*Khushi's One-Shot* RTMC/DV SS Part 4 Pg 16 - Page 3

"Why are you staring off into space??" He loved to pull on her hair. "You're so ugly when you're doing nothing. But you're also not pretty when you smile." In maan's words, she's really ugly.

"You're the one who's ugly!" she pull back her hair. "If you think I'm so ugly, why do you visit me??"

"Can't help it. My home is right next to your home." He argued.

"Then I'll move!" The next day, she drew a line in the ground using some white chalk. A line that she forbid him to cross.

That year, they were both in the 5th grade. They couldn't stand each other and hoped the other would move away. But 5 years passed, and neither of them moved. Not only that, thy got into the same high school and into the same class.

"You're that infamous couple." All the students and teachers in the school would say whenever they saw them.

"We're not!" she always tried to explain. "We're only neighbors." At that time, she hated her parents for making them live next to him.
"My standard is not that low." He would say. "Who wants her to be a girlfriend?? It's not like she don't have eyes."

"Yes, I know your eyes are on top of your head." she really disliked him. "Better than having eyes on the bottom of my head like you." He implied that she couldn't judge guys. At that time, she had a crush on a senior.

She didn't think that his sarcasm had a hidden meaning. After a while, she found out that the senior student had lots of girlfriends. When she cried about it, he silently passed her a handkerchief and awkwardly held her in his arms.

"I told you he wasn't any good." He roughly comforted me. she cried in his arms the whole night, and began to see him in a different way. Things began to change between them. They still fought all the time, but he started to look at her differently. And she blushed and her heart beat faster when he was near. They both knew: they fell in love with each other.

Even with this knowledge, neither of them said anything. Even though they would
not be able to resist and starred each other constantly. Even though thy cared about each other's every moves. Both of them refused to admit our love.

Time flew by quickly, and it was time to face separation. she chose to study medicine, and he chose management. Yet thy still couldn't separate from each other. Thr parents worried that  thy didn't know anyone in Mumbai, so they forced them to live in the same apartment building. Once again, thy became neighbors. Thy still fought, but sometimes thy  fought into the bedroom. Alright, thy became lovers, but thy still wouldn't say thy loved each other. Thy didn't even spend Valentine's Day together until he saw her share dinner with a man one Valentine's Day. That night, he waited for her in front of her door and said that he would take her out to dinner on Valentine's Day from then on. she have to say that he was very arrogant. But she nodded and accepted his request. Since then, thy spent every Valentine's Day together. After graduation, she became an intern. He started a small computer company with some friends. Thy were busy with thr own lives and had no time for a relationship. Three years later, she became a doctor, and his business began to boom. Thy separately moved to bigger apartments and stopped being neighbors. On the surface, thy left each other. In reality, thy were still together. Thy spent every Valentine's Day together but each year became more dreary than the next because he never told her, he loved her even with all her hints.

Facing the empty in-box, she suddenly grew very angry. He wouldn't say it and wouldn't send her a card." What did he mean? Who did he think I was? I called his cell phone."

"Hello." He picked up the phone.

"I didn't receive the card." she immediately showed her displeasure.

"You didn't receive it?" He seemed really busy. "But I sent it."

He was really busy but she didn't care. "I didn't receive it. Send it again."

"Okay, I'll send you 100 times. Is that good enough??" He said with impatience. His tone further infuriated her. Is that how lovers speak to each other?

"Don't bother sending it to me. And you don't have to pick me up tonight.

I'll eat dinner by myself."

"Don't be childish, ok? I'm really busy."

"I AM childish!" she hung up the phone and tears rolled down her cheeks.

Childish?? Why didn't he consider the situation? thy've gone out for so many years and spent countless Valentine's Day together. she never received any flowers nor cards from him. Now, she just want a little e-card. Is that too much to ask for??

she unplugged the phone from the wall and turned off her cell phone. she didn't want to hear his explanations. After she returned to the hospital, she instructed the receptionist not to forward her any phone calls. she wanted to concentrate on work.

Because there were so many emergencies today, she was sweating 1 hour later and forgot about thr argument.

"Dr. geet, please take a look at that patient."

As she was collecting my equipment, the shrill sound of an ambulance sounded outside the ER. When she stepped out the door, the emergency medics hurriedly wheeled in a gurney.

"What happened to him?" she asked the 1st medic. Everyone else were trying to help put the patient on the gurney. He was covered with blood.

"Car accident." The medic replied. "Very serious. He may die."

she nodded and ran to the operating room with them. When she arrived, the nurses told me that the man had already stopped breathing and also his heartbeat also stopped.

"Prepare for shock." she calmly instructed the nurses. Saving people is thr duty. Thy can't lose thr calm.

But when she saw who laid on the operating table, she lost my calm. That person was maan😭!

