Another busy day had passed for Dr. Ashutosh. He quickly took the elevator up for the 3rd floor of the Lucknow Central. Gosh, he hated shopping. It was such a waste of his time, but he had to. His favorite shirt had been missing from his laundry lot. Only, if there was a law to sue them for their inefficiency!!! But it had been his favorite laundry service, they did a perfect job.. well almost perfect.. till thy thy screwed up with his shirt! Reaching the floor, he turned towards his fav brand shop. He was very particular abt his clothes. He liked a few certain brands and he wore only thm. He didnt like to experiment at all. He wasnt meant for the changing fashion or style. Not that his age mattered, bt he simply wasnt tht kind of guy. As he was moving towards the men's section, he bumped into someone speeding. "ouch" exclaimed he. His toe had been stamped on badly. "oops..sorry.. sorry.." came the reply. Angrily he looked up and he met with the same worrying set of eyes. "Oh" He cant believe this. "Oh.."Said she. She quickly looked down, unsure of wat to say. Clearly, she wasnt expecting to meet him ever again and that was the reason she had decided to spent on all the extra money from this gentleman on shopping some of her fav dresses that she had longed to have. She had got fixed her car by her car-doctor buddy Rohan almost free of charge and all the money was there for her to shop shop and shop !.. the idea sounded so grt.. and shopping was going to be a lot more fun, but little had she known tht she wud bump right into HIM. Clearly ashamed, she looked at him guiltly and gave a sheepish smile.
"Oh Wow! Tht luks grt!" Said Nidhi smiling approvingly. He rolled eyes and folded his arms across his chest and stood there with a stern face. Nidhi bit her lower lip nervously, shrugged her shoulders, and gave a quick tiny sheepish smile and said "I bought u some coffee".. "as a sorry".. "Please" and made a cute little face. Well, Sighed Dr. Ashutosh.. one certainly cant stay angry with this girl for long. He pulled out a chair and sat across the table facing her. "Thanks for the coffee. I do need one." said with deliberate annoyance in his voice. Nidhi was having last bite of her burger, she batted her eyelashes and asked.. "You wanna have a burger?" Dr. Ashutosh stared her for awhile. "Oh No, no.. no.. no thanks. I had had enuf already." Replied he. well, wat was tht, thot Nidhi. I was jst helping him... and well apologizing and she pouted. Dr. Ashutosh was observing her very closely now. She was an interesting object of study for him. This girl surely cant hide her feelings. "This does luk nice on you, by the way." Remarked she. "But do you even think about the fact that SOME ppl may not like wat u like lady. I wud've preferred shopping on my own rather. This is not something I wear." Making it very clear he jst disliked it. "Well, i thot so myself tht its better if u chose yourself. Actually, I haven't shopped for any man b4 except of course for my baba, bt then I saw this. Oh, it luked so wonderful on tht mannequin. I thot it wud luk really really nice on you. It was perfect. Perfect color, perfect size, perfect body. The only difference betn you and tht mannequin was..it was white and you r a bit dark, rest a perfect fit." Dr. Ashutosh almost choked on his coffee. He blushed. He was afraid she wud notice it. He glanced at her quickly trying to hide his mouth behind the handkerchief but she said it most innocently and genuinely. She had this habit of moving her hands and gesturing while speaking. It made her look more lively, animated, and rather cute, observed Ashutosh and that brot a small smile on his face. "Well, thanks for the this and the coffee anyways. I hope your baba didn't scold u for the damage?. Ashutosh enquired. "Oh, no, he doesn't..not as of yet, but I wouldnt tell him now. You know he is a colonel and tht car is his darling of course after me, but when it comes to discipline, following his commands he becomes more of colonel and less of a father." Chuckled Nidhi. "So your baba is a colonel, hmm.. but thn u shudnt hide it.. otherwise, u cud b in a lot of trouble with a military man." Said Ashutosh lightly. "Oh no.. I never lie to my baba.. its jst tht I will tell him at the rite time at the rite moment.. thts when he is in good mood and having his fav aloo ka paratha with mint chutney." Laughed she. Ashutosh couldn't help himself laughing with her. "k, so thts ur strategy. I wonder u wernt caught before" Asked he. "Oh no, he is jst a bit strict and disciplinarian bt he loves me a lot. He knows me very well and wat I am upto. He can never b angry with me for long or rather I never let him angry on me for long. He retired some few years back but he is still very much colonel at heart but when it comes to me he is more of my darling baba." "hmm.." Interesting thot Ashutosh. "You know u shudnt b sharing all these with me. You hardly know me. I am a complete stranger and v just had a little sort of .. you know.. a little quarrel.. wat if I take advantage of wat you say.. the world is a small place" Ashutosh wanted to test and tease her. "Oh.. don't worry.. I don't talk to strangers tht easily and I AM a gud judge of people and moreover with person like you, you just know." Said she and shrugged her shoulders. "wat kind of person.. wat kind of person like me?" asked Ashutosh. "You know those kinds tht you normally don't c nowadays.. you know.. those gentlemanly types.. " said she smiling sweetly. Ashutosh stared at her for a while. He suddenly was feeling very good. He smiled back at her. "you know.. my baba is also such a gentleman?" bt before she could finish.. her cell rang.."Oh no.. its Baba.. oops got very late.. go to go.. see yeah.." and she literally ran out of there.. before Ashutosh could even answer back. He sat there and his gaze followed her making her way out of mall. Ashutosh gave a deep sigh as she vanished out of his sight. He got up, picked up his bags, and made his way to elevator for the parking lot. His spirits were somehow lifted and he was really feeling wonderful and he didn't know why.
