Pocket Full of Lies

11- Contact number

Rehaan's POV

Silence! Deafening Silence!!

Usually silence was comforting. I hated to make small talk and preferred to keep quiet unless necessary. At least that was what I found out about me in the few days I have been awake. However, today this silent room felt itchy as if bugs were crawling all over my body. Everything was uncomfortable. And this was all because of the absence of a certain someone.

Although I didn't remember our past, and made our every conversation awkward, there was still some strange kind of comfort when Muskaan was near. Even if we stayed silent, engrossed in our own thoughts, it felt good to have someone present for me.

I really took her for granted. I stupidly thought she would stay for the entire time I was in the hospital. I totally forgot that just because I was her boyfriend, her entire life didn't revolve around me. I totally ignored the fact that she might have something important to do rather than just sit here silently with a boyfriend, who doesn't even remember her.

Who told you to act like it didn't matter to you when she asked if you could manage being alone for a few hours?

Damn, I really wanted to stop her. Tell her to not go. But with what right? She was just getting tired and bored while tending to me 24x7. It wasn't like I could ask her to put her life on pause just because I was scared to be alone.

Alone. That was something I felt since I had woken up with no memories. I never thought that I could feel lonelier than I already did.

Who would have thought that I would miss her each and every small action? That too so intensely. Her subtle sarcastic remarks, her cute expressions when she was annoyed, the way she fussed over little things, the way she took care of my health. And last but not the least, the way she stood beside me as a silent support when doctors and nurses came around to check up on me. The checkups were so scary without her.

Even if she was still a stranger in my mind, other strangers seemed less frightening when she was near.

★★★★★

Why wasn't she coming back?

~Is she not coming back?

~After going out did she realize that it wasn't worth wasting her time with me?

~Did something happen to her?

~Is she hurt?

So many bad thoughts ran through my mind as I kept waiting for Muskaan to open the door and come in. More than a few hours had passed and Muskaan still wasn't here. The time she had given me was long gone. It was hard enough to wait until then, but now each second felt like a ticking bomb.

"Muskaan!" I perked up as I heard the creak of the door, but my mood instantly went down when I saw it was just a nurse.

"Calm down lover boy, she will be back soon," the nurse said as she placed the tray on the side table.

I silently took the medicines she handed me, not bothering to respond to her teasing.

"It's not even dark yet, why are you worrying so much? Nothing is going to happen to her in broad daylight."