Time for a silent member to speak up😉😆
After watching the memory loss promo of Shivika, this idea came into my mind and i turned it into an one shot😳
there are not many dialogues in this one and its an imagination of my lazy mind on a Sunday evening😆 we still do not know the complete story behind this memory loss track but mere dimag ke ghode thode fast bhaag gaye..🤣
Please read on..😃
A man and a woman who looked like his wife were arguing about some petty issue when his hands accidentally pushed her..
The push was so hard that her foot slipped and she disappeared into the deep gorge below..
Her husband screamed her name in terror..
I woke up in a cold sweat, to realize it had all been a dream. I was on the bed, safe and sound and swathed in a blanket. I did not know who the couple were but that man's fear filled scream still rung in my mind..
I drew in a sigh and flung aside the blanket only to notice the place I had been sleeping in. Oh wait, was I still dreaming? I was in an unknown room with decorated walls and a four poster bed. The blanket, the pillows, even the curtains looked strange and expensive.
This had to be another dream for sure otherwise I wouldn't wake up in a place like this. I closed my eyes and my head began throbbing. It was then that I felt the bandage that had been wrapped circularly around my head. What the hell?
My mind immediately attempted to process the situation and I tried to remember last night. Last night? The semi-darkness outside the window indicated that it was perhaps late evening. Did that mean I slept through the night and also the next day?? My thoughts were a mess and I felt a sudden sense of fear.
My head began to ache harder and my hands came in contact with the bandage again. I was injured? But how? How did I end up here?
Oh wait..what was my name? was it possible that I did not know my own name???
Then I heard footsteps coming inside the room. A stranger walked in holding a tray with a bowl of soup and a glass of water with it. Food for me?.. My stomach growled in response. Oh great, I was hungry too.
"You are awake Anika! Finally!!" the man exclaimed loudly.
"It was all my fault! I am sorry for whatever happened...I didn't.." He began to apologize for some fault of his but his words did not register in my mind. I was mulling over the name he had called me with..
Anika.. was that my name? I did not know.
I tried to recall something, anything for that matter and came up blank..I gasped. I did not know who I was and where I was.. and I had certainly never seen this man before..
It felt like I was watching a TV with bad reception where everything on screen was fuzzy. It felt like someone had stolen each shred of my memories and locked them up in a box whose key I did not have..
Yet, the utterance of this name from this unknown man's mouth felt good. This name was vaguely familiar, like the taste of one's favorite food which could never be forgotten or the lyrics of one's favorite song which they have hummed a hundred times before..
He had finally gone silent after speaking out his apology for god knew what.
And then, I noticed the strange man's face, particularly his eyes. They were brimming with unshed tears, perhaps tears of happiness or it could have been sadness..But that wasn't what had caught my attention.
His eyes were a mix of green and blue and they were surely the prettiest eyes I had ever seen, if I may say so. I felt a sudden rush of blood to my cheeks when his eyes bore into mine..so weird that these type of emotions were rising inside me at this time..I looked away in an immediate reaction and he smiled a little and then his smile faded. His tears came out in a rush and he turned his face away to wipe them.
I felt a moment of panic. Who was this man? Why was he in this room? From the way he had been reacting since I first saw him, it was obvious that he must have been someone closer to me.. a friend? Neighbor? Colleague?
Your husband perhaps?? A tiny voice in my mind spoke..
"I am sorry but who are you? I..I don't remember anything" I stuttered.
He gasped. It looked like someone had hit him a hard blow.
It took him a long minute to recover and then he began to speak. "It's okay..it's absolutely fine..you are fine now" he came near, sat on the bed beside me and caressed my head.
"I am sorry.." he whispered.
"The doctor said this was one of the possibilities..he said since you hit your head pretty hard, there was a chance that you could lose your memory.." his voice broke on the last word.
I did not know what to say. Here I was, feeling lost in an alien place, with a stranger beside me who was looking at me as if I was a lost treasure he had finally found..
My fears finally broke out of my throat and took the shape of deluge of tears which gushed out on my face. I was sinking in deep waters and there was no sight of shore for miles..I had been left to drift away in an open sky and I did not know how to reach the ground..
I sobbed loudly and held the pillow tight to my chest. And then, a strong hand lifted up my chin.
"shh..it's okay Anika..I am here and I will always be with you.." he tried to soothe me and then he hugged me to his heart.
He held me tight and unthinkingly I pressed my face to his shoulder and my tears stained his clothes. I felt his arms encircling my back and a sense of calmness came over me.. the same sense of vague familiarity again but stronger this time..it felt home..he felt.. mine?
He released me slowly and I looked at his face. His eyes enticed me again and something told me that I could trust him with my life..
I still did not know who I was or for the matter who this man was but, but I knew I had found my sail, something to hold on, until I reached the shore, until I landed on the ground. My tears brimmed over once more and I wiped them away.
*** The End***
Ending is abrupt but this is how i pictured this scene..lol
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