The second best man
I remembered it like a clear river as my memories flowed through me when she once said that I was her Second best man.
A feeling she brought to me while I looked at her face made me flustered as we both faced each other in the moving bus.
A friendship was a word too small for what it was and a lover was something too far from realism.
We stood by each other side and now it was the last string joining us both together.
"3 months, 3 months I see", I exclaimed.
The time I wished to spend was something I couldn't afford while she was out with someone else.
I looked through the flowing time and the scorching summer.
Was I a coward for not making my move or was I a gentleman to respect her decision.
This was a question I never really got an answer for.
[Shriya's Point Of View:]
Is this what loving feels like?
I looked at him everyday and yet why does it suffocate me as if I feel out of place.
When he speaks does he mean what he says?
("Yes sure here is my number",
"Thank you let's catch up sometime")
The wind rustled as the red sun sank and I looked at this guy in front of me flirting with another woman regardless of my presence.
"Satwik are you still going on with your moves while I am by your side", I said as I shrunk my eyes and shrugged my shoulders away in annoyance.
" Am I not allowed to speak now?", he said.
"Sigh, I don't even wanna talk about it, just forget it"
Was this what love was supposed to feel like.
I remembered the days when I fought with this guy and always had you to comfort me.
Sometimes I think I should have kept this relationship a secret from you.
"Rehan do you hate me?", I said it out loud without noticing.
" You said something", Satwik inquired.
"No", I replied.
"Hmm are you missing something important?
Should I maybe help you out", he said.
"I am leaving"
"Let's call it a day"
"Hey you know I was kidding right?", Satwik said.
"You know you can be a jerk sometimes playing with people's emotions"
"Hey don't cross the line It's my choice to make not yours", he replied.
"We should go our own ways then", I said.
"What?"
"You wish to break up for such a stupid reason?!", he said with no morale.
I should have never expected something from him from the start.
"Yeah I do wish to never meet you again"
"Bye".
In the end it still hurts a lot even when you are the one calling it off, huh.
It feels cold now that it has ended abruptly.
The next second I knew my pillow had dried off my tears and the birds chirped aloud.
I scrolled through my phone and looked at a text message.
"You up?", Rehan sent a text.
Looking back you never left me and have always been by my side.
"Dummy you have one bad timing to text me"
It felt like I went back in time, you were there for me when I went against the entire class.
You were there for me when I needed an answer.
There for me even when I looked at someone other than you.
"Shriya I know you are someone beyond my realms", Rehan thought
In the end you were someone far from my reach.
"Even if I feel guilty I wish to spend these last days of my summer with you", Rehan thought.
At least before I leave I wish to be with you.
"I wish to meet you Shriya".
"I wish to meet you Rehan".