Bleeding Roses

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The sun was impossibly hanging low, setting the world into slow darkness. The kids were going back from school, adults walking back with weary faces and shops crowding up with enthusiastic people. Dev was walking back home after his tiring day of work.

He was a simple guy who worked at a office under the Food Safety department. He life was nothing interesting except doing research about raw nutrients and testing food particles. He was so sick of going to his haunted home when there was no one there. When he was looking after his grandmother, at least there was some kind of responsibility. But now, there was simply nothing.

He felt so obsolete. He did not even feel like preparing his own meal. Who the hell would cook for one person? Looking at himself in his room mirror, he felt so furious.

He was good-looking, smart and talented. Why was his life so miserable then? Should he wait till Sonakshi recovers and remembers him? Or should he go ahead and find for another girl? His thoughts went back to what Sona told him the other day.

He still remembered how she had insulted his love and memories... He did not want to keep hoping for her like a fool he was. Two years, she had left him and stayed away. Not a call, message or even a letter. Those days were like living hell...

He had messaged her million times. He could not even keep track of how many calls he did to her father. None of them were returned or reciprocated. He just felt like a loser for trusting her. She said she would come back, running into his arms. But she lied. Lied to him that she would return back to him....

Yes, she returned to Delhi. But not him. Her heart was of someone else's now. She was not the same Sonakshi that he fell in love with. Dev looked at his empty bed and slumped there. Touching the soft mattress, he still felt like he could inhale her scent there. He felt strange....

Yes, it had been years since she had left. But he could still sense her presence in his room, his walls, his bed and everywhere around him. A small smile left his lips as he rested his head on the pillow and focused his eyes on the ceiling. A vague memory crossed his mind and he felt his body lighten completely.

He was no longer in the present. He was living his past....

(2 years ago)

"Dev.... I have given grandma the medicines. It's really getting late for me yaar.....Would you drop me back at home?" Sona asked with a sad puppy face that almost made Dev laugh.

"Come on Sona. It's so late.... And don't you know about how bad my area is? It's not safe for you to go at this timing, plus the roads are blocked in the bridge there. So I can't drop you down as well." Dev reasoned.

"What? Oh no Dev... you don't know. My father would-"

"Your father would kill you if you don't return to your aunt's place by midnight! Yes, you have told me a million times Sonu baby....but look, today you don't have a choice. I have already called your aunt and told her the situation. I said that you will be staying over at my place due to the road blocks. And guess what? She understood and said that she will manage your dad!" Dev smiled at her coyly.

Sona felt her pressure shooting up. One side, her nervousness about her dad's questions was haunting her. Another side, thinking about staying with Dev was making her feel a tingling sensation all over her body. She felt so shy and jittery.

"Dev.......are you sure I should-"

"Come on Sona. Why are you so worried for? It's only my house. It's all a matter of time." He winked shamelessly, making Sona feel very anxious. She could only think of ways to escape his stares.