He Suggested To Me, Not To Love Him

It has been months since I have known him. Now, at this stage of time, I know him so well that I can recognise him from far when I don’t have the glasses on my eyes.

When I first met him or actually saw him, I don’t know whether it was the love at first sight or not (ps: I didn’t believe in this till then). He was a little chubby, little cute and the eyes, what to say about them, they were damn sexy.

I still remember the first day I called him. I was upset for a reason. He had no connection with that yet I decided to call him. My fingers trembled when I dialed his number. He answered the phone and said “hello”. I froze. Tears came out of my eyes. He was confused with my attire. But I started to cry aloud. He made me back to normal. We talked for hours that day. That day our friendship started.

Days passed and with them, our friendship grew. We began to walk together, eat together. We both were fond of food. Spending time with him was the most beautiful part of the day. Number of coffee breaks increased during day time and evenings seem to be shorter now.

It was 1 am that day. We were sitting downstairs outside his home. I was a little high. But the drug was the bottle or him that was not clear. But yes everything was romantic that day. I had to go home but I was not willing to. He was struggling with the booking of the cab. But it was too late for ease. I was beside him just looking at him. He asked me what happened. But how to tell him that I don’t want to go home, I just want to sit beside him and hold his arms and sit like that for the whole night.

I relaxed my head on his shoulder, he gave no response. We continued our conversation. The breeze was chilled. Suddenly I saw, there was an eyelid on his cheeks. I picked it up and pointed towards his hands. I placed the eyelid on his fist and asked him to make a wish. I always make him to do this. “What was your wish?” I asked him. “You...” I blushed. Today I had decided to tell him my side. With this answer, I was feeling more confident for my decision. I just held his arms tightly, took a deep breath and gained all the courage to finally confess. ”I want to be with you. Today, Tomorrow and forever. Will you?” I heard no response. There was extreme silence.

After a couple of minutes, a cab from nowhere arrived. “I have booked the cab, go home.” I was puzzled. He led my way to the cab. As I sat down he said, ”Anu, please don’t love me.” and closed the door. And his tears rolled down at the same speed as mine. The cab headed towards my home.