While Holding the Pain

Chapter_58

Tithy's P.O.V.

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Waking up from sleep, I got out of the room. I thought Api would be in kitchen but when I didn’t find her but kaki, I started walking towards her room. I was about to knock on the door but stopped thinking, she might be tired otherwise she generally didn't sleep till this time.

I turned to leave deciding I will help Kaki in the kitchen but something bothered me and I turned to a room. With steady steps, I forwarded towards that room where light was on.

As soon as I entered the room, something came to my mind but I couldn’t figure it out.

There were many pictures in the room. I kept roaming my eyes over the pictures and got stopped at some point when I was in front of a big picture of a girl. The girl was smiling in that picture but I got my eyes teary as I kept staring at that.

The face of the girl seemed very familiar to me and when I tried to remember where I might have seen her, I started feeling headache.

Nonetheless I kept thinking about that staring at the picture.

I didn’t get to know how long I was like that until I saw Ruhaan Vai uttering sadly, “Titly.. Tithy?”

Pointing at the picture, I asked him, “Who is the girl of this picture?”

Turning to the picture, he uttered with a little bit of smile, “Titly, my little sister.”

Seeing him smiling, I also smiled a little and spoke up, “She seems quite familiar to me. I am getting a feeling like I know her very well but I am not being able to remember seeing her anytime.”

Saying that, I again started trying to remember something. I couldn’t get to remember that but I could feel the damn headache starting to come back.

Right then, I felt a touch on my head and when I looked up, Vai spoke up, “It’s okay. You don’t need to remember her as now you are Titly to me.”

I didn’t know what gotten into me but I just hugged him while sobbing.

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Roshni's P.O.V.

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After prayer, I again got on the bed to get some sleep only to wake up after having a dream. Remembering the dream, a smile crept on my lips but at last part tears came out of my eyes.

While thinking what should I do then if it really takes me to that point, I got near the guest room where Ammi and Titly were sleeping.

I entered the room silently to find Ammi sleeping on the bed only. I uttered under my breath, “Where did Titly go!” and got out of the room.

I was about to go downstairs but stopped hearing someone talking and turned towards that direction.

Then I forwarded towards that room only to get shocked as Titly was there in her room and even in front of her very own picture.

I got startled more when all of a sudden Titly hugged Ruhaan while crying and Ruhaan also hugged her while patting her back.

I felt like I was living that dream. Seeing Ruhaan and Titly like that, a smile crept on my lips only to get faded away as I remembered the last part of my dream.

Being afraid, I turned to leave but got stopped as Titly uttered, “Api?”

I was thinking whether I should leave pretending I didn’t hear her but my mind interrupted my thought as it started chiding, “It’s time to face the reality, Roshni.”