She wakes up in the morning, clutching her sheets. She felt her whole body tense and she cant seem to feel her breathe. The scary moments that she had experienced in past few days came rushing to her. She felt horrible. She brought a hand on her forehead and forced herself to sit up. She looked around the room in fear. There was no one in the room. Her mind freezed and she began to get panic. Just when she was about to scream she hears the turning of knob. She looked at door and immediately relaxed.
"Sharanya?"
Vyom entered the room with a tray full of fruits 2 cups. He smiled at her by walking towards her. He finally rested the tray on tabled and sat on bed beside her.
"You are okay?" He asked with an intense gaze. She simply nods her head in yes for the question.
Vyom hums and picks up coffee mugs. He stretched one mug for her to hold. She took it with a smile.
Sharanya sipped on coffee and looked back at vyom who still was looking at her intensely.
She felt herself being trapped in his gaze. She couldnt take off her eyes off him. A drop of water grabbed her attention it then she noticed he has freshly bath and his hair were still wet. Her eyes trailed the traces of water droplet that fell from his hair and were now travelling to his well chiseled chin. He was not a male but he should have been. She gulps at the sight of water droplet disappearing in him. She let her eyes trace back to his lips and found him smiling mischieviously at her. The spell got broke and she quickly pulled her eyes off him. She was caught! His smile said it all.
"What?" She straightens herself and asked irritatingly.
"Its okay sharanya. I dont mind you checking me out. Infact- " he picks up a pillow and settles it on his lap. "Only you have that right over me sharanya." He said it supressing a smile.
Sharanya rolls her eyes at him still not looking at him. Vyom chuckles and places the tray of fruits in front of her.
Sharanya pushed it away and got up heading straight to bathroom. Vyom couldnt help but smile at her.
When she came out of bathroom she found vyom speaking with someone over phone. He looked stressed.
He saw sharanya by side eyes and quickly dismissed the call not before saying he will call him/her later.
He flashed a smile at him and slipped the phone back in his pocket.
"Who was on line?"she asked while returning to the spot on bed.
"I was..just..um..sorry" she felt embarrassed with her own question as she him raising an eyebrow at her with a smirk. Neither of them could look away.
Surprisingly, vyom was the first to break eye contact. "Its okay sharanya. It was aditya on phone."
"Aditya?? Why he called you and not me?"
Vyom looked at her blankly and she settles on her place clasping her hand together.
"Why did he call?" She tried to sound more polite this time.
"He said your father had high blood pressure last night." He replied looking up to meet his eyes.
She opened her mouth in shock and got up from her place, " what?? Is he okay now?"
"Hey hey hey...relax sharanya" vyom stood in front of her , "he is fine now. Dr have visited him last night .Now he is absolutely fine." Vyom slips his hand in his pocket and brought his phone out. He dialled a number and gave it to sharanya.
"Here, talk to your father. " she looks at him and takes the phone. She kept on looking at him while she placed the small gadget over her ear.
"Hello papa."
"Sharanya" she hears her father voice . He sounds jolly and happy. Her faced lightened up on hearing him fit and healthy.
"Papa why do you do this? Why do you overthink so much?"vyom smiled affectionately at the girl standing before him. She always manages to surprise him. She was afraid a minutes before and now she is scolding her father like a teacher. He smiled again at the thought where she had scolded him once when he was over drunk.
Vyom drifted back to present and noticed sharanya have already disconnected the call.
" why vyom?" She asked . Her face holds pain and question which needed answer badly.
"What why-?" She stops him before he could ask and speaks herself ,"what are you vyom? ? She looked deeply in his eyes try to find something in his eyes "you look after my family . you care for their needs. You are always there for me. Why are you doing this? Why do you make me feel so guilty? I feel like i am taking advantage of you" she looked at him with pain.
"Bas karo!" Vyom stopped her become she could ramble more. "I am not doing because i wanna do anu favour to you. I am doing it because i genuinely love them same as i love you. " he inhaled deeply " i am pretty overprotective about anyone i love and also for any one whom my love loves."
