IT’S JUST NOT A LOVE STORY :a tale of friendship and love .
By: Esha Singh Sisodiya
Tags: Teenagers, Short Story, Fiction, Love, Friendship

IT’S JUST NOT A LOVE STORY :a tale of friendship and love .

By ESHA SINGH SISODIYA

The clock was showing 2’o clock on that dark , winter day.

But Ronit was awaken, smiling looking at the walls.. His crush spoken to him for the first time. , to whom he could never even wave or dare look back. He laughed , he blushed, was just lost in his own imaginary world with his Cinderella 💛.

Ronit, who was so shy and innocent...💓 was opening up for Riya... their talk increased, numbers exchanged . His day was began and ended by their greetings by few upcoming weeks.

It was 4th july, and Riya’s 18th birthday. RONIT HAD DECIDED BY THEN THAT’S WHAT HE WISHED NOW, to propose her, he collected all his savings, did all what he could and even broken his extends too to make her feel special.

That day,

Ronit dressed in black shirt and pant, just because he heard Riya saying , “ MAN IN BLACK DRESS is lit.”

He invested lot on her birthday that he forgot to buy himself a watch, lol no more money left...

Roommates are saviour, so was Ravi,

HELPED HIS ZERO FASHION SENSE FRIEND, TO LOOK Like Smarty...

Ready to rock.

He waited for Riya at the restaurant, never letting his eyes go off the door, with YELLOW TULIPS BOUQUET full of excitement and enthusiasm.

Riya arrived in 💛 yellow frock. Ronit eyes lit up, but confidence? NO more, he was sweating and nervousness occupied all his face..

Riya was surprised as the waiter was showing her the booked place, well lighted,all her cute pictures, few drawings too made by RONIT HIMSELF.

Instead of smiling at her, he wanna just hide .Anyhow he stood up and said, “Hey” and asked her to sit.

She laughed , seeing his face turning red.He just was trying to act normal, started asking the lame questions which sounded like silly jokes , she laughed again and this time he too laughed with her.

his brain stopped working at last he said... I don’t want anything in the world but u,

And then he just have no words but eyes full of dreams , shining like a kid.

Riya blushed and then said, “At least we are on the same boat then, you are not losed dear, You have already won me.”

Ronit and Riya just seemed exceptionally perfect to everyone. About one year of their relationship successfully completed and not a single fight , no misunderstanding! Nothing.

As much they love each other, people also loved that couple seeing together. Riya never demanded anything, but Ronit loved to see her that small cute face to sparkle and stunned followed by blushing, when he just bring small gifts . The price you invest matter nothing but the feel you have, small things are enough to make someone happy and to touch hearts.

RAINY days are considered romantic, but when you are with your soulmate , every season is romantic!!

It was late December winter, Riya standing in her balcony sipping the tea,and was busy with her own thoughts . Ronit didn’t talk much with girl leaving Riya and Sneha his bestfriend. Sneha was the mastermind and helping hand behind Ronit ideas💡. Riya too liked her. She thought about about their first sight, their talk, their first date, that first whatsapp message, how from being unknown to a soulmate life has changed. He was the best gift she ever got, she met him when she was going through lots of ups and downs, and his presence has made the things stable in her life, she was when angry like lava, his voice only could soothe her , calming her down.

The weather was foggy, cold winter winds, no sun rays, but deep down in her heart something kept enlightening that’s"love".

A message came from Ronit, she blushed like a baby girl, she read it out -" Hey my strength, love u, wishing a foggy good morning 🌄 ." Hearts meet ,then they read each other and eyes talks !!

She replied back -" hey, My love My morning is already good enough by Your message I love u Ronit!a bit more than myself ”.First year was about to end. Last day was still left of their session. Sneha the gang master and Ronit’s bestie has planned a small gathering just for their little gang of 10. It’s the realization that a small gathering with your loved ones is far more enjoying and satisfying than the grand party.

Planned mojito and vodka, also a night out on Dec 23.

