Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

It hasn’t been the best of months for either of us. However, as ironical as it may sound, we were both looking forward to this day as much as we were dreading it – the day we would disclose our relationship to our parents. It started on the 11^th of May, went on and on, finally deciding to conclude on the 5^th of July.

The motive is selfish, said everyone, blinding themselves to the light that glowed at the end of the tunnel and deafening themselves to the melodies that would soon mesmerize them. It makes you wonder if these were the same people whose company you once craved for. It’s amazing how one piece of information can radically change the way people look at you, their opinion and their outlook towards you and every action of yours.

There were a few laughs, a lot more tears than normal to neutralize those laughs you had a few minutes before. Lots of arguments and long periods of silence, giving one another the time to take in the essence of the quarrels. Blame games, as usual, being the highlight.

Simply put – it was like a roller coaster ride, just that you are subjected to one every day. After a few rounds, it no longer remains an excitement. On the other hand, turns into a frustration. At the end of it all, it drives you so crazy that you come to think of it as a way of your life and succumb to accepting it.

The only good thing that everyone managed to do was to make us feel so far away from each other and as a result, drawing us closer in love, bond and commitment.

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One of those days, when I was rolled into my bed, not letting an inch of my body to be exposed outside the blanket, thinking of random things and weeping over the pillow, making it warm with my tears so that they would feel like his chest, my mobile buzzed and the sms from him read – “Take care of yourself. You are my world.”

I knew then that nothing was going to take me away from him. Nothing. No one.

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-Ms. Iyer in love

P.S.: Mr. Iyer is too busy trying to balance his work and me. :P