She stepped out of office, lost in some other world in her own thoughts.
As she took her first step away from the building, a car stopped in front of her with a shrill sound of breaks.

She knew it's his car, of course she knew! How many times they had travelled in it ! He use to pick her from her hostel to office, she use to laugh on him attimes as he always knew she would not be ready yet he used to come at the same time and wait infront of her hostel for 5 to 10 minutes. She got a feable smile on her lips.
Should she dare to take his car for the last time today?

No! She shouldn't. She had already caused him many troubles and much pain. Now she should not bother him. Above all now her way is different how can she expect him to go few extra miles for her though he always did that. But now he shouldn't, she doesn't have that right to ask for such favaur anymore.

She decided in herself and stepped another few steps away from office and his car as well.

All sudden he accelerated it and reached ahead of her, pulled breaks hard and started to accelerate while pressing breaks. Is he mad at her? But why? They both knew it's gonna happen one day.

But why not ? After all she is the one who's backing out from this unspoken bond.

"I should not loose this last chance to live. Atleast for last time I can feel his presence and may be my heart's too."

She told herself and stepped ahead to the front seat to sit beside him as she always did, but as she reached the door he leaned a bit and gestured her to sit at back. He had locked doors so she could not sit next to him.
"What was this? "
She exclaimed while sitting at back seat.
"What? " he said calmly without looking back and started to drive.
"What! That! You stopped for me then made so much of noise that I had to come! Then you locked the bloody door!" She fumed while peeping from behind almost leaning over him from the back.

"It's getting dark. You have to go a long way and it can start to rain anytime. I can't let you go alone in such situation." He said coldly wearing his shades.

"And what about this door thing? You know I always sits at front, that's my place." She said in complaining manner.

"But now it's not my right" he said with bit more cold and rude tone as if his pain has started to come out.

His words dragged her to reality. She sat back calmly adjusting her clothes and herself next to window she too grabbed her shades and wore it.

"It's getting dark out side and you wearing dark shades?" He almost taunted.

"So are you!" She replied in same manner.

It made him more furious and he pulled off his own shades and crushed it. His palm stared to bleed as it left few cuts on his palm.

She gasped but couldn't utter a word as she never saw him this much angry.

"I said remove those shades!"

He grinned while looking in rear view mirror.

She removed her shades and kept in her purse.

He was driving silently looking at her in mirror. She was sitting silently trying to avoid his gaze as she doesn't have that courage. Though he never said but she knew what she was for him for last one year, what he is for her.

Before she could start to relive their moments from past year her cell rang. It was her father. She had to pick the call,
" Yes dad, i have resigned. Yaa Yaa don't worry I will not miss my train. I will be there by tomorrow."
She took a pause as her father must be saying something. He smiled to hear her while looking at her through mirror at the same time she looked up and their eyes met. She felt as her heart will come to mouth, closed her eyes and gathered courage to speak up without shaking her voice.
"Dad... don't worry I will be fine and... yes am fine with your choice . If you have chosen he must be best for me.
Yes dad... love you. See you."

His eyes turned bit red at her words.
As she said Best for her.
"So Best has been chosen."
He said sarcastically. She looked up again and their eyes met again. This time his eyes were full of anger and her with pain.

"Do we need to talk about it?" She said in pleading tone.

"Certainly not! As we had left many things unsaid." He said grabbing the wheel more firmly. He must have got wound by that shade as she could see his blood ozzeing out of his hand.

"You should tie something its bleeding now."

"Doesn't matter. Few wounds never bleed but hurts more than word can express." He murmured. And suddenly it started to rain heavily.

There was silence in car, but not the seren calm silence but the haunting , scary silence which was killing both of them inside, only sound was of rain drops hitting the car and thunders.

One outside the car and two inside their souls.

It was getting unbearable for both of them. He switched on radio set of car and started to switch among channels, suddenly some notes fell on his ear and he stopped there only.

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His eyes looked up again in mirror in wish to meet her's but she was gazing out at crying sky.