Ashutosh glanced at his watch as he was introduced to the interns one by one. Someone was still missing. "Hmm.. interesting.. late on 1st day itself.. Dr. Nidhi Verma" he shook his head as he thot abt her. Dr. Mallika, her colleague and friend, noticed it and looked questioningly as she introduced thmselves back and gave a brief welcome speech and asked Dr. Rangnath to take them through their induction. "wat happened?" Asked mallika after finishing with them and turning to Ashutosh. "Nothing" replied he shortly and went on with his usual roundups. Just when he had finished with the children's ward, Dr. Rangnath informed him about arrival of Dr. Nidhi. She was whole 15 minutes late. "Dr. Rangnath just ask her to wait outside my cabin" Asked he. "Okay sir" Replied Rangnath and informed Nidhi about the same and he continued his induction session with new interns in the conference room.
"Gosh!" Nidhi was feeling really nervous. She was late on her 1st day at Job. She really did not know how it wud go with her senior Dr. Ashuotosh there. Dr. Rangnath was courteous but he was in real hurry. She noticed him conducting the induction session with other interns. She felt kind of left out. She glanced at her watch almost every 15 minutes as she waited for Dr. Ashutosh impatiently.
It was nearly 2 hours now. She was now impatient, angry, frustrated.. and wat not! She was pacing outside Dr. Ashutosh's cabin restlessly. Just then she saw Dr. Rangnath finishing his session. "Dr. Rangnath" she called out. "yes, Dr. Nidhi Verma"... "Dr. Ashutosh... he hasnt call me in yet?" she said nervously. "Oh Dr. Ashutosh.. well.. Dr. Nidhi thats because he is not in the office." Replied Dr. Rangnath. "Wat?" she was getting a bit angry now. "I have been waiting here for past 2 hours expecting him to call me in and he is not in at all? She could not believe it. "well, Dr. Nidhi Verma. Havent you heard of famous Dr. Hardstone of our KGH. If not meet Dr. Ashutosh, the Dr. Hardstone." Said Dr. Rangnath. "Dr. Hardstone.." She really didnt understand. "U c u were exactly 15 minutes late to report for your duty." explained Dr. Rangnath seeing her puzzled face. "Please wait here for a little while more. Dr. Ashutosh might have been called away on emergency or he simply wants you to wait, who knows" Shrugged Dr. Rangnath and excused himself. She shaked her head nervously. This wasnt she had expected on her first day at her first ever job. She really needed to cool down her nervous and kill the time. She did not want to think about wat was going to happen. She just needed to take her mind off of it. But wat was she gonna do here in the hospital?
Dr. Ashutosh finished with his emergency surgery and was greeted by Dr. Rangnath on his way out who informed him about Dr. Nidhi. Dr. Ashutosh gave a nod and carried on with his routine. Dr. Rangnath shrugged off his shoulders as he watched Dr. Ashutosh walking away "God save u Dr. Nidhi Verma." Prayed he. As Dr. Ashutosh made his way upstairs by the corridor leading to his cabin, he peeked at the corner to c wat Dr. Nidhi Verma was doing and he stopped right there. His lips pressed tight. His hands in his pocket. His brows drew together in a disapproving frown.
