Time: 4:20 PM
The train sound—kuuuuuuuuu...—snapped me out of the storm inside my head.
When I lifted my eyes, she was standing right in front of me.
My heartbeat went wild. 💗💗
Her eyes... those eyes I've always loved.
Today they were filled with tears, the way an eclipse hides the moon—beautiful, but painfully sad.
And for the first time in my life,
I felt happy she was crying...
because those tears were for me.
The announcement chimed—ting ting—
"My train will leave soon."
Reality hit me like cold water.
"Did you pack everything important?" she asked softly.
I nodded, but my heart didn't.
Inside, it screamed:
Idiot, you didn't pack the most important thing... her.
Just say it. Tell her she makes you happy.
But my brain panicked:
Please don't do anything stupid. What you have is enough.
My heart yelled back:
No, it's not enough!
My brain shouted:
One step forward and you'll lose everything.
And then my heart whispered the one question my brain couldn't answer—
But what if she says yes...?
What if we get everything we dreamed of?
I felt stuck between two brothers fighting inside my chest.
She looked at me, as if she could hear my thoughts.
Breaking the silence, she said,
"Listen... don't you dare stop calling me. I'll come to Delhi and kill you."
Both my heart and brain went, "Haaaaaaa..." together.
I stared at them like,
Idiots... now you agree? After all this time?
The train horn blew—Kuuuuuuuuu.
It was time.
I stepped inside the compartment.
As I looked out, she waved, shouting,
"You forgot your dinner again! You always forget something—
but how can you forget food?!"
I smiled.
Her smile slowly faded as the train began to move.
I turned around and sat in my seat.
My brain whispered,
Maybe he loves you...
My heart replied,
Now you realize?
But for once, they both grew quiet,
leaving me alone with my thoughts.
And in the soft glow of the fading platform,
with the train pulling me away from her,
one thought wrapped itself around my chest—
warm, painful, beautiful:
Maybe she loved me.
And that thought...
was enough to make me smile.
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