Sunday, June 23, 2019

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.

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