SS: The Fault in Our Stars THE END - Page 11

rishab and madhu knows each other as a person

his dad has cancer too ? He can't donate his unhealty kidney

yes, he can

ol thnx for clearing and gud nt. It is 2 am here lol

Dear Stranger,

The upcoming part is especially hard for me. I had let my guard down. I had welcomed an orange headed boy into the hollows of my heart. And, I was liking it. I don't know why he let me. I don't why he never stopped. I was just as much at fault as him.

"Hey, I like you".

He tucked in a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

You're dying. I wanted to say. But, I didn't have the heart to tell him.

"You are receiving my father's life", I replied instead.

"I am, aren't I? That does not make us related, mind you. We can still date".

The walk back to daada was an enlightening one. He told me all about his disease. The way people with illness do. He had been possessed by cancer. Almost to the point where he could become his disease, any second. He had renal cell carcinoma. The name had a biting sound, a chewing noise that was eating his insides. He listed the names of his pills and treatments like they were Oscars lined up on his living room shelf. I listened as he lay down miles and miles of sickening details about his suffering. I could see it in his eyes, experience it through his words. He was fed up; not of the fight but, the lack of results. This was stage one of deterioration. Much the same way my father had decided his end, RK would come to the same conclusion. You see, cancer always wins. You may think you have a fighting chance but, it comes back a week, a month, a decade later and it takes you down.

He was full of life but, slowly losing it. His orange hair was not his own, he told me.

When he realized his words had turned into a pity party, h e tried hand at dry humour.

"I had dark blue locks. Always wanted blue haired babies. If you had blue hair, I would have put a ring on you by now. You'd be popping out mini RKs by the time I kicked the bucket".

"I can dye my hair blue. There's time".
I never intended to say this out loud. It just slipped and he was cracking up.

"You solemnly swear to allow me the honour to impregnate you?"

He could barely contain his laughter.

"No, I. I want to. Forget it".

I was angry with him for taking my remarks lightly. I was not pitying him. I was being upfront. Like a modern woman with equal dating rights, I was trying very hard to propose.

"Will you go out with me? You, me and a home cooked meal?" He wrapped his arm back around me.

"No, I. I mean yes. Yes, to the date. No to your food".

"Fine, I haven't got much time you know. We need to get on that baby out fast".

His taunts were delicious like wild flower honey on a Sunday morning. I engulfed his air and the words it contained as we finally reached daada.

"I need some rest. Let's call it a night", my father declared, eyeing us walking back close together.

"Is he your boyfriend now? Don't be obliged to go out with him only because he is heir to my kidney".

My father looked alarmed, his face offering a stern warning against the twists of fate. His words did not match his body language. I chose to believe what I heard, not what I saw.

One more mistake.

I miss him, dearly.

My current mistake.

I said yes.

A trouble of the past.

I blushed.

He smiled.

He waved goodbye.

We met again.

My journey with him is a book full of regrets. A book I would write over again, with the happy ending I never got.

COMING UP: Our date and the countdown.

ok before cmmntng my mom will kill me bcoz i will not wake up early morning lol. Hmm nyc update setting up d tragic mood, hmm his life is short, but he is full of life. he want to live, and madhu can't stop hersef for faling for him. Hmm i thought he will survive few years after kidney transplatnation

a bit of information of renal cell carcinoma. The cure per say, is complete removal of the tumors via surgery. Chemo is limited help. Essentially, all of his kidneys, bladder, adrenal glands, tubes, etc. has to be removed for even a chance of survival. The transplant may prolong his life but, it all depends on whether or the cancer has spread to the lungs, for example.

Originally posted by: deepak148

ok before cmmntng my mom will kill me bcoz i will not wake up early morning lol. Hmm nyc update setting up d tragic mood, hmm his life is short, but he is full of life. he want to live, and madhu can't stop hersef for faling for him. Hmm i thought he will survive few years after kidney transplatnation

seriously my heart is not feeling gud after reading medical info. I will preger death over such a disease

Originally posted by: deepak148

seriously my heart is not feeling gud after reading medical info. I will preger death over such a disease