The Ruined Rainbow

CHAPTER 14

All of life is peaks and valleys. Don't let the mountains get too high or the valleys too low.
John Wooden.

Sahil.

One month later.

The days passed with no clarity. My daily routine is as follows:

Get up. Drink coffee. YouTube time. Set and acting life of myself. Come home. Black coffee. Video call Ayesha Sleep.

Well, video calling Ayesha is my favourite time. She would sit with her chin on the knees and keenly look at the laptop of hers, and I would lean back on the chair smiling.

She would speak about her day in college. Dull and stupid it was she would say every day.

She would say she missed me a lot. I am sure that is true. She seemed so lonely, and I felt the same.

But would smile goodbye.

It's 3 in the morning.

My cinema life is going boring as well. I mean not boring, umm I would say uninteresting. Shoot all day, visit producers, pose for photos and attend calls for ad agencies.

Well, this seems, uninteresting, don't they??

Well, Ayesha was the only one I was close too.

Ayesha and Varun.

Not my parents, because of...

Not Rhea, because she is acting double distant.

Now that I think about Rhea, I feel more pained. I mean, our relationship is being weird. Though she knew both of us were busy, I don't know.

I sometimes feel like: am I even her boyfriend?

I guess you get it, that distant we were.

Wait, am I thinking about this at 3 in the morning? Something is wrong with me.

I slept.

The next morning, I had nothing to do. I decided to step out for breakfast. I decide against calling my driver and occupied that driver seat. I went to Beautiful Castle. That's where you get the best food.

Food can light my mind.

I occupy an empty seat right next to the window. The cold breeze is blowing, and I feel cold. I put up my hoodie as the waiter came to me for my order.

I told him to bring the best he had, along with a glass of coffee.

I look at the window, which is giving me a view of the garden beyond.

However, there are dark clouds in the sky, and that brings a frown on my face. I look down at my breakfast which just arrived and is about to feast on it when I hear voices.

Rhea.

I turn around and my heart breaks.

She is not alone; she is with someone.

I couldn't see, who that was as he sat facing his back.

She is laughing with whoever she was sitting with. And whoever that was, was quite humorous too, cause he was making her laugh.

My mind spilt into two emotions. Anger and Sadness. And when they both come together, the consequences are dangerous and unpredictable.

I sit in the same position trying to hear their conversation, and I hear Rhea speak about me.