Mid-Night Chat

27^th April 2017, A day of Aditya’s  memory that can never e erased from his heart. Bored he was sliding through the suggestion list of facebook resting on the conference room of his office. Hour passed, he kept scrolling odwn; not a single face better than her ex-girlfriend, more to say ex-colleague who dumped him once got a chance for an onsite role(Truth is dont know how many times she slept with her manager for that.

And finally he came across-

A pretty face which may put moon to hide behind the cloud in shame, grace that can make angels fall from sky, lips to which the best rose of this realm can’t match. Aditya was enchanted by her beauty, kept staring like a spell bound bird. Zooming in zooming out he admired every little corner of the pic to find a loophole, to get an excuse to make himself to think No! she is not that good, just like any other girl he had seen; but this time he loose, his heart had already surrendered and didn’t took long for his brain to follow the steps.

With a long breath, click. He sent the friend request. His heart was beating faster like never happened before, an unknown nervousness was burning inside his, an unknown fear of rejection. But within minutes his faded face started glowing with the tine smile emerging from the corner of his lips. Revana has accepted his request and now he is able to see all her pics which were hidden previously. An angelic beauty, Aditya had no word to describe her. Not a single pickup line he had ever heard which can justify her beauty.

He was just humbling through Revana’s pictures when a message popped up.

Revana, ‘Hi’.

Aditya was not expecting, he thought he will message first after checking out her profile.

Aditya, ‘Hey’. ‘How are you’.

Typing…….

Revans, ‘I’m fine’. ‘You Say’

Typing again…….

Revana, ‘Do I know you’.

Aditya, ‘Hmm, not really but you should’

Revana, ‘And why so?’

Aditya, ‘it’s a secret, promise you will not say to any one’.

Typing……… (Aditya knew if she will reply back than she will become his)

Revana, ‘Oki, God wala promise (With a smiley).

Aditya, ‘I’m here to save the world’.

Revana, ‘From whom?’

Aditya, ‘Aliens, they are coming to kidnap the most beautiful girl of this planet’.

Revana, ‘Hahaha…. Funny and may I know who that girl is?’

Aditya, ‘It’s a girl named Revana, do you know where I can find her!’

Revana, ‘Hmm..she is my best friend, I can help you but..’

Aditya, ‘But…’

Revana, ‘But, Mr…how can I introduce you to my best friend without knowing you.’

Aditya, ‘Haha....sure sure’.

Revana, ‘98******43 my WhatsApp number, ping me over there’.

Aditya smiled, and added her number and pinged back.

Aditya, ‘Hey’.

Revana, ‘Hello Saviour’

Aditya, ‘So what are you doing’.

Revana, ‘You mean now or generally!’

Aditya, ‘Both (with a smiley)’

Revana, ‘Studding medicine, 2 year left. But currently chatting with a flirt’.

Aditya, ‘Ohh Doctor, btw thanks for the complement but don’t put an injection on me its really scary.

Revana, ‘Hahaha…Don’t worry.’

Aditya, ‘So, are you single’.

Revana, ‘You guess?’

Aditya, ‘I think yes’.

Revana, ‘And why?’

Aditya, ‘Heart said! You are waiting for someone’.

Revana, ‘Hmm…. you are right. Waiting but don’t know when we will meet.’

Aditya, ‘Soon’.

Revana, ‘Hope So. Can I call you?’

Aditya, ‘Sure, who want to miss the chance to talk to such a beautiful girl.’

Next second Aditya’s phone started buzzing.

As he put the speaker on his ear a beautiful voice floated in, a Bengali mix accent sweet as the rassagolla. They kept talking about their days their life and in the process Aditya forget the count of time. Suddenly when he received call from his cab driver saying he is making other late asking Revana to call after few minutes rushed towards the cab. Getting inside he hold breath and dialed back her number, it rang few times but no answer. Aditya thought she must have slept but before the last ring She picked up.

‘Hey, I was in the wash room. You reached the cab.’

‘Yes’

‘So how much time it will take you to reach home and for get to ask, you stay in a flat or a PG, with friends or alone?’

‘Arreee, wait wait…will answer everything’ and Revana giggled.

Just in few hours they were talking like year old friends. Revana told about her subjects in collage none of which was getting inside Aditya’s brain but still he kept listening.

With every passing day Aditya and Revana were coming closer. Nothing was hidden between them, Aditya’s break up to Rehana’s parent issue. Aditya has got someone to share his feelings and Rehana got a shoulder to support her tearful life.

Rehana always behaved like a little girl who was in seek of attention every single moment, she can’ttolerate if Aditya ignored her or didn’t listened, for her Aditya was only her and all his care only for her.

One day while talking Aditya, ‘Revana, you are so possessive, like you are my girlfriend’.

Aditya’s sentence was not completed; a sobbing was heard from the other side. Tear had started falling from Revans eyes. In a breaking voice, I you don’t love me, I’m nothing for you, everyone is same….no one loves Revana (Forget to mentioned! most of the time She indicate herself in third form). Just because Revana never proposed it doesn’t mean she is not in love with you, she loved you a lot baby, I want to be only your, never ever say these kind of this again or Revana will die. An awkward proposal.

