Freaking Romance

39. 6 months prior

***This chapter answers a lot of question and confusion, so do pay attention to the details***

And to those who have been asking who is grim reaper? Grim reaper are those who  guide the souls to after life and some times when needed even reap the souls.
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***6 months prior***

Everything was dark. It was like I was being consumed by darkness when suddenly a bright streak of light hit my eyes. I shut my eyes to avoid the light.

Right then I heard the beeping sound of the machine and that made me open my eyes. I froze on seeing myself on the hospital bed.

"The machines were making some weird sound. Everything's okay right?" A familiar voice hit my ears. I looked towards the voice source and tears clouded my vision. "Dad." I recognized him instantly.

I tried touching him but my hands went right through him. "Her vitals are normal for now. There's nothing to worry about." The doctor said in an assuring tone, looking at my dad.

My dad looked defeated. It looked as though he was barely hanging on. "Uncle." Right then someone called my dad from the door. Wiping the tears that had formed in my eyes, I looked towards the voice source. "Aryaman!" I recognized him too.

My dad followed Aryaman out and I too followed them. "The prisoner-" Aryaman started.

"Did the police catch that bastard?" My dad cut him before he could complete.

"Yeah they did."

"Where's that bastard?" My dad was enraged.

"He's dead." Aryaman paused. "He was found dead near the xxx highway." 

My dad's fist clenched. "After putting my daughter into this state, how can he so easily die?"

"Uncle calm down." Aryaman put a hand on my dad's shoulder. "The police actually wants to talk to you. I think they want to cover up this case as a hit and run."

"No. I absolutely can't agree to this. It's because of their sloppy security system that the prisoner fled from the jail. Nandini is like this- aaahhh!" My dad clutched his heart.

"Dad." I tried holding him but I failed miserably. My hands passed through him. "Uncle let me handle this. Please. You shouldn't stress." Aryaman held my dad and gently made him sit on the chair.

"Why are you still here?" A voice made me turn. "Shouldn't you be inside your body?"

It was the very person who reaped the soul of Siya. The Grim Reaper!

A fear clutched my heart. Was he here to take me away with him?

"I am not here to take you away. It's not your time yet. I am just here to take your memories as a soul away." He said and that surprised me. It was as though he read my thoughts.

His lips curved into a smug smile. "Yeah I can read your thoughts. I have work to do. So go back to your body." He pointed towards my ward door.

"You mean I am alive?" I asked confused.

"You wouldn't be here, if you weren't."

It took me a while to process what he was saying but when I finally comprehended what he meant, I was even more confused. "What do you mean by taking away my memories?" I stepped away from him.

I don't want to lose my memories, not again. I lost my everything and I found him instead. Now I don't want to forget him.

"If you want to live a normal life, you have to forget him. Your body's and soul's memory would make a mess of you, if it is left as it is."

"I am okay living a messy life. I don't mind but I can't forget him."

"Nandini will wake up. Right?" Right then I heard my dad say. He was sobbing and that sight hurt me. I could feel thus constant pain in my chest.

"And it's against the rules for a soul to remember all this. I'll force the memory out anyway. So you don't have a choice." He shrugged.

He flicked his finger and I felt a sudden throb in my head. All the memories of him slowly started getting blurry. "No stop. Please stop. Please." I yelled, holding my head. The pain was unbearable. "Please!!"

And suddenly it stopped. I weakly raised my gaze to look at the grim reaper.

"It won't hurt if you go back to your body." He said. My vision clouded with tears. I was going to forget him.

"Do you believe in destiny?" The grim reaper said out of nowhere. I didn't respond. "You should believe in it. If you both are meant to be then you'll eventually be."

"Do you mean he is my destiny?" I asked.

"I don't know. I just know how to reap souls." He shrugged. "I am just giving you hope. The hope you so much believe in."

I couldn't respond. The hope I believed in. I looked at my dad who had been sobbing.

'You are the one who said it's good to be hopeful.' Manik's words struck me.

"Ok I'll go back to my body but before that can I ask you something?"

"Hmm. Go ahead." He complied.

"I have seen people's soul whose body are in vegetative state. Those souls have been tied down to their body but I am not. I am not tied down to anything. Why could I roam around wherever I liked? In fact unlike other souls I didn't even have my memories."

"Well your accident was caused by an evil spirit? The prisoner they were talking about-" He pointed towards the direction of my dad and Aryaman."was a possessed case. The prisoner ran hay wire because of the evil spirit's power. Remember your accident site was clean, not even a single drop of blood was there."

I nodded. That was the very reason I had a hard time believing I died in an accident 

He continued. "Because the evil spirit consumed your oozing blood. That's the reason why your body is in that state." He paused pointing towards my ward room.
"Your soul was also in the verse of being consumed but you managed to hang on till I stepped in. While fighting to not be consumed, a fragment of the evil spirit was left within you. That's the exact reason as to why you weren't bound to anything and also the reason of your memory loss."

"Fragment of the evil spirit. What do you mean?!"

"It is just as I said. There's a very unnoticeable piece of the evil spirit right there in your soul and I can't do anything about it. It's you who has to fight it and you are doing great. Now if that answers your question. Go back to your body. I have other works to do."

"Wait! If you knew all this, why didn't you tell me when we met last time?"

"I am not obligated to tell you anything. Moreover I wasn't there for you, I was there to reap the soul that hurt the human." He shrugged. "Now will you go back to your body?"

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Well well now if that answer all your doubts about freaking romance, let's end this story. XD ok just kidding. There's still a few chapters left.

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Aaku