Departed

“I Love You…” Sharaav told her.

She did not reply. She looked at him and touched his lips gently.

******

He woke up. His hands started searching for her on the bed. He could not find her.

He got up and looked for her in the kitchen. She was not there.

“She might have gone out.” He thought.

He prepared the coffee and poured it into two cups. He finished his cup but she did not come home.

******

He connected to VPN in the office and logged into twitter. He went to her twitter account. Her last tweet was approximately one month old. He likes stalking at her profile.

“Why is she not tweeting? I should talk about it today.” He thought.

It was 1 PM. He looked at his mobile. No missed calls.

He called her.

Her mobile was switched off.

He skipped his lunch. He did not feel like having it. He was waiting for the clock to hit 6.

******

He reached home. It was still locked.

He sat at the door and called her. It was still switched off.

He prepared dinner for both of them. He was waiting for her.

The phone rang. He lifted up. It was Aryan.

” Dude! Come down. Let’s have a small drink.”

” I’m waiting for her. She feels bad if I drink.”

” I shall talk to her dude. You come down.”

******

They were in their fourth peg of Johnny Walker

” Life would never have been beautiful if she were not in my life. I met her three years back. Earlier, life was routine and very depressing. But she changed it…”

” Stop it dude!” Aryan shouted.

He looked at him in shock.

Aryan continued:

” Come to reality. She died a month ago. And why you still can’t accept that fact? Come to reality. I can’t see you living in illusion. “

He did not speak. He went home. She had not yet come home.

He called her. It was still switched off.

He went to bed and never woke up again ………………………