‘Sorry baby, I was just joking. Revana know na, how much I love her.’ And tried to stop her cry, one hour and finally Revana became normal.

For the first time Aditya felt something odd, life a little madness. But he tried to ignore thinking girls becomes emotional in love.

6 months had passed in between; Aditya had officially proposed her. His life had changed a log after she enter in to her life, all the hurdles were melting down below his steps, his carrier was running with a great pace. Everything was going well.

One day Revana told she had her exam from next week, she was worried. She kept saying she had not read anything in the last semester, classes were driving her mad. Not a single page she was able to understand. She cried over the video call, Aditya could never see tear in her eyes, he had promised he will never let her cry but he failed. He said, ‘Don’t worry, whenever you study put the video call on and start studying so I will be with you and study will not scar my little girl’.

‘Really’, Revana giggled wiping her tear and started narrating her day.

Midnight 2.34 AM, Aditya phone started buzzing. Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he checked. Revana was on video call.

‘Hiiiii’ she said loudly.

‘hey girl, what are you doing at this time. Go to sleep.’

‘No naa, Revana will study. Babu promised he will look after me while studing.’

‘But now, I’ve ofc in morning baby’.

‘I don’t know, you promised and now giving excuse, and started making a crying face’.

‘Oki dear, you study I will wake up.’

‘Revana smiled and holding the phone in one hand put her bag and covering herself with a Sal walked out of the room.

‘Where are you going, you are supposed to be studying right’?

‘Yes, Revana is going to library, she doesn’t have the book she wants to study.’

Aditya put his hand on his head ‘Crazy girl’ and kept looking at her face while she walked slowly crossing the lane and other building.

There was an awkward silence in the background, dogs were barking from distance, the wind was shocking the leafs; that could have chilled anyone’s heart but Revana was walking without any fear, a smile was stuck on her lips like she was enjoying all that.

The library 24/7 open for the students, but no one was inside at that time, Revana’s feet walked towards a corner table in the other end of the library. Keeping her bag and mobile on the table she walked to grab a book. Now all Aditya was able to see was just the light bulb over the table but he could hear each step of Revana in the silence. Suddenly his ear heard a loud scream, a heartfelt cry to save. Aditya cried out calling Revana’s name, he was helpless nothing can he see, nothing he can do. Only the painful cry was tearing his ears. Tears were about to come from his eyes when a loud laugh shocked him, Revana was laughing holding the phone, teasing Aditya. Aditya can’t control his anger, ‘What the hell you were doing, are you a little girl. Don’t you know when to joke when to not. I was about to die here and you are smiling’.

Smile faded from her face, ‘Sorry babu, Revana will not repeat it again. But babu Revana wanted to do this from a long time.’ Aditya knew he can’t win over her in argument if she loses she will start crying. So he kept quiet and Revana started studying.

Time had started passing rapidly and again the time reach, when Revana and Aditya started taking for the first time a year before. But from the starting of that winter Revana was behaving quite differently, she stayed lost most of the time, depressed, talking about random topics of her past life. But Aditya was always able to make her smile.

3 days before the day they had met Revana says, what will you do I will die. A question whose answer Aditya didn’t had. He never thought of a life without her. He kept silence with his gaze fixed in her face. If we had not met a year before? Again Aditya had no answer. What if I would have died before meeting you. A drop of tear fell down from Aditya’s eyes.  Wiping from his cheek – Revana Please never ask me this, I can’t live without you, dot know why but in this one year you have become my life, your smile is the beat of my heart.

‘Meet me Revana on out anniversary than’ a straight demand.

‘Ok’ Aditya replied. And cut the call. He booked a flight ticket for the day after tomorrow and kept planning to make the day memorable.

Finally, the D day he arrived her place, the collage address she had given.

‘Revana, can you please call her’ he asked at the reception.

A lady in her mid-40’s replied, ‘You?’

‘I’m her friend’ Aditya responded.

Checking through the register she turned a page. Room no. 243. 3^rd floor Aditya prompted. Giving him a look she said, ‘Special friend’. And turned to the room numbers page.

After giving that a sight she again looked at Aditya face in an awkward expression. ‘Please do it quick’ he requested.

‘There is no one called Revana in that room.’

‘How this happen, she lived alone in that room’.

‘No, beta there is no one called Revana in that room’.

A girl was walking through the stare when she heard the name, Revana – Did you called Revana.

Both of them looked at the girl.

‘Yes, Revana, room No 243. Do you know her?’

‘Come with me’ and she took her towards the waiting room.

Unlocking her phone, she showed Revana’s pic and asked, ‘Is this whom you are searching’?

‘Yes’, she is my girlfriend.

‘Don’t lie please’ She gave an angry look.

‘What wrong with you guys, that Lady is saying Revana don’t stay here, you are not believing me. She asked me to come here, today is our first anniversary and she herself planned for today’s meet.’ Aditya took a deep breath.

The girl sat on the bench ‘How can this happen, it’s not possible’.

‘Why’? Aditya questioned.

‘Because she is died a year and half before’.

Aditya eyes were wide open; He didn’t know how to react. Was that a prank or what she was saying was true, questioned bombarded inside his head.

To be continued.......