Ronit was hesitant and excited both at the same time, so he packed things up , it meant he ate Sneha’s brain up, to choose the things what he shall take for night out.

In their gang of 10 there were 2 couples and 6 singles who had full on plan to not let their friends leave alone.

They left for their destiny Mansoori at evening 5 and reached by 8’0 clock. Cold winter winds, jackets and coats wrapped around their body, still their stayed warmth in the eyes of Ronit and Riya’s , they didn’t spoke a single word. Sneha smiled looking at her best friend, she was so proud of him how he handle the things, his loyalty. It always brought smile on her face looking Ronit’s smile .

They reached the hotel by 8 :30, it was a beautiful view there, mountains around and a peaceful silence. Boys and girls were divided in two rooms.They all sat in the hall , and the DJ started, all of them joined one by one. They danced till 2AM and could only eat beginner. All left , but Ronit and Riya stayed in the hall.

RONIT danced with Riya, glaring at each other, suddenly Riya felt migraine it was really strong one, she cried out of pain, Ronit panicked seeing her in that way, he took her up to the room , she felt dizzy and fell down even before he reached the door. He called out to Sneha, she woke up instantly and seeing him worried and Riya unconscious immediately called for the doctor.

They waited for the Dr. , Riya’s body temperature too raised.30 min later Dr. arrived till then Sneha has taken care of both of them, as Ronit too was faded half way and was sweating out of panic.

Dr. Checked and handed prescription 💊 and asked to leave the place, he found out that Riya was having allergy from such environment. And assured there was nothing to much worry about, and told Ronit also to have few pills.

As soon as Riya was gaining consciousness back , Ronit was concerned and that’s why he was angry too for the very fast time in their relationship of one year. As she opened eyes , he enchanted but then controlled and asked why she hasn’t informed about this allergy, meanwhile Sneha was relaxed at last seeing things to get back normol, or at least thought things were fixed.

Ronit waited for the response, 5min later she spoke - " Everything can’t be as perfect you think, it was years back when I was here with my ex , he came along with me, but our ways was diverted from then and we departured , and our ways never met. He left me somewhere alone and deeply hurted, and left with a girl he met only few days back, I was broken both physically and mentally. My health got detoriated and was led to this allergy, when you mentioned this place I was astonished and scared but wasn’t able to say you no and hence agreed. Sorry dear, I couldn’t tell this you earlier."

Ronit gasped at what he had heard, he never asked even if Riya had a past, anyhow he felt disappointed, he wanted to know everything and had right to know all this before, he not spoke anything and left her with Sneha.Sneha stood their in shock, how things got terrible like this, in just few minutes. She went to Riya gave her the pills and asked her to have a sound sleep and not think much, when her own head was full of dilemmas. THAT night , Sneha felt an awkward strange feeling, something so new, she was in love with her bestfriend.

She felt embarrassed, couldn’t even think of to face Ronit ever, she hated herself as she thought she can be a reason which can ruin her friendship! She felt as if she has been betraying him till now. And looking Riya infront , made things more harder for her, she too liked her.

Riya was weeping, how can she make upset the person who loved her most . She thought about how the day started, their dance, their connection and now this silence. She always wanted to tell Ronit about this, she tried many times, but could never gain enough courage and confidence to tell, as she was always scared that her past might not destroy her present. And this silence of Ronit was making her more scared. How could she rest when her heart had lost the peace.

Ronit was angry, he just don’t want to talk to anyone. He thought he knows everything but damn he didn’t and this thing was disturbing him, how cute face of her love, has turned into a painful one and then, hearing that she just came because he insisted, was hurting him more, he was going through different emotions, his anger on her , has turned to himself, why was he not able to make her comfortable enough that she could even share her darkest experience . He felt bad and helpless now, how will he be able to face her, when she needed him to be with her and listen ,he raged out her.

The night seemed a never ending one, every minisecond was felt by all three of them.

Darker the night was, Deeper their emotions were.

Continued in next part…