A long wait....

     S stood there in front of girls hostel, waiting for Iris, every morning. S was never impunctual in any of his deeds nor was Iris.. But what was making Iris take unsually such a long time today.. making it a long wait for S. 10 mins passed and within this time S weaved all sorts of weird thoughts of her getting late. He re-thought was it his craze that made him forget it to be another weekend. But no, it wasn’t,it was just Tuesday.. Neither the day nor the time of 9:00 am in the morning was a culprit.. something somewhere was wrong…

     Another 15 mins passed with S never realizing the fact that he was already 20 mins late for the most awaited campus interview of his life. But then again as people say love is blind. But I disagree… wasn’t it true that he wished only to see wht was the demand of tht moment. All the more coz S was totally blindfolded by Iris’s love and same was the case with Iris. Finally after a long wait Iris appeared somewhere behind the security at the entrance of the girls hostel..

     It was the most awaited moment for S and it was totally visible in every expression that took shape on S’s face… Iris walked out of the gate and confronted S who was as ever with the same charming smile on his face even without a single drop of complain. But S found the full absence of that mesmerizing and charming smile, usually well – knit on Iris’s face. The long wait never even slightly had an impact on S.. but now the killing thing was the very presence of Iris’s blank face.. what, when and how went wrong and that too within few hrs of night time (where they weren’t 2gether)...

     Finally after a long pause as usual S took the initiative to wish her a sweet "good morning" and it didn’t take long for Iris to get a small curve of artificial smile on her face… Without uttering even a single word Iris started walking with S on her side, to cover the distance from her hostel to their dept… Both of them felt the distance never ending with the killing silence having engulfed both of them. Finally S took the initiative and asked "Whats the matter??"...Iris ended every chance of further questioning with a simple answer "S I m finally leaving..."

     S was totally blank to pose any other question…what was wrong on his part for her to have taken such a decision… And finally a retrace back made him understand many a things… And his only next question was "where????". The answer Iris gave drained him of all the pleasures in life that he had already dreamt of, for the next 7 births. She had not only decided to leave the place but also S… what was the reason never anyone knew except for S and Iris, which Iris finally shared on their last date at their favorite spot and that too that very night at 12:00 (what a time and location)…

     The only thing that remains today is the long distance separating S and Iris... and more to it Iris is getting married shortly.... S and Iris are still madly in love but the name for that love has changed... hope in next birth they get united without the insane reason that separated them out in this birth.....