"The last wish"!!

The Last Letter

(24/6/2016)
"Hello! Yes? Sandhya speaking, huh yes ok I will be there as soon as I can. Yes, I will inform his family. Thank you Doctor Lal".
Shit shit shit he's dead, how's that even possible, oh god what am I supposed to tell his father his paralysed father that is. I can't believe I had met him eight years ago it feels like yesterday. It was my 10th exams, I still remember that smirk on his face it seemed like it was plastered on his face all his life.
(Flashback)
(3/3/2008)
I am sorry for bumping into you, really sorry. "Thik hai chalta hai"( it's ok no problem) that's what he said with sparkles in his bluish grey eyes. I was so mesmerised by his eyes.
I went away finding the notice board with seating arrangement for the final exams. You must be wondering how do I still remember the date, well he never gave me the chance of forgetting it.
(End of Flashback)
(Today)
I scuttle out of my house with the car keys in my hand and tears hidden deep in my heart. The first stop was at the mortgage where I completed all the formalities and asked them to send the body to the 'sham-shan' ghat (cemetery) near his father's house. The next stop was his father's house. I opened the house with the keys that I found in his hiding spot.
I found his father sprawled on the couch with the blanket on the floor. I could smell the urine in the air indicating that he has not come here for the past two days, nor has the nurse which he had appointed to look after his father I need to talk to her tell her a few things about her frequent absentees. I went near the couch and covered his father with that blanket, cleaned the house of that smell and then I sat next to him and told him  that his one and only son is no more!
(Flashback)
(10/3/2008)
It was my first paper. I was in a hurry to reach the notice board because outside of the examination Hall there was a commotion regarding the last minute changes in the seating arrangements. While on my way I felt someone grab my hand and I was pulled in a remote corner of the hallway. The first thing that I saw of my abducter were those beautiful eyes, he told me "Tumhara class nahi change hua hai, maine check kiya hai, chalo mai tumhe dikhata hun" ( Your class hasn't changed I have checked it come I will show you). Don't know why but I felt very happy after seeing him there, seeing him care for me! It was not love but it was something I couldn't define!
(End of Flashback)
(Today)
I told Janardhan kaka (uncle) that his son is no more. It was the second worst moment of my life. I couldn't see any sort of expressions on his face except a sole tear in his right eye. I left the house I didn't wanted to take him with me to the sham-shan ghat (cemetery). After reaching there I saw him lying on the chita (pyre) draped in a white blanket with our friends around him. Abhinav was consoling Radhika, and Anaya was on the floor haunching on her knees with karthik crying for the loss of a dearly beloved friend! I neared them and had a kind of group hug trying to boast each other's will power I still hadn't cried. The 'bharji' (Preist) asked who was going to give 'agni-daan' ( lighting the pyre) I went ahead and took the 'sarpan'( fire torch) in my hand and lit the chita (pyre) I threw one last glance towards his face thinking I would never see that smirk again, that alluring face of his, last but not the least those beautiful eyes! I lit the chita (pyre) and stepped aside. This was the worst moment of life! The worstest of all.
(Flashback)
(26/6/2008)
I was at the cyber office (xerox station) getting copies of my 10th results I had got 87% in my exams. As I was leaving the office I met him again, just outside the office as if he was camouflaged there the whole time, I saw those eyes of his. He asked me my results. He was very happy after hearing my marks. He took me to the St. Theresa's college for my admission in junior high school. I realized a lot of people knew him, there was a fear in there eyes. After the admission was done which surprisingly happened within two hours, he took me to his house I met his father Janardhan kaka for the first time. He wasn't paralyzed back then, it was a recent accident that happened at a construction site where kaka used to work. His mother died when he was three years old, I saw her photograph he looked like her, he had her eyes, and that smirk. He was very much attached to her.
(End of flashback)
(Today)
After lighting the chita(pyre) a guy from hospital came to me and gave me his belongings I took them in my hand signed the papers and left the sham-shan ghat(cemetery) all of our other friends had already left I was supposed to come again after 3 days to the 'sham-shan ghat' to collect the 'asthi' (ashes) for the 'pind-daan' (10th mourning day). I went home and took a bath I did not feel like eating. So I thought about going to bed early when I went to turn off the lights I saw something in the bag which held he's belongings it was a paper or rather a letter I took the letter out from the bag and started reading it. It was written to me there was not much, he knew he was going to die because of his excessive drinking. The only line that caught my eyes was "There's nothing that I haven't done in this small life sandhya except one and that is my last wish and you have to find it, remember the day we had met for the first time it's there. If my wish isn't fulfilled I will come back for what's mine! So better start finding it!!. This scared me where did I meet him for the first time!