Kaitlyn's Candy Of Love

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KAITLYN

I broke away from the hug and looked at him in the eyes as if to ask, "What happened to us?" My eyes filled with tears which I had been holding for long. I turned away from him to hide my tears and went to the living room. He didn't come behind to comfort me and kept cooking. I sat on the sofa and thought about us. Were we the same couple who couldn't stop kissing each other? I let out a breath.

Once we had gone to Italy for a small vacation. We both had found time in our busy, conflicting schedules. Over there when we were at a restaurant, a tourist took a photo of us. We saw that and asked to see the photo for the sake of it and of course a bit of curiosity mixed in. The photo was beautiful! In that photo I was laughing with my head raised up and Sid was looking at me smiling adoringly. "I have never seen a more happier couple." the tourist said. I blushed. After the tourist left, Sid said," I love you Kaitlyn. A lot." I blushed again and replied," I love you too Sid."

On our one year anniversary he gifted me that same photo. "How did you....?" I asked. Sid just smiled his perfect smile. I hugged him tight out of pure happiness. He said," Promise me you'll always be happy. Just you are like in this photo." "Stay with me. I'll be happy as long as you are there with me." He kissed me on my forehead and whispered, "Always."

My eyes welled up again and I rubbed them off. Sid then came with the breakfast. I couldn't help but notice that he had taken the effort to make pancakes. Just then my eye caught the invitation that I had thrown in the dustbin the day before. Sid saw me looking there and asked, "I saw the invitation while throwing the waste out and kept it safe. Aren't you going?"

" No. Not interested, Sid." I didn't want to go. I have bad memories of there.

"You should go. It'll be a fabulous experience and you'll get to meet all your classmates and all. Anyway it is your vacation right?"

"I don't want to talk about it, please"

"But why?"

"I can decide what I want to do, ok?

"What's wrong?" He kept looking at me as if he couldn't guess what the hell was wrong.

"'What's wrong?' You don't what's wrong? Well I'll tell you what is wrong! We are what is wrong. What has happened to us Sid? Its been ages since we have even talked properly. If we open our mouths, it is only to fight. Living with you, its.....its suffocating me. I can't live like this anymore." I started crying.

Sid looked at me dumbfounded. He couldn't seem to think anything. He came close to me to hug me but I backed away.

I continued, " You know what? On second thoughts I'm going for that bloody get-together. If that means I can get away from here I'll go. At least I won't suffocate." stressing that 'suffocate'.

I walked briskly to the bedroom and started to pack my things. I didn't bother to change what I was wearing. I packed my bag as fast as possible. I got out of the room and said, "Goodbye". He didn't say anything. I didn't expect him to. Not after my hurtful words. Hurtful but true. I started to walk out of the apartment and I could feel him sniffling. I wanted to turn back and say sorry but too much damage had already been done.

I soon hailed a cab and left for the airport.