Tainting The Void Canvas

Flashback is in Bold.

Clad in her peach colour bridal attire, she is looking like an angel, a forbidden one. But happiness is prominent in her eyes, her smile is screaming how happy she is today. And for that happiness, Zain Amir can bury his love, for many more times.

The room is filled with some of her friends, standing outside he is still in doubt whether to go inside or not. He wants to give her back her charm token, the first thing that she gave him in a fair back in Lucknow years ago.

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The music is blaring the surround. The whole place is filled with colours, people are buying random stuffs from stalls, street food of various kind, a very young Zain is looking around for his Seher Aapi.

Soon his eyes goes to a strange stall, making his way towards it he stands there. The Destiny . As it reads, after talking with it's owner, he gets to know about the weird stall.

According to him, two different people will stand in two different cubicles, unaware of the other person, they will leave something of their own, as a token, and the other person will take that, if destiny wants them together they will meet again and this token will help them to identify each other. Zain thought to give it a try.

Entering the cubical he waits for sometime, soon the next cubical is filled, he can feel his heartbeats, this feeling is something.

Though he cannot see who is there next to him, but the smell of ladies perfume signifies it is a girl. He clears his throat and about to speak but before that she breaks the silence.

"Do you believe in all this?"

"I really don't know about that. What about you?"

"Same no idea Dude. But I believe there is nothing wrong to try something new I guess."

"Yeah of course. Mind if I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead, anyhow you don't know me, maybe never will."

"What you think about loving someone and ourselves?"

"Love is an eternal feeling. And we should always love someone who will make us fall in love with ourselves more with every passing day.

Fall in love when that person make you believe that you are worth it. Before falling for someone, remember to fall in love with yourself."

With that she gives him her charm bracelet and in exchange he gives her his handkerchief. Without any other word they left.

Coming out of the booth, the sky is painted with several shades of pink, orange and blues. The few tiny raindrops welcomes him. The serein is giving him peace today, for the first time in life.

Later that evening he saw a simple silver chain bracelet in Hadiya's hand when she came with Seher. Seher was asking her if she had lost her old charm bracelet, and that stuck his mind.

The words, the booth, The Destiny. Zain Amir is in love with Hadiya Khan. She was the one next to him.

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