The Break-up Story

“I need to talk now!” the message popped up.

It was a text from Lakshman.

What’s wrong, dude? Amy replied.

His reply was immediate. Corner Café @ 7.

She messaged back. Okay.

‘He sounds desperate,’ she thought.

After she had reached the café, she found him sitting there already; waiting impatiently.

“Hey,” she greeted cheerfully reaching to his table.

“She broke up with me, Amy” he sighed.

Oh! This had been worrying him. She cleared her throat and mockingly asked: “So, Mr. Ex-Boyfriend, how do you feel after the break up?” She chuckled to herself.

“I feel lonely, man! Life is being hard and I just cannot take it.” He said in a low voice.

“Okay, on a serious note, what had actually happened?” she asked curiously.

“I couldn’t make a promise of the future.” He replied.

His chick’s perception was entirely different from his and Amy's. Maheck believed that one couldn’t stay committed without a future in the mind. On the other side, commitments being made for an entire life made no sense in Lakshman’s opinion. He knew that he could be wrong but he was stuck to his perception.

“I respect what she believes of course, but do not adhere with,” he continued.

He couldn’t stop speaking and I couldn’t stop him from talking. It would become rude on my part to ask him to stop narrating his sad story.

“She had been my first real girlfriend. The one I have always been proud of. We were never the coolest but we were cool in the way we were. Nobody had ever bitched about me like she had and loved me equal to my mom! “

Amy was just wowed.
 He was always a cheerful person; the one with that evergreen smile on the face which had disappeared today. The most genial person she had ever seen who would check out girls walking inside the café, the next minute. His chick was the most coolest she had ever heard of who let her do that even when he was with her (though he could smell the jealousy).

“If Iam meant to end up with her, then all I want is that it must happen out of surprise and not because of something like ‘promises’. “

He couldn’t stop talking and Amy couldn’t stop listening now.

Amy could sense the deep love he had for Maheck. Sadly, she couldn’t think of anything to help him out. It was already over.

Lakshman was badly hurt. The tear just wouldn’t come out of his eyes because ‘real men don’t cry’. He was not in a relationship but he was definitely in love!

“Hey! Sorry but I need to make an urgent call and my mobile’s battery had already drained.” Amy interrupted.

“Here, take mine” he said handing over his mobile phone to her.

Amy went out of the café, found Maheck’s contact and called her from her own mobile believing Maheck would probably not pick Lakshman’s call.

She asked Maheck to come to the café asap. Maheck agreed to it.

The café hadn’t been too far from her place and she had been there within ten minutes. 
She walked inside the café without having Lakshman noticing her. She heard all what he had been continuously saying.

“You know what, Amy, she said me that I wanted everything on my plate and I had pushed her to the edge of my plate. It hurts her really bad when I give importance to other things in my plate and this is why it would be better for both of us if she hopped out of it,” he took a breath and continued,

“How do I tell her that she herself is my plate! I realize that I wanted my plate to be beautifully decorated and only with her presence in it.  I miss her,” he paused and said “but, Iam happy that she doesn’t have to suffer anymore because of my stupidity,”

“But I would still love to suffer, you stupid!” a voice came from behind.

He was delighted to see her! It was as if, all his sorrow had just evaporated away.

“Maheck!” he said, surprised.

“I think you'd got another chance dear,” Amy interrupted and fled away bidding an adieu to the couple.

“Let’s wait for what the future has to offer. I ain’t bothered anymore. I will stay with you,” Maheck said.

His eyes glittered.

“Hot!” he exclaimed looking at a young lady on the side.

** Maheck hits him hard with her elbow.**