“I will Live for you, My Love!” TwiNj OS
Let’s Begin,
Kunj kissed her forehead and then proceeded towards her Tummy, which had a small baby bump. Placing a kiss there, he hugged her. Tears flowing through his eyes, he said, “I m sorry Twinkle! You need me the most in this period of time but I m leaving you here! Plz forgive me! Take care of urself and my princess”. She starts, with teary eyes and a smile crept on her lips, “Don’t worry Kunj! I will take care of myself and ur princess too! I m proud of you Kunj, I m proud of you! Kunj come back soon! I will be waiting for you!”. He loved her. He loved her, for her this nature. How she used to wait for him. It’s been 1 month since he is back. He promised her to be with her in this crucial period of time but had to break his promise when he received the call from his senior saying to come back as soon as possible. And thus, he had to break his promise. She was used to it. Being a army officer’s wife she needs to be strong. He wasn’t ready to marry her at first because he thought, being a Army officer, he wouldn’t be able to give her the required time as a husband. But she stood adamant and married him. Yes she was proud of him. Risking his life for an unknown.
“I will be waiting Kunj!” Said Twinkle controlling her tears from flowing. Kunj knew her, he smiled and hugged her. She hugged him back. They stood hugging each other for several minutes, savoring each moment. Reluctantly breaking the hug, Kunj cupped her face asking, “are you okay?”. “Hmm…” Twinkle replied. “SOMETIMES WHEN I SAY “I AM OK”I WANT U TO LOOK ME IN THE EYES, HUG ME TIGHT, AND SAY, I KNOW YOU’RE NOT…!!!” thought Twinkle. As if understanding her eyes, Kunj hugged her.
“Kunj I will miss you!”
“But I won’t Twinkle! Cause, u are in my heart na and ur my heartbeat! So how can I miss my heartbeat!” Said Kunj smiling. A fake one. How his life is, Living in a battle field away from ur beloved, knowing that At any unexpected time u may loose ur life, a person needs to be strong, physically and emotionally.
“Kunj try to contact me!” Twinkle says.
Kunj just smiles. The place where his battle field is, devoid of any communication.
Kunj starts to leave and Twinkle keeps looking at him, trying hard not to cry, because it may make him weak. He knew she was broken but stood strong for him. Kunj was feeling no less and she knew it.
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That night, waking from her sleep, her mood swings, wanting for the ice cream made her get up. Her eyes starts to water thinking how he used to bring her ice cream when she used to crave for it at midnight. She looked at her tummy and spoke, “Don’t worry baby! We will eat the ice cream tomorrow okay? Mamma, cannot go down to kitchen na…, if papa would have been present then he would have surely get it for you! Plz forgive Mamma”
Crying and craving for him, she slept consoling her broken heart.
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One month had passed but not even one minute did pass when she didn’t missed him.
Craving for the panipuri, she went towards a panipuri stall. She was having some, when she saw a couple feeding each other. The woman had a big baby bump and her husband was feeding her. She imagined it to be her and Kunj. She smiled to herself and then realized that it was her imagination. Her eyes starts to water but still smiled.
“Pls be back Kunj! I miss you kunj! I miss you so much! Plz be back! I need you! I hope you are safe! I want you to make me eat just like that couple!” Says with teary eyes.
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Few Days Later,
Twinkle was working in a kitchen, preparing a cake for kunj as Kunj is going to come back today.
“Kunj I m so so happy that you would be back today! Finally my wait would be over. I just can’t wait to embrace you, to tell u how much I missed you!”.
When she heard the door ring bell. She gets happy thinking that finally her wait is over, Kunj is back. But, When she opened the door she saw a army man, he passes her a letter. “Kunj sir asked us to give you, in case if he didn’t returned back, and to be sorry, he didn’t! He is no more!” The man says with the heavy voice. She felt her world slip beneath her legs. Her knees went weak. But she manages to pass a smile to the army man. In return, he smiles back and salutes her before leaving. She closed the door and sat leaning to it. Tears started to flow from her eyes. She opens the letter,
“Twinkle, first please stop crying and read this carefully!
Hey My dear jaan,
Jab tak tujhe yeh letter mile ga shayad mai yahan se jaa chuka hunga lekin please tu rona math! Tu jaanthi hai na mai tujhse kitna pyaar kartha hun aur tujhe rothe huwe tho bilkul nahi dek saktha! Isliye plz rona math, plz mere liye aur humare princess ke liye! Plz rona nahi! Hamesha apna khayal rakhna! Mujhe miss math karna. Mai tho hamesha tere dil me rehtha hun na tho mujhe mehsoos karna! And plz forgive me! Mai tujhe tab chod kar jaa raha hun jab tujhe meri sab se zyaada zaroorat hai! Plz mujhe maaf karde! try to move on okay? Plz take care of urself and my princess!