She didn't look away. How could she? His voice had so much intensity and truth that she couldnt take her eyes off his. She felt trapped in his gaze. She had never seen such eyes so deep so honest. She wondered how many girls have looked into it and decided to fall for him.
"Again lost?" He flicked two finger before her face and she was back to earth.
She nods her head in no and smiles shyly. He looked at her satisfied and turns back looking for something in drawer.
"Vyom you know me since college.right?" She asked looking confused.
"Hmm.." His smile widens.and he nods his head in yes.
"How was I back then?"
"What do you mean. How were you?" Vyom chuckled with disbelief
"I mean its been weeks i have come from coma but not even a single college freind or anyother relative i know have come to see me." She stopped , "of course apart from you. No one?"
She felt his sharp gaze on her amd so fixed her eyes at window.
"Were we good friends?" She asked still looking forward.
"Really?" He gave a fake surprise.
She nods her head for response . vyom sighed and smiled back " we...were good friends."
Something in his voice gave up and she felt a comnected to it. She herself didnt realised she was staring at him till vyom himself pulled her off
"Need help?" How much she hates his smirk!
"No " she replied quickly and looked at other side. She felt blood rushing to her cheeks on hearing him laughing.
"Now get ready. We need to meet someone." He said while getting up himself.
"Whom?" She asked
"Someone who can help you better." He said it with a smile.
*****
Doctor glanced at sharanya once and stood up. She moved to window and shuts it ,closing the curtains with them too. Then she came back to her and flopped on a chair opposite to her.
"Why is it happening to me doctor?do you have an explanation to this" Sharanya asked while pondering about the details she just shared with the lady.
She smiled back at her "its still to early to answer this question sharanya. Right now what you said about the seeing of ice everywhere, the fragnance and your feeling that someone is watching you are mere symptoms. I need few more session to get in to the skin of actual problem."
Dr caught her seeing at her with doubt so she continued, "sharanya." She keeps a hand on sharanaya hand in assurance. "I can put you on mild medicine which effect will stop your brain from overthinking. It will help you." Saying this she ringed the bell and a nurse came inside the room with a knock.
"Call the person sitting out. His name is-" she stopped and looked at sharanya.
"Vyom." She softly replied.
Dr nods and continues " call mr vyom in."
"Sharanya is absolutely fine mr vyom. There is nothing to worry about. She has post traumatic memory loss. And many times patients do get images or small clips of their past life. These images sometimes are not clear nor do they make any sense to them and when brain do not understand anything it fears it. Same thing is happening with Sharanya. Nothing to fear about she only needs more rest." The doctor said with a nod
"Is there any treatment or anything which can help me to gain my lost memory." Sharanya asked with a tears.
"There are few amongts which hypnotherapy is what we recommend to our patient. It takes session but it works fine and got success in many cases."
Dr words brought hope in sharanya she wiped the tears with her finger as she say," we shouldnt wait then and start this therapy as early as we can."
Dr gave a nod. , " let you get to calm first sharanya. I need to keep you on observation for a while befoe we proceed for that theory."
Sharanya nods in yes and looks back at vyom. He looks quite uncomfortable with this discussion. She noticed.
Dr asked sharanyanto wait outside while he havw a word with vyom on medicine and further admin documents.
Sharanya glanced at vyom once and leaves the room.
Vyom turns back to check the door and the eyes back to dr.
Its been 15 min and yet they are inside discussing on god knows what!! Sharanya eyes the door and huffs in annoyance. When more time passed and vyom doesnt come out she decided to peep inside.
She opens the door and put her head inside. What she heard made her shock! She couldnt believe her own ears.
Did he just said , " he is not ready for hypno therapy??? But why? He said he had a precious moment with my memory and he wants me to remember it. Then why he doesn't want my memory to come back." Thousand of such questions raised in her mind as she sat on bench outside room. There was no stargazers this time just a feeling of someone sitting beside her Which she ignored ...