It Just Happened - 6
He sprinted up the stairs on seeing a crowded lift. He saw her sister sitting outside as he halted to catch his breath.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as soon as she saw him; she introduced him to her parents. Her parents were shaken and so was he. They walked towards the room.
From the window, he peeked inside. One look at her and those beautiful days he had spent with her flashed back in his mind.
"Can I go inside?" he asked the nurse who exited the room.
"Only one at a time," she said.
He went inside. She lay there with needles pierced on her arms. His heart shattered into a million pieces seeing her in this condition. He went near her and held her hands. They were soft and cold.
He called out her name hoping she would hear. He sat beside her speaking about the times they spent together. She did not respond but tears rolled down her cheeks. Wiping those tears he assured her that everything will be
"After you get alright, we'll go grab your favourite burger someday," he said as he held her hands tight.
Tears rolled down her cheeks, he tried hard to control his emotions. He kissed her cheeks and walked out of the room. Her sister asked him to sit down and offering him water to drink.
Her parents went into the room and her sister followed them. He sat there alone, staring at the emptiness as he felt loneliness engulfing him.
He wanted to cry to his heart's content, he wanted to scream at the top of his lungs but he chose to stay put.
"I'll stay for the night, you go home and take rest," her sister told him.
He did not want to go but her parents were standing with her looking at him.
"Banjara hills please," he told the driver.
He couldn't control himself, tears rolled down. It felt like he was all alone now, he wanted her presence around him. He couldn't forget the way she was inside, all the memories the times they spent together flashed in front of his eyes.
He couldn't sleep that night but fatigue took over him.
"Oyee pagal," someone called him from behind.
He turned back, it was her, she looked so fine no needles poking out from her hands anymore. Nothing sticking on her body anymore, she was in the dress he got for her birthday. It was a white dress with coloured stones sewed to it in designs. She looked prettier than ever. He fell in love all over again.
He woke up with a startled. It was 6:45 in the morning. He freshened up and rushed to the hospital. His phone rang, Asra it read.
"Hameed a-am s-sorry, s-she passed away today morning around 3," her sister told and started crying over the phone.
He stood there cold as ice, he wanted to run away somewhere, he wanted to scream out loudly, and he wanted to cry his heart out.
He closed his eyes, tears rolled down his cheeks the times they spent together flashed in front of his eyes, the day he first saw her.
She was no more in this world.
He cried, they cried, she lay there motionless...
...
"Bahia ye lo" the shopkeeper stood there with a pack of Marlboro in his hands.
We had sat there looking at each other, in front lay 3 packs of cigarettes and now one more in my hand that the shopkeeper had handed over.
I could see tears in his eyes. He put his head down and cried to his heart's content.
Never did his love cease,
Nor did hers,
Time passed, but not them.
Still in love was he,
Heights, he couldn't reach.
Beneath the ground, she lay
Covered with earth;
Gone was she,
But not the love they shared.
Also Read: It Just Happened - 5
Tears rolled down her cheeks as soon as she saw him; she introduced him to her parents. Her parents were shaken and so was he. They walked towards the room.
From the window, he peeked inside. One look at her and those beautiful days he had spent with her flashed back in his mind.
"Can I go inside?" he asked the nurse who exited the room.
"Only one at a time," she said.
He went inside. She lay there with needles pierced on her arms. His heart shattered into a million pieces seeing her in this condition. He went near her and held her hands. They were soft and cold.
He called out her name hoping she would hear. He sat beside her speaking about the times they spent together. She did not respond but tears rolled down her cheeks. Wiping those tears he assured her that everything will be
"After you get alright, we'll go grab your favourite burger someday," he said as he held her hands tight.
Tears rolled down her cheeks, he tried hard to control his emotions. He kissed her cheeks and walked out of the room. Her sister asked him to sit down and offering him water to drink.
Her parents went into the room and her sister followed them. He sat there alone, staring at the emptiness as he felt loneliness engulfing him.
He wanted to cry to his heart's content, he wanted to scream at the top of his lungs but he chose to stay put.
"I'll stay for the night, you go home and take rest," her sister told him.
He did not want to go but her parents were standing with her looking at him.
"Banjara hills please," he told the driver.
He couldn't control himself, tears rolled down. It felt like he was all alone now, he wanted her presence around him. He couldn't forget the way she was inside, all the memories the times they spent together flashed in front of his eyes.
He couldn't sleep that night but fatigue took over him.
"Oyee pagal," someone called him from behind.
He turned back, it was her, she looked so fine no needles poking out from her hands anymore. Nothing sticking on her body anymore, she was in the dress he got for her birthday. It was a white dress with coloured stones sewed to it in designs. She looked prettier than ever. He fell in love all over again.
He woke up with a startled. It was 6:45 in the morning. He freshened up and rushed to the hospital. His phone rang, Asra it read.
"Hameed a-am s-sorry, s-she passed away today morning around 3," her sister told and started crying over the phone.
He stood there cold as ice, he wanted to run away somewhere, he wanted to scream out loudly, and he wanted to cry his heart out.
He closed his eyes, tears rolled down his cheeks the times they spent together flashed in front of his eyes, the day he first saw her.
She was no more in this world.
He cried, they cried, she lay there motionless...
...
"Bahia ye lo" the shopkeeper stood there with a pack of Marlboro in his hands.
We had sat there looking at each other, in front lay 3 packs of cigarettes and now one more in my hand that the shopkeeper had handed over.
I could see tears in his eyes. He put his head down and cried to his heart's content.
Never did his love cease,
Nor did hers,
Time passed, but not them.
Still in love was he,
Heights, he couldn't reach.
Beneath the ground, she lay
Covered with earth;
Gone was she,
But not the love they shared.
Also Read: It Just Happened - 5
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