"No..." she stood in shock. "NO!!!" she grabbed the paddles and continuously shocked his body. His body bounced up and down from the shocks. The scared nurses went to find another doctor, to tell him that she was crazy.

she didn't know if she was crazy or not. she just wanted to save maan. Even though thy fought all the time. Even though he never showed her his love. she still wanted to save him. He still owed her a card. He couldn't die! she threw away the paddles and began to press on his heart. she pressed with all her strength, hoping it would revive him, but he didn't wake up. He didn't even say "It hurts". He just laid there with his eyes closed, punishing her with his silence.

Dr. Dev angrily pushed her away. By that time, she couldn't see clearly anymore. she cried. she wailed. she bowled until no sounds could come out of her mouth.

"It's too late, Dr. Geet. He's already dead. I'm sorry." Dr. Dev patted her on the shoulder. They knew each other and ate together once. she introduced them.

"He can't die." I shook my head. "He can't die!!" she struggled to run to him.

"Dr.geet, control yourself!" Dr. dev slapped me. "I understand what you're going through, but you're a doctor."

"Yes, I'm a doctor, but I'm also a regular person". How can Dr. dev understand how she feel? she've loved him for so many years that it's become a habit. How can she just throw away a habit? Besides, he still owed me a card. "I want him to live! I want him to live!" she ran to him again and tried to knock the life back into his body.

"Take her away!" That day, she lost my control and her professionalism.

And that day happened to be Valentine's Day.

Afterwards, she asked his co-workers why he left work early that day.

They told her that after she hung up the phone, he tried to call her several times but couldn't reach her. Worried, he drove to the hospital to find her and got hit by a large truck on the way.

When she heard this, she froze. Her tantrum killed him. Just because of an unmailed card, he died. After that, she lost her privilege to be childish.

Like an abandoned cat, she couldn't even cry anymore. After his death, she couldn't cry anymore, regardless of how touching the plot or how tear-jerking the dialogue. They didn't affect her anymore.

Now, she's only left with a cat and a seldomly used computer. Stepping over the cat, she turned on the computer. Even though she know no one will send me a mail, she still hoped that someone will remember her on this day.

Meow, meow. she looked at Christine to see what's wrong. She finished her milk. she went into the kitchen to get her more milk then came back to look at the computer screen.

she have.... 100 emails! Who would be bored enough to send her 100 junk mail?

she was just about to delete them all when she received another mail, and this one said: "Because of system error, we could not send these until today.

We apologize for the delay." The sender was her ISP.

she looked at the 1st mail. It showed the send date is last year's Valentine's Day. Her heart began to beat fast. Could he have sent these?

With a trembling hand, she opened the mail. The first thing that popped up was a gorgeous red rose set against green leaves. Then a beautiful melody began to play.... "Mahi............". she couldn't believe it. The rose was so beautiful and the music was so dreamy. she almost thought she was in a fantasy. Most touching of all were the words underneath the rose, because the words read like a beautiful poem.

"Geet."

That's my name.

"Knowing you so many years, I've never sent you any flowers. Today I send you a rose."

She received it and it's so beautiful.

"You know we are always fighting. We can never really open our hearts and tell each other how we feel."

Yes, but it's all his fault for being so distant.

"I know I always make you mad by the things I say."

Good that he's admitting it.

"But today I want to say to you: I'm sorry, and I love you."

she waited so many years for those words.

"And I want to tell you a good news. I finally saved enough money."

He already have enough money. Why did he need so much?

"So geet, let's get married!! I was afraid to propose to you, because I didn't trust in my ability to give you the good life you deserve. But now I've saved enough money so we don't have to wait anymore."

Who wanted him to wait? geet:"I'm already yours."
"Today, I use this card to propose to you. Will you marry me, Geet? Will you?"

That's the content of the whole card. Like a fool, she kept reading his words and talking to him. It's like she can hear his voice and see him again.

As if it's back to 1 year ago with them constantly fighting.

The song played over and over. Repeating the heartbreaking voice.

"Mahi ve mahi mahi ve....................mahi.............................."

The lyrics of this song fits thr love so closely. When he was alive, her world was so young. Every day, she could find a something different to fight with him about. But after he left, her life is only left with memories and coldness that will never go away.

"Will you marry me?"

When she read these words, her tears unconsciously came, wetting the keyboard.

Will she? If he's in front of her, she will definitely kick him and call him a big fool. If she wasn't willing, she wouldn't have waited until today.

So she moved the cursor over the "Reply" box, and typed the response that she've already prepared for so many years - "I will."

she will - be by his side for the rest of her life. she will - fight with him forever. That is how she answered him, but the only response she got was the repeating song "Mahi......"

Nevertheless, she opened every single letter, accepted every singled rose, and typed the same response: "I will."

she replied 100 times, and "mahi...." played 100 times. In this cold Valentine's night, the line that's been broken for 1 year finally got reconnected.

she answered you. What about you?