Rapture (Love Shots Contest)

A True Hero (Round 4)

Pic on the side is of Ayushmann Khurrana, the celebrity singer mentioned in this story >>>

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Uttam Rao, a wealthy businessman, entered the hospice ward of terminally sick children, followed by his assistant and two security guards. The patients in the ward smiled and waved when they saw him. The genuine happiness in these children’s eyes brought a smile in Uttam’s face. He loved coming here and spending time with these children.

His eyes scanned the room until his gaze clashed with Sia’s brown ones. As she saw him, she waved at him and Uttam walked towards her. Fourteen year old Sia was suffering from Leukaemia and did not have much time left.

Uttam’s heart tugged in a familiar pain when he saw the cheerful young girl.

“Hey” he said sitting on a stool beside her bed.  

“Hi. You are back” she grinned.

“I told you I would come, didn’t I?” Uttam reminded and she nodded. “What were you doing?” he asked.

“I was reading” Sia closed the book she was reading and placed it on the table near her bed.

“Archies?” Uttam murmured picking up the comic book she was reading. “You love Archie Andrews?” he asked opening the book.

“No. I love Jughead Jones more than Archie” Sia replied gleefully. “Do you also read Archies?” she inquired excitedly. At the same moment, Uttam looked at his PA, who nodded and quickly wrote down Jughead Comic books in his list. Uttam liked fulfilling whatever dreams and wishes these innocent children have. If he could, he would have brought Jughead Jones for Sia, but unfortunately Jughead Jones was just a fictional character.

“I used to” Uttam replied flipping a page.

“Who is your favorite character?”

“Jughead and Principal Weatherbee” Uttam answered sincerely. As he turned another page, a piece of paper slipped from the book and landed on the bed. Uttam picked it up and raised his brows when he saw that it was a newspaper photo of the famous actor-cum-singer, Ayushmann Khurrana.

“Ayushmann Khurrana?” Uttam asked with a teasing smile looking at Sia, who was blushing profoundly.

“He is my favorite singer. His songs are amazing and I just love him” Sia confided shyly.

“Have you ever met him?” Uttam demanded. 

“No” Sia said sadly. Uttam glanced at his PA, who nodded and wrote down the singer’s name.

After spending few more hours in the hospice Uttam took his leave. Once he sat in the backseat of his chauffeur driven Porsche, he ordered his assistant to talk to the singer’s manager and fix a date for his next visit, three weeks later.

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Uttam was working in his office, when his PA entered the room, with a nervous look.

“What’s wrong?” Uttam demanded.

“Sir, the singer, Ayushmann Khurrana, while coming here got mobbed by his fans and accidentally hit his head. He is now suffering from mild Amnesia” the PA informed and Uttam tensed. Today was the day, when he was about to take the famous singer with him to the hospice where he would sing for Sia. Everything was arranged and now this news shocked to him.

“I need to talk to the doctor who checked Ayushmann, call him.” A minute later, Uttam called the doctor and informed him what his plan, for the day, with the singer was.