no one to listen !!

It was the same famous Z Bridge of Pune. He realized once he was there, she was sitting behind him and just they were off the road for a long drive, no particular destination to be reached, journeying itself was destination. He stopped the bike and parked in the end corner of the bridge. Both side of the bridge was full with people, especially couples. The only place left untouched was the end corner; they stood near the railing and felt the cool breeze coming through the river flowing down.

‘So what is for me?’ she asked smiling, she knows he never bought anything for her, so the tactic was to buy and ask him to pay. But today she behaved different asking for a gift. He was clueless what to respond. He just smiled and said, ‘you know better’ that means he don’t have anything.

She sat down with a look of disappointment on her face.  And the boy followed and there was a silence for few minutes. ‘You know I will be leaving you after few days’ she said slowly, with tears floating in her eyes. Before he can say anything, she added, ‘still you didn’t bother to bring something for me? At least give me something which I can keep with me.’ A drop of tear rolled down from her pale white skin.

‘Let me check your bag, definitely there will be something’ he just loved the way her mood swings, all emotions at the same time. Before he can even smile at things, his bag was in her hand and she started searching. Fortunately there was a dairy milk chocolate, about which even he was also not aware, may be someone’s birthday return gift in the office. Next moment she was eating it like a small child, not even looking at him; maybe she feared that he will ask for a share.  Tears continuously flowing from her eyes, the boy thought of asking her not to cry but controlled himself and just handed the hanky to her, she took it.

After she was done with the chocolate, she said, ‘Next time bring a rose for me’, he smiled. ‘I know you will not bring, still I am just doing my part’ she added. ‘I will’ he said. She smiled.

She stood up and gave a hand to him, he grabbed it. They took a small walk on the bridge. It was 8:17 in watch and we were late. ‘Let’s go home, your sister might start worrying about you’ he said.

‘You don’t like spending time with me, isn’t it?’ she immediately replied and started walking towards the bike. He had no choice but to follow. She was standing near the bike, gazing at the ground, he never told her but has always loved her expressive nature, it is full of truth.

‘It is fine if you want to spend more time here’ he said to her. ‘No, we should go now, my sister will be worrying’ she repeated his sentence. He dropped her in front of the colony; she had not spoken a single word throughout the way. As soon as bike stopped, she got down and started walking towards the gate. He was looking at her going away, she stopped, turned back, came to him and kissed on his cheek and said, ‘I love you’ and walked back inside.

                                   

He knew he will never see her again but he stood there for few seconds thinking whether to reply or not, it does not matter now as there was no one to listen…