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.