Oneshots!

16| My valentine

This has been written some two years back for a contest and I realised I haven't shared it here.   Enjoy.

Happy valentine's day everyone 💖 Let your love grow in every relationships💖

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I am Anjali singh raizada, sister of the great ASR who has all luxuries on the world even the most precious 'Khushi’ but ‘Is she happy? That too today? 14th February’.

My two brothers are happy, lovers around the whole world are happy, but I? A sigh escaped uninformed. I am happy for my brothers who have best life partners but I am surely not jealous seeing them. It's just I feel lonely on this particular day, comparing myself with all the happy couples in the world, pushing myself into one of the worst extremity.

‘Chalo anjali, you have to get ready for morning pooja’ chiding  myself, I headed downstairs and was bestowed with heartwarming vision. There stood my hot headed chote who has bought patent for arrogance with stretched lips smiling to heart content. Do I need anything more on this say? No. Yet I couldn't shove away the creeping loneliness. Descending down the stairs, I silently done Arti. After that chote hands me an envelope saying someone delivered this morning.

‘For me? Who may sent this letter that too on morning itself?’ I thought with a frown but nonetheless I didn't showed it to him and silently went to my room taking it. As the very first thing, I saw the left corner empty which always carries the sender name. I couldn't help but let my suspicion to grow and I quickly opened the letter and starts reading,

“You are the greatest gift in my and my love’s life. You always make me feel special that I always left with an overwhelming feeling whenever you take my side and support me. Your presence in our life is magnificent. So on this very day, I couldn't select anyone other than you to be my valentine.

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE??”

With love.

Sweat beads formed on my forehead at the end.

‘Who sent this? Is it him? But Shyam is in jail....then?’ I gulped nervously and thought to inform this to chotte. Suddenly I heard knocks on the door that I was forced to tore my thoughts from the letter. Cautiously I opened the door and saw HP stood with a gift wrapped box saying someone delivered that box.

I looked at it with caution and saw ASR written boldly on the centre “HP wait this gift is for chotte not for me”

HP replied “No didi, see Anjali singh raizada is written on it” Only then I noticed the next line where my full name is written.

I recieved wordlessly and sat on the bed to open the box only to be left astounded by the beautiful colourful long skirt and a matching top with a note.

“Please wear this. A car is waiting for you outside. Get in, don’t try to be ASR and ask about the place to the driver he’ll not tell you. And moreover, If you want to celebrate valentine party then get ready fast… I am waiting… For you my valentine!

With love.

‘Who is this sending me gifts without name? Why am I feeling he/she is near me?’

A message beeped on my phone and hurriedly I opens it ‘Don’t think too much to know who is doing all this… You will come to know everything if you board in car… Don’t waste your time sweetie… I am waiting!”

A strange fear crept my heart as the sender displays private number. Feeling frustrated, I took the dress and contemplated whether to act like instructed or convey about this strange offer to chotte. But something in my heart moved by the choice of clothes. Without wasting a minute, I slipped into that dress.

The moment I opened the back door of the car, I found a bouquet of red roses on the middle along with a chit. I hurriedly opens the chit in curiosity. Apart from the fear, I was now enjoying this little hide and seek game. Once again I felt myself as a teenager. Settled myself, I opened the chit and read out aloud.

“Your eyes are calm as leaves,

Your heart shines like a gold,

Your heart knows when I am in trouble,

Your heart is with us always!”

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE??”

With love.

Now I'm impatient to know who is this? ‘Who wants me as their valentine? and Who is my valentine?’ My excitement doubled as the car came to halt, breaking my thoughts. I descended from the car and mesmerises seeing the sight infront of me. I'm standing near a cliff that is fully decorated by flowers taking in the fact of daylight and a small tent is placed at one corner. Near the edge of the cliff a girl is standing there with her back facing to me and guess what? She's also wearing same costumes as me. Who's she?

Suddenly from nowhere a chit hanged down from above, scaring me to the core. Calming my breath, I picks it and opened it with enthusiasm ‘Thank you for coming here… Your next gift is inside the tent… Go and take it…’

I hurried towards the tent and saw a greeting card on the decorated table. My eyes misted and my lips stretched wide while reading it.

After reading that I heard some noise and turned around only to get dumbfounded. There khushi is bending on her knees with a red rose in her hand like proposing someone,

“Di I consider you as my sister not sister-in-law. You’ve always given me your love from our first meet. You are the one who stood with me always against that laadgovernor. You and jiji are same for me. And need not to say you're always there for my laadgovernor through thick and thin. If I continue to speak about you then we may stuck here forever....so please,

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE??” She asked sweetly that I couldn't hold back my tears.

She is really crazy how can I forget that she cannot see anyone sad. And she is the one pure soul who always does something crazy to bring smile on our faces. In all this, I clearly forgot that I haven't seen her on morning with chote. Probably I dwelled myself on loneliness that I never give heed to my surroundings. And this is why none questioned me seeing me in different clothes.

“Di my knees are paining” I chuckled at her comment and helped her to stand.

“Yes Yes I’ll be your valentine”, I chirped, laughed and cried hugging her to my heart.  

Finally “I FOUND MY VALENTINE”

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