Dr. Nidhi Verma was almost on the edge of the chair outside Dr. Ashutosh's cabin, clunching her cell dearly? striking randomly and fastly on the mobile keys? yelling "oh no" no?? Yes?right right right.. oh..No..No No?. left left leeeffft?Yes..yes?c'mon.. c'mon.."??and suddenly she erupted in joy yelling "Yes!" she jolted up as she triumphantly pulled her fist into herself. Her face all flushed and excited? she threw her arms in air beaming with pride and smiling all ears?.
"Wat the hell!" Cried Dr. Ashutosh couldn't believe his eyes? bt thn suddenly his expressions changed? he collected his dropped jaw.. and his brows gathered and narrowed eyes in all apprehension? "Oh no!" came instantly. He exclaimed and closed shut his eyes tightly.. nodding his head sideways disapprovingly.. he imagined wat was jst happening outside HIS cabin.. in his DAMN HOSPITAL.. a?.a?.. winning jig!!... he cudnt believe it was actually happening rite outside his cabin! "Oh?. my?. goodness!"? he opened his eyes and luked disbelievingly at this overjoyed girl outside his cabin.. Wat was this girl doing? was this a hospital or some damn gaming zone!.. the ppl passing by had stopped to look at this SHOW tht was happening outside HIS cabin?All sorts of mixed emotions quickly ran into Dr. Ashutosh's mind.. disbelief..? anger and frustration? and even helplessness ?? but mostly he was completely stumped and was at utter loss of words!!! "Ashutosh?" Dr. Mallika interrupted him. "Dr. Ashutosh, wat happened?." She called out to him again. "Dr. Sanyal is waiting for u in ICU for your consultation, come on" She urged him from upstairs. "Yes, yes..am coming.." he gathered himself quickly? and made his way upstairs towards ICU..bt not before calling up Dr. Rangnath.
Dr. Rangnath's mobile flashed Dr. Ashutosh as he picked it up and heard a sharp.. "Dr. Rangnath?" from the other hand? Dr. Rangnath became all alert.. Oh well.. Now wat? ..thot he.. he knew that tone very well. "aa.. Yes Sir.." he replied hesitantly. He knew exactly wat was coming!!
"Dr. Nidhi Verma?" He called out to Dr. Nidhi Verma curiously from the corridor as he walked towards her with some quick steps. Nidhi was surprised at sudden call of her name. She quickly hid her mobile betn her palms and looked up quizzically in response. "Dr. Nidhi Verma? wat are you doing?"?"Dr. Ashutosh was here a minute back and he had jst asked me to check on you.." Dr. Rangnath continued when Nidhi didn't answer back.
"w?wat?... Oh Good Lord!" She bit her nails and looked down in worry.. wat a scene it must've been if at all? if at all Dr. Ashutosh had seen her doing a jig!.. thot she, now clearly embarrassed.. Oh.. No.. tht was definitely not gonna go good!... "so? errm? Dr. Ashutosh was here a minute back?"?inquired Nidhi?."Apparently.. yes??.. and .he?he really sounded pissed off.. So.. tell me? wat exactly wer u doing here?"... asked he. "Oh.. nothing?." she brot her hand up and answered gesturing with an opened palm "absolutely nothing??was.. jst.. you know?. waiting.." finished she. "Well, but apparently looks like Dr. Ashutosh didn't find your doing NOTHING that pleasant.. AND. .. he has sent me with this little msg for u in his exact little words?? he has asked me to ask you if would you be sooo kind enuf to do? errm.. whatever you were doing? INSIDE his cabin rather than OUTSIDE and to not give ppl a free pass at your entertaining skills.. considering tht this is a hospital and the place you r standing is outside his cabin and tht would you be kind enuf to remember that u are a doctor..and that this is your first day of your first job... and yes.. he also added a "please?" Nidhi's face turned red with a deeper hue.. ??"well..yeah?.. I think.. THT?wud b a better..idea" picked up her purse and hurried into Dr. Ashutosh' cabin.
