" oh! It's about to start "
Someone shouted while running towards a patch of woods. Many people gathered around that place including the teachers.
Soon the entire filled was full of students and teachers and in the middle was the principal holding a fire torch.
Though everybody was gathering around the woods. Raitha, ritika, shyam. And the other members of video editor's club was going somewhere else. They were climbing up the stairs to the rooftop.
Though raitha nor ritika knew why they were going after them, the only valid reason could be because they were good friends ( feelings? ). Soon they had reached the rooftop which was empty
( Just like my heart 😠)
As soon as they reached the rooftop, all of them started running towards the edge of the roof.
But shyam and raitha were still trying to catch their breaths. But realising they had already wasted much time coming up the stairs, if they spare anymore time to the universe, the universe may throw them behind.
Though the realisation hit them, they still walked slowly taking no risks but only then did raitha tripped.
Seeing her start falling shyam came in front to catch her. " Look out ! "
Luckily. Shyam cought her. Shyam looked at her face concerned of her safety. But she seemed okay,
Only then a yellow light grew even above the lights of the city. The fire togather ceremony had started and so did the fire.
It was quite the beautiful scenery, all of theirs eyes were stuck in the beauty of the light of that fire. They did not even realise shyam was still holding raitha's hands.
Everyone stood silence. It was shyam's last ever year in this school, so was it for all of his club members. Though shyam naver attended this ceremony, as his last ever year in this school. He decided to see it. One last time.
Soon the fire began to low down. And the first firework was fired, high up in the sky's where even the birds couldn't reach. That's how high it went, but the sound of that firework broke the silence of below and only then did shyam notice that he was holding raitha's hands all along.
But raitha on the other hand, was still busy watching the fire show. Or so did he thought.
He tried to let go of her hands. As gently as he could, though for some reason, she was holding it tight togather. Only then did he realised that, it was her who was holding his hands all along.
Shyam shocked he looked at her. But her eyes were stuck in on the fireworks. It did not seem like she has any intentions of letting go of him at that moment.
He thought, mabye. For this once, it's alright to be like this, as long as, as long as she wants.
But suddenly some tears fell down her cheeks though her eyes did move a flick.
But shyam could clearly see how the sadness was flowing through her body. Though shyam did not know the reason, he could tell it is because of a lose. Because of someone who she might have loved so much.
Because this is the exact kind of feeling he has felt when the girl he liked in the past. Died by an accident.
Though she wanted to tell him something before she died. But shyam naver got the chance to hear it. Or rather, he naver got the courage to ask her.
Which is why he could see it in raitha's eyes that she was feeling the exact emotions. The kind of feeling one feels after one looses the one they loved.
Shyam held her hands tighter than she had ever did and gave her a big hug. Though he also wanted to cry, but the only thing on his mind on that moment was.
" Did not i promise myself that I will naver, ever think about her "
But in the complete opposite of their overwhelming emotion of sadness, ritika and the others were enjoying the fireworks with open heart.
It did not seem like anybody has noticed them, well anybody except ritika. Though she still pretended to ignore them.
After that they came down the rooftop, without anyone noticing them. It was already night so the principal sent everyone home with a " thank you everyone for joining in this joyful ceremony. "
But before raitha left, she called shyam to tell him the reason of her tears. Though shyam was also curious of why could she have lost her control over her emotions.
" Actually, my mom has died when I was very young. But me my mom and my dad went to watch a firework show just the night before her death. Which is why i get pretty emotional when I see fireworks.
And that's also a reason why I don't like festivals and stuff, because they usually hold a firework show at the end. Sorry If I over reacted, i didn't mean to make the situation awkward for both of us. "
Her voice was soft as if it would fade into the darkness of the night. Hearing her apologies for letting her emotions out, shyam gave her a smile of comfort. And told her it was completely alright to let her feelings go.
At last, it's important to tell your feelings to others and not keep it inside you. The more you share it the more you don't bare it.
" I am happy i got to know you better " shyam said with a fainting smile. And with that they parted away for until tomorrow.
FIRE TOGATHER. [End of VOL 4 ]