.... Do you remember, couple years back on 12th of

.... Do you remember, couple years back on 12th of Aug, what we were doing? I asked her. She replied," uhmmm I don't exactly remember. Oh yeah yeah, wait! Uhmm hmmm, We went to Srinagar and I also remember why you planned for that coz you had some work to do. I also remember when we came back you said my mother that the pashmina shawl we brought for her, costs 15k though that was only of 5k. And yes I remember, We stayed at that hotel and you were so busy with your work. And you were so feeling upset that you wanted to spend time with me but can't. Then that night at our hotel reception, I asked them to arrange any vehicle for us, without saying you anything and next morning, I took your phone, switched it off and make you sit inside car, you were keep saying, where are you taking me but I didn't say you anything. And then I said driver to take us to Shalimar bagh and you were like what "bagh". Why you are taking me to colony? Are you handing me to someone like any terrorist organisation? I and driver, both laughed and said yes. And when we reached shalimar, You were like, okay so you take me to a garden, for this you were making this much suspense and you were keep walking and scolding and suddenly wowwww! How beautiful is this. And then you came to me and hugged me kiss over my both eyes. We walked, saw every flowers and plants. And then you said I don't want to go anywhere, just sit with me here. Then we stayed there, lying on the rug under the shade of a Chinar tree. You were holding my hand and my book, Anna Karenina, and going through the pages, smiling at all the quotes I had underlined. You never asked me, not once, why I had underlined them, you were smiling, because you knew exactly why. They were all Iove quotes and you knew that I had underlined them because I was thinking about you when I was reading them. I remember turning over and seeing your cheeks that looked like apples, and remember thinking how badly I wanted to pull you in and kiss you. I remember you turned around and caught me watching you read, and you smiled. We were just lying there, just the two of us. I remember your eyes because at that moment the brown in your eyes caught the light of the sun and they glistened, and I remember I had never felt so soft, so vulnerable before. "Come close", you had whispered to me. And I smirked and whispered no. "Please", you asked, before I blushed and looked away. You chuckled and slowly pulled my hands closer and started playing with my fingers. I remember the way you planted a small peck on the tips of my middle finger, and we giggled. It was the first time your lips had ever touched me. I remember I pulled your hand and wrote my name in your palms with the tips of my fingers and then let me linger them a little longer before I wrapped them in your hands. I stll remember you leaned in and planted a kiss. So soft, it barely brushed my lips. I held your cheeks in my palm and looked at you for so long. I still remember laying down my head on your shoulder and seeing your chest heave as you were breathing the air around me. We never even said a single word to each other and we didn't even notice. It was beautiful. You were beautiful. And I still remember us looking away at the sunset in front of us, and even though we never said it, I know we were both thinking it, that we could stay here forever, that we never wanted this moment to end. I knew that I would go through my whole life but I would never be this happy again.

Abhishek