Is This Love?

Her aroma was too hard to resist. Her smile gave him a chill. He listened to her college speech recording, numerous times. Each time her expression was too much to take. "Is this love? What is it?", Ajay thought. 

He tried to see her on Facebook every hour if she has posted something. She would always be in his vision in the classroom, during sports, while she is talking to her friends, etc. Numerous times Ajay has tried to talk to Jiya, but she is not interested much in him. She started ignoring him. She had her own set of guy friends. 

Ajay once asked his friend, Rohit, "I think, I cannot stop dreaming about her. But Jiya ignores me what to do? Is this love?".

Rohit with a smile said, "It is not loving, it's an attraction. I too could not stop dreaming about her couple a month ago. When my marks went down, I came into reality".

Rohit further said to Ajay, "Leave all those things and concentrate on studies. She has a lot of guys who are better than us, her attitude and needs are very high for us to match".

"What do you know about love? What if I am average looking and a normal student? One day some miracle will happen and she will be mine", By saying these words, Ajay left the room.

Years passed, no miracle happened. Ajay started pinging Jiya on facebook and inturn he got blocked from her account. A few days back, he heard from another friend that she engaged with a well off guy. Ajay was shattered for a few days. 

After a year, his parents got him married to Sheetal. She was good looking, had a decent job and was a very loving person. 

Even though Ajay had everything in his life now, his mind could not forget Jiya.

 Ajay did not spend much time or happy moments with Sheetal, but she loved him very much. Sheetal made very good coffee and Ajay liked it. This is the only thing he ever appreciated. This small appreciation was very big for Sheetal.

In the past three years of their married life, Sheetal never missed giving Ajay coffee, sharp at 5 am. The coffee would be ready even before Ajay woke up.

One day, Ajay had the party at an old friend's reunion. All friends drank and enjoyed the party. As usual, there was a discussion about their old crushes. Someone told Ajay, Jiya married their senior and both were leading an adventurous life. Ajay was again upset and left home.

In the drunk state, when he reached home Sheetal was worried. 

"Why are you doing this to yourself? What is that you need? You parents and I love you very much, still, why are you always tensed?", Sheetal asked.

Jiya's episode was going in Ajay's mind. In the drunk state, he scolded Sheetal, "What love? The love was that which I had with Jiya. I don't feel the same excitement with you".

They both had bit argument and in the intoxicated mind Ajay took a sickle and chopped off Sheetals head.

As usual, the very next morning, while he was still on the bed, coffee was offered to him, but this time by a headless body of Sheetal.

"What is this?", scared Ajay shouted.

"This is love, here is your favorite coffee my dear." came the reply.

The ingredients are the same, but for Ajay, his favorite coffee has lost its taste.