Relinquish (Story Of Sixteen)

At a five star hotel, Balu was guiding Mr.Johnathan to a special VIP room which was arranged for him. Balu asked Mr.John to have some rest. They planned to discuss about the official matters later.

When Balu reached his office, he arranged an immediate meeting with his employees. In that meeting, he told everyone to be careful in welcoming Mr.John.He noticed that Ram didn't come back yet. But as a supportive friend and also as a responsible boss, he appreciated Ram's efforts by saying "In this moment, I would like to thank my best friend and also my employee Ram. He came forward to handle this hectic situation. He went straight to the airport, waited for Mr.John's arrival and also handled everything until my arrival. He did everything without even having lunch. This shows how professional he is. I don't know what would have happened if he was not there for me today. So I would like to thank Ram for that."

Everyone cheered and searched for Ram while clapping their hands. Noticing this, Balu suddenly said "I gave some work for him. That's why he is not here." He paused for a second and continued "Anyway, That's all I wanted to say. Let's just do this together for our company. With this I conclude this meeting. Thank you all." After this, everyone got dispersed from the meeting room.

Then Balu took his phone and called Ram. He didn't pick up. So, Balu sent a voice message saying "Where the hell are you?I am here waiting for you to have lunch with me. Don't expect that I will raise your salary for working without having lunch. Come quick Ram, I am starvinggggg". Like every best friends, Balu will praise him in his absence but still scolds him while talking to him. What to do? Our foodie Balu can handle multiple problems in business. But starving, no he can't handle that.

At the airport, the two eyes filled with sorrow met each other. Ram still didn't come out of the shock of seeing Leela after a long time. They remained silent for few seconds. Finally, Leela started a conversation with some reluctance in her voice.

Leela: Hi... Ram

Ram remained silent as he really doesn't know whether he has to respond or not.

Leela: How... How are you?

Ram finally decided to answer as he thought it will be inappropriate to leave without answering her.

Ram: Fine. How are you?

Leela: Fine.

Again a silence remained between them. Ram decided to to leave as he again doesn't know what to do.

Ram: If there is nothing else, I am leaving. Bye.

Unexpectedly, Leela grabbed Ram's hand when he was going to leave. She did that to stop him from leaving. Ram saw Leela's hand holding Ram's hand tightly. Then his eyes met Leela's eyes again. At that moment, He felt something really heavy in his heart. The touch that only gave butterflies to them is now giving some unexplainable sad feelings to them. Leela released Ram's hand slowly and asked "If... If you don't mind, can we...talk few minutes inside the airport? " Ram thought for a moment and finally nodded his head as yes.

They walked in and finally stopped at one of the beautiful spots of that airport. Behind them, there was a huge glass wall from the ceiling to floor. Through which, flights taking off can be seen clearly. Yes, it was so beautiful to look at. Ram and Leela's heart were waging war between their feelings. This time also, Leela started the conversation by reluctantlt saying "I... I...".

She closed her eyes for a second to gather some courage to speak without any reluctance. Then finally she opened her eyes and apologized " I am sorry".

She continued by saying " I am really sorry for whatever that had happened between us. I know this should not have happened... But at that time, I didn't have any other choice."

Ram gasped and said: I know... I can understand.

Leela: Ram.

Hearing his name from her after a long time stirred some different feelings inside him.

Leela: Ram, I am really feeling ashamed for doing this to us. But...

Ram: But what?

Leela: But I always loved you truly. I never felt bored or alone when we were dating. You know why?

Ram: I don't want to know. I am sorry if I seem rude but there is no point in talking about this right now.

Leela: No, there is a point. That's why I wanted to have this conversation. Come on, answer me. You know why I never felt alone?

Ram remained silent looking at the glass wall as some tears gathered in his eyes already. He didn't want to cry in front of her.

Leela saw this as there were tears started emerging in her eyes too. She was unable to control it.

She said in a crying tone: It's okay if you don't answer, I will answer then.

She took a second to wipe her shedding tears from her chin. They both were extremely emotional at that time. She pleaded by holding his palm as she said "Please, At least look at me Ram...Look at me for one last time... Please."

Ram looked at her with tearful eyes that still didn't fall from his eyes. She again continued in the same crying tone "I...I was so happy with you and that is only because of you. You... Ram... You are the most beautiful, kindest and gentle soul. You deserve all the happiness in this world. I need to... I need to see you with a girl who makes you happy, who doesn't leave you at your hard times like me... I need to see you have a happy family with her."

She wiped her tears fully and said: When I return back to India, I need to see you like that.

She again pleaded by opening her hand and said "Please, promise me that you will do what I told."

Ram sighed in sadness and finally placed his hand on top of her hand as a sign of promise.

Now Ram in a crying tone: I... I am sorry too. When we broke up, I was so rude to you. I am really sorry for that. I... I also want you to find someone who will be apt for you.

Leela answered by looking down: Yeah... I.... I think I have to leave now.

Ram: Yeah... Have a good journey.

Leela: Bye.

With that she left. Ram saw her leaving with the same tearful eyes. Leela finally entered into the aeroplane and in few minutes, the flight started taking off. She looked from window where she saw Ram watching the flight's take-off from the glass window. Ram finally shed his tears and now he somehow felt hard and ease at the same time.

When the flight got disappeared from his sight, he wiped his tears completely and walked out of the airport. Then he entered into Balu's car. When he was going to start the car, he heard a notification sound from his mobile. It was nothing but Balu's voice message which is actually not a voice message but merely a shouting. Hearing this Ram laughed and started driving to his office.

Whereas, Leela saw a message from a person named 'Gowtham'. Seeing the message, her eyes got widened in shock. She replied "Please don't do anything stupid again." She was going to type more but stopped by the flight attendant as she asked her to put the phone on aeroplane mode. Leela had no other choice that doing what she was asked to do. So,she put her mobile on aeroplane mode. Then the flight attendant went away but Leela's thought and fear regarding Gowtham didn't went away.