It was her general call to Anand at 6PM in the evening after
the completion of her daily office hours.
“Hello Dear”, she greeted him in a tired voice of love which
is husky.
“Hi Mannu, Where are you? How was your day?” enquired Anand.
“Actually, I am thinking about the night”, She said.
“What?” he asked.
“Yeah, am alone and you know I can’t sleep in the room
without my friends” muttered Manisha.
“Everybody went to home.”
“Why can’t you?” He raised his voice and said, “Don’t say all
this nonsense. I have a lot of other things to deal with.”
She said, “Hmmm Ok. It was a good day. I am going to have
food at Ramu Kaka’s hotel tonight.” She again said, “I have to sleep but am
scared of nightmares.”
“See Manisha, I can never understand your cheap and childish
fears. I never heard a grown up saying these kind of silly issues. I can’t
share rest of my life with an immature,” he said irritatedly. She cried on the other side. There was a pin drop silence. He
shouted, “Don’t cry. Arghhh.” He said, “Good Bye,” cutting the call abruptly.
She knew it was silly but nobody said it was idiotic from
her childhood. She tried a lot to change herself after his repeated sayings. This
happened many times in their past. Not only in this issue, many such incidents,
led to this present quake in their bond.
He was totally rude and his words hurt her a lot. She was
deserted and tears were rolling on her red cheeks. He was not at all concerned
about her emotions. He never understood that ‘No one is perfect on this
planet.’ But she thought he would get this one day and comeback to
her. He too imagined the same that she would come to him.
She was sleepless. Lying on the bed and just staring at the
roof. At the same time, Anand lost in his thoughts.
He was looking at a white cup with a big red dot inside it. He
asked cup, “You are so fair throughout. Won’t you feel imperfect with that mark
within you?”
Cup replied, “Yeah Anand. I feel but I know I’ll be filled
with something which makes me perfect.”
He poured coffee in it. Now, Cup asked him, “Anand, can you
find the mark now?”
Anand realized that coffee in it made the Cup perfect. So he
got to know that ‘No one is perfect on this planet. To be perfect, everyone
needs to be coupled like the Cup and the Coffee.’
Slowly, everything faded away. He cognized that he was
dreaming. It was an eye opener to him in the trance. At once, he called
Manisha. His heartbeat raised and thoughts were rushing in the mean while. Whether
she would attend his call or not. He was totally confused.
Conversely, she sprang from her bed joyously seeing his name
on the screen. But she was bit thoughtful for a while and looked at the
pendulum clock on the wall. Again, she subsided all her emotions and slided the
green blinking light on the mobile. They both remained silent for some time.
Anand said, “Sorry, Darling. It was my mistake.”
And there was a pause.
She resumed, “It’s ok, Honey. Sometimes it happens.”
“Even then I wouldn’t have been so harsh.”
“C’mon Honey. I’m happy that you came back to me.” “By the
way, I know you can’t be without me,” she giggled.
Again, there was a spring in their relationship. Then on, he
tried his best to make her feel confident in her tough times.
©Kranthi Kiran Ale
02/09/2016
