Untold - 2

We reached home. My heart didn't want him to leave but I was helpless. I wanted to bid him the last goodbye as I was leaving to L.A the next day, where my mother stayed. I looked at him. A flash of memories. I had a sudden adrenaline rush. I kissed him. My first ever kiss. I was startled when I came back to my senses. I left him without even looking back and locked the house door. He stood there for minutes and I watched him leave from behind the windows curtains.

My heart became heavy. A million thoughts running in my head. I called my mum, thinking to speak to her, but her busy schedule didn't have a minute to spare and listen to her daughter's pain. Tears poured down from my eyes. The guilt of losing him surrounded me like darkness. Pain in my heart spread like a fire in a dense forest. The pain became physical. I felt as though my nerves were shutting down.

My heart couldn't take it anymore. All the times spent with him was the only thing I wanted to re-live. His scent, his warmth, the comfort I felt in his kiss. I didn't want that to vanish like a dream. I wanted him. All of him. He was there with me every time I broke. He held me in his arms every time I fell sick. I had taken him for granted.

The cage built by my scars became stronger than before but this time my heart fought its way out, bruised and bleeding but stronger than ever. My emotions flowed like a waterfall. I realised that he loved me like no one has ever done. He is the reason why my heart still believes in love. Detaching myself from him suffocated me. My heart came up to me and told me "You've never felt love in your life and when someone is giving his life for you, how can you push him off the cliff? Learn to love dear. Don't let him go. Never ever let him go." I had to decide what I wanted. A love so strong that kept me alive or the so-called strings attached with my mom who kept me alive just because she had given birth to me and now, I was a burden on her.

Enough was enough. I realised that I could no longer be without him. I ringed him up. Even before I could speak, he said "I'm outside. Open the door."

He came in and shut the door. Tears gushed down my eyes and hugged him as tight as I could. I had never felt so much love ever in my life. I didn't want to let go of him. Never ever. He gently kissed my forehead and hugged me back. My joy was like that of an orphan who finally felt love and care.

"I love you" was the only thing I could say. He wiped my tears and with a smile, said "I know. Stop crying first. Look at what you've done to your eyes." He felt my forehead with his palm and with a worried face told "You have fever baby. Go wash your face and change. I'll make something to eat so that you can take some medicine after that." I nodded and went.

When I came back, he had already prepared pan cakes. My favourite. He made me sit on the chair like a kid and he sat down on the floor as he fed me like a baby. What more in this selfish world could I wish for? Tears rolled down from my eyes.

"Aye. Don't cry now again", he said wiping my tears. I didn't feel to eat but he forced me to eat, just like a mother does. When I was done, he held a paracetamol in my palm and said "This will do for now. We'll visit the doc early in the morning tomorrow". I swallowed it without uttering a word.

He took me in his arms and laid me on my bed. He put the blanket around me and kissed me on my forehead as he said "Good night".

He lay on the sofa right next to my bed and watched me as I closed my eyes. I couldn't fall asleep. Somewhere there was guilt that didn't let me sleep whose reason I didn't know. I couldn't stop crying. I squeezed my pillow as tight as I could.

"Baby it's alright. I'm right here. I'm right here" he said as he held me in his arms. Lying in his arms gave me a comfort nothing in this world can compare to.

"Can you please sleep next to me tonight? Please?" I pleaded.

"I'm always next to you."

"Promise?", I asked.

"Forever. And don't make that puppy face now". He made me smile in those tears.

He slept with me as the moon hid among the clouds, wrapping his arms around me. His warmth, his breath, his love. I just wanted the time to stop and stay like that.... forever...

The End

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