Dr. Nidhi heard the clock striking 5. She rubbed her heavy eyes, folded the open book she was reading, and placed it on the desk. She gave a brief yawn and reached for the half-filled glass of water on the desk. As soon as she had taken a sip, she heard a sharp voice "Dr. Nidhi Verma" Dr. Ashutosh glanced at her and back to the glass in her hand a few times, every time anger in his eyes rising an inch further. "wat do you think you are doing?" She suddenly felt wide awake. Her eyes widened in disbelief, "You?" "Dr. Nidhi Verma. The cabin in which you are sitting right now is mine. I am Dr. Ashutosh." Ashutosh said sternly. Dr. Nidhi was left stunned and speechless. Dr. Nidhi felt his features getting hard with every step he took towards her glancing to her face and back to the glass that she was now holding in her hands and which now bear her red lipstick marks. She gulped down the water nervously as he slowly closed upon the distance. "and the glass from which you are drinking is mine. The chair which you are occupying is mine ." Finished he. Nidhi suddenly jerked up from the chair and blushed badly. Oops, she did it again. She didn't know wat she was more embarrassed of.. her drinking from the glass from which he had apparently drank earlier..Oh Good Lord.. she blushed harder.. or that she was sitting and catnapping in his chair.. at least he hadn't caught her catnapping? Thank God.. but did he still remembered her little jig?.. Of course he did!... ohhh!.. this couldn't get any worse. She quickly put down the glass and backed off behind the chair. "? Sorry?. Sorry?" came promptly as she fumbled for words and rushed to the other side of desk.
She stood there, her eyes looking down. Dr. Ashutosh took his chair and nodded disapprovingly at her. He continued to gaze at her for awhile and then asked her to sit down. "I ?.I ?.. am sorry"?She tried again and looked up at him to gauge his response. She saw him gazing intently at her.. as if he was studying her. As her eyes met him, she quickly looked away and bit her lower lip nervously. Dr. Ashutosh gave a brief sigh and pondered for a while. "I think its better if I not ask, wat you wer doing in my chair?" He said finally in more calm voice. "Yeah.. its better.. definitely better?" replied Nidhi honestly. He gave her a sharp look. "Dr. Nidhi Verma, you need to understand that I cannot tolerate any sort of indiscipline, unpunctuality, or violation of the rules and regulations of this hospital. Not by you, not by any intern, not by any single employee of this hospital." "Yes, sir" She replied meekly. "yes sir?" "So you finally understood why you were kept waiting for the whole day, I am surprised" he said sarcastically. She glared back at him, Wat did he mean. "Of course, sir, I understand that I shouldn't be have gotten 15 minutes late on the 1st day of 1st ever job.. so that I wouldn't have been punished for 6 long hours for that 15 precious minutes" He was clearly invoking her anger. "That is precisely wat I need to you understand. In our profession, even those 6 hours cannot make up for a second lost attending to the patient. That's how critical our profession is Dr. Verma. I am a surgeon Dr. Verma and I know how precious every single second passing by is for a patient's life. Wat even a single second takes to give thm thr breath back Dr. Verma." He replied seriously. His voice raised a bit. "I wanted you to understand the importance of the time you wasted, which you could have employed in saving some patient's life or taking care of a critical patient." Nidhi didn't know wat to answer. She had never thot that away. "Sir I understand" Nidhi replied meekly.
"Oh yeah.. Do you.now?. I know how well you understood and how finely u used your time.." he said sarcastically. "bt thn wat was I supposed to do the whole day?".She retorted back. "I honestly waited for you for more than 2 hours.." she replied sincerely. Something in her voice and honesty on her face told him she was telling the truth. "and how was I supposed to be productive wen I was busy getting punished for whole day.. how can I b blamed for wasting time?" "Okay, so now I m responsible for your wasting of time.. gud.. pretty gud." He was in no way going to hide his dislike. ".. I don't know who is to be blamed but this is no way to punish?" She again retorted back. "so now you dbt my methods even before joining?" "I don't know.." Nidhi finally said giving up. She was not used to such kind of scrutiny. Whenever her baba put her under a fix, DB always bailed her out. But here there was no DB. She looked down sadly. "I just know that, its no way to punish. I was waiting here for whole day, this long hours and you are not even supposed to breathe ? coz tht would b acting against your punishment? .. one cannot even kill the time, coz that wud b enjoying the punishment?" she said in a single breath.. she was so angry so frustrated..she didn't knew where it was coming from "and forget that? one cannot even have a single sip of water after 6 long hours of wait forget about having a bite?" suddenly? tears seemed to be springing from her eyes. Not because she was still so angry at Dr. Ashutosh or sad at nobody being around to bail her out.. bt suddenly?she realized she hadn't had anything since morning b'fast.. and she was feeling very very.. very.. hungry.. her stomach had suddenly realized she hadn't eaten anything for last 6 hours and was grumbling loudly!..she jst cant stay hungry.. it was her weakness and well.. tht had never happened in her 24 years of life? again, anger started to rise.. on this this Mr. Hardstone,.. how cruel was he.. he didn't even order for a glass of water at least forget abt food!.. such a cruel.. monster..surely he didn't have a heart! "You.. you? are not Dr. Hardstone. You are Dr. Heartstone." Barked Nidhi angry and pouting. And she hold her hungry stomach.
