She Was Not As UGLY As You Thought

So here Aliya activates her acting mode. Now she is aware of almost everything that happened from here. So she had to just act in the best way possible, Although she wasn't that good at it.

Aliya put a big question mark on her face.

"Yes, you heard it right. For your surprise, let me remind you that you had spent... Well.... Should I continue? You are still weak. I do not want to give you a shock."

"N-no I-I am okay. You please continue."

"Hmm, so I won't be responsible if anything happens to you, will I?"

"Are you saying this sarcastically or are you actually asking me?"

"Whichever way you want it to be."

"You won't be responsible. Please continue."

"Do you remember your first internship with a hospital?"

"Yes. It was Forris Hospital. Is this the place where YOU were admitted?"

"You caught it right!. The patient named Rishikesh...

"Who became my dear friend in a week and then I lost touch with him in a few months."

"It was none other than me."

Aliya had a urge to lash out at this man who was in disguise for so many days and with whom she had shared everything like a fool. Her emotions were no longer able to hide themselves behind her face and they finally became visible to Rishi. But still he couldn't guess it right.

"Okay, okay! I know you are angry at me, shocked, puzzled..... But yes, it was me. So now you know how my appearance drastically changed."

'I am not even shocked nor puzzled. I am just angry at you Rishi! I wish I could tell you the truth. But Ifear that you will again go crazy.'

"Yes, I-I am slowly remembering everything." she said not loosing her cool.

"You were appointed only for two or two and a half weeks. But you made me fall in true love in such a short span, Aliya! You were in-charge of the floor where my room was situated. Although there were many others who had mild problems roaming around you, in awe with your generosity, you still chose me to be your temporary friend. Of course you didn't do that deliberately. But ask yourself why that happened? You shared with me everything, which was a huge burden on your heart. I remember you told me, I mean Rishikesh, that you felt better after spending time with me before you bid goodbye to the hospital. You exclaimed that God listened to your plead to remove this heavy weight from your mind. But God blessed one more person at the same day we met in the hospital... It was me. I had prayed to give me a chance to see you again. And he blessed me with the shortest two weeks but the best ones of my life."

"At that time, a thought was striking my head innumerable times. Why such a pretty normal person has landed up in a mental hospital? I don't know why your dad changed your real name and kept a fraud one to admit you. I don't know what grudges your dad held for you, but that was beyond ruthlessness!"

"If you admit it that this was ruthlessness, then shall I call you a ruthlessness being?"

Aliya again was dumbstruck by this question.

"I bore everything that my own parents did to me. But this is not the case when it comes to you. I can't bear your rude attitude for me. I went crazy when you were not by my side for years, but now that I can finally see you, I am feeling that I too have emotions like humans do. When you returned, my life seems to have a reason to smile for, to live for, to care for. Even if you don't forget, please forgive me. I beg. If you are still that rigid, then I have to narrate everything further. But you should have enough guts to say yes. Unless you are willing to hear me, I can't take this forward."

And yet once again, she walked down to her memory lane. The kind of shock from which she had just recovered; a shock by hearing those dreary incidents from Bhavna were going to be repeated. And she had to hear it again, even if she herself didn't wanted to. But her heart, a biggest fool in the world, wanted her to do so.

Aliya had a strong imagination power. So if anyone narrated her a story, she would imagine it in a fraction of a second. And by mere imagining those scenes from Rishi's life, she collapsed. What if it had happened to her? Here comes her second power; empathy. Suddenly, she felt like what she had to suffer through was a bit less than what Rishi faced. But does that mean she will forgive him?