2AM Conversation - a short story.

2 AM❤

"what did the doctor said?"

"he said that tomorrow is the delivery date, everything will be fine, tell your wife not to get panic and nervous."

"no... no... I'm not nervous......", she replied crossing her fingers and biting her nails.

"you remember sweetheart, you told me that you have already decided the name of our children. It's the time now, tell me naah, what is that?"

"oh! when I'll have my two babies, one sleeping on my arms and the other, you, standing beside, I'll announce that name officially."

And then, not only girls have the cutest puppy face to convince the point but some boys also have that feature. Trust me, he looked too cute while doing it that she ultimately convinced.

"Okay Okay! Stop doing that!", she smiled and continued, "I'll tell you but promise me you won't steal that name for your children..." And both laughed at such a stupid joke.

"Tell Naah baby!"

"Promise me that you will not laugh and this will be their nicknames which only their parents will call..."

Taking a deep breath and a blushed smile, she said,
"Okay so the name for baby girl is "parii" and baby boy is "parr"..." And looked at him for a good reaction after hearing it.

But yes, as you are laughing, he laughed holding his stomach after this. She got disappointed as she already warned him not to laugh at all. Looking at her face, he was sorry but couldn't control to stop his laugh again.

"Okay! No! Seriously! Do you really want these names? I mean, 'pari' is kinda good but 'parr' this sounds like any old cartoon character making his position at today's generation of Avengers and Iron Man!" And he laughed out loud again.

"See I told you! you won't like it and will make fun of me... How could you do that... I'm not talking with you... Go sleep now...!!" She gets irritated and was about to sleep at the other corner of the bed, then he holds her hand and kissed on her palm.

"Okay Sorry, dear! You know naah, I love teasing you at every point... So jokes apart, why did you want these names only, I think you would have thought of something amazing fact hidden behind these names, right!?" and here comes a husband's role after teasing her like a best friend. He holds her close and kissed her forehead and that's what she loves about his behaviour, and of course, any girl would blush after that.

"Parii means Princess, we'll keep her as the princess of this century, she'll be the warrior of her tough life and queen of her personal life. So the name goes like this... And a baby boy name will be 'Parr' which means Wings, we'll keep him like he'll build the strongest and beautiful wings around her sister and us, he'll be the fighter for wrongdoings and will the king of his own kingdom. The fighter will protect the warrior through his strongest wings and the warrior will walk with the fighter at the toughest road of their life. That's why, parii, the sweetest name with the toughest body, and parr, the unique name with the strongest wings. Now tell me, how's it?"

And, now that moment, he kept silent for few minutes, after she urged, he started with "I'm speechless why so beautiful" and then he continued all the things he loved about the names, about how they'll handle their new life with babies, but the most adorable thing was one child will be born and the other will be adopted as they were expecting a single child. Like if tomorrow, God gives a baby boy then they'll adopt a baby girl or vice-versa. After he finishes, noticed she's already sleeping under the warmness of his arms.


---Next Morning---


The doctor happily arrived after delivery and found him sitting and waiting for positive results. "Congratulations husband, you have the twins, one boy and one girl. You can meet your wife after she's stable, she's tired and lost so much strength, she's too weak now and creating little problem while breathing, we are trying not to have a severe heart attack, but don't worry, that's the rare possibility." Doc said in a humble tone.


----30 years later----


Parii, an IAS officer, and Parr, an Indian lieutenant colonel made the father and late mother proud.

Still in Touch - A short story

Seven days before valentine's day, he saw her at one restaurant sitting on the corner side for the first time. He used to visit that place during the interval of his classes, as he is pursuing his higher studies in psychology, also he is a great counsellor. She used to spend her time exactly half an hour before he enters, and he never saw her leaving before him. She never used to be late in that restaurant, even the waiters and manager used to book that last corner seat for her every day. He never thought that he'll able to propose her on any day. He was so punctual that he always book the nearest seat to her desk.

Within two days, he comes to know that she loves to read novels. And, she is doing well in a marketing business from home, also, she is a freelancer, and many more things like she has no friends on Facebook, few friends on Instagram and only family on WhatsApp. So it was hard to talk with her on any social media sites. He got a trick on one afternoon that, he can chat with her using the tissue paper passed with her ordered dish. She usually orders cold coffee and rarely uses any tissue paper but still, he wants to try at least one attempt.

On the third day, he tried to talk with her but she never used to check the paper and crushed it before reading. On the fourth day, he tried to use some sticky notes paper and this too failed like the previous one. She was to busy with her work that she never reads what the message is. "Hey, can I talk with you?" still remains unsaid. Every day he clicks her pictures and changes the phone's wallpaper for one day. On the fifth day, he reached the restaurant before she enters and waits for her to reach. But that day, she wasn't on time, and he waits for the entire day. She was failed to visit that place. With the biggest disappointment displayed on his face, he went back to his house.

