they dint look back

“Samyak, I really think you should change your job. This one does not reward your efforts properly”, said Neha,. She has been trying hard to convince him to change his job. Samyak worked in a call center; his salary was nothing great. Timings were odd and flexibility negligible. He started working for this company after passing out from college. He tried enough to get a better job, but somehow luck dint favor him. So here he was, stuck in a call center, slogging his ass for peanuts.

Neha, a very sensitive and soft-spoken girl from Samyak’s hometown, had known Samyak for last three years. There romance started in college and continued after the college got over. She was lucky to get a good job in a MNC and was happy with her work.

Both liked each other a lot. They had thought about their future plans and were convinced that they could spend their life together happily. Only glitch was that both of them wanted to settle down a bit and build a successful career.

They always fought about one issue – Samyak’s job. It was not any ego issue as far as Neha was concerned because she knew he could do much better than this. She knew he had much more caliber than just sitting in a cubicle and talking to dumb Americans. He somehow was not getting convinced for the same. She tried to do whatever she could but he was not ready to change.

For he loved her a lot. He did not like his job too. But this job meant he could live in the same city as hers and spend time with her. He dint tell her but he had already rejected two jobs coz they involved lot of travel, in and out of India. He just did not want to be away from her, even for a moment. He always thought that he would get a good job in the city; job which does not take him away from her, and then he will give her a big surprise. So he always showed disinterested attitude to her talks about the job. For him, the pleasure of giving her the surprise would be the best moment in his life.

She on the other hand, was getting desperate with the situation. She could not see him as a loser. For her, she wanted him to be on the top of world. She had dreamed so many things for him, for both of them. She was losing her hopes, more so it was hurting for her to see him not bothered about her concerns. All her trust and respect for her guy was fading. May be she was over-reacting but she was doing it.

And then she decided the ultimate. She decided to do it the hardest way. “Samyak, enough is enough. I think you are a big loser who has no aim in life,” she said to him. “I wanted to tell you this before but I thought you would change. But today I feel enough is enough.” She continued. He was awestruck. He dint utter a word. “I guess this is the last time we are meeting. All the best for your future”, she paused, turned back and left. He absolutely did not have a clue what happened. Only thing he knew was that she was gone.

Now both were moving in different directions, tears filled in their eyes. For both of them knew that they loved each other a lot. And they still did. But somehow none of them looked back.