It's 11:45 P.M. I'm here on the balcony of my room, staring at the empty road, thinking about her. I look at my phone. Still no response from Shruti. I wonder if she is all right. Few days back, I was the one who was scolding her for not sleeping when she's off duty. Today, I'm on her place.
I hope the things Razz and Sam told her in the car didn't hurt her. I so badly want to call her but I am scared. She's not replying to my texts, and this means she is upset.
"Is she replying to you?" I receive Razina's text.
"No... I hope she is fine." I text her back.
"I was harsh with her today. I hurt her." She replies within seconds.
"I'm so sorry. It's all because of me." I feel guilty for making two best friends fight.
"We're supporting you because you are right. And we all want Tee to move on." She replies.
When it comes to Shruti, it was never love at first sight. I was given responsibility to give her some classes about surgery even though we were from different department. My supervisor trusted me when it came to surgery and guiding in surgical matters so I got that opportunity, for which I will always be grateful.
The first day of class, I was in my cabin waiting for the doctor who was going to work under my supervision. It was my first time supervising so I was a bit nervous.
"May I come in sir?" A young girl said standing on the door of my cabin, holding some files.
"Please come in." I stood up.
"Shruti?" I asked, wondering if she was the one, my supervisor told me about.
"Yes, doctor. I'm Shruti Pradhan." She smiled and forwarded her right hand.
"I'm Nishan KC." I returned the smile and shook hands with her, expressing her to sit down.
"Welcome to Green City Hospital." I welcomed her.
"Thank you so much sir." She smiled. Well, this girl smiles a lot.
That day I just showed her around the hospital and introduced her with other staff. We talked about our majors and the places we graduated from.
The next day, I decided to test her surgical skills and for my surprise, she was so good at it. She did everything so professionally. Because of her fast-learning capacity it was very easy to supervise her. She was excellent in her field and I just guided her a little in surgical matters.
As the days passed, we got along really well. This girl was super awesome in her work. All the cases she handled were successful which earned goodwill for our hospital. She was a gem that our hospital needed.
So many other doctors also joined with her but she was the best performer. When others were hanging out with friends, she was alone in her cabin doing her work. She used to keep herself busy, staying away from people. It seemed like she was an introvert. Other male doctors used to flirt with her and she used to ignore them.
As the years passed, we got to witness her talent when she handled a very critical case calmly. It was a case where we could save either the mother or her baby. No one had hopes. But Dr. Shruti made impossible thing possible by saving both the mother and the child.
One day I remember asking her why she became an obstetrician/gynecologist when we were having lunch together. What she said really touched my heart "Because I love bringing life to this world"
I don't know when and how I started liking her, not just as a doctor but as a person as well. She was beauty with brain. As days passed, my feelings towards her just grew. She was the kind of girl any man would easily fall for. But I was scared. I had seen her turning down so many proposals. I didn't want to risk a good friendship I had with her. Thinking of her as just my crush, I tried to move on but the feelings never faded. I realized it wasn't a normal crush, it was love.
