Chapter 2: Love Across Distance

The first few months after Rohan left felt like a test of patience and longing. The time difference between Germany and India made their conversations difficult, but they tried. Late-night calls, voice messages, and long emails became their lifeline.

“Good morning, love,” Meera would wake up to his messages.

“Good night, my girl,” he would whisper through voice notes before she slept.

They shared everything—his struggles adjusting to a new country, her challenges in finding a journalism job. Some days were beautiful, filled with laughter and teasing over video calls. Other days, the silence between them felt heavier than the miles.

One night, as they talked over a video call, Rohan sighed.

“I wish I could just hold you right now.”

Meera forced a smile. “I know. But we’re making this work, right?”

“Of course.” But the hesitation in his voice lingered long after the call ended.

Cracks Begin to Show

As months passed, life started pulling them in different directions. Rohan’s workload increased, and his calls became less frequent. Meera, now interning at a news agency, found herself drowning in deadlines.

“I’ll call you tomorrow, I promise,” Rohan said one evening when she was eagerly waiting for him.

Tomorrow turned into three days.

When they finally spoke, Meera couldn’t hide her frustration. “You don’t have five minutes for me anymore?”

“You think I don’t want to talk?” he snapped. “I barely sleep, Meera. This job is everything I worked for.”

She swallowed her anger. She knew he wasn’t lying. But wasn’t love supposed to find time, no matter what?

The fights became more frequent.

“I miss you,” she whispered one night.

“I miss you too,” he replied, but his voice lacked the warmth it once had.

The Turning Point

On their anniversary, Meera planned a surprise. She saved money to visit Germany for a week, picturing the joy on Rohan’s face when she showed up. But before she could book the tickets, a friend sent her a photo.

Rohan, at a party, standing too close to a girl she didn’t recognize.

Her hands trembled as she called him.

“Who is she?” she asked, sending the photo.

Rohan hesitated. “She’s just a colleague, Meera. It was a team dinner.”

But something in his voice felt off.

“Then why didn’t you tell me about it?” she asked.

Silence.

Her heart broke a little.

“We’re not the same anymore, are we?” she whispered.

He exhaled. “I don’t know, Meera. Distance changes things.”

The words she had feared the most.

Tears streamed down her face as she ended the call.

The Unfinished Goodbye

Days passed, but the distance between them wasn’t just physical anymore. Calls were shorter, messages felt forced.

Then, one evening, Rohan called.

“I think we need to take a break,” he said.

Meera felt like the air had been sucked out of her lungs. “A break?”

“I don’t want to hurt you, Meera. But we’re growing apart.”

She wanted to fight, to beg him to hold on. But deep down, she knew—love shouldn’t feel like something you have to beg for.

So she simply said, “Okay.”

And just like that, what once felt unbreakable came undone.

But was this truly the end?

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