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A pleasant February evening... The cafe looked unusually quiet... Dim Candescent lights were lit and sweet aroma of cinnamon, vanilla and cocoa infused in the entire room.
Kabir & Sneha sat near a corner, beside the entrance door of the cafe.
Some moments later a guy approached their table, and collected the empty coffee mugs. Both Sneha & Kabir ordered their usual favorite mocha... The pragmatic yet unassuming, Kabir sat opposite Sneha his face downward, in the silent, dimly lit room his countenance visibly expressed his sadness.
His eyes were glued to the delicate diamond ring... One which sat in his right palm and the other one, which Sneha flaunted on her manicured fingers.
There was an awkward silence for a long while.
"I think, I must leave now."-- Sneha finally spoke, to loosen herself from the strangling, strange awkwardness.
Kabir held Sneha's hand and tried to stop her.
Sneha stood staring Kabir with questioning expressions.
" Let me leave first."--Kabir replied, his face downward, now staring the mosaic marble floor.
"Because...." --he paused, looked at Sneha with pleading eyes, but failed to continue the gaze, as his eyes became wet with tears...
"Because.... I can't stand.. to see you walk away from me."
He picked himself and and began to walk towards the door.
"You were my Bestfriend, Kabir. We could still be friends...." -- Sneha spoke slowly rather hesitantly.
Kabir turned to reply "No! (he drew a deep breath) I don't think ... I'll subscribe that idea. Good bye Sneha...."
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A burgandy diary lay open beside Kabir's mocha coffee mug.
Kabir's mind raced back to the past... Almost a year have passed, since he last met Sneha.
He relaxed on a chair, inside the same cafe.
It was late evening hour.
Kabir appeared melancholic, his hairs awry and mind busy in musings....
He held a silver pen and began writing intensely.
He paused some moments later, looked at a picture, the one he found while flipping the diary pages; early college years... an adorable picture of Sneha & Kabir together.
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He brushed the streaming tears from cheeks, and picked up the pen again to write.
"Slowly as the mists disappear....
A vision begins to unravel... I find myself sinking below the deep blue Sea of Emotions...
It felt like a Dream, but I knew, I was wide awake... And then I saw Her...
She was there... Standing under the shade of the same mango tree, where we spent most of our childhood..
Her butcher brown eyes, that smiles back at you . . hides a thousand galaxies..
The gleaming Sun lighting up her skin, and she looks away, her cheeks turn red and pink blushing shyly...
I then follow her to a Secret Garden... Where she hides her favorite things, and fondest memories and wishes of heart.
We dance to her favorite melodious tunes.. There's tenderness in the air. Her dark brown curls appear as happy as her, they sway as she dance...
It was but a Dream... I reminded myself.
I close my eyes and tried listening to the rythm of my beating heart.
And then... I felt the deep silence.. Silent Secret Garden... I opened my eyes and stood bewildered... She left me... I searched her everywhere. Her absence left me teary eyed...
I stood there alone, still waiting... Waiting.. Wishing she would return. Waiting, until it was dark...
Waiting with a aching heart..
...... I still love you (a solitary tear ran down Kabir's cheeks).... ""
The ink was smudged... Kabir closed the diary and begin walking outside the Cafe. Light drizzle began falling from dark sky.
He suddenly stopped reaching the entrance door of the Cafe.
Kabir stood outside the door for a long while, almost drenched by rain... He picked out from his right pocket, a glittering ring, and ran his fingers on the gold rim, where two letters were visible. Two letters etched 'K' and 'S' for Kabir and Sneha.
Still rains were pouring.. But Kabir's cheeks were wet with tears.
He sighed briefly, then slowly, decided to stride the dark, silent, empty streets. Walking the distance, each single step, moving away from the Cafe and the past memories.
"And it rained all night.. But could not soothe the lone, aching hearts..
I stare the silent, dull gray walls around and wonder, what possibly had gone wrong? ...
Past memories creep through the door and then silence begins to haunt..
The distances between us seems to be a million miles.. I fight hard not to cry...
Though each time, I gasp and brush away the tears... The silence, completes the sentences... That my rhythmic heartbeat whispers..
I have to leave it all behind...
I decide to loosen these strands, that entagle me to your memories...
This time I truly let go...
But I promise to meet you, to the place far away... To a place where dreams turn real..
To a place where happiness is found...
To a place where I find you...
It is the Secret Garden..
Where everything you desire, everything you seek... and everything you need .. You shall find..."
~Yours Truly~
Kabir
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