"India needs more 36 runs to win and reach semi finals in 12 balls" - Live commentary of India vs New Zealand world Cup semi finals was going on. My father was watching the match with utmost concentration.
"Simi!Come and have your Dinner!" my mom shouted.I heard her sound but was unwilling to go though I was hungry but I was not in the mood of eating.
"Simi are you coming? or are u going to stick to your stupid diet concept again? "my mom shouted again but this time with a more heavier tone, A typical mom's tone which informs every Indian child the level of their mom's anger.
I had no choice, got up from my bed washed my face and looked into the mirror after two whole days. My eyes was bulging out and was red because of my crying.Yeah, I was crying. I was crying for two whole days without eating and barely showing my face to my parents.
I walked outside my room with a towel in my hand, head and eyes down, don't know why probably to hide the condition of my face from my parents. My Father and brother was sitting on dinning table and my mom was serving them. I silently went to the table and sat on my special teddy bear chair which my dad specifically brought for me.
My mom served me Tanduri Roti, Tadka and Rasgulla some of the most beloved Indian foods and then stared at me for 5 mins, I was gazing at my plate, a plain emotionless gaze. " Beta, Do you really want to eat tadka, today? " my mom said in the most calm voice possible. I looked at my mom, I looked into her eyes, a tear automatically fell from my eyes. In a moment I started to cry again. My mom hugged me and said, "There's no point of crying, beta It's okay if you haven't cleared your interview this year, may be next year you can, study hard you definitely will."
Yeah, she thought I was crying because of my failure but I wasn't. Yes,one can say it was a failure, not of an examination but of love. A love for which I sacrificed everything and ended up being alone.
"I want to go on a vacation papa. " I bluntly said, without any emotion.
"What, Why, where do you want to go"? My father asked.
"Paris." I said.
The spoon from my mother hand fell in her bowl. I think it was kind of shock to her, of course It would have been because being a middle class family child I was asking them for a foreign vacation.Specially a nerdy girl like me who previously used to say vacation as a time waste was asking them to go on a vacation was of course would been a shock to them.
"Let us think about this, beta." both of my parents said in a sync.
Probably after being in a arrange marriage for 29 year, they started to think in same way.
I gently nodded and came back to my room after dinner.
"She wants to go to Paris. " my father said.
"Where is Paris? Is it very far? " my mother asked liked a child who have seen the world map for the first time.
"Let her go, at least after this vacation we can hope her to come back to her real self. It's been so long since I saw her laughing genuinely. " my brother said.
In my whole family my brother was the only one to know me and my love failure. He was more like a best friend to me.
They were discussing whether to let me go or not, but deep down I knew they will, because in my family my every wish was fulfilled, treating like me a princess was their habit.
I layed on my bed. The ticking of the clock was clearly audible. The sound of rain pouring outside reminded me of him, the first time we met was in rain, may be the most romantic atmosphere for a love story to start.The sound of rain and a thought of him lead me back to my memories from twelve years ago, the happiest time of my life, the time when I saw the love on my life.
Twelve years ago.
The sky was dark, full of black clouds. It was afternoon still the atmosphere was looking like evening.
I was standing in front of the big main gate of AIIMS Delhi, frowning for not getting admission in Oxford University. I was wearing my light pink short T-shirt and black high waist jeans with high puff ponytail and sunglasses. I was probably looking like an 1st year fashion designing student rather than a 1st year MBBS student as most of the to-be-doctors and white coat professor were staring at me like I was an alien of outside world as I was moving inside the campus. I was a nerd but was also having a hobby of fashion designing, gold medalist in fashion designing in middle and high school and was Second runner up in school beauty competition, first was an arts stream student who was probably practicing for competition for months.
I hurried my pace and wanted to complete all my procedure to go to my hostel as soon as possible, The weather was worsening. My pace was almost like running but I was really not having any idea of where to go in that big campus of AIIMS.A drop of water fell on my forehead and then second on my nose and in a second it started to rain heavily. I was lucky that I was at least able to find a tree and took shelter under it.
