aurore - an unusual love story √

part thirty eight

" What are you trying to do exactly? "
Maya frowned.

" Not much. Just cleaning my rear view mirror so you can see your face. "

" Excuse me! I am not a clumsy human like you, who comes down everyday dawning shabby shirts and oversized trousers and yet thinks himself to be the coolest on earth. " , Maya tried to sound disgusted, carefully.

" Ouch. Madam. You hurt me badly, my heart's bleeding to bits and pieces.
However, if you carefully look at my rear view mirror, you'll see, despite dawning tip-top dresses everyday, you look clumsier.
Why? Because you carry along those frowns on your face as free offer packs, and I carry a smile.

My heart's mended already, by the way. "

" That's because it's your rear view mirror. A dumb human like you has such dumb possessions. " , Maya stammered however, trying to erase the frowns from her forehead.

" And intelligent humans like you have intelligent mirrors I guess. Pseudo intelligent, I'm sorry!!

Have you ever asked the mirror on the wall though,
' Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the prettiest of them all? '

In no time, it'll whisper....

Farhan Khan. "

And he winked. And whooshed past her in his clumsy, shabby bike.

That was the first time.

The first rains, as if, six years back......

Splashes of raindrops hit her again, as she sat in the balcony of her own bedroom this time. Neither did she get up, nor pull the slides.

She let herself drench for the second time, the very day.

Though, not a drop touched her for the last six years.
She would be escorted with the biggest possible umbrellas when she got down to the office and it rained, keeping in mind that not an inch of her body touched the rains. Nor did she ever sit at balconies when it rained.

However, things were a bit different today.

A lot of him hovered over her stone-like-world, once again.
And it was hard getting over.....

Maya Raichand sat, cupping her face.

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A few hours back

" Jai Sir, I will never forget what you two did for me. But please don't drag my child in between. I can take care of her, and I promise, this time I'll do that with no one's help. "

Sonara knew her voice cracked. But she had to tell what she had to tell.

Maya had gone completely silent, as she took a seat at a settee placed in the corner. This hurt Sonara more. Maybe she was being disrespectful to her, but she had no choice. These people suddenly seemed hell bent in proving that she's incapable as a mother!!

However, Jai Raichand looked weird. Very weird.

Soft, calm, composed.

This was not how he was. Sonara had seen him go wild and crazy, or kind and cute, or confused and dumb.

But never this! As if he had suddenly sworn to be the coolest possible human on earth.

He slowly uttered,

" Calm down Sonara. I know you are hurt. But if you have known me even a bit in all these time, you should realize how I lose cool before that one bloody thing called religion. And, another too. Thanklessness. "