Just like him her heart skipped few beats as she heard the music. She felt like her heart will come to mouth. She had to gasp for a breath.

She could feel his constant eyes on herself. She always felt his eyes on her beautiful face, she never found him gazing herself with that lusty looks . But somehow she knew his eyes were always on her as if waiting to hear something from her. His eyes always gave her a security that he is with her.

She was never alone even in that unknown town, it was He who gave her feel of being protected.
She knew he was always looking at her but she could never caught him in doing the same , on contrary whenever she tried to absorb his innocent face in her eyes , she got caught by him.

All such moments when he caught her gazing himself and then that cute smile of him! flashed infront of her eyes. Her lips spreads in a beautiful smile while eyes got flooded.

It turned dark outside the car by now, and clouds had no intention of stop pouring.

He was continuously gazing her in mirror though his heart was sinking into darkness of silence, he wanted to scream and fight with her for his right, for his love, for Her!
Her smile gave him some relief and some moments to relive as well.
How can he fight with her? How can he expect her to stay or to get what she was for him, when he could never tell her!
How would he tell her? He still remember when they met. When they started talking to each other. How tough it was for him to talk to her for the first time when they were alone in office lift.

Awkward! That was the word he named that moment, he never felt that much struggle in breaking ice with any person. May be it was hard with her because he always knew that 'She Is The One' and he never wanted to hurt her or loose her.
Suddenly he saw a dog by the side of road under a shed, hiding from rain and it remind him of Her innocence,
It remind him of how once he dared to think of proposing her when his friends asked him to be brave.

He was going to drop her hostel when he started to make ground for his feelings. He was like how distracted his mind was, how detached he feels with rest of things, entertainment or even sports. He wanted to tell her that He wants her in his life as his sole interest was seeing her day and night all he wanted to do was to be with her as heart belongs to her only !

And her reply was, "I think you should adopt A Dog. Dogs are best companions for human like us."
That time he was blank and decided to abort his plan of proposing her but at present moment that innocence of her forced a smile on his face but again his eyes got flooded with the realization of the fact that it was his last chance to see her.

She looked up at him through the same mirror and smiled at him their eyes met, both were full of pain but none could express it.

May be it was too late for realizations or expressions.
"If I had dared to risk your friendship for your love. If i had ever confessed my love for you, I would had right to ask you, "Don't Go!"
He said to himself while looking at her in mirror.

"If I had realized it earlier what i had ? I wouldn't have lost you. I would never ever let you go with this pain. But now it's too late. Let me go with this pain, it's mine."
She said but in mind only.

"How can i let you go? How can i let you go without letting you know what you are for me. Why you just disappeared last week? And suddenly you are getting married!"
His eyes were full of questions. Yet lips were silent.

"How could i tell you how i felt when i got to know about my own marriage dates within few months. That was the moment i felt shattered. That was the moment i realized i can't belong to anyone because i already belongs to you."
Her silent lips got a smile while her eyes were as if glued to His face.

For the first time none of them hesitated and was lost in gazing their loved ones.

He was about to speak up when a thunder shaken whole sky.

She got shaken too as if came back to reality,
"Now it's too late you never said anything nor did I" she thought and turned her face at window again.

His hopes died once again with her gaze and his car entered her hostel gates with a sharp turn.

He pulled breaks hard and stayed in his seat with stone cold face in wait of her to get down.

She opened the door and stepped out in open rain with heavy heart. She turned back and stepped toward front seat to thank him for whatever he had done for her.
Her heart wanted to tell him what he was for her, though he can't be her future but atleast his acceptance that she had a little place in his life and heart would make her happy for rest of life.

She placed her palm on his window lightly, asking him to open it.

He looked up at her with flooded eyes, touched her palm at window glass. His heart felt like it will burst at the moment with grief.

He found himself most miserable in life. He couldn't help but started the car and drove away in speed.
He started to cry badly as his car crossed her hostel gate.

She fell on knees and started to cry worse.

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