In Between ✓ short story

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He is her past and he is her present.
She stands in between letting go and holding on.

RYAN
Hey.
1:13 PM

He sends another message hoping that she would reply at least this time. He has sent her several messages in past one month. She barely replies. Alas! Nowadays they barely talk. He remembers the old times when they used to chat every single day.

There was a time when they abandon sleep and talk till morning. Things have changed in past two years. He has changed with the time. He knows she has changed, too.

Now he wants to make it up to her, for all the time they have wasted without talking to each other. He wants to walk with her once again, on the roads they have walked before. He wants to make her smile, again. He wants to tell her what he couldn't tell her before. He wants to taste her lips, again, without any regret in his heart.

SONA
I am
a little busy.
1:20 PM

She wants to talk to him like the old times. But she couldn't bring herself to talk to him. She lies to herself that she has moved on, from him, his memories,the moments they have created together.

"Sona? They have called your name," Roshan says, stretching his hand. She takes it and walks with Roshan.

Roshan is the one who answers all the questions the doctor asks.

"We will take a blood test if the fever comes again," Dr. Mahdi says to Roshan. She thanks him.

"Let's go." Roshan holds Sona's hand. Sona walks with him silently.

"Is something bothering you?" Roshan asks. Sona shakes her head.

"Come." Roshan opens his arms. Sona buries her head in the crook of Roshan's neck.

"Sometimes I am so confused. I don't know what to do or what to say," She says, thinking of Ryan. She feels guilty for thinking of him while, she is in the arms of the boy who accepted her broken heart. She never told Roshan about Ryan. Nor she told Ryan about Roshan.

"I know." Rhea pats on Sona's back.

"I am sorry." A tear slips out of her eye.

"For what?"

"For not loving you enough."

"Who said that? You love me more than I deserve."

Sona looks around and finds people looking at them. She pulls away from Rhea.

"People are looking at us."

"Do you care about what they think of you?" Rhea asks letting her hands rest on either side of Sona's waist. Sona shakes her head.

"Fuck them and kiss me." Rhea smiles with a wink.

"No. You will catch my fever." Sona walks away from Rhea. Rhea tugs on her shirt's sleeve.

"I don't care."

"I do."

"You are no fun. You know."

"I know."

Sona holds Rhea close to her as if she is going to lose her in this crowd.

Rhea smiles to herself. The warmth she feels in Sona's arms, she never felt with anyone else. Sona has given her a reason to live. While everyone wants her to change herself, Sona showed her the beauty of being her own self.

All she wants is to be with Sona. She could do anything to be with the girl who loves her unconditionally. The girl who accepted her wholly.

Rhea stops Sona and pulls her down to her level. She kisses on Sona's cheek. Sona smiles and her cheeks turn into a pale red colour.

"I will go and get your medicines. Wait for me." Rhea's hand slips away from Sona's.

"Always, babe."