Love you forever,
Urs and only Urs,
Kunj! “Kunj
(English translation of the letter!
Twinkle first plz stop crying and read this carefully!
Hey My dear Beloved,
I guess when you will get this letter, I may have left this world but plz don’t cry! You know na how much I love you and how much I hate your tears! Plz don’t cry at least for me and our princess! Plz don’t cry and take care of urself! Plz don’t miss me b’cause I m in ur heart na… Whenever you miss feel me in ur heart okay? And plz forgive me! I m leaving you when you needed me the most. Plz pardon me! And try to move on okay? Take care of urself and our princess!
Love you so much!
Urs and only Urs,
Kunj! ”
There were many places where the ink was smudged due to his tears. Twinkle’s tears too fell making it smudge more. Twinkle quickly wipes her tears and tries to smile.
“I know Kunj that u wanna see me smiling! So I would surely smile only for you!”
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Waking up at the midnight, and crawling to the left so that she can feel his warmth, only to realise, he isn’t there! All she could do was to see his photo and talk to him like he is listening to her
“I miss you so much. I miss ur touch! I miss ur warmth that makes me feel safe! But Kunj I won’t cry! i know.u won’t like it! I love you Kunj! I love you so much! ” Her eyes tearing up with every sentence. A lone tear which was trying hard to escape from her eyes, was successful. She quickly wiped it.
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Few days later, now Twinkle is in her 8th month. It was her check up today. She goes to her docter. While moving inside the hospital, she sees a couple moving out. The girl was pregnant and was having difficulty while walking so the boy was helping her to walk. She sees herself and Kunj in place of them and smiles. But soon her bubble of imagination breaks and her eyes fills with Tears. But she controls as the doctor calls her to her cabin. She moves inside placing palm on her big baby bump. “Ohh… Hello Mrs. Sarna,” the doctor chirped. “Hello Doctor!” Twinkle exclaims faintly, smiling before seating herself in front of the doctor. “Twinkle tumhare husband nahi aaye, tumne tho kahenge wo aane wale the! Plan cancel hogaya kya,” (Twinkle didn’t ur husband returned. U said he would come soon! Plan cancelled?”) said doctor making twinkle’s face gloomy. “He is no more doctor!” Said Twinkle with expressionless face. Doctor gets shocked. She feels bad for her. How she was happy before some days for his return but now he won’t be ever back?.
“Ohh… I m sorry Twinkle!”
“It’s okay doctor!” Said Twinkle with teary eyes.
“Twinkle how are you gonna manage! I mean You know na u need him the most in this period of time! U had none then him na…”
Being orphan, both had none for them except each other. “Yeah doctor! I don’t know but…” her eyes starts tearing up.
“Its… Its okay Twinkle! Don’t stress urself! It may effect ur baby!”
“Ummm… Yeah doctor!” Twinkle says smiling.
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Twinkle was talking to his pic.
“……….Kunj I won’t cry! I won’t cry! But what to do kunj! I don’t want to live without you! I have none Kunj! I need you Kunj! Kunj… Why you left me? Its really difficult to live in this world all alone! Kunj… I love you!” Twinkle says finally breaking down and venting out all her grief.
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3 years later,
“Kaira….. Kahan ho baby! Dekho mamma ko pareshan math karo! Baby please” Twinkle said requesting her daughter, Kaira, to eat the food fed by her. But our li’l Kaira is running all around the house making Twinkle go tired. Suddenly the door bell rings. Twinkle goes and opens the door. Twinkle eyes starts to water seeing the person. The person was Kunj. Even Kunj’s eyes starts to water. Twinkle suddenly hugs kunj tight, kunj too hugs back. “Kunj where were you? U know what I hate you but I love you more! U don’t know how much I missed you?” Twinkle says crying. “Twinkle, they had kept me captive for this many years! Now after so many years! I managed to run from there! But I missed you so much” Said kunj smiling. Kaira comes and pats Twinkle’s leg. Twinkle looks at her. “Mamma who is this uncle!” Kaira asks with much of innocence. Kunj looks at Twinkle with teary eyes and questioning face. Twinkle nods in agreement. Kunj goes on his knees and just tightly hugs Kaira. Kaira looks at Twinkle with questioning face. Twinkle says, “He is ur papa Kaira!”. Kunj breaks the hug and smiles at her. “Papa? My all friends have thier Papa! Means I too can have my papa now?” Said Kaira cheekily. Twinkle and Kunj smiles. Kunj takes kaira in his arms and Kaira hugs him tight. Twinkle looks at both of them and smiles. Kunj indicates her to join. Twinkle too joins and Trio shares the hug. Finally their Family is complete.
=The End=