On my way back to the metro station, my moist eyes fell upon a couple fighting with each other. I watched them silently, their body language reminding me of Ishita and I. I wanted to stop them and save two hearts from breaking. Suddenly, the boy walked away as the girl covered her face with her hands and sobbed. I couldn’t stop myself from walking towards her.
‘If you love him, don’t let him go like this,’ I said, my voice slurring a bit as the alcohol I’d consumed took a toll on my mind and words.
The girl looked at me with her red, teary eyes in surprise and said, after a pause, ‘He does not want to marry me.’
‘Do you want to marry him or do your parents want you to marry?’
She took a deep breath, wiped her tears and stared at me before speaking. ‘My parents. They want me to marry as soon as possible. What I want is that person in my life, the one who just walked away from me.’ She pointed in the direction her boyfriend had gone.
I knew these two hearts could be saved, unlike mine and Ishita’s.
‘You have six minutes to save your love. He is down there on the platform, and hope is probably making him wait for you. Go to him. Because not every beautiful love story needs a bond of marriage to fulfil it.’
The girl nodded, and began to walk towards the platform. A sense of relief rose within me me. I pulled out my phone and without pausing to consider what she might think of me, I texted Ishita.
‘I have always loved you. And I will always remember you, Ishita. Goodbye.’
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