A true love story…well, almost

It was a dark night. Stars were filling my soul with a silent hum and accompanying me along the way. The road seemed to be meeting with the dark sky ahead. The trees were bristling in the soft wind. It was all so quiet that I could hear my heart pounding afar. It was me and my thoughts covering distances in that gloomy night. Thick blue clouds were drifting from one corner of the sky, thundering, trying to absorb it. I needed to walk faster as it was about to rain.

As I was walking through, I saw someone coming, or was it only a feeling that someone was coming? Was I feeling lonely? No. somebody was coming my way. I tried not to look, trying hard to look composed and busy. Suddenly I felt like looking in that direction, I would have cursed myself if I had not. It was like a ray of light in the gloomy darkness.

It was a girl, a beautiful girl. Those deep black eyes engulfed all my attention. They were too intense for any girl of her age. One could easily see her whole world through her eyes. They were so intimate that I could not resist watching them. I thought I had seen her before, but only in my dreams was this possible.

Wind was gliding through her hair as if kissing her and not willing to spare even a single moment not addressing her beauty. She had a suave walk that looked like a unicorn walking towards me and about to take me to a magical land of beauty.

Even the stars, accompanying me, betrayed and became silent. She had features that only a princess could possess. I was no longer aware of where I was or what I was doing. I felt like going into a trance. Suddenly I realized that we were too close and dreary thoughts engrossed me, “Was I looking long enough? Was I staring? Oh god was I acting like a stalker”. I couldn’t care less. I couldn’t dread even the thought of missing out this sensuous sight.

Then I saw something that turned my world around. She smiled. I was enamored by that captivating smile. I could swear that I had not seen anything so pure and so beautiful. Then the string of thoughts started again. “Did she really smile? Did I convince myself that she was smiling?” I couldn’t think anymore. In just a moments notice she passed me by and I realized that she was really smiling at me.

I wanted to look back at her. To have a last look at that beauty which I could never even come close to in my life, ever. Just then I heard a voice calling my name behind my back, “Akshay”. It was her. I could swear on my life it was her. Just as that beautiful voice struck my ears, turmoil began. I couldn’t explain what was happening. Everything started whirling around and into her eyes. “What was that?” just as it was all happening, that voice became harsher and harsher trying to engulf me in as well. Out of nowhere, something started beeping and I saw my friend Ankit shouting from outside my room and calling my name, asking me to wake up. I looked around to get aware of my surroundings. It was only my room, with alarm clock beeping over my head. It was quarter to eight and I was getting late for my classes.

So this was my fugacious love story but next time I will try not to wake up and atleast ask her name.