I Still Wait For You

"I Still Wait For You"She was still waiting for him.Every day, Sana would go to the college bus stop and stand there for 10 minutes. It was a ritual she created herself. Then she would go to that same cafe where she and Rayan used to share a coffee. One coffee, two straws. Now, one coffee, one empty chair.Today, just like always, she went to the bus stop, waited for 10 minutes, went to the coffee shop, and then went straight to her flower shop. It hurt her a lot, all of this, but she was finding her life in that very pain. That pain was now her last connection to Rayan.On her way to the shop, she noticed him again. That boy, sitting on the chair, looking at her with strange eyes. She ignored him and walked ahead. It had become her daily routine now. She thought he was just a stranger staring at her.But today, she couldn't ignore him.Because in his hand was the pencil she had given. The same starry pencil she had given to Rayan 10 years ago.In 5th grade she had said, "This is my lucky pencil, never lose it, otherwise I will never talk to you again."And Rayan had said, "If I lose it, consider me lost."She froze right there. Her feet were stuck to the ground. And she went 10 years back in time.Little Rayan, little Sana, and a promise made on a pencil flashed before her eyes.Now the question was... If Rayan had left her, saying "I'm not sure" and walked away, then why had he kept that pencil safe for 10 years?The same hand that had let her go, was still holding the proof of her love.Is this stranger actually Rayan? Changed, with a grown beard, too scared to face her?Or is it someone else, sent by Rayan, with a sorry that is 10 years late?Sana had tears in her eyes, but this time they were not tears of waiting, they were tears for an answer.That 10-minute wait she did at the bus stop... today it felt like it was finally going to end.