Abinash Pani

Drama

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Abinash Pani

Drama

Man Behind The Smoke

Man Behind The Smoke

3 mins
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In that evening, the smoky black street saw him going out from his past and again made the street smoky. It was the time when he used to stand there and used to watch the whole city through his defining eyes. Yes! it was winter but, the crowded city like Cuttack doesn't seem like to be foggy always. But it was looking different on that day, when two young energetic people... May be students whose age might be 18 to 21 went passing to him blowing smoke of cigarettes, he felt something unconditional towards this situation by laughing.


Then he took out his cigarette packet and lighted up but didn't take it to the mouth because something traced his mind from the cigarette and he was watching. A young couple was standing a little far away from him and milting to each other. Repeatedly the girl was saying " cheater, cheater...". Though it was not properly audible but Dibya was noticing those words. The boy's voice was not louder as compared to girl but it seeming like he is trying to convince her.


Dibya didn't understand what was happening really because the girl was crying resting her head on boy's chest and suddenly started quarrelling with him. "But why? If you don't want to be with him....disgusting !!!" Dibya said unconsciously. His body got a jerk when he saw that his cigarette already brunt and the fire coming towards his hand. He just threw that and lighted up another one. Started thinking " he was in love with someone... Someone very special for him and just a misunderstanding he blew the speciality of his likeness and made himself a chain smoker. But no one understands his situation that he is not drinking or smoking for joy. Yes! It was the trust..... the trust which accounts more pain than throwing out those in compactable hazards from the mid worthy life which intended to the most difficult one to trash out.


After some time.... the couple came out from the distance and passed the dark street.

"How the problem of yours got solved?" asked Dibya to himself as an introvert. He was remembering the same incident what was happened to him and Dibya was in the same place as that boy. But the result turned into a breakup. His cigarette getting smaller and his inquisitiveness getting largely shaped for knowing the reason of that couple's matter. Initially, the half brunt cigarette smashed its life under the shoe of Dibya and Dibya ran away to the couple for asking how they got the solution.


"Hey! Why were you quarrelling? Is that okay now between you guys?" Dibya asked to them.

"We are not boyfriend girlfriend," the girl said.

"Then"? Dibya asked in confusion. Pointing to that boy, the girl said "he is my best friend and I have got the purest immense measure of my life for him. I don't need any boyfriend when he is with me".


While the girl was saying those words, Dibya started lighting another cigarette and left without saying a word to them.

"If I would have her as my best friend who would hold my hand and say the wrong things are wade of dearer stuff than the one who is staying away." Walking away through that smoky street Dibya was thinking..... 


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