iincendiia

As both of them stood leaning against the cold railing of the balcony, silence reigned upon them. It held different meanings for either. 

She usually preferred the silence. It brought calmness to her mind, a sense of sanity. But this one? It was maddening. It let a storm of thoughts enter her mind. Images of what could've happened; of what could still happen flashed across her inner eye. It terrorised her. Haunted her, letting a sole drop of tear run down her cheek. She wiped it away immediately. 

Even though he looked straight ahead in the distance at the night sky hovering over the city lights, with a side glance he noticed it. She was trying to hide her tears. On other occasions, he would do anything for her to shut up but right then, he wanted her to say anything. Anything at all. A word, at least. The silence stretched infinitely, tension in the air becoming thicker and thicker with each passing second.

He opened his mouth to speak, but was pushed away when her fists collided against his hard chest. "Don't. Don't say a single word. There's nothing you can say to make me feel better!" She sobbed loudly. "Did you hear what the doctors said? Didn't you?!" Her fists pounded against his chest but it didn't even make him flinch. 

He caught her arms in mid-air and shook her, hoping that would send some sense into her, "Calm down!" He said, "We're in a hospital! And you cannot blame me for what happened." He added but somewhere deep down he knew, he was to be blamed for what catastrophe had happened that night. 

"Get out! I don't want to see your face and I don't want you to be anywhere near him!" She announced, tearing her gaze away from him while gritting her teeth in anger. 

She expected an apology from him but only received a rude reply. "I don't want to see your face either!" He confessed and stormed out of the room.

Tangled Hearts

Gaurav and Raina sat beside each other. For a long time, neither of the two said a word but the silence was comfortable.

Ahaan hadn't bothered to get back to check on them. As much as Raina knew him, he was probably snoring in his bed, dreaming of Pihu.

Sometime during the night, it had started raining; quietly in the beginning and then as though the clouds would burst.

Still sitting on the cold stairs, Raina wondered if what she did was right. The part of exposing the truth was definitely nothing wrong, but the method…

Everyone was present. It must have been very embarrassing to find out he was cheated on. But Raina refused to believe the two ever shared a real connection.

She had known him since they were in kindergarten. She knew about his first crush, first relationship, first break up. It had all happened before her eyes.

Chapter Sixteen