"Independent, wanted to be Independent, now have stuck in this rain. Daddy said it won't be as easy as finding classroom, but no she wanted to be independent, do all thinks alone and now have stuck in this rain. Waanhh! What will she do looks like it won't stop early, nobody's around as well. Damn it" My arrogant inner goddess was cursing me and my stupidity.
Yes, I have two beautiful inner goddess inside my brain who look exactly like me but of two complete opposite characters. One is fairy like with all kind of help to offer to others while other is arrogant and badass.
I was looking around and saw a 179 cm tall, broad shoulders and chest with thin waist guy, wearing a casual t-shirt and denim jeans, holding his sky bag on his head probably to stop rain and his American touristor suitcase in his another hand was running towards me, or I say the tree under which he could also have shelter from rain.
"He is handsome." The fairy inner me said and blushed.
"What handsome, simi is much more better than him." Another inner me who was much more arrogant said in a ignorant tone.
"Yeah, I am" I mumbled, I went with arrogant one, my most selected inner goddess.
"Can I take shelter here? " The boy asked with the most humble tone possible.
"I have not owned it, stay wherever you want. " I said, emotionlessly.
"Haha, thank you. " He said with a gentle smile.
"He is cute while smiling. " My arrogant inner mind and my fairy inner mind said in a sync.
What? My arrogant inner mind was complementing a guy?
"Hi, I am Ayush bhanushali, 1st year MBBS. " He said extending his right hand.
"Hello, I am Simi sharma, 1st year MBBS as well" I said with a gentle smile probably because both of inner goddesses inside have agreed for the first time in my entire life.
"Wow! " He exclaimed.
"What? " I asked.
"You look really beautiful when you smile, I was stunned. " He said blushingly.
"He complemented her, wow really? " both of my inner goddesses was excited.
"oh, okay" I blunted.
"what kind of reply was that? what the shit she spouted" my inner goddesses were shocked at my dumb answer.
"tha-" I said and stopped.
"Don't say that now you will look more stupid" my Arrogant inner goddess said with anger.
"I am from Rajasthan." he said.
"Oh!" I blunted.
"what? Have she lost her mind? You need to say where you are from in return. Are you dumb, you'll stay single as always. He will think you don't want to talk. And you'll stay single forever. Become a nun in future that will be more like you." my arrogant inner goddess was cursing me.
"I am from Uttar pradesh. " I said softly after listening to my inner goddesses.
"oh! sorry, what? " He said.
"I am from Uttar pradesh" I said more clearly.
"oh, I thought you didn't wanted to talk. Am I disturbing you? " he said.
"Ah no no no, it's just, I don't let my guard down easily. "
My inner goddesses was silent.
"You mean I looked like a bad guy? "
"Arey! that's not what I meant. You are rather, umm kind of handsome. "I said.
" Kind of handsome? haha what's that? okay i'll take it as a complement. " he said smilingly.
"Thank you" he said again gently after a few second pause.
Shoot! I blushed for the first time in my entire life. My heart was beating fast too.
The rain was pouring more heavily now and the tree was not able to guard us from rain totally.It was getting difficult for us to avoid rain and we kept coming closer little by little. Not long after He was only one feet away from my side. His scent was sweet. I was only upto his chest. Damn my short height.The rain was soaking me from the front. My jeans was soaked and half of my T-shirt also.
He suddenly came in front of me, kept his hand on the trunk of the tree, above me. His body was probably only few cm away from me. That was the first time any guy to come that close to me. I looked into his eyes, perfect black eyes with long eye lashes. Wow! His lips, perfect shape and somelike red in colour looked gentle and sweet. His face was perfect. Me after appreciating his face came into reality realizing something was wrong.
"wha-" I was saying but he stopped me middle way.
"Please don't misunderstand, you'll get soaked like this and it won't be easy for you to go around in soaked clothes."he said with eyes wandering around. He was not looking at me, probably he was shy.
"Oh, okay- Thank you. " I said.
"You will get soaked too" I said again.
"It's okay for me to get soaked. " he said gently.
"why? " I asked.
He looked towards me with gentle eyes.He is so handsome my inner goddesses kept saying me. Our eyes met and then-
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