My PoV (Ariel)

A single drop of water can flip a peaceful ocean. A single spark of fire can burn down an entire forest. A single flutter from a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado, in the same manner, a single person can overturn another's life. It is hard to say when something starts and it is difficult to predict when and how it ends. I was passing by the world witnessing some love proposals and marriages and, few succeeding and few falling apart, but throughout all these one particular person and her story caught my attention, to tell about her neither she was an eye catcher nor an ugly duckling, neither she was gaudy nor too simple, but what caught my attention was her heart, her heart which was filled with love and hatred, trust and betrayal, yearning and loathing.

Bhuvi's POV:

12/September/2018

As I was submerged in my thoughts, my cuckoo started cooing and brought me back to my senses, indicating that it's 12 at night and that it is my day, my birthday and my special day, and as my mobile started ringing I gleamed and glanced at the screen to receive the wishes from the special and precious person of my life but it showed the caller ID of my new friend Ruhi. Neither it was the call I was waiting for nor she was the person; and on the other hand the person I was expecting to call, didn't even ping to wish me. This pierced my heart like thousand needles and it started weighing up.

Just as I answered her call, with a shrill voice Ruhi started singing the birthday song for me, It was the first time I got wishes from a person at 12, that too a person whom I met virtually just 7 days ago. Though I have been in a relationship with Mahi for the past 2 years, I wasn't that lucky to receive first wishes from him. As the birthday song finished Ruhi asked me to close my eyes and wish, as she believes that god will grant any wish sought at the first minutes of one's birthday. As I closed my eyes, his face, smile and features started lingering before me and all I could wish for was him and his presence with me throughout my life.

Sometimes for a great gift or a huge surprise we can only say Thank you, and exactly this is what I told Ruhi, with this single word from my mouth, don't know how but she found out that something is wrong with me, and that is the moment when my head started spinning and my tears stopped listening my words as they themselves opened the gates of my eyes and started flowing out.

My PoV (Ariel)

People have a wrong belief that soul mates are the persons with whom we have a marital relation, or with whom we might be spending our rest of the life with, but Ruhi literally proved Bhuvi wrong, she practically proved that a friend can also be a soul mate, by just uttering a single word.

You might be thinking who am I? Why am I sprouting these nonsensical words? And what all this is about? So let me introduce myself.

I am Ariel. Some may consider me as an angel, while some think that I am a spirit who controls the five elements of survival, whatever one may take me as, it is up to their will. I have no fixed place or a particular place to call it as mine, as I wander through the streets of every city and town over the world. Once upon a time in one of my journeys I came across a person in India. One might think that India is a narrow minded country which needs development, but what one needs to know is that all the greatest love stories are born here, on this land. I've come across hundreds of people and millions of their stories, but only few caught my attention. This is one such story that made me wonder about all the great stories of lovers across the world. Let's take a round about of the story of Bhuvi- a 21 year young girl and a native of City E in South Indian state and Mahi- a 22 year young boy of the same city and get to know the greatness I was talking about earlier.

Coming to reality'

Bhuvi's PoV

With all the tsunami going in my mind I heard a soothing line from Ruhi, and it is nothing other than "What's wrong? Why don't you sound like a birthday baby? You can Share with me if something is hurting you, anything and everything and I'll take your words till my grave"

That's the question I was dying to hear and those are the words which my soul is craving, subconsciously I started leaning on the headboard of my bed and thinking what made me this way on my very special day? what threw me into this abyss!

Though I didn't plan on telling her completely I started telling Ruhi that it all started yesterday when I updated my whatsapp status that 'I am planning to go to City "V" to plan my career in the field of music' - which was never true; and also told her that I never expected a single foolish act like this to get Mahi's attention would bring cracks in our relationship. Hearing these words Ruhi replied me that 'love makes a person go insane and one does things which don't have a particular meaning in any aspect'. She didn't mean to spoil my mood any longer and started telling surplus jokes to divert me, unable to laugh without my heart I told her that I am feeling sleepy and hung the call.

It's a nice 30 minutes talk, a wonderful heart to heart talk. As I glanced at the clock it showed 12:30 in the morning, my bad but I am still waiting for his wishes drifting between my sleeps, checking my phone every alternate minute. Nah, there is no sign of either his text or his call, it struck me hard when the clock struck 3 in the morning, I've waited for 3 hours and I still couldn't believe that neither he nor his family has tried to contact me. I tried to convince myself that Mahi is worn out from work and must have slept and he'll talk and wish me soon, but something inside me started saying that, this is the result of my foolish act.

With all these thoughts I found it difficult to sleep as my head is weighing up uncontrollably, so I started searching for my medical kit to take the pills recommended by my doctor. And now after taking the pill I can feel myself slumbering into the dark world full of nightmares.

My Pov (Ariel)

Though this sort of behavior is found commonly among couples around the world, but Bhuvi here not only convinced herself that her dear one will contact her soon, but also she took the blame on herself that the entire situation so because of her instead of blaming Mahi. I wanted to know further if Bhuvi is the same from the beginning or if she tuned herself for Mahi.

As she drowned herself if to the solace she chose for, I took the chance to search through her memories of when and where did this journey begin, and anyone won't be able to believe of what I've seen there in her memories..