LOVE CENTURY

Chaper 1

The evening sun cast long shadows on the ground. The slanting rays of the setting sun gave a warm orange tinge to the sky. I walked slowly, at a leisurely pace. The truth is, I really didn’t want to go back home. My house had turned into a hullabaloo. What we once knew or thought was love had turned into a poisonous and toxic thing. Even myself I don’t know how to describe it, but what i know is that we are from the century of love to a century of war.

I walked as slow as I could, but I ended up at my own doorstep. As they say you can run from your problems, but in the end they will catch up with you; but to me it was different, they didn’t catch up with me, i went to them. 
I opened the door, at first i thought no one was home, the sitting room was empty. I took a deep breath and unleashed the bag in my hand. I sat on the couch. As I was about to turn on the tv I heard small sobs coming from the bedroom. “Here we go again” I said to myself, as I stood up and went to the bedroom.

I found her there, Zelda. She was laying on the bed, she was crying heavily with a large volume of tears flowing steadily: generally audible but not inappropriately loud. I stood there watching her cry those crocodile tears. She turned her face towards me, I looked at her. Honestly, I wanted to comfort her, but all those memories came floating to my mind.

The time before we moved in together i went to her house and broke in and found her diaries and read them, all her dirty deeds she was doing were written in a white paper and blue pen. All those used condoms I found in her house. 
Yes she apologised and said it was a mistake, she will never do it again. yes i forgave her, you know what they say, love is blind. I was blind enough to forgive her and agree when she suggested that we should move in together.

A cheater never changes its spots, that’s what they say. Yes they are right, even Zelda didn’t change, after all that moving in ‘cohabiting’ and forgiveness, talking about trust and loyalty she still cheated on me again. Here we are again, travelling the same road of lies and cheating.

“Zelda please stop it, this is enough. Those fake tears of yours won’t stop me from moving out.” I said, politely folding my arms and crossing my legs, leaning on the door.

“What do you mean, when you say moving out?”. She enquired, wiping the tears in her eyes that were big and black like coal. Her small mouth was wide open.

“Zelda, I am leaving you okay. I am tired of this emotional abuse. This is not working, simply because of you. You are like a cancer to the soul, you eat away what is good and only leave destruction. Zelda, Iopened my house for you. I took you to school, you are now a nurse because of me. But what did you repay me with? You cheated again, am sorry but i can’t take this anymore.” I said as tears started coming from my eyes.

I took off my black jacket, I tried to wipe my tears. My heart was filled with wrath, only to think that I once believed in love. What kind of love is this, that leaves us broken. I screamed, honestly I couldn’t contain it inside any longer. I was hurting, my soul was crushed