable to find his words. Looking at Arijit, Cabir knows that how worried he is for his brother, and today he is not backing off without knowing the reason for his brother's distress. But is it his right to tell him? Will Manik approve it? Cabir sighed with frustration and sat down on the couch.

"Cabir, what's the matter?" Arijit asked sitting beside Cabir and keeping his hand on his shoulder. Looking at Cabir, he knew that it is something big. And he wants to know it, and if possible, he wants to do everything he could to bring back the happiness in his brother's life.

Only if it was that easy.

.

.

"How many deaths have you died to be so strong? How many times you have screamed to be so silent?"

"I.. I can't talk about it because if I talk about it, that means it matters. If it matters, that means it's real, and if it's real that means it's going to hurt."

"And it won't be new to you, right? You've been hurt earlier too, you've been broken earlier too, but you've tended your wounds too. You know it. You've survived. So, whenever you feel that you cannot possibly heal from whatever it is that is weighing your mind or your heart right now--- remember all of the time you've found yourself here, and remember all of the ways in which you've survived. Remember all of the ways you stretched into your growth, even when it was uncomfortable, even when it felt like it wasn't happening. Remember how you, very slowly but surely, caught your footing. Remember how you, very slowly but surely, bandaged all that was hurting within you, and you learned how to be kind to it, you learned how to heal it. You have fallen and you have risen time and time again. Do not doubt your capacity to do it again. Do not forget that you are a Warrior."