Non-erotic Hues of Love by Yagyaseni

[fasterboy]

Rachna’s question made the smile on Khushi’s face fade away. Her expressions began matching her internal pain, which was hidden in a corner of the heart which was dedicated to someone who made her forget everything which she had learned. Khushi reminded herself that she was seated in front of her pseudo-sister who was analyzing her facial expressions and gained control of herself.


“Who told you that I did not move on? Remember Akshay, my boyfriend?”
reminded Khushi, with a smile playing on her lips.


We both know that it is just for show, just as your smile, Khushi. Till when would remain lost in his thoughts? I guess it is all my fault. It is because of me that you both met and...”


“Mumma, it is time for my favorite cartoon. Let us go home!” said Rahul, cutting his mother’s statement in half.


“I think you should go, Rachna. Trust me, I am fine”, assured Khushi, her heart mocking at her for overusing that phrase when it was false. She stood up to make sure that she makes Rachna leave.


“But...” Rachna tried to argue but stopped seeing Khushi’s pleading expression.


“I will leave for now but we are having this discussion soon”, Rachna said, as she walked out of the room.


Khushi slumped back onto her chair. She pulled one of the drawers of her table to reveal a photo which reflected her teary face. It was the photo clicked at the ramp walk at their last day of secondary high college. What she had thought would vanish away along with his presence, continued to be what influenced her the most in her life.


While she clutched the photo close to her heart and smiled at the memory of being in his arms, the destiny wondered if there was a paradox more complex than in the case of Arnav Singh Raizada. On one hand he had a person who still loved him without any limits and on the other, he was in love with someone who cared only about the limits which defined him and his position.