Yours, With Love ✓

2| Mixed Feelings

Published on 11th February 2021.
Word count : 2300 words
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- S H R U T I -

Turning my gaze towards the man, I looked at him and I knew that it could only be a dream. How can he be here, at my place?

"Shruti." My mumma took me out of my dreams, "Where are you lost? Just go and change." Running to my room, I closed the door and sprinkled water over my face.

How could he be the one?

Out of billions of males, why him?

Was I dreaming?

But then, it wasn't a dream!

Stripping my formals, I changed into another pair of clothes and walked out, carrying a smile on my face, which was ofcourse fake. How could someone smile while being shocked at the same time?

As the discussions took its place, I kept quite while constantly looking in his direction. How much did he change? His height was probably same. His facial features were great, just like the last time. At that time, his stubble was in the process of growing. And now, he had more of those manly features with beard.

What am I even doing?

Why was I acting like a creep?

"Should we let them talk alone?" I heard his mother saying. That was the reason she looked so familiar. As everyone agreed, my mother instructed me to take him to my room. But why my room? As I couldn't disagree her infront of everyone, I nodded and we walked to my room.

"Your room is beautiful." I heard him saying. I know my room is beautiful and I don't need a certificate for that! What am I even thinking?

"Thanks."

"It's you in the photo?" He asked, gazing at one of my childhood photos, hanging on the wall. I hummed and he nodded. Wasn't it supposed to be -'Oh! You looked same in childhood, just similar to how you were more than a decade back!'?

But he didn't remember me.

And it was obvious.

How and why would he remember me?

There was nothing between us. Everything ended even before starting. Nothing happened between us.

"I heard that you're a lawyer?"

"Corporate lawyer. And you?" I asked. I never really tried to find anything about him after he left the school. It was unnecessary. Grieving for something impossible is totally insane.

"Jewellery."

"Huh?"

"I design jewellery. That's what my company is about." He said and I nodded. Then no-one said anything. After an eternity of silence he finally broke it up. "Should I sit?"

All the time I was sitting and he was standing...

Why didn't I ask him to sit?

"Sure." I said and he sat beside me. And then we enquired about each other's life. Not me, it was him who asked everything. I couldn't open my mouth to ask anything.

"Umm... Do you any problem with this marriage?"

"Huh? No..." I said and he smiled.

He looked so good while smiling.