When I Was Your Man
The sound of her footsteps approaching the empty classroom was all that was needed to send shivers down his spine, the sound of her faint breathing was enough for her presence to be made. The footsteps got louder and louder until she entered the classroom.
He closed his eyes and told her what he should have told her a long time ago, he told her what she should have known before Dilip Kashyap came into the picture - now, despite knowing it was too late, Yash told her.
His pride, his ego had been above everything else earlier, but now that he wanted to clean up the mess he made, he knew that he could never do it. Yet he still told her.
"Ishita," he whispered hoarsely into the dark classroom, knowing she would be able to hear him, "I love you."
His words echoed in the classroom that contained nobody but two lonely souls - the classroom that existed only for Yash to confess his love to the woman who meant more to him than his own existence meant for himself. His eyes sprung open when he saw Ishita with tears in her eyes in front of him.
He knew she was with Dilip, he knew that his heart had already been trampled on, and he would happily let it be trampled on again, but love for him meant more than that. Love for him meant expressing his feelings.
And express his feelings for Ishita he did.
"I love Dilip," was all she said in a monotone voice, before she turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Yash in the darkness, all alone.
Who knew that a heart that was already broken, could break again?
Through the tears that prickled the corners of his eyes, he smiled, knowing that people never fell in love, they rose in it, because love made you stronger. He remembered the time him and Ishita fought, competed, kissed, felt attraction towards each other, and knew that keeping those moments in his memory would heal his broken heart.
"And I love you Ishita," he whispered through the darkness.
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When I Was Your Man
Short StoryWhat will you do when the one you love, loves someone else? What will you do when he breaks her heart and she comes running to you for comfort? What will you do when you lose her... again? This is Yash Shekhawat's story. (I originally posted this...
