Heavy midnight text

"This will be the last time we could see each other's faces" someone said in a tremendous tensed sound praying to God for saving us all. Yes that was tough time and no one would ever know would the city be saved today or just flow off with this over forced water flowing all over the city, breaking the walls , destroying the bonds, jumping over those tall trees. After all who could handle the power of a natural disaster? Nature was way too aggressive that midnight and might wished to wash off all the Badalpur city with its only one large stream of water and trust me one last, small or large.. doesn't matter wave of water was enough to carry us all together into heavens or maybe hells. If it was allowed to carry one's most close and precious thing with person after death I would probably carry my mobile but unfortunately it wasn't allowed. Though we city dwellers were not lucky enough to be carried to grave yards and undergo all those rituals, we were now on that stage where we would accept the death the way it would come to us in. After all why do a form has to matter at this stage of life?

Aai looked towards me from that hundred meter distance between us. She was flowing in tears, papa was almost 90% in water. I had a wooden door in my hand ..okay sorry, I mean I hugged a wooden door in all possible life-saving way. I tried to carry me and the door towards aai papa but when I tried to pull myself further the more strength from front attacked me and I was pushed back again with all of the force. Why would someone have to see their parents dying in front of their eyes? Oh destiny! I wished I was washed off away with the water first..

 We were all waiting for a rescue help team but as usual it's their pride that they just come to give a look at the dead bodies. Why do you guys even have to come then? Huh!

 Before the watch in my hand was filled up with all water in it I managed to look at it , it was 3:21 a.m. in the midnight. First water wave striked city at probably 12:30 a.m. approx. in the midnight when I was reading our old chats on WhatsApp and my eyes cried. That salty water was surely negligible if compared with this destroying water waves.

 I missed him that time. After all it's not easy to move on from a person you were together with for 5 years.

 Things never really go this level bad between us before as he was one year elder from me and of course that's why always understood me but according to him it was too much that every time he has to understand me and some personal issues also made us fall apart. This wasn't the case readers, even I tried to ally hundreds of times but as nothing is forever so wasn't he!

 

 We live in the same city I don't know how he has been since last 3 years since it all ended. Same city means we had same hometown. I tried to contact but he was unwilling then some mutual understandings between us increased the distance and neither he knew what I do nor I know what he does. But trust me whenever I come across a name Krish I always remember him. Our hometown was same, that's this city-Badalpur(I guess its name bought it in risk today) but after 12th standard(My 12th std, I entered the college one year late though coz I was one year junior to him)too we were in the same college graduating together that's when we fell for each other.  Same college, same friend circle, same squad, same routine and the most beautiful thing same corridor! We had same subject that is why almost 70% of our total college time all the juniors and seniors together having same subject were found in laboratory Always! After that our hometown still might remain same but I moved to Mumbai and he migrated abroad.

 

It's the summer vacations that bought me here and unfortunately become the catch of this natural disaster. By the way, arshid, his friend told me before some days that Krish has came here for the vacations too. But tell me who had a daring to go towards that brown bungalow at the corner of the city to see him?  Same city but we lost our contacts. Why talk about contacts when we know we have already lost our places in each others lives? 

 

The clouds made a great sound bringing me back to the present situation and the clouds fought as if they are fighting for the same person and emitted a light. Small water wave was coming towards the city dark blue coloured. Everyone closed their eyes and I left the wooden door and ran towards papa as who gives a damn to that door at this situation? Let me sacrifice myself and live my last breath with my mom and dad. We held each other's hands very tightly and were ready to accept the reality. Aai was trembling so was I, but there hadn't been any option and suddenly I saw dumbledore's family was washed off with the water wave. Everyone screamed loudly but then the wave was happy carrying only one family with it and disappeared. Thank god! No. Thank wave actually!

Nature showed all the possible signals to us which told us today it has to be the last night of all of the city members together on the earth. The situation was kinda silent for few minutes , the wooden door was attracted towards me don't know how it came but it gave support to me aai and papa. We were at least at safer side temporarily though. There was a large stone few metres away from here. I pointed aai papa towards it and we were trying to reach there. It was heighted and safe and it had a large surface area that 2-3 people max could easily stand over that. None of the city member could see it though they could see it. If you know " joh dekh kar bhi nahi dekhte" case. After all , all were in intense worry. Within 20 minutes we reached on the stone and were happy as if we were awarded with Nobel prize, by the way why I'm talking about Nobel prize when here are our lives almost being price less today. Look we knew it was last night together I was satisfied to close my eyes too as I had my aai papa with me at the end moment. I wondered how small children felt knowing their lives are going to end within few minutes or hours. What have they even seen in the life journey of 10 to 12 years? People like us being 25 years do not wish to give away their life. Life is unfair really!

No stupid would unlock his phone in such a tight situation but till the time situation was okay I was on the stone standing with my wet nighty. I thought of unlocking the phone once before leaving this world and giving it a great goodbye. Fingerprint didn't work though it was waterproof mobile phone I took after graduation, I entered pin and open WhatsApp -my most favourite app!

Oh my God and tell me how am I suppose to believe my eyes when there were 25 new messages from krish? Yes the one for whom I was starving since last few years. I went through the texts he texted " It's all going to end today. Your life, my life and our life! "ok I was hanged after reading our life!! Dude why does it have to be our life when we have already separated before few years.. My happy mind didn't understand what to say so it was murmuring anything it thought .

Ok so I'll continue reading the texts so were was I? Yeah "our life... the flood will not leave anyone of us alive today I just wanted to tell you how much I love you still. I love you Tina, with all my heart. After the dumbledore's family it's going to be us getting washed off with the water. I can see you catching your Aai Papa's hands waiting for the death. It's really very helpless situation. Why bring ego in between, my mind said when the life itself is ending? *All the crying emojis* I am sorry for whatever I did with you but I still love you..." And then trust me my heart was lagged for few minutes okay so he texted me this at that time when I was standing there with Aai Papa. I gave a look here and there, my eyes finding Krish and they scanned him and found him finally. There he was wearing black hoodie ( who wears a hoodie in summer?) I wished I could run towards him. He was trying to come towards me. I told Aai papa I will be back in a minute. We ran and we both ran covering distance between us, the water force couldn't stop us nor defeat us. Finally we met!!! I hugged him very tightly. very very very! "I love you Krish" I said crying and suddenly a large wave came and took him away with it leaving our conversation in complete for entire life....

I was left with no reaction. How was one suppose to react when the person he loved was washed away with the water in front of his eyes? I blinked my eyes twice and ran towards aai papa crying a lot ... Here I had lost my patience, I wasn't satisfied this time to give away my life as my expectations rose... And hussssshh we all were washed off and taken towards death before I could tell you the further story....

The city of badalpur left silent with her mobile WhatsApp chats still open with Krish. All what was left were the footprints and mud. The birds were very sad, the animals were disappointed and many of them were flown away with the water. In the circle were four foot prints. Guess whose? Yes, they were of Tina and Krish, when they had last met each other and the last moment between them was reflected by that footprints. God took them away from each other but not their love, not their souls. The city still had the sound of their love, it had the rhythm of their love vibrating... Incomplete but complete with each other, maybe...In pieces 💗

-Ruchitaa💗👀