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“ You can only be hurt by people you love. People you don’t love can never hurt you! ”, such a correct saying. Something of such sort happened with her and on none other than the most special day of the year for her, her birthday. Birthday is the most special day of everyone’s life. One deserves to be happy and feel loved on that day. And this year was a little more special for her as she was planning to celebrate it with the love of her life. Little did she know, that this birthday will leave such a scar on her heart that she would hate this day for many more years to come. One day before her big day, she was all excited and happily waiting as she knew he would come to meet her and wish her at 12 o’clock. Just to have a sneak peek into his plans, she called him to inquire where he was. He, as usual, replied that he was very tired and told her how it was a long day at the office. She couldn’t resist herself by asking if he would be coming that night to meet her to which he lazily...

They had a friendship, so casual, so liberating, so special. From being unknown to each other to become neighbors next seat in office, they had a sweet bonding. They used to fight, abuse each other like buddies, still took great care of each other.It was a plain friendship, no expectations, no promises, no strings attached. From sitting next to each other in the plane to grabbing a beer together to sharing a smoke, it was evident that they were a team. When he hired the bike to roam around, it was already understood that she would be his partner. Unknowingly, they were getting habitual of each other's company. The comforting beach waves, the lovely environment everything was in their favor. When he went further inside the sea, and the deadly waves scared her, he took her hand and led her forward. Her fear vanished when she held his hand tightly. She felt safe with him and was confident that he won't let her go. He would protect her no matter what. Even the scary waves wo...