a tinge of softness

ELISA: Eden, I have something to talk about.

EDEN: can we talk about all the other stuff later…you should relax a bit first.

ELISA:.....it's urgent.

She lowered her eyes in hope of gaining some courage. After witnessing a tear run down her tinged cheeks, a calloused hand approached with the desire of wiping away all her sorrows.

EDEN;Eli, please don't cry, it breaks my heart to see you distressed. Whatever you want to talk about, I'll listen.

ELISA: Eden, I'm leaving.

EDEN:..............what??????????, no Eli, you are not, we will sort everything out, don't worry. OK??

A face full of indifference was seen through the eyes of her lover. She was beyond caring. Although it hurt her to leave him behind, she could not bear to put him in danger. SHE WAS HERE TO SEE HIM FOR THE LAST TIME, AND THAT WAS FINAL. The boy panicked on seeing the determination in her eyes.

EDEN; At least tell me where you are going !!!!

A smile was the first answer he got for his questions, and a hug was the second. She turned away without an ounce of remorse on her face, but the boy knew her. It hurt her as much it did to him. He gave a bitter smile.

EDEN:It's okay, so as long as you love me, I can let you fly as high as you want, but I must be the only one you return to. I wish I could just follow you, but that will make you love me less, and I don't want that. 

A day passed by in a blink of an eye, but the throes of agony pained for so long. In the midst of the messy room lay a person so full of sorrow and helplessness, that even the possibility of happiness seemed unimaginable. That day, all the colour was drained from the lives of two people who started on the same path but ended up parting ways. 

Hours pass by as the only soul in the room remembers the beginning of it all.

A DECADE AGO

In the midst of a beautiful garden stood a girl with tattered clothes and bare feet, but there was a shimmer of hope in her eyes. Wounded hands spilled blood on the floor! Her trembling body showed the extent of her fear and pain. When a voice started approaching her location, she hurriedly hid behind the bushes.

The stranger was beautiful, but did the girl know him ? No. She trespassed a land she knew nothing of, it just seemed safe to her, way safer than the place she escaped from.

“ Hey, I know you are in there.”

That scared the girl. The boy started walking towards the bush she was hiding in, and then she decided to defend herself with whatever she could find. Just when she was about to attack, the boy got tackled by a ball of what looked like fur.

“Pfft, found ya, I knew you were in there somewhere”

*Oh*\, she thought\, it was that thing he was looking for. Heaving a sigh of relief\, she observed them secretly.

The boy was kind, so much kinder than people in her life so far.

A few moments later, the fur ball ran away, leaving her alone with the boy. Seconds of silence later, the boy spoke.

“ I don't intend to harm you, I just want to know who you are and what you are doing here?”

Her eyes widened but her, she was scared, but this was her last hope to escape the man's hands. Gathering all the courage she had, she spoke with determination.

“Elisa”

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