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"Do it, before it's too late."
"Mom, can you please chill? And not cry and make me cry too." She said as her head kept spinning like the fan above. After silence spread in the room, she could hear only the fan's irritating swirling voice - which was way better than her mom's wails.
"Are you sure you want a room with one more patient? I mean we could get you a single room all by yourself." Her mom inquired.
"How many times do I have to say - NO" She said knowing very well that her mom couldn't afford a single room. She would have to share it to cut down the budget.
After the nurse literally begged her mom to go out of the room, her mom kissed her forehead, shed some tears and went out to freshen up on her daughter's request.
She drew the curtain separating her and the other patient back. She looked at him staring at the fan aimlessly. She couldn't help but stare at his stretched definite jaw-line and the high definite cheekbones. She regained her self-consciousness and called him out.
"Name's Taani. Yours?" She said wondering what amusement he found staring at a three-legged machine.
"Tumhari billi ka chacha." He said with a huge smile also known as sarcastic smile to the world.
"Oh alright, Reyaansh." She said with a grin.
"How do you know?"
"MAGIC, duh." She said pointing to the progress pad hung on the bed which stated his name in bold letters REYAANSH SINGHANIA.
He chuckled on his stupidity, mentally. No way he would show any crease in front of this stupid girl. Stupid, yet beautiful. He suddenly felt a wave of shit pass through the throat and he passed out.
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"Doctor, what has happened to him?"
"Well, Miss Taani, we have seen symptoms of kidney gout and he may not live for long. That's what we feel. Being a medical student, you yourself know what happens to a person with damaged kidney." The doctor gave a small smile to the brilliant student who sat before him with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Who wondered that one girl studying about the disease would actually have one. And before him lay the most stupid person he ever knew. Failed engineering exam 2 times, made him drink. Drink and smoke so much - that his kidney and lungs were filled with water and ulcer stones which thickened every second and destroyed cells in his body. One thing they had in common - Taani & Reyaansh - both strong headed and stubborn. He sighed and went out after checking them out.
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"CAN YOU EFFIN STOP READING YOUR BRAIN ANATOMY SO LOUDLY?!!!" Rey yelled at her who didn't show a sign of tension on her forehead.
"It's about the cardiac muscles in the heart and not brain anatomy." She said sternly.
"Don't irritate me." As much as he liked this girl, he hated her. He asked God why did he make this pea-sized brain girl a beautiful one.
He felt another pool of dirt pass through the throat and he threw up, again. This time it was blood. The doctors rushed up to him, and after a few minutes he lay unconscious. The doctors were now confused. In kidney gout, no one would puke out blood. They tensed up not knowing what the cause was. It was then Taani remembered that "carboxylin or cadmium poisoning" could be one such reason.
"DOCTOR!! IT IS CADMIUM POISONING!" She yelled. And immediately regretted as her lungs tired out and her heart stopped pumping most of the blood. She fell unconscious.
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"Thank you doctor, for saving me. I honestly thought that I was dying." He smiled for the first time in the few days. His eyes automatically went again to the empty bed for the millionth time as he waited for her to come. But she seemed to take her own sweet time.
"Yea, alright! It's the perfect pair of kidneys you got that saved your life." The doctor said which somewhat sounded anguish to him.
"Doctor, where is Taani? In an operation?" He asked with a little hope.
"She has already been operated." This shook all his hopes. She had been operated - she had probably been discharged - she probably might be sitting freely at home - she must have forgotten him. His heart sank, and his new pair of kidneys didn't matter to him now.
It was then the doctor gave him a note. He opened it, and read what was neatly written in it.
Rey,
Take care of my kidneys. Don't drink, don't smoke...to keep my kidneys safe. And you know what? You fart way too much. And yea, I love you. And now that you have this amazing pair of sexy kidneys, don't fart okay, seaweed brain. -.-
Love,
Your once annoying-no more in the world when you're reading this - Taani Shekhawat. (you didn't know my surname did you?)
I love you, Taani. I do.
He said mentally, because now it seemed he lost his throat. He was late, very late. He still loved her.
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Y'all know? I "was" proud of this concept when I wrote it. But it turned out pretty absurd and horrendous. -...-
Had written this for an OS contest months back, and I'm posting it now even though it is shitty. (who cares? I'm still proud of this concept.)
AND. Belated Happy Diwali. <3
AND. Advance mein Halloween ki shubhkamnayein. :D
AND. Like. AND. Comment.
Okay? Okay.
(And I deleted all my PMs by mistake. So yeah, I haven't read any of your stories since May.)
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