Her Eternal Love

Its okay, i am here.

The store room was dark. Empty almost. I walked in.

Abrar? Where did you go? Are you-

Suddenly I heard a silent crying. I was baffled. When I turned the lights on. I saw on the huge cartons, he sat quietly. Hiding his face. Crying.

I rushed down, on my knees infront of him. Then frantically asked

Hey- hey?! Why are you crying Abrar? Hey-

I was sympathetic. But he wasn't showing his face, he hid his face with his arm and kept on wailing. My heart hurt. For him. To see him cry like this. So what I did was.

I hugged him.  Tightly enough. He hugged me back immediately and dug his face in my chest. I pushed him closer to me. And let him cry as much as he wanted.

I didn't say a word. But I let him cry. Let him let all his hurt out. All his trauma out. I let him let go of all his hurt. I let him be submerged to me. I let him.

It's going to be okay. I am here. It's going to be. Okay.

Abrar: with the most saddening yet most beautiful crying voice he said please don't leave me this time. Please don't go anywhere. Please. Please i needed you. You don't know what she did to me. Please.

Hey.. hey I promise. I promise I won't go anywhere ever again.

I am.. sorry. But I am here now.

That calmed him down a bit. And then he realised he was in my arms. Which is when he pulled back. And looked at me.

I shouldn't have hugged him.. but..

The thing is, I like him.. I don't know if he does or not. But he's always. Afraid. He steps back whenever I cross a line. And I respect that.

Because I will wait. For an eternity. If it's needed.

But right now, he was a bit startled that I hugged him. So I smiled and stepped a bit back. And smiled again. He slightly smiled.

Abrar: thank you for calming me down.

Anytime bestofriendo!

Abrar: bestofriendo!

I laughed. I don't think I will ever have the courage to tell him that I love him. But having him with me, even as a friend. For a lifetime. Would be enough. More than enough.

I stood up and said

You wanna work big guy? We have so much left to do today you know that?

He stood up, swinging his arms around my shoulder and said

Abrar: ofcourse. How can I forget?

And just like that, summer days went by.
And it was one of the most beautiful time of my life.