Dr. Ashutosh was left speechless with sudden turn of events. It was normal for him to go lunch-less on his most busy days.. bt surely how cud he forget that she was waiting in his cabin apparently not attended by anyone? Shit!... He closed his eyes and made a mental note to rebuke Dr. Rangnath. If he was busy and well not in his senses, wasn't it his duty to attend to her.. well.. or at least inform him that he himself was busy with other things?. Hell?... He looked at her. She was holding her stomach and pouting. It looked like more than being angry.. she was hungry. In his anger, he had kept this poor thing starving and apparently thirsty whole day!
The cabin was suddenly filled with silence. He sighed and quickly ordered a burger with with lots of mayonese and extra cheese and 2 cup of coffees. Nidhi was surprised but one she couldn't wait any longer, and two having not had anything since morning, had left her with no strength to oppose any more.
After about 15 minutes, the attendant arrived with the burger and coffees. Oh Gosh.. it seemed like ages, thot Nidhi.
Dr. Ashutosh motioned her to have the burger. She initially hesitated, but thn devoured on it shamelessly. Afterall, her mouth had already started watering and she was afraid it might start to drool.. and her stomach was grumbling louder and louder with each passing second..
As he sipped from his cup, he observed her. Clearly, thr was nothing more relishing for this girl in this whole world than to have tht burger.. oh yes.. with lots of mayonese and extra cheese topping. He nodded his head slightly, finishing and keep the cup back on the table. Wow, tht was so fast. He blinked and the burger was over. She must be really very hungry, thot he.
"Thank you for the burger, Sir." Said Nidhi sincerely thanking him as she took the last bite of her burger and gulped down some more coffee over it.
"I am really sorry, Dr. Nidhi Verma. I shouldn't have kept you waiting whole day in hunger." He was really sorry. He didn't mean to be that harsh.
She couldn't believe that the gentleman she had met earlier was this same Dr. Heartstone as she glanced at him wiping her mouth. But her heart was feeling happy for the moment.. one, that burger was pretty delicious. It was totally worth tht wait. And two, he actually remembered that she liked burger a lot and that too with lots of mayonese and extra cheese. That was a surprise. She smiled at the thot.
"So?" asked he on seeing her smile. "So?" questioned she.
"Okay, see you tomorrow then." Replied he.
"Okay sir. " Said she as she rising up and pushing her chair back.
"And yes, Dr. Nidhi Verma. In case if you ever have this fancy idea of doing a jig next time, please? kindly do not chose the venue ? OUTSIDE my cabin, INSIDE my cabin or ANY PART OR PLACE of THIS hospital.." Said he. He loved the idea of disciplining her with some teasing. Nidhi pressed her lips tight and glared at him. "Is that clear?" Demanded he. "Is THAT clear Dr. Nidhi Verma." He asked again in most calm and composed voice. "Yes sir." Came the reply obviously quite annoyed. "Good!... You are learning fast? and Good." "well, good bye Dr. Verma. Wanna c u sharp at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow right here in my cabin." He was not going to let her go tht easily and before she could retort back, he swirled his chair facing its back towards Nidhi. Dr. Nidhi turned towards the door in anger. As she reached for the door knob his "please be kind enuf to be gentle with that door" left her more fuming as she stomped out of his cabin pouting cutely!
Dr. Ashutosh kept a close eye on Dr. Nidhi's movements from there on and was actually surprised on seeing her in good spirits and enjoying her odd job thoroughly. He had observed her intently for a while now and he had found a certain pleasant quality in her demeanor that he had found quite interesting. She was an eager and enthusiastic learner and she enjoyed her work, whatever it may be. She wasn't messy as such but things just seemed to go wrong around her.. somehow. A small smile crept up his face as he remembered his coffee disaster at the mall. It brot back the memory of their first ever collision and thn the one near collision this morning in the parking lot. He knew she wudnt b coming out till he left the parking lot. He chuckled at the thot. She wasn't hard at all to read. She was open like a book bt he felt something in her eyes when she was picking up the strewn pages, as if she was searching for something in his eyes. He had observed her attitude closely today and he had liked the way she was always at ease. Her soft suppressed laughter had filled the room every now and then and she had knack of bringing liveliness in the otherwise dull and mundane atmosphere of the hospital. She seemed like a sweet angel or may b like a tiny little butterfly who flew here and there spreading the joy. She seemed tension free, without any baggage, emotional or otherwise, without any stress.. jst as free as she wanted to be. Looking at her, he had almost wished that he too could b free of the heavy weight that he loved so much to carry on his shoulders, but this life, this life he had chosen deliberately and now he was buried so deep into it that he had lost his wings to fly away like her. It was not until recently that he had felt a less serious, a bit light, a bit happy, jst like his younger years. His timer went off and he realized he was mulling a bit too much over an intern who he had jst met a few days ago. He laughed at himself and shove away her thots. He picked up his coat and started for his routine round ups.
