Rohan had been acting weird for sometime. He would not call me for days and when I did, he said that he was busy. Last Wednesday I went to his place to surprise him but he didn’t seem to be happy to see me. I thought quarantine and the distance were finally taking a toll on our relationship. Rohan had sure been weird but you know what is weirder than that? Rohan waking up at 6 AM this Sunday and showing up at my doorsteps. I kept staring at Rohan with my dizzy eyes as he smiled brightly at me. He stepped forward, curling a strand of hair behind my ear, and whispered softly "Let’s run away!” I kept looking at him, completely startled, as he opened my cupboard and packed a few T-shirts of mine. "What are you upto?”. He chuckled, "There's the car out there. And you're being consensually kidnapped." I smiled and followed him towards the car. He played "Run away with me" by Carly Rae Jepson as I looked out of the window, letting the air and the music produce a distinct melody. I want to admit, I missed this for a long long time.
I didn’t remember when exactly I fell asleep on his lap. He planted a soft kiss on my forehead as I woke up, "Good morning sleepyhead." I chuckled and whispered, “Since when did kidnappers become this adorable?" Rohan smiled at my interrogation, "Kidnappers can’t help it when the girl next to them is this pretty."
"Where are we, Mr. Kidnapper?". He told me to close my eyes as I held his hand, got out of the car and followed him. On the count of three as I opened my eyes, I saw a beautiful beach covered with seashells queued on the sand. We were in Goa. I always wanted to come here with Rohan but we couldn’t make it. There was a table of two with a bottle of champagne on it. I looked at Rohan with awe, as a tear rolled down my cheek. He came running towards me, "Aarohi! Why are you crying? You don’t like it?" I hit him in his head and spoke faintly, "I'm on cloud nine. I thought you didn’t want me anymore and then you bring me to this!". Rohan hugged me and while patting my back softly he muttered, "You are an idiot. I will always want you, get it?" I nodded innocently. My love overpowered my thoughts one more time.
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