CH 41 || Don't Miss Me

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Dhruv

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"Hi, Mr.Kapoor. How are you?" Dr. Morrison questioned the moment he picked up.

"Fine doc."

"How is Ms. Rose?"

"Doc, I had called you to ask something regarding her only. Actually, I don't know why but I believe Saavi is behaving weirdly since morning." I was hoping all my doubts to be hopeless. I wanted all her actions to be part of normal behaviour.

"What weird manner?"

"She is very happy today. It's not like I don't want that but everything was different till yesterday and suddenly she has become normal as if she was never suffering from anything."

"Did something happen yesterday?" To answer him I told him everything about the plan and Saavi accepting the truth.

"Something is wrong," he said and that only confirmed the doubts I was having regarding her changed behaviour.

"What do you mean?" I queried being apprehensive of his upcoming answer.

"Can you give me the details of what has happened since morning till now?"

"yes," I replied and then enlightened him with the morning happenings.

"What did you say in the last that she was eating pizza as if she having it for the first time?"

"Yes."

"Mr. Kapoor, where are you?" Dr. Morrison sounded panicked.

"I am out to buy ice cream."

"Did Ms. Rose sent you?"

"Yes? But why are...." I stopped when I heard him cursing, "Shit!"

"Mr. Kapoor, listen to me, go back to your house right now, do you get that?"

Doctor Morrison's words were confusing me.

'What did he mean by that?' I thought.

But soon he cleared all my confusions by saying, "She was not having pizza as if she was having it for the first time, instead, she was having it for the last time."

The realization hit me hard and I ran back to the house.

'NO! I can't let anything happen to her.' I said to myself.

I pressed the button of the elevator and at the same time called Saavi. Her phone was ringing but she wasn't picking up.

'Please, muffin, please, pick up the phone.'

The lift was taking time so I had to run up the stairs. Panting I reached the door and rang the bell but muffin didn't open. Fortunately, I had spare keys but I put the wrong key inside in my anxious state.

I could hear snow barking and then putting all my concentration back on the key I opened the gate.

As I went inside I found snow barking at my bedroom door. I followed him and stood in front of the bedroom which was locked from inside. Snow was wailing, had tears in his eyes making me scared. A lot of ominous thoughts clouded my mind.

I tried opening the door and it didn't open. Snow's cries were only instilling fear in me.

'Think Dhruv, think.'

I ran to my study and from the cabinet of my study table I took out my gun. After I reached my room I shoot the door lock. It opened and when I went inside along with snow. Muffin wasn't in the room but the door to the washroom was open.

I hurriedly went inside the washroom with Snow only to find my love lying in the pool of blood. My love was lying lifeless. I was too stunned for a moment that I didn't know how to react. My vision got blurry and I was just stilled at my place.

I came out of shock when snow held my trousers with his mouth and was trying to pull me towards Saavi.

Without wasting any more seconds, I picked her up in my arms, tied a cloth around her wrist, and called Andrew.

"Hello, Andrew, arrange everything in the nearby hospital."

"Ok, sir." He didn't ask anything and by arranging he understood what I meant.

I went down and one of my men was there whom I had called along with Andrew. I went inside the car while he drove me to the nearby hospital where everything was already arranged by Andrew.

'Stay with me Love, please, stay with me.' I mumbled hugging her body close to my chest.

I ran inside with her in my arms as soon as I reached the hospital. Andrew was already there and he had talked to the doctor. She was soon taken away from me and I saw her leaving.

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Namit

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"Sama, we are not watching the avengers again."

"Please," she said pouting.

"Fine, but only the fight sequence." I could never disagree with that beauty.

"Thank you." she squealed and kissed me on my cheek. Both of us were engrossed in watching the movie when my phone rang. I frowned when I looked at the caller id. It was Andrew. He never calls if not urgent.

Picking up the call I said, "Hello, Andrew. Is everything fine?" What he narrated to me just shook the ground beneath me.

"Take care of him and don't let him out of your sight. We will be there soon." I said before hanging up the call.

"Who was that?" Sama asked and her gaze was still fixed at the movie.

"Andrew. Sama, we need to go to the hospital."

"Hospital? Is everything fine?" she asked turning towards me and I shook my head.

I called Arjun and Hredhaan while I was on my way to the hospital. I didn't call Kiaan, intentionally as I didn't want him to panic and also didn't tell Sama what had happened till we reach the hospital.

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Dhruv

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I was sitting outside the Intensive Care Unit and all I could hear was her voice and nothing. Her giggles were ringing in my ears and her smiling face was still in front of my eyes.