"and this because u took the injection without crying." Said Dr. Nidhi and bent over on her little patient and gave her a soft little peck on her cheeks. The girl's face lit up instantly and she asked Dr. Nidhi innocently, "Wat is this for Dr. Nidhi? "This is to pass on.." replied she smiling back affectionately. "to pass on?"Questioned the girl. "Yes, see I gave u a kiss and u felt happy.. right? Asked Dr. Nidhi. "Yes, very happy." Replied the little girl. " Hmm.. so now you will need to pass on ur happiness to others.. so that it keeps flowing from one to another and one fine day it will eventually come back to you again and embrace you in much more happiness.. understood?.explained Dr. Nidhi. "Yes, but whom shud I pass on to?".asked she. "Any body, any one.. whom u feel thankful or whom u want to make happy." Said Dr. Nidhi. The girl felt satisfied and sat up and pulled Dr. Nidhi down for a hug. Dr. Nidhi pulled her more closely and sat holding her dearly for a while, swaying her lightly. Dr. Nidhi was so involved tht she didn't notice Dr. Ashutosh at all who had just entered the room and who now silently stood beside the bed till the girl greeted him over her shoulder. She suddenly jerked apart and gently laid the girl back on the bed. She greeted Dr. Ashutosh without looking up at him and slowly retracted back beside him. Dr. Ashutosh looked at her briefly amusingly and turned his attention towards the girl. He finished his routine check up and enquired Nidhi abt her well being and stats. Just wen he was abt to leave the side of the bed greeting the girl good bye, the girl pulled at his arms and sat upright on the bed. "Dr. Ashutosh" She said and signaled him to come closer when he glanced back at her over his shoulder. He obliged turning to her side and bending over. "wats the matter little girl?" enquired he. She slowly turned his face sideways and gave a soft little kiss on his cheeks. Dr. Ashutosh was stunned. He luked back at her and into those 2 little innocent eyes. He touched his cheeks and still felt the softness and warmth of her tender peck. "wats this for little girl?" Dr. Ashutosh asked her softly, he felt something very unusual. "It's a pass on from Dr. Nidhi" She said innocently and smiled back at Dr. Nidhi. Dr. Nidhi was taken aback. "wat?" asked Dr. Ashutosh completely floored and turned his head towards Dr. Nidhi. Dr. Nidhi was unable to meet his eyes. Her cheeks had turned reddest of crimson.. "no.. its not? I?".. she fumbled for words.. bt thy jst weren't coming.. Dr. Ashutosh realized the awkwardness as he saw her blushing hard and quickly glanced back at the girl. His heart was suddenly racing fast. It was sudden. It was awkward and completely unexpected and his heart did not know how to respond except to beat fast! "Dr. Ashutosh? Dr. Nidhi had asked me to pass on my happiness to someone who I am thankful to so that one day it wud come back to me again" Explained the little girl sweetly. "Oh!" Was all he could mutter. "Thanks" He smiled back at the girl and quickly got up and rushed towards the door without even glancing at Dr. Nidhi. He needed a break before he could continue with his rounds in the ward. He headed towards the rest room to get a quick breath. Once in rest room, he breathed deeply and closed his eyes. Nidhi's cute pouting face flashed across his eyes. He threw his eyes wide open. He was feeling something that he didn't quite understand. As he touched his cheek, the warmth of the kiss returned to his cheeks and he cud feel the love and happiness of that little girl. It was really long long back that he had felt this way.. loved.. loved again. He remembered how his baba used to embrace him tightly and shower him with warm kisses. Instantly, Nidhi hugging that little girl flashed before his eyes and a smile spread across his face. He was feeling warm and happy and loved, but it didn't stay long as he was interrupted by a call and he had to rush for an emergency. The brief spell of bliss is over..Thot he, now back to business!
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