chapter 9

"I wish I can see again..." he mumbled"Good night"And he is about to lie down on his bed but he found something next to him"What is this?" He tried to figure out what is that thing."Oh.... she forgot her diary here" "No worries ...  I'll keep it for you," he said with a lovely smile on his face.And he falls asleep holding that diary so dearly. In these past 11 months, it's the first time, that he is sleeping so soundlessly with this much comfort.Because of that dreamy sleep, he woke up with positivity and was eagerly waiting for her......Then he heard the sound of the door opening ... Click...clack and jumped in excitement"You forgot yo..." He did not even finish his talk when someone stopped him in the middle..."It's your medicine time Mr Aarav", It's a nurse."Did you say something?" the nurse asked him in an extremely happy voice she thought that he finally said something to her He had not spoken to her since the day he came there, but suddenly he initiated talking, she is so touched that finally, he is talking to her, but they are just empty thoughts in her mind...He did not say a single word after that. She tried talking to him but as always there is no reply from him, and she left with an angry face again...And a week after that he went through eye surgery.*Back to the present day*He put that letter down on the table and picked up the diary, there is a scribble in the middle and the name 'Manu' at the downright corner of the first page of that diary. It's a very beautiful calligraphic work with blue and purple ink, and there are also some corner designs.'Happiness is always in front of you, all you need to do is take a step forward'That is the line written there along with her name 'Manu', after seeing that, a bright smile appeared on Aarav's face. (P.s. I'm not sure what is the reason behind his lovely smile, that thought... Or maybe her name.)"Her scribbles are beautiful too" he mumbled.Suddenly his facial expressions changed..."No matter where you are, I'll find you soon... I promise you that," he said in a voice filled with the urge to meet her.Then He flipped a page, there is a picture of 'a waterfall' with small poetry..."A waterfall's crystal clear dropletsShining brightly in the sunlight,Gently splashing on my faceForming a lively smile"He remembered her words, [(when he asked her about that diary" what is it?" And she replied to him "My secret.")please refer to chapter-8] So he was very curious to find out what secret is hidden in the pages of that diary...So he hurriedly flipped to another page there is another picture, 'a view of a mountain' with another short poetry..."A mountain breeze flowing through my hair,Whispering sweet music into my ears,It's just like a painting, an outstanding art,Making me happy, fluttering my heart.On the next page, there is a picture of birds flying into the sky... And her feelings of that moment were written there again in a language of a short poem.There are so many pictures of different places and things and she mentioned her feelings about those things, in the form of sweet little poems... On the second last page, he found his picture... A picture in which he is smiling brightly. It is a picture taken in that hospital room where he used to live for the past eleven and a half months.There are two lines (short poetry) with his picture too..."I am short of words to describe your smile,I felt like... At this moment I have lived all my life."After reading that, a thought came into his mind 'Maybe she likes me too'... Now he is too curious to know about her, in that very moment he wants to meet her, he wants to confess his feelings for her. He hurriedly flipped the page again and found a picture of a girl.That girl looks too familiar to him but he isn't sure who she is, he didn't recognise her at first glance but he got a feeling that he saw that girl before somewhere, like... he knows that girl very well, but he can't recall anything about that girl in a picture, no matter how hard he tries. He is so lost in his thoughts to recall the girl in the picture, he didn't even realise that there was something written in her picture, after a minute when he got back to his senses, he started reading..."I hope you look beyond my ordinary face, a face that you once said pretty without even seeing me. I hope now you will see me from everyone apart and remember that uniqueness you found in me. I hope you will see the beauty, that relies upon my heart and won't criticize me.I don't know if you still remember me or not but I hope you will be happy forever."After reading that, he became more confused he didn't understand anything. Why did she write these things? As he said or did something bad to her in the past... What is the secret, that she was keeping from him in this diary... He is too confused, then a name below those lines caught his attention...And that person in the picture... Became clearer in his memory...