The Girl With the Red Scarf | ✔️ [DriKshit]

Heartbreak and Revealations

DRISHTI'S POV

I was so tired, so numb that I could barely feel the emotions coursing through me. The dim chandelier lights on the ceiling above me focused and blurred, focused and blurred, focused and blurred.
Another week - another week of stay at the city which shattered all my dreams to dust.
All I remembered was that Romi got a taxi from the airport and we were staying somewhere - somewhere - where?
The idea of giving Akash a visit webbed through my mind, but what would I tell him? Could I tell him the burden, the secret that I have been carrying till date?
I last saw him two months before, yes, when he promised me that after two months, when everything is settled, he would marry me.
We had been so happy, so happy...

The lights seemed bleak now, I felt like my entire body was falling apart. A seemingly expanding headache was coursing itself through my temples...

Me - Romi? 

He turned from the catalogue he was reading.

Romi - Yes di? Why are you looking like that? Do you want something? Do you feel unwell?

Me - Could you get me some water? Just a little... I feel thirsty...

Romi looked like he was panicking, but why? I had just asked for a little water...

I felt like the entire world was spinning around, around and further around - before everything went pitch black.

I woke up with a terrible pounding in my head.

Divya's worried face peered over me.

Divya - Di? What happened to you? You fell down unconscious! Are you feeling well? Do you want water?

I tried to get up but my body felt extremely fragile.
Somehow, with Divya and Romi's help I propped myself up on my pillow.

Both of them looked worried.

Romi - Di, I think its fatigue. You have not eaten anything since this afternoon. You should eat something... I think they have 24 hours room service here...

He reached for his catalogue for reference.

Divya - Di, I have glucose with me. Do you want some? Should I -

She stopped mid sentence. I knew why.

Divya - Di, why are you crying? Is something wrong? Should I call a doctor? Romi please call the manager. Tell him to get a doctor.

Romi proceeded for his phone.

Me - No, there is no need of a doctor. I -

My voice sounded croaky and broken.

I hugged Divya, tightly and cried. Her light fruity perfume soothed my nostrils.

She ran a hand through my hair and returned the hug.

Divya - What's wrong, di?

Her voice was barely a whisper.

I called for Romi and he slid inside the blankets, joining in on our hug. I held his hand tightly.

Me - Divi, Romi, you remember how Akash visited - me - two months before -

They nodded fearfully.

I clutched at Divya's light pink top.

Me - I, I am - I can't...

Divya - Di, what happened?

I knew she was crying.

Me - Divi, after he left, the next month, I started getting sick very frequently, I started feeling weak and tired almost at every hour of the day... So, I - I -

Divya gasped. I knew she has understood where this was landing.

Me - I took a pregnancy test, and -

Divya was holding me tight. I felt Romi break the hug and stare at us.

Divya - Positive.

Divya finished for me.

Divya - Is it Akash?

I barely nodded. I had no strength left.

Romi buried his face in his hands and Divya just held me, close to her.

Romi sighed and looked up, his eyes red.

Romi - Di, I will go to his home tomorrow and plead him. I mean -

Divya - Di, do you want to keep the baby? I mean, life will be so difficult with a baby. You are just twenty one and we have very unstable jobs. It would be very difficult to manage everything, plus being a mother - I mean your body, will it adapt to the changes? This is so difficult.
And Romi, why will you plead him? This kid is his responsibility.

I just cried. I was too tired to think.
I had no idea where my life was going, probably downhill.

Me - Divi?

I tugged at her sleeves.

Me - Can we talk later, please? I feel extremely unwell.

Divya - Of course di, but let me tell you one thing, judging from the side of Akash that I have seen today, I doubt things like kids will matter to him very much. He used you as per his needs and then threw you like use and throw pens.

Divya got up from the bed and pulled the blankets up to my chin, kissing me goodnight. She slept on the other side of the bed while Romi made himself comfortable on a cot at the other side of the room.

But her words kept on rotating inside my head.

He used you as per his needs and then threw you like use and throw pens.

Is that what I have become? An use and throw pen?

I shut my eyes tightly and felt my stomach.

Was I ready for this?

No, I wasn't. Both physically and mentally. I was carrying the kid of the man who didn't even care whether I existed or not.
And nothing will change the fact that by tomorrow night, he would forever be someone else's.

I nudged Divya.

Divya - Di, are you okay? Do you need something?

Me - Divi - is there something wrong with me? I mean do I lack something? What is there in Sweety that is not in me?

Divya - Well, if you call lying in bed, naked with a man for twenty four hours of the day a lacking, then that's what you lack at Di. Akash is a huge jerk. He only cared for your body, not your heart.

He only cared for your body, not your heart.

I felt a tremendous pain in my lower abdomen, like period cramps, but worse, much worse.

I sat up on my bed, drank some water and tried to sleep, but the pain intensified.

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Hey everyone! Hope you are doing fine and enjoyed reading this part! I am new to this community and thus, any feedback would be immensely appreciated. Suggestions and constructive criticism will be welcomed!

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Roop