Corona & Ex

Getting cold was never been a blessing to me.

I do hate the smell of that aroma of breath.

This COVID-19 pandemic made us worry about normal cold & cough too.

Hey Aakash, today afternoon we are having a COVID-19 test in the office. Please fill in the details.

Kiran, HR Manager asked for our details through email.

I wonder if my cold & cough gives the result accurately rather than the test kit.

We waited outside the conference room where the testing is happening.

Two girls in PPE kits are present inside. They might be paramedical staff working in a nearby hospital.

They doing a nasal swab test. One girl is opening the kit and arranging for the test.

Another one is inserting a 6-inch long swab into the nose of the person and the material will be collected. A short guy in uniform sat at entry and entering the details of employees.

When my name is called I went straight and sat on the chair.

For a second I forgot I am there for testing. I am seeing her eyes. They are not new to me. I used to write poems about the beauty of her eyes.

"Jahnavi" I murmured. The other girl instructed me to remove the mask up to my mouth.

Jahnavi didn't reply to me. We broke up two years back after a heated argument over marriage. 

She took the sample and I came out of the conference room.

I got a text in the evening from Jahnavi which reads " Stay Safe. Please do not try to talk to me." 

There were tears in my eyes. I don't know whether they came due to pain in my nose after sample collection or seeing Jahnavi after two years.

The next day I got a text confirming my COVID-19 test result is negative.