C U 2MROW @ 9 (July 5, 2016)

In few minutes their talks had evolved. Subjects had changed. They talked about the future, the turns their love would take and the gifts that it will bring along. All seemed a distant dream for a moment and then it seemed as if all was going to happen bit by bit, step by step, kiss by kiss.. She giggled, felt silent for a while until she came out with some words.

“Chup raho na, just keep quiet.” Mannu knew they were spoken in an ostentatious state.

“Can I ask you something, Pia?”  

“I know what you’ll...” She whispered.

“What? Hello... hello...” Mannu spoke up, puffing his lungs with more air.

“I know what you’ll ask.” She said again. 

“Really! I don’t believe this...” Mannu said, passing his first kiss.

Silence.

“Speak up Pia... I can kiss you... now you’re all mine.”

“Anushka deleted that message and all those messages were from her side. Believe me...” Pia came out with the right words. It was the pressing question that Mannu had kept subsided within him up to now.

Mannu passed a kiss again. He didn’t ask her how she knew it. The moment itself was the answer.   She kissed back and it continued for a long while. Oh... they never wanted to see the sun again. She took his name in longing, he took hers. She needed his touch, she needed closeness. But what could  be done virtually? Nothing! And she started sobbing.

“Don’t cry. We’ll be near darling... Hmmm.”

“Are we doing it right? Can we call it love?” She questioned amidst her sobbing, which had now became much more audible.

“Pia... Pia... Pia... calm down... listen to me...” Mannu paused deliberately to think of the right words to keep her calm. “Listen to me...” He continued.

“Hmmm...” Somehow, she managed to speak.

“You know what...”

“Hmmm...” She spoke.

“I’ve heard in songs... blind love is true.” He said to reconcile her, rubbing the palm over his stomach in perplexity.  

“Come on wipe your tears. Tell me one thing. Since when do you love me?”asked Mannu, in a tone loud enough to keep things safe.

“Tumko nahi pata kya, don’t you know that?” She spoke delicately.