They became friends. ‘You’ and ‘me’. They talked late into the night till morning. ‘You’ complained of feeling sore in the morning. ‘Me’ would sweet talk her into feeling better. ‘Me’ enjoyed her company. It made him feel warm, less vulnerable and complete from the inside. Although, he did not know how she felt, without her ‘Me’ could not think of surviving a day. Was ‘me’ falling for her? If he indeed did, how was he supposed to know if ‘you’ felt the same way for him? He kept on thinking about it for most of the coming days. Then one stormy day, he got his answer, sooner than he expected.
‘You’ urgently called ‘Me’. ‘Me’ looked up and smiled. “Hello ‘you’, what is it?” Even though the two friends had been stretched into space by distance, ‘Me’ could easily feel the tremble in her voice. Was it excitement? Fear? ‘Me’ wondered. ‘You’ spoke out jubilantly, “You know, I think today is the best day of my life! “
“Why?” asked me “It’s so stormy. These wind guys, I don’t know what’s wrong with them. Why are they running around? “
‘You’ laughed. “I am in love.”
Thud thud. ‘Me’ could hear his heartbeats hammering away incessantly inside his chest.
“With whom?” ‘Me’ asked. Somewhere very deep he thought she must have fallen for him.
‘You’ blushed and said “’Bf’. He is in the same zone as I am! I wanted to tell you about him before but you were busy helping your dad. He asked me if I would be his girl. I said yes. I am so happy”
The earth just shook beneath him. He could feel the plates shifting. The ‘Monster of Fire’ from the core of the heart coming up to swallow him. No. It was all in his mind. The architect of destiny had stabbed right through his heart. The heart bleeding, he managed to smile for her happiness. He found a little bit of solace in disguising his true feelings at the moment.
“Really?” he said “Congratulations! That calls for a celebration!”
“Yes but I’m going out with him and his friends right now. So, let’s celebrate tomorrow. I have to hurry. See you. Love you”
‘You’ went away.
‘Me’ kept looking; half wishing her to come back and tell that all of it was a lie. But She did not. Little did ‘You’ realize how passionately ‘Me’ had faller for her. His eyes became blurry with tears. His heart was weary. He sat down, crying to Mother Earth. The mother drew him close to her and stroked the skin of his cheek gently. She sang him a lullaby.
‘Me’ slept, away from all the pain of the world.