(I'm open to song suggestions if you have any kindly message. I'll include them in the chapters ahead.)
I checked time as I got out of the car. It was 11:35am. I turned to find Shivin already standing beside me. "Come let's go inside", He said.
It wasn't a crowded place which somewhat felt good. As we moved further we saw caves with narrow spaces through which a river was flowing. It looked utterly breathtaking. The earthly smell seemed to revive all my senses. I folded my jeans and began walking through the dark entrance of the cave. Shivin couldn't walk beside me through those narrow pathways. So he was right behind me.
Slowly as we moved along it became evident that walk here was not a walk in the park, with slippery ice cold stones making it difficult to stand for too long at one place or to get a grip. "So?", Shivin said,with a grunt as he struggled to walk just like me"Do you like this place?". "Yeah, absolutely man, it's...really...great!", I replied, simultaneously trying to maintain a steady footing.
I turned briefly to look at him ,he was smiling with his head slightly down looking at the river. I couldn't figure what made him smile me or this place?I didn't mean to be sarcastic...it really was a "one of it's kind" place. Anyway WHAT A VIEW TO LOOK AT!!! HIS SMILE.
I mentally slapped myself and began trying to concentrate on not falling.
As we proceeded we saw a waterfall. Ah! I was surprised to find it so deep inside the cave. I was so taken aback by the view in front of me that I forgot to watch my step and suddenly my leg slipped but as I was about to fall, I hooked my fingers into a crevice and my face rubbed against the cold walls of the cave. I quickly regained my balance and turned my head to smile at Shivin, awkwardly. WHAT WOULD HE THINK OF ME! . What a kid, never been to a waterfall before ,he must think. But on the contrary ,he looked a little concerned and a little...amused? . He looked right into my eyes and slowly touched my cheek wiping it. Cool gentle fingers seem to shoot electric sparks across my body as the hair on my arms stood at their ends while his greedy brown orbs devoured me slowly.
But then he pulled his hand back and inside his pocket. Taking out a handkerchief and then offered to me. "You've got dirt on your cheek,buddy.", Shivin said. "Ohh ok yeah", I said taking it. I wiped my face thinking how wonderful it would have been if he himself wiped my cheek. Yea I'm a fool.
soon we headed out as Shivin started getting calls from the ladies to pick them up from Mall road. Ahhh such a good time we were having. I didn't want to leave, not yet. "Come Ayaan, let's go we're late." He said. I wondered if he even felt half as much happy as I felt after spending time together. But silly of me to think that, he's getting married, his happiness lies elsewhere, unlike me, deluding myself, looking for signs that do not exist, indulging in affection,I never knew I craved.
We didn't have any conversation on our way back and then we reached home.
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