Fleetingly I wondered about how we even came to this stage. There were days when we used to jostle through the crowd just to hug each other. And now we are at the place in search of solitude. I remember the days when you were just a call away, and here we go, now I don't even have your number in ‘recent dialed’. You were the only person with whom I never hesitated to share each and everything. From my deepest secrets to my most favourite clothes, I shared everything I loved. Even though I shared every little thing with you, I was scared to share you with others. I felt jealous when you were hanging out with your other group of friends. I never imagined my life without you in it.
Why did you do so many things for me? why did you held on to my tantrums? why were you always there for me when I was naïve? why you created so many beautiful memories with me? now these all things have filled my eyes with tears waiting to roll out. We never let anybody come between us. But.. but the long distance, the urge to accomplish our dreams, the busy schedule, the habit of making new friends, this all things came in between us and made us fall apart. I tried.. I tried really hard, I tried to make it work, I tried to be with you in all possible ways. But the things got worse when we started to take each other for granted. We didn't forget the things we did together, just the thing is that it got rusted. The part of our heart, which we promised to never share, was now shared by hell lot of people. From posting ugly pictures on birthday with #mine_forever to just a single formal text message, from calling every few hours to rarely calling in months, from making each other laugh with lame jokes to being the reason for sobbing eyes, from #lifeline to #known_stranger, two best friends became strangers.
Ok now, here, the definition of stranger is different. We are no complete strangers who don't have any idea about each other. We are that kind of strangers who know every little thing even about our likes and dislikes. Yes! just the major difference is that, I know this stranger personally and that person was once the best and irreplaceable part of my life. So dear, we are not complete strangers but the known-strangers. We know that life changes and so do people, but best friends are not supposed to. This is pact of friendship. Then how come two best friends can turn into known-strangers?
