Prominent
grey hair and visible wrinkles spoke of years that lay behind him; them. But
they felt like teenagers again at heart.
"Am
I still allowed to say I love you?" he asked. She noticed that his sagging
eyes still glinted - the way she always liked.
"Why
not?" she asked and looked away with a sloppy smile plastered on her face.
Meanwhile,
he handed her a file. She opened and gasped. It had a bunch of old papers with
handwritten words that has almost disappeared. Yet she knew. How could she not!
"The
first letter I made was when you were in your College, right. Seems like it was
just yesterday", she said while letting her drown in the sea of the
memories of first love.
"It's
just that I am not 16 anymore. But 85", he smiled. Silence followed. They
couldn't believe that they have known each each other for 75 years!!!
"Cheers
for togetherness", they chimed as the coffee mugs clicked against each
other on their 50th wedding anniversary.
I did not expect the twist. I took him to be in his early 30s till I came to the end. Good one.
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