Lifeline Arylie Oneshot

Well there was no electricity for the rain and thunders being poured in my place giving me time to pen down this One Shot. Hope all of you enjoy it. 😊

Plot: It's based on the bomb scenario where Imlie ran away with the bomb to the deserted parking lot behind the Beauty Pageant Contest Venue. She didn't gave a chance to Aryan. Hence this One Shot depicts what went over Aryan at that moment of unsureness and uneasiness for not knowing his wife's safety.

LIFELINE

Once, twice, thrice she doesn’t hear a single word of mine. Why is she such a reckless person? Why? For you I am feeling like my world is tumbling down. You were in front of me just few minutes ago and I was so peaceful thinking that you won’t do any stunts this time. Why didn’t you let me run away with that bomb? I thought I would be able to protect you from everything but here I am helpless, my arms are held back by my sister and mother. I am helpless, just like I was four years back. I thought I had worked hard, climbed up all the ladders of success and had became capable enough to protect my family. But you have proved me wrong; I am still in the same place, same situation and helpless in the same way. I am using all my physical strength to run towards you but nope you just vanished with that damned bomb. Why did you run away and vanished near the cliff? The cars, who parked these terrible cars here? I can’t see you for them. Making me want to throw all the cars away and see your face once.

“That girl was so brave. She ran to the parking space alone with the bomb. Maybe she is no more the blast was huge and now no one is allowed in that place till the police comes”, said one of the contestant of the pageant contest.

No more? How could they say this?
“Shut up! Imlie is alive, very much alive”, I could hear Mrs. Aparna Tripathi yelling.

Imlie, my Imlie... She always does things as she thinks. Why does she not think about the consequences? Why didn’t she think what will happen to me if something happen to her? Today only the newspapers printed our marriage pictures and she pulled out such a stunt. Why couldn’t she be a little responsible? I couldn’t even control my tears and the pain in my head is expanding in an exponential rate.

“Imlie...”, I screamed her name at the top of my lungs.

Is this how Di felt when jiju was in that damned car? Yes cars are hideous inventions; I can’t even see the cliff as they are parked here.

“Di, leave me... I have to help Imlie. She needs me”

“Aru don’t be so adamant. Imlie said us while running to stop you as she knew you would not leave her alone. It’s risky Aru”

“What risky di? Imlie is there, nothing is risky. I need to protect her. Please leave me” I tried to shrug their arms off so that I could run to Imlie.

“I beg you; please let me go to my wife. Please... She is everything to me” I said crying like a baby.

I felt like if I keep on crying I will end up fainting but I just couldn’t control my tears.

The next moment I knew my sister let go of my hand. I heard my mother freaking out and saying, “Arpi what the hell you just did?”

“Maa, I understand what Aru is going through. Even I couldn’t do anything when Arvind was burning down alive in that car. My brother is in the same phase, his wife who is his best friend and his love had taken such danger for everyone voluntarily. How could we stop her lifeline to reach her just because she requested my brother’s safety? If it’s for being alive, the bomb has blasted already and we still hadn’t seen any sign of her coming from that opposite direction. She might be waiting for him. Let him go”

As soon as my mother heard that I felt that she loosened her grip around my arm. I ran, I ran burning down every oxygen molecule I breathed, I ran for my wife; I ran for Imlie. As I moved closer I saw blood stains as if someone has crawled on the ground as that person couldn't stand up. To my horror there was no life casualty except the threat to the life of my wife, this made me suffocate with the thought of losing her. No, I don’t want to lose another precious person of my life. No, I just can’t lose.

I heard an uneven breathing from behind a car. My legs automatically made its way to there and the scene I saw in front of my eyes shook my heart in fear. Imlie; her pretty white gown covered in blood, her hair extremely messy filled with dirt and stones, she was on the ground trying to stand up but with no avail of the senses of her legs.

“Imlie” I screamed and wrapped my arms around her upper body to provide her enough support so that she could sit straight.

“ABP”, I heard her exclaim my name.

I can’t explain the peace I had in my heart when I heard my name from her mouth.

“Imlie”, I broke down and my tears started flowing faster than before.

“ABP, I am okay”, she tried to calm me down but how could I calm down? I saw her in such a condition that she couldn’t even sit straight.

“You are not okay. Why did you pull such a stunt? Have you thought how will I live without you? You don’t need to be responsible for every person around you, not even me. I would have taken the risk if you hadn’t snatched that bomb away and ran like a frenzy kiddo. I just want you to stay protected”

“Then what would have happened? It would have been the other way around. I would be crying for you in your place. ABP my eyes are not helping me. They are getting closed even if I don’t want yet you are busy scolding me”

I freaked out when she mentioned this. No, she can’t leave me, I can’t live without her. As her eyes closed I heard her saying, “How could I let you put your life at risk? If something would have happened to you how could I live without you?”

“Imlie...” I screamed in panic. Did something happen to her worse? No, she can’t leave me alone.

“Don’t worry she just fainted Sir”, I heard the female nurse saying who was bending over and checking Imlie’s pulses. I didn't even noticed when she reached this place and was standing next to me.

I looked at her as a person whose life is hanging on a thread.

“Sir, she is okay right now. We will give her oxygen if needed, Madan bring the stretcher fast.” She instructed her colleague.

And then I saw them putting her on the stretcher and taking to the ambulance.

“Aru, How is Imlie?” asked Narmada as they saw me. All of the family members were waiting for her near the ambulance.

“She was not senseless when I saw her”, my words felt empty as my throat went dry.

Now I know we both had the same thought when we saw that bomb.

We were both thinking, how could we live without each other?
And hence tried our best to take the risk, this time she was faster and if a next time comes I won’t step behind. We need to be responsible for ourselves too as it’s impossible for us to survive without each other.

We might not love each other but we are indeed each other’s lifeline, thought I as I put my eyes on the blood stains from Imlie’s hands over my coat jacket, on my shoulders.

Well do take this as a BIHU GIFT from my side as I am an Assamese from Assam, North-east.

Happy Rongali Bihu to everyone.

Yours Sincerely,

Mimi 😳

Awesome one shot

Loved it

I have so much to read 😅

Enjoy it so much... Keep writing such amazing os....

Happy Bihu❤️🤗🥳

A great OS 😳

Amazing!!!!! This is simple super. Oo God these dumboos's they can't live without each other but still it is not love. Anyway we have a long way to go.

O this was good... Amazing loved it.. 😘😘

Thanks for the tag

Such a beautiful and heartfelt os

Aryan was in agony😭
Arpita has gone through same 😢agony so she understand what her brother is going through hence she let him go to rescue imlie and stop their mother from holding Aryan back.

Happy Bohag Bihu 🤗

Loved the story! Such deep emotions - the panic, the fear, the love for his wife. Beautiful. ❤️

And Arpita understanding Aryan's pain and letting him go - this sibling duo have all my heart!

beautiful os

just loved it

both understand & realize each other imp

this is so good

loved it