Healed By Love

Chapter 14: Abhorring fact

Flashback:
( Third person POV )

It was 20th December 2007, Rudraksh Singhania's 14th birthday. But the tragedy had it, that he was not on the earth for the birthday, that he was so excited for. In New York, at a beautiful house, in a locked room was there an 18 year old beautiful girl, crying in her sleep, having a dreadful nightmare.

She woke up abruptly and realised she was again lost in a world that she hated. She was a girl who always liked dreams because they were beautiful. They showed us the world we wanted to live in but not until, a time came when the dreams replaced for nightmares and they started showing her a world, she never wanted to live into. But unfortunately, is living in.

She looked at the time and forced a smile on her face. " Happy Birthday dear Rudra, I know you were very much excited for this birthday. I am sorry I couldn't save you. I am sorry I couldn't come with you. I am sorry for everything."

It was about a month ago her life took an 180° turn and she couldn't do anything. She was living like this, a life she never aspired to have. Something she never wanted. What she needed were those people who were her happiness. But destiny had decided to have it hard on her.

She was almost tired of asking to god as to why he did it to her. At this point, she stopped beleiving that there was an almighty in this world who would listen to you. At this point she was numb to all of the pain she had in this month. She was becoming tired but also used to living like this. This was her life that she was living. Which eventually she didn't want to. She tried to kill herself but was stopped saying that her family wouldn't want it. She was stopped saying that they would want her to make them proud of her. But really saying was there a point of all of it? Maybe no. Because they weren't here. Because her happiness wasn't here. Because she herself wasn't here. And the one, she wanted the most. The one who healed every wound she ever got. He was not here

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Present day:
Advik Khanna:

It was in the middle of the night when I felt my throat going dry. I woke up feeling thirsty and saw Ruhi sleeping beside me. Her arms around my torso and the duvet covering her till her chin. I slowly slipped her hand out of my body and stood up. Covering her again by the duvet, I went downstairs into the kitchen and took out a water bottle and again started going upstairs when something hit me. I walked to her room silently and took a note and pen. I wrote down what I wanted and turned. Our photos of the school time were hung there. I smiled seeing them.

How happy we were then. No obstacles, no slip of opportunities, no unwanted truths, just getting what we wanted. I know life is never going to turn out like that but I want it to be. I want her to be happy and cheerful like she was.

She has became much cheerful than I first met her that day. But there's a part of her that is not there. That I maybe have really lost.

Life is inevitable. It does every thing it wants on the wrong time how much ever we don't want it to happen. I kept shut for two weeks because I didn't wanted to break her. But when she took it upon herself, I couldn't stop myself. I can't tell if I am so bad at hiding things or expressing them that she would think that because of her something was wrong with me. And then she had to get the next biggest unwanted truth of her life. I know how hurt she was but she decided to act strong and this time maybe it was for her.

I don't even know now what to do. Where this all is going to take us?

I took a sigh and went upstairs going to the garden. As I went there, I saw Ruhi clutching her head tightly, her legs pressed to her chest.