On the sixth day, he again saw the empty place of hers. So he asked about her to the manager over there. And, manager says that,

"Haven't you read the latest news in the morning? A girl was raped on one night before yesterday and she is admitted to the city hospital today. She is the same girl you are searching for. We've heard that she is affected mentally. And, in the evening or tomorrow morning, she'll be sent to a mental health nursing home for the counselling process."

This made him shocked and all his veins seem to be paused for a few seconds. He went to the city hospital and tried to meet her and talk with her, but doctor said, "she hasn't overcome from the shocks so she can only see us and listens to what we speak. But she won't be able to talk for a few days." All of sudden, his eyes caught to her phone's wallpaper and he found himself on it as a wallpaper. At that moment his tears typed the emotions on the phone. Now at this stage, he asked the doctor to let him treat her as he is a good counsellor.

After one year, the wallpaper still remains the same in both the phones, still the emotions of likeness create a constant phase, still, the feeling called "more-than-like" is unknown and, still from counsellor till to be her good friend, they are still in touch with each other. On this valentine's day, he would be successful to propose her. Still being the part of her wallpaper, his name listed first on her calling and video calling list. Still, there's something that made them stay in touch with each other. Maybe this "still in touch" is actually "still in love" and they don't know about it since then.

Not Again - A Short Story

After five years, it was a rainy day again with a wonderful rainbow sprinkles the sky. The only day which reminds her about his first and best proposal. Their favourite bench where they used to spend the weekends is still there to draw her in the flashback.

It's been so long years to walk in those old streets. So, she decided to go and sit on that same bench again. She with faster than earlier steps walked to get that sit. But, she was shocked and found that the bench is broken from one side. And, the strange part is a man in a three-piece suit cleaning the bench with his handkerchief and settle down with his work.

She moved a few steps back and with a disappointment turn around. After walking for some distance, she met with an old man on a wheelchair and she unknowingly crossed him. Later, she comes to know that he is the same man who used to have an ice cream stall near that bench and now he has become too old. She rushed to that old man and greeted him wisely, he was not able to recognize her as she was in a saree and looked like a married woman. She anyhow managed to get him remembered about those days.

After a few minutes, he said, "have you met your friend with whom you used to come to my stall often?" And this made her broken, as he become her ex-boyfriend. Only she knew that they are not together anymore, not together since he met with an accident to save her life outside this park. After which, she got married to another guy for the sake of her family. Looking at the old man's condition, she hides the actual reason. And tries to change the topic, but destiny wants something else or doesn't want to repeat it all again, maybe not again. The old man says again, "it's okay if you haven't met with him till now, but he used to visit this park often and do his work sitting on the same bench where you two spend your youth." And this leads her to be stunned, and she couldn't able to believe what the old man just said. Then she remembers the man cleaning the same bench and thought maybe he's the one. And the first question arises, "Is he alive?" And then questions entered like a tsunami, "Why didn't he approached me?", "Is he okay?", "I want to meet him again", "Maybe he's still there" and she rushed back to check him.

But, he was gone. Within no second, she heard a loud brake voice and she hurried to look outside the park. The crowd was so tight that only chaos was spreading around. That time, she heard a woman speaking to another, "great man he is, he saved a mother and her child" and she moved forward to have a close look of the accident and found her first love lying on the road with blood all over. Looking at him, she holds him, cried and screamed his name and said, "Not Again, Not Again, Not Agaaaiiiinnn" and this time he died under the arms of his first love. Earlier, he was alive who was a student and this time destiny repeated all again who become an author. She found a novel named "Not Again" near his body, which says that, "Losing memory is an easy job, but losing her will one day vanishes both my heart and life together." And then, a story never ends when we thought it had ended, it ended when destiny wants to be.

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Terrace - A short story

11.30 pm - Friday - 26th September

"Hey, are you sleeping?", his first sentence instead of "hello" when he called exactly a night before her birthday. On that night, she knew his answer for "why you called me so early, still half an hour is to go?" Because he doesn't wants to hear "the person you are trying to call is currently busy, please try after sometime" on her birthday. True, only he knows that he is going to propose her on this birthday.

They talked as if they are talking after so long time in-spite they hung up their calls in the same evening. She was living in a rent house and he was just a city apart from her, but was studying in a same college of their state. So it was obvious that they are going to meet each other tomorrow morning for the classes. But, still he wants to make this night special for her. And, thus, he also wants that he should be the first one to wish her, so he continued with all his cheesy lines and immature talks to make her laugh again and again.

Exactly at 11.55, he said, "Okay, listen, what if I come to your place this night to celebrate your birthday?" This made her laugh and she said, "you stay with your family and it's not possible for you to travel here for me this night, so don't be silly now!!!"

