Vassu.. ! Please Call Me.! 4

 Vassu... ! Please Call Me...! - 04

   

‘At the bank of Krishna river…dawn gradually in the east… soft snow… you get wet and smile beautifully in that snow…then I will kiss on your smile’ and continuing …

“Ayyorama… anyone wants to kiss on forehead…on cheek…on chin…on eye…on lips when they love more. But you are telling…you want to kiss on my smile…? Great desire…” said with a smile.

“Do you know when I want to kiss u? When you are eighty, I am eighty-five…” I said.

Then, she laughed loudly.

“What… when I get eighty years …I should smile beautifully in the cold …? How can I smile? I will be frozen in the cold”… continuously smiled.

‘Kiss on smile is a variety of desires… that you want to kiss on old woman’s smile. How can u kiss…?’ questioned me with a smile. 

‘When she smiles, my mind moves like a little boy’.

“I will kiss. It is my strong desire to kiss on beautiful smile. It is so good if that is your smile… but it is not manners…so I said after eighty.”

“If it is manners will you ask now…?” she asked angrily. 

‘It is not manners that’s why stopped’ I murmured.

‘Okay…Okay… I want to fulfill your desire…I want to give a variety of kisses on my smile… how you do it… I want to know. Let’s see…’ she said with smile.

‘Means…? I asked her in confusion.

‘Means…why it is in the eighties…you can do it in thirties’ said and cut the call.

‘I understand the inner sense, my heart jumps with joy” said happily and stopped speaking.

Mahesh and Ramesh were listening with strange expression.

“After that we become close. The bond of smile develops. Problems of marital life also increase. Unexpectedly one day…"

‘I will give you a surprising gift this time on your birth’ she said.

*****

That day: 2005, January 15

Morning I received a message from Vassu. In that message she sent… ‘I am coming to Vijayawada. According to your wish, u can kiss on my smile... that is the gift from my side on your birthday. You come and sit on the bench, opposite to Krishnaveni Statue near Krishna barrage at 5’O clock, tomorrow morning. You can see this sweet moment in your lifetime, so I preferred message than call- Vassu’.

The next day morning I woke up at 4.30, reached Krishna barrage, sat on the bench which is instructed by her and waiting for her arrival. I received a message.

‘I will meet you in half an hour. When I reach there, I will send you a message with details of my identification marks’.

Then…I am waiting for her with hope. When half an hour completes…? Half an hour completed, she didn’t come. I think, in her view half an hour didn’t complete. But in my life, twenty years were over.

Srikar wiped tears unintentionally.

“What sir…why didn’t she come in half an hour” both asked sadly. 

 “I have no answer to your questions. I too have only questions, so many questions. ‘I hope she will come definitely’, that is the only answer I have. I eagerly anticipated her arrival for the past twenty years.

I envisage that she will be met in the future. I had completed all my responsibilities. I had done every work in my life with a perfect time.

One hour of Twenty four hours… I spent my unfulfilled desire.

My children settle down in life. My wife passed away. I don’t have any responsibilities, except…to meet Vassu. I look forward to meeting her. Okay boys, ‘It’s already 6’0 clock. Meet you tomorrow’ said Srikar and left.

‘Vasundhara garu must meet Srikar garu at any manner’, Ramesh and Mahesh decided after listening to Srikar story. Why didn’t she come…? In case she lost his number… are there any unexpected difficulties…” they thought.

They printed pamphlets as “Vassu…! Please call me” with his phone number 8686 459 458 and distributed in Tirupathi and Vijayawada. They hope that she will definitely come or make a phone call to him after looks at this pamphlet. It takes three days time for them.

The next day morning they meet Srikar. 

So many mischievous persons called Srikar in these two days. He didn’t understand why they were calling. He got indignation. But he lost it within one minute. His mind filled with joy. Because…

“I am coming Vijayawada tomorrow, I will meet you on day after tomorrow. I will send you message tomorrow evening”, this is the message he received from Vassu.

*****

Sixth Day:

Ramesh and Mahesh met Srikar immediately after they reached the place. 

Srikar looked so happy. Having seen them, “Hello boys… Where are you all these three days? Do you know I have to tell you more things…?” He said while approaching closely towards them.

They were very happy to see his happiness… “Tell me Sir”, they said.

“Yesterday I received a message from my Vassu. That’s her number. That’s the number I have been waiting for twenty years. She will meet me tomorrow. I am waiting for her restlessly for her arrival …today she will come to Vijayawada…Tomorrow I will see the beautiful smile…kiss that smile…”, he had fun as a child while talking about her.

 

‘Ramesh and Mahesh are heartbroken with joy. They had never seen such happiness. Was happiness so heavy…?’ They felt.

 

They came to know how good it is to be happy to see the happiness of the other, because they were enjoying it.

 *****

Seventh Day:

 

This is the day we went to flashback.

      Srikar is waiting for Vasundhara, because yesterday evening she sent a message that she will come to meet him. 

 

He can call and talk to her. But he wants to see each moment directly.

*****

The next day:

 

The sun rises in the east gradually. Today is colder than every day. The sweater that shatters him could not stop cold as a proof that he is shaking. But in the cold snow that feels warm to the heart …holding the pen in the hand and sitting on the bench, something is written seriously by Srikar.

 

Mahesh and Ramesh are observing him from a short distance, hiding behind a tree, they have some more tension than him. Ramesh wants to see, “whenever Vasundhara garu comes in…How Srikar garu kisses on her smile”. That’s also imagined by him.

 

Time is six…  

( What happends ? … Next follows )