(Some of these thoughts have been borrowed)
"Rads! Guess who's calling?"
For a few seconds he hears nothing on the other end. "O my God! Roy?" Rads was almost screaming "I don't even remember when I talked to you last, it's been so long! When did you get back from Singapore?"
"Back home on a short break now. Thought I'd give you a call... remember how inseparable we used to be?"
"Mm." Rads is thoughtful "That was a long time ago."
"I guess. So what have you been up to? Weren't you trying for that job in Singapore? You should absolutely come there. We can have so much fun."
"Yea... I'm not too sure though... getting kind of cozily comfortable in Mumbai. You got something for me?" Rads laughs weakly. Suddenly the conversation feels a little heavy. She rests her forhead in the palm of her hand.
"Is something wrong Rads? You sound a little tired"
What makes your closest friends fade out with time? Why do they always say a long-distance relationship is so difficult to survive? Is it that love fades out with time? Or is it that people change with time and you feel uncomfortable with this change? Probably the two of you haven't changed at all. Maybe some of us find it easier to "move on", find closer friends and learn to relate to them better. While for some others, those closest to us are those relationships we made three years ago. Is it that in all the closeness we share, we don't understand this about each other?
"I'm all right Roy. Can we catch up over lunch someday?"
Rads's lips broaden in a faint smile. Sometimes in failing to understand others, you understand yourself so much better.
3 comments:
if u dont have the same level of comfort after a few years, it means one or both have channged. Some of the people am closest to r my college day friends - of more than 30 yrs!
@ammai: that's one way of looking at it, true... but i feel ur level of closeness is only as good as how well u understand each other...
yes. understand and accept for what they are.
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