Untold - 1

"Can you zip me up?" I asked from behind the door.

Noah came in and zipped the pretty black frock he had bought for me. It had tiny flowers woven in lace across the neck and a brown belt around the waist. Black was his favourite colour and would always compliment me whenever I wore a black outfit. I turned towards him and asked how I looked.

"Gorgeous as always".

He smiled. I blushed.

He slowly removed the clip that held my messy hair and let it loose. My fringes covered my face. He swept it aside and tucked it behind my right ear. He came closer. His scent soothed my nerves and it was as if he had hypnotized me.

He moved his hand behind my neck caressing me. He held my cheek with his right hand and bent down to kiss but I pushed him away. He looked dejected.

"If you're uncomfortable, I'm sorry", he looked down.

I hugged him. He hugged me tighter. I could feel his breath on my shoulder.

"Please don't go. I beg you " he asked.

My heart was escaping from the cage that my past scars had built. Only I knew the pain I went through waiting for the wounds to heal. I wasn't ready to make the scars fresh again because I knew that anyone I loved would surely leave me one day. First, my dad left. I was shattered. Then my best friend left, leaving me more broken. The only thing that kept me bounded was my grandma. Even she left me and went away, as far as possible. Everyone I loved left me. Now mum treats me like a burden. My heart had suffered enough.

"I can't stay" I said after a pause.

He removed his arms from around me and stepped back. He dawdled and left, without even looking at me. I stood there clueless of what I had done. After a while, I came out of the green room.

While some people were busy shifting their luggage, others were busy talking how beautiful the wedding was. Amidst that chaos, all my eyes searched was for him. He walked past me helping someone with their bags and acted as if I didn't exist.

Almost everyone had left. It was just few of our friends and some of the bride's family members. Theo would drop Noah and me to Noah's home, from where Noah would drop me to mine. Anna and Ethan would stay back at Theo's house.

Anna sat in the front while Theo drove his grey car. Noah sat in between Ethan and me. The clock struck 5 past 9 when we left. It was an hour and half journey to Noah's place. Silence surrounded the journey as everyone were exhausted after the busy day. Noah sat next to me as though I was a complete stranger. I couldn't see him like that. It poked my heart like a thorn. I gently intertwined the fingers of my right hand in between the fingers of his left hand. Without even looking at me, he withdrew his hand. This angered me. I moved closer to the window and looked out till the end of the journey.

It was around 10:30 when we reached his place. He took out his and my bag from the car and we waved to the others as they left. He didn't talk to me and stayed away from me. My anger reached its peak. I went up to him, grabbed him by his hand and said "It's my last day. You still want to do this?"

Just then my phone rang. It was my mum.

"Are you home yet?"

"Not yet mom."

"Go home and don't sleepover at anyone's home. You get that?"

"Yes mom" and she cut the call.

The cold breeze sent a chill down my spine. We exchanged glances. His eyes were moist and so were mine now. He hugged me. In that freezing weather, his love gave me warmth. He held his hands against my cheek. "I love you" he said and hugged me back. I didn't utter a word but wrapped my arms around him. We stood there for a while. He let go of me and gave me his jacket. I put it on and sat behind him on the bike. We didn't speak anything. It seemed as though the silence was in love with the night. I laid my head on his back with my arms around him.

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