Harshita52755
She was an innocent girl whose world was her parents. One day, relatives humiliated her because of her education. She went home crying and opened a book. Books became her closest friends. She studied whenever she felt lonely, became a topper, and wanted to make her parents proud.
She had few friends and learned that many people came to her only when they needed something. In college, people still approached her because she was a topper.
Then one boy became special. He loved her, and she began loving him too. When he proposed, she accepted. He became busy with work. His messages became fewer and his calls shorter. If he didn't message, she did. If he didn't reply, she called.
During one argument, he said, "I'd be happier if you weren't in my life." She replied, "Okay. I'll go." Then she said, "I can't be without you." He thought there would always be another day.
One night, around 9 p.m., she booked a Rapido to go home. Alone on the road, she called him. Once. Again. Again. He didn't answer. That night, she met with an accident and died.
Nearly two months later, he saw her brother's story about her death ritual. He went there in shock. Her brother told him about the accident and revealed that she had been alone that night and had tried calling him again and again.
He looked at his phone. There were her missed calls. Calls he had ignored because he thought they could wait.
He finally understood. She never wanted his entire life. She only wanted a little time, a message, a conversation, some reassurance. She had been asking for minutes, and he had kept giving her tomorrow.
But tomorrow never came.
Sometimes we lose people because we assume we will have more time.
Success can wait. Work can wait. A message can wait.
But sometimes, a person cannot.
And he would spend the rest of his life wishing he had answered just one.