When The Heart Lies | ✓

[9]

People come and go, some remember you and some, not. But I remember you, Shrey. I know you enough to say that you are too strong to give up your life just like that.

The longer the bad days stay, the bigger the happiness that follows them.

You can go through this, I know. If there is nothing left to live for, live for the ones who live for you, Shrey.

Good days are coming.

Survive.

~Someone that you used to know

His heart was beating faster after a long time. The reason was simple. A person he used to know, managed to make him feel wanted than he ever felt in this phase of his life.

He breathed slowly.

He flipped the paper, looking for any sign that could reveal the exact identity. But nothing was mentioned except for that stupid hint. Maybe, clever. Someone was either to trying to taunt him or test him.

But that ninety percent of his heart was embracing this new positivity in his life. His hands loosened and eyes turned numb. He silently gave that anonymous person, the blessings.

"Who could it be?" He murmured in shock, slowly looking up at the nurse in doubt.

Aakriti couldn't decide how much information to hide. She couldn't reveal Sakshi's name so easily and now, seeing his curious and desperate eyes, it was hard for her to keep quiet.

"A girl," she began with a nervous smile, glancing back at the door if someone was coming.

Girl?

Shrey couldn't get the right idea as so many faces flashed in his mind. Maybe, some social group was trying to help him. Or what if Vikas Kaushik was again playing with his mind?

He bit his lip while leaning back on the pillows as he felt the bitter taste in his mouth because of consuming so many medicines back to back.

"What if someone's again playing with me?" He whispered to himself. "What if they are trying to taunt me?"

Aakriti was afraid to be in a suicidal person's room. The state of his mind was still unpredictable and he could do anything to himself or her at seeing this letter. But thankfully, he was calmly accepting it, except that he was misleading himself.

He couldn't trust the good things, she concluded.

She pitied him and decided to just tell him the truth. Sakshi still loved him, she had observed. If something good was coming out of this, then she didn't have to be so hideous. What if Shrey himself might get the hint and value her efforts? After all, the little letter was enough to lift his spirits and make him feel wanted.

Wanted in this world.

"Sir, she was pretty." She gulped at seeing his face turning stunned. "She said that she is your ex-girlfriend."

Shrey straightened slowly, his eyes narrowing and then, widening as again some selected faces flashed in his mind. His heart fluttered at hoping for one to be true. But he kept his guard down.

"Did someone give you money to do this to me?"

Aakriti widened her eyes. She shook her head, "Oh my God! Sir, no. You-You can check the footage. She came sobbing at this floor, hiding from media. She wanted to see you for once."

Shrey narrowed his eyes, smiled humorlessly. "My brother will not leave you for helping a stranger," he threatened through gritted teeth.

Tears filled in her eyes, her heart stopped at realising what she had done. Aakriti breathed heavily. Her ears were heating that she couldn't hear anything but her own heartbeats.