"Okay, hope so, that's true", he teased and continued, "Sweetheart, will you please come to terrace, even I don't know why it's raining at your city?"

She laughed again and said, "how would I come to your terrace?" And, for few seconds, silence was speaking. "Happy Birthday My Princess", he breaks the silence sharp at midnight. Before she thanks him, she said, "it's raining, oh god, am I dreaming? Are you really here?"

"Yup, so please come to terrace, I can't find a perfect place to stay dry!!!", he said. She ran out to see him up there, approaches to the nearest lift and hurried from the next nearby stair steps. It was not required for her to on the flash light, as the steps near the door of the terrace was decorated with the blowing candles and when tries to open the door found a banner of 'Happy Birthday'. This seems to be a perfect dream. She anyhow opens the door to see more surprises.

What she saw was unbelievable, the floor was decorated with red and pink rose petals lied in the form a big heart. The candles were lighten up all over the terrace, she looked up and found moon is smiling with shiny stars. And when she looks around, all were seems to be a beautiful dream of her life. She walked near the bench kept in front of the projector and white screen. Found a letter, "Please sit dear, let us go on a ride through this video" and she switched on the video to watch further. Before that, she checked her phone with a text of him, "please put your phone on silent just for 10 minutes." She does the same, and sits back.

*video started*

All her journey spend with him was clubbed and only tears were speaking drop by drop. The video was about to end, and she was expecting him to be here, just sitting right besides her. Then she noticed that the video is blank for few seconds, could hear only his voice,

"Happy Birthday Princess"
"Will you marry me?"

And the video continues, but this time the moments displaying on the screen was really new to her, the scene of the hospital and the person sleeping on the patient's bed was extremely in a serious condition. She was confused and felt bad that moment. Then, the video turned to display that person's face who was lying there.

She was broken after seeing him in that condition, and he was still saying her, "Will you still marry me, princess?" Now, words slept on the death bed and tears were speaking with their hearts. After 3 years of his death due to brain tumor, he is still the first person to wish her today on her birthday, and she couldn't answer him even for once, that "Yes, I want to marry you". Only the captured video of his proposal and everything he did on the same date is viewed on her every birthday for her satisfaction.

Being Alone Enough

Being alone has never been a tough job,
rather most simplest way to describe my current situations.

I wasn't alone when people left me, but
was alone when I decided to stay with me.

Spend one night in that not-so dark room,
planning my next move, in my next thought,
brooming the inner part of the skin within my soul.

When I welcomed the silence around,
I was alone from every destructive
vision from that outer world.

Alone enough that I could feel
my every blink of eyes collaborating with
that tick-tock seconds noise of my wall clock.

Alone enough that I could get confused
between keypad's noise and heartbeat's voice.

Alone enough to replace those chirping tone
with the steps of naked feet on the dancing floor.

So alone that I could mapped my breath
moving in and out till my intestines with
those hot air of my coffee mug.

So alone that I could feel the slow movement
of one leaf falling from up there and
landed with the motion of earth's body.

This was the time I could capture the
world's walk with my patience's steps
in my only dream of achieving 'something' ahead.

Afterwards, being alone has never been a tough job,
I was alone when I decided to stay with myself.

Disease

Story of a Writer❤

People love the name,
they liked the post,
within no second they hit it.

Unique name is enough to press it,
but they think,
one with maximum followers
is actually the best.

Wallpapers not used from this app,
or, used as common for every posts,
will surely writes well.

They think,
reading steals the time, but,
liking may allow them to ping to see the liker's posts.

Writing needs patience to read the good,
reading needs curiosity to know the endings.

Writers write about that unusual feeling
which created unknowingly, and disturbed
within the whole body system.

Readers read to capture those similar feelings to hit them inside before or after.

Death Bed

Every thing was fine...
He called me sharp at 11.55
before midnight, so that he
could be the first one.
On that birthday,
we had a video call after his wish
in a form of beautiful song of his.
When I answered his call,
I could see white floor with red,
pink rose petals in a heart formation,
decorated with candles and balloons.
And, when he arrived in the video,
I could see him lying on the death bed,
with tubes and pipes everywhere.
And, his last words written on a page were,
"Sorry Princess!! I couldn't be with you!!"
There, his last day become my last birthday.

Cup Of Love

hold your heart
when you choose to
drink a cup of love,
but forgot to include
two cubes of pain.

the colour is thick,
also, the wound is deep,
and, you know,
it's a bad addiction,
but still, you repeat.

School Diary

found in my
secret school diary,
hidden from the
people nearby.

some words of
yours telling the
sweetness of a girl
in a piece of paper.

at the bottom,
I read the same
question mark
which arises often,
written in bad angles,
'Is that for me?'