She was ready for all of this. She had prepared everything to leave me just like before but this time she wanted to leave me forever. But, forever is a very long time.

'How did she think that I can live without her? How?'

'Was I too bad that she couldn't even think of me once before doing something like this?'

Her smiling images were replaced with the one in the red blood pool. She was lying there looking lifeless. The hospital environment was adding fuel to the fire as I had never liked being in the hospital.

It feels like yesterday when I had come to the hospital to see my mom and dad for one last time. The last time I had gone to the hospital was when my sister was admitted after being rescued from her kidnapper.

I guessed that I didn't deserve to be happy.

My friends had come to the hospital. Probably Andrew had informed them. They were saying something but I couldn't listen.

'Why can't I listen? There is nothing wrong with my ears then why?'

By looking at their faces anyone could tell they were concerned, sad, and hurt.

'They were feeling this many emotions all at once but I was not. Why?'

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Kiaan

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"You told me we are going to meet Dhruv and marshmallow, then why we are at the hospital?" I asked Arjun who had literally pulled me from the race I was about to enter.

"They are here." Finally, he broke the silence and my heartbeat increased thinking of what had gone wrong. Both of us ran inside and I was praying for my brother and Saavi.

'Please, God! Don't let anything happen to them, please.', I prayed.

Arjun took me near ICU and my heartbeat had increased to ten folds. I was crossing that corridor when Dhriti came and hugged me. She was crying badly. Namit and Hredhaan were there too.

All of that was an indication that something terrible had happened.

I saw Dhruv sitting like a mannequin on a bench. Hredhaan, Namit, and Arjun were trying to talk to him but he was sitting numb there.

I had a feeling what had gone wrong and with all the courage I asked my sister, "What happened?"

When she pulled back, I wiped her tears, and then she narrated the whole scenario.

She didn't know the answer to why it all happened, but all she knew was that Saavi was in ICU.

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Dhruv

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All I could hear was critical, blood loss, less chance, survival. My friends were trying to talk to me, my sister had tears in her eyes but I was not able to either speak or do anything as if I had no senses.

Namit pulled me and took me to a silent hallway with Arjun and Hredhaan.

I could see he was yelling, shouting but I didn't hear anything.

All of a sudden I started to feel as if something was stuck in my lungs, I couldn't breathe.

I rubbed my chest but it didn't help. Oblivious I was to what was happening.

I slumped down on the floor and closed my eyes but all I could see was the red pool of blood. Panicking I opened my eyes and I was feeling short of breathing.

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Hredhaan

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Dhruv was in shock and was not responding at all. We tried to get a reply from him but it felt as if he was not even listening to us. Leaving Dhriti with Kiaan, me, Arjun, and Namit took Dhruv with us to the silent hallway and Namit yelled at him so that at least we could get a response.

After a while, he started behaving weirdly and I knew what he was going through.

"Guys, he is hyperventilating," I said when Dhruv slumped down on the floor rubbing his chest, and soon darkness consumed him.

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Dhruv

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I opened my eyes when something bright fell on my eyes. I remember I had closed the windows last night and was sure it was not rays of sunlight.

I looked around and saw my muffin sitting beside me.

"Good Morning," she said smiling and I pulled her to me. She giggled and I closed my eyes again hugging her tightly.

"I had a nightmare," I said.

"What did you see?" she asked caressing my hair.

"Something terrible."

"Don't worry, it was just a nightmare," she said and kissed my forehead.

"By the way, why did you get up this early?" I asked as I was the one who used to get up before her always.

She didn't answer but was only smiling.

When I looked at her clearly I realized she was ready in a beautiful white dress as if she was going somewhere.

"Wait! Are you going somewhere?" and she nodded.

"What do you mean?" I asked sitting up on the bed.

"I have to leave Dhruv," she replied making me perplexed.

"Leave? Muffin today is not 1 April." I was sure it was a prank and my friends might be involved in it.

"And I am not joking," she said smiling.

She seemed serious even when she was smiling and I said, "I will also come with you."

"You can't."

"What? But why?"

"Because your purpose is not fulfilled yet." Purpose? What was she saying?

"Muffin, why are you beating around the bushes? Tell me clearly, please." Even though I had always been a calm person, she was annoying me with her strange replies. She was scaring me.

"Dhruv, Take care of yourself. she said and got off the bed.

I tried to get up but I couldn't. I couldn't move.

I saw her going towards the light which was coming from the window.

"Muffin," I yelled but she didn't stop.

Turning around for the last time she smiled at me and said, "Don't Miss Me." and vanished.

"Muffin," I yelled but she was gone. She left me as she did in the past.

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