"There was a time in life, when eating amul chocolates used to be a big deal. When there was a concept of candy, phantom cigarette chocolate, goldspot to quench the thirst and hajmola candy (imli and aam flavour) to relax," he said.
"Then what happened?" She asked
"Life. In the most dramatic and furious way. We grew up. We forgot how to enjoy happiness in small things. When we were small, we could do crazy things. All it took was a towel to become superman. When we were not exposed with the world," he said philosophically.
"Because we were too busy running. Running from people, things, events, past, work and even for eating we don't have time. But why is it so that when we are talking about all this we are feeling at peace? Why is that even we are connected we have forgot to communicate?"
"Because a part of us still resides there. In those narrow lanes and old times. When you had no means to contact people and relied on postman. When people would wait rather than keep calling you if you were late. We have lived both era and we find solace in the era where we were born. Because we are connected to our roots, the origin of our existence," he added.
"What is that one thing that can keep you awake for the entire night?" She asked him
"When you don't get sleep or when I don't know whether you are awake or asleep," he replied
"Why knowing is so important to you?" She asked him
"I don't know the reason. I don't think there should be a reason for everything. There are certain things that is meant to be in a certain way. Our mind can give enough reasons but what a heart feels can never be justified with reasons," he said.
"It is not like I am awake every night when you are not around. I know there are times when it is not possible for you and I try to sleep. But I don't sleep properly. And the day you are around I can sleep all day long without even changing my sides. I don't know why but maybe because my heart feels at home in your arms," he said.
"When I was not in your life, how you used to sleep then?" She asked him again
"I was an insomniac back then," he said with a big grin on his face
"I was empty from within. There was a void that I kept falling into and the day you arrived, I felt as if someone just gave a hand to pull me out of that void. And the reason I don't want to be left alone at night is because I am afraid of falling into that void again. Because I am afraid of becoming an insomniac again and because I love the way you hold me tightly and make me sleep and make me feel at home," he said.
She came closer, held his hand and said, "I will always hold you tightly in my arms and never let you fall in any void. Yes, there will be times when maybe I won't be able to but I will never let you go. I am here and you are home."
"Which is the most beautiful shade of me you adore?" She asked him
"The moment when you wake up in the morning..." He said
"Everyone says it in a hundred different way," she said
"But I can give you a perfect logic behind this," he smirked
"Go on..." She said and stared blankly away in the sky
"When you wake up in the morning that is the most natural form of you. We are in our purest form the moment we wake up from the dream world to come back into the simulation," he said and smiled
"But then why not we are in our purest form when we go to sleep?" She asked him
"Because after spending an entire day in the simulation you cannot jump back to something so you need sleep and after when you are done sleeping you wake up. The moment when the ray of sunlight falls on a portion of your face and when you twitch your lips in annoyance and turn to the other side of the bed but you have become conscious of the simulation. And that moment. That one moment. A moment of few seconds but you are in that form. And I love that shade of most of all your shades..." He said and looked at her...
She couldn't say anything but her one look said everything to him...
"Isn't it strange yet wonderful?" She said looking blankly into the sky.
"Beautiful," they both said in unison as they saw a shooting star..."
"Then what happened?" She asked
"Life. In the most dramatic and furious way. We grew up. We forgot how to enjoy happiness in small things. When we were small, we could do crazy things. All it took was a towel to become superman. When we were not exposed with the world," he said philosophically.
"Because we were too busy running. Running from people, things, events, past, work and even for eating we don't have time. But why is it so that when we are talking about all this we are feeling at peace? Why is that even we are connected we have forgot to communicate?"
"Because a part of us still resides there. In those narrow lanes and old times. When you had no means to contact people and relied on postman. When people would wait rather than keep calling you if you were late. We have lived both era and we find solace in the era where we were born. Because we are connected to our roots, the origin of our existence," he added.
"What is that one thing that can keep you awake for the entire night?" She asked him
"When you don't get sleep or when I don't know whether you are awake or asleep," he replied
"Why knowing is so important to you?" She asked him
"I don't know the reason. I don't think there should be a reason for everything. There are certain things that is meant to be in a certain way. Our mind can give enough reasons but what a heart feels can never be justified with reasons," he said.
"It is not like I am awake every night when you are not around. I know there are times when it is not possible for you and I try to sleep. But I don't sleep properly. And the day you are around I can sleep all day long without even changing my sides. I don't know why but maybe because my heart feels at home in your arms," he said.
"When I was not in your life, how you used to sleep then?" She asked him again
"I was an insomniac back then," he said with a big grin on his face
"I was empty from within. There was a void that I kept falling into and the day you arrived, I felt as if someone just gave a hand to pull me out of that void. And the reason I don't want to be left alone at night is because I am afraid of falling into that void again. Because I am afraid of becoming an insomniac again and because I love the way you hold me tightly and make me sleep and make me feel at home," he said.
She came closer, held his hand and said, "I will always hold you tightly in my arms and never let you fall in any void. Yes, there will be times when maybe I won't be able to but I will never let you go. I am here and you are home."
"Which is the most beautiful shade of me you adore?" She asked him
"The moment when you wake up in the morning..." He said
"Everyone says it in a hundred different way," she said
"But I can give you a perfect logic behind this," he smirked
"Go on..." She said and stared blankly away in the sky
"When you wake up in the morning that is the most natural form of you. We are in our purest form the moment we wake up from the dream world to come back into the simulation," he said and smiled
"But then why not we are in our purest form when we go to sleep?" She asked him
"Because after spending an entire day in the simulation you cannot jump back to something so you need sleep and after when you are done sleeping you wake up. The moment when the ray of sunlight falls on a portion of your face and when you twitch your lips in annoyance and turn to the other side of the bed but you have become conscious of the simulation. And that moment. That one moment. A moment of few seconds but you are in that form. And I love that shade of most of all your shades..." He said and looked at her...
She couldn't say anything but her one look said everything to him...
"Isn't it strange yet wonderful?" She said looking blankly into the sky.
"Beautiful," they both said in unison as they saw a shooting star..."
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