BROKEN SOULS (Rewriting)

IMAGINARY OR REAL??

"Abhay?" a girl whispered softly.

"Hmm", he replied incoherently
without opening his eyes.

"Abhay! Look at the time. You are going to be late for your meeting!", she said a little louder and tried to shake him awake.

He pulled her hand towards him and turned to the other side and went back to sleep.

"Abhay!", she said  pushing him in frustration.

"Okay..Okay! I'm getting up but I want my kiss first."

"No!your morning  breath stinks", she said trying to escape.

Abhay raised one of his eyebrows "really?" and strongly  pulled her closer and captured her lips in a sweet kiss.

"Hmm..now that's the way to begin my day", he murmured making her blush.

"Okay, enough now. Go and get ready!", she said sternly.

Abhay got up reluctantly and stretched yawning loudly.

He again  tried to pull her into a hug but this time she pushed him into the washroom.

He got ready and She helped him out with his tie. "There you go!", she said smiling at him.

"Perfect", he said looking admiringly at his wife.

He started walking towards the door and the familiar feeling of dread began to creep into him.

All feelings of happiness began to disappear.

Colors began to fade getting replaced by darkness.

He turned back to see his wife.. his life ...Piya ..who was standing and waving him goodbye with a huge smile.
"Good bye love!!"

He smiled reluctantly and opened the door.

The door to the real world.
The world of silence.
The world where Abhay Raichand  transformed into a man with no emotions.

In this world, Abhay  had stopped smiling three years ago.

In this world, he had stopped living three years ago.

The house was deadly quiet and he could hear his own footsteps.

He reached the dining room and took his place at the table.

At that moment a girl entered the dinning room with a smile.

"AR!! You came...now let's have our breakfast" She said looking at Abhay.

                        ALINA

But Abhay didn't care to look at her. He started eating from the plate that was already served just like every morning.

Alina  wished him a good morning but he didn't acknowledge her in any way just like every morning.

He finished his breakfast and  leave.

Alina's eyes filled with tears and she asked God for the millionth time why He was making him suffer.

It's been three years  but he was still standing  at the same place,  not accepting the bitter  reality living in an imaginary world.

The hours that Abhay spent in the real world were pure agony.

The darkness of this world scared him and the quietness haunted him.

Every second and every minute was a torture that he could barely bear.

He carried out the motions of the day mechanically and only when he stood outside the door of his world did he smile again.

He was back where he belonged.

He opened the door and his world was colorful again.

He entered the room and slumped on the bed.

"Piya! You have no idea how stressful this day was. Too many meetings!", he said tiredly.

"Abhay! How many times have I told you not to sit on the bed with your shoes?!", Piya yelled angrily.

He smiled and turned towards her. Could he ever get used to her beauty?

No, never he answered his own question.

"I just cleaned the room Abhay!", she said pushing him off the bed.

A knock sounded on the door and Abhay whipped his head towards the door.

No! he screamed in his head in panic. He turned towards Piya but she was not there.

No! No! No! He broke down  into  cold sweat and dread started creeping up his spine.

He stumbled to the door and pulled it open........

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