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?'

Siblings

"That girl is living in the orphanage,
& the another one with her, belongs
to poor family, staying in rural side.",
the story told by the transfer-boy.
He was rich enough that his drivers
opened the car's door for him, but
he chose to ride bicycle to catch
those best-friends every time.
On parents-teachers meet,
he was excited to introduce those
girls with his parents, but failed.
The principal asked his parents secretly,
"Does your son knows that these
two girls are his adopted sisters?"

Corpse

"Sorry, I won't be able to meet you,
as, I skipped to sleep tonight.
It's so noisy inside,
as, your voice haven't left from my mind.
Open space occupied our memories,
as, your face still stays in my heart already.
I loved your smell,
as, it never missed from the skin of my clothes.
It was my happy life ever with you,
but, the day you stepped out,
everything was like empty world with sad holes.
Death was not a big deal,
I died on the day you left my body completely.
Cried on that one night only, but, never after that,
as, you said, you'll meet me in the heaven one day.",
her corpse's speaking to his corpse, which was
buried 10 years ago, exactly besides her's now.

One Reason

A to-be-bride was not so happy,
missing her love to be there,
updating her status just to
see his notification in any case,
in spite of knowing, she's been blocked.
Want him to come & take his princess out,
but, all she remembered was,
'I don't love you anymore'.
But, the only reason left behind it was,
he, a jobless man, & she, a helpless woman.
On his side:
"Brother,
if you really wanna know her status daily,
then why you simply block her after checking it.",
said to one of the top businessman.

Love & Responsibility

A newly-wed couple walking
step by step, holding their hands,
crossing each other's fingers,
enjoying, laughing, looking cute together.
On that green land area,
what he only noticed was a woman,
sitting in the corner bench using
her laptop with the earplugs.
Looking him, his wife said,
"Why this place is your most favorite?"
He replied in his heart, admiring that woman,
"Because, today I'm in between my love,
who's sitting in that bench, and
my responsibility, who's standing beside me!!"
And, he answered her,
"As, this is the place where I could see
both my love & responsibility together."