"Thank you beta." The maid thanked Swara since she helped her to open the store room that she couldn't because she had to carry a cardboard box filled with delicate glassware that were hardly being used. The maid kept the box in the store room and left. Swara was about to close the room but then stopped when she found a huge object standing surrounded with other things. Only a small portion of the huge object was visible since it was covered with a cloth which looked quite dusty... Inspite of the dust even the small part of rich black exterior displayed, looked so pretty to her.
Swara took baby steps and she stood infront of the covered object. This object was her first love, her first dream but she had never for once thought in the future, her first dream would become a shattered, broken and an unfulfilled desire. With a heavy sigh, she pulled away the cloth and the abandoned yet slightly dusted grand piano was now visible. Her eyes turned softer as memories filled her mind. She was glad that she chose to play the piano this time even though she didn't exceed properly. But the fear she had seeing the instrument was no more present, instead all she felt was her guilt eating her up for doing this to her dearest music.
She wiped away the dust from those ivory keys with a sad smile. This weekend Reema couldn't clean it up since she had to take care of Swara. The love Reema had for the piano didn't let her abandon this piece of art, after all she was a music teacher before. So she cleaned it up every weekend's night but only after making sure Swara had slept so that she doesn't panic seeing it, and Swara had noticed, always! But never spoke it out.
She had played her first in this very piano that belonged to her own mother's, Aisha's. Though her memory was vivid after all she was just five when she saw this grand piece, Swara could remember how she gushed around and asked her mother to play it for her and when she did, Swara kept way her small teddy bear aside and for the first time placed her little fingers on the white keys. When she heard the sound of the piano because she had pressed a key, she giggled. And for the first very time Swara who never asks anything for herself besides chocolates asked her maa to teach her piano so that she could play it like her, one day. Reema who was present promised along with Aisha to help her play it well. That was the very first chapter of piano in her life, a memory she would guard with her heart and cherish it till her last breathe. Even after all the bitter things that had happened, she couldn't throw away this musical instrument that gave wings to her dreams, been her comfort for rough days and nights, brought positivity in her despite all the tangled chaos and brought her emotions alive without complaining when she transferred them in her finger movements and that came out as music in the air. There were so many reasons for her to say but all lead to only one destination- She loves Piano!
As much as she remembered her first excitement, the memory of her playing it after her mother's sudden demise was still fresh as if it had happened yesterday. Swara at that time didn't believe her mother passed away despite attending her funeral. She still believed that her maa would return back to her if she plays the piano properly that she spilled not even a single tear. And when she started playing the piano, her mind flooded with her maa's words, her tears blurred her vision but she still played until her hands no more supported her action since she skipped both sleep and food for straight two days, just living with water. Finally, at last she broke down in tears in front of hundreds of people who came to watch the recital. She ran away from the stage only to be welcomed by the darkness, she blanked out.
The love and devotion she have for this instrument questioned her every time when she thought about the incident, Did she do justice for the piano? No! She didn't, because her piano deserved a better, proper goodbye and all she did was to run away, far away leaving it abandoned.
Now, she had decided something and she really hoped from the bottom of her to make it successful.
Closing the store room, Swara marched forward towards her room and grabbed her mobile and dropped down a text to Sanskaar.
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Together Forever
Fanfiction{Slow updates} Destiny has its own ways to make each soul meet their soulmate! Swara Gagodia and Sanskaar Malhotra are one such magical pair who are bonded to meet and fall in love with each other against the chaos happening in their own lives. Bein...
