Chapter 15: "A Father-Daughter Talk"

An unwanted smile I saw on my face when I looked at her name. As soon as I lifted the call, she started speaking non-stop.

I paused her for a second and asked, "Why did you call me?"

All of a sudden, she hung up the call.

"What happened to her?" I confused.

When I dialled her number, she didn't answer the call. So I tried her calling again and again but, she didn't even lift my call. On my 21st call to her, she lifted. I burst out at her behaviour with me.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" I shouted.

Everyone frowned at me as I forgot that I was in the hospital.

I lowered my voice and asked, "Why weren't you answering my all?"

"Harini," I said.

"Why did you call me?" she pointed.

I hummed and answered, "Be-Because you called me."

"But, I just called you once," she stated.

"So-So what?" I faltered.

I had no answer for that, and I remained silent.

"Okay then, I'm hanging up the call," she said.

"No-No! Wait! Listen," I hurried.

"My ears are in."

"Let's meet," I paused.

"In the hospital?" she asked.

"At my home."

"When should I come?" she asked.

"Umm... How about tonight?" I asked.

"I'm just like you, stupid," she smiled and cut the call.

My heart was beating fast, and I didn't even realise that I was asking her to visit my house tonight. Though she doesn't have parents, it wasn't right for her. My mind was trembling on both Prachi and Harini. I walked to Prachi's room and chatted with her for a while sitting in front of her. There was a bad feeling for her in my heart.

"Why am I feeling bad for her?" I asked myself.

As I was reminding my memories with Prachi, Harini was getting over me quickly. I had no idea why I was having a strange feeling uprooted in my heart. While I was staring at the ventilator, I remembered the day she asked me about her response to my proposal.

"Proposal?" I said with a confused look.

I took my phone; logged into the account and saw 50 unread messages from Harini. When I opened it, I saw greeting messages of her with love symbols and kisses every day. It shook me from all sides of the body.

"What is happening to you?" I questioned myself.

I scrolled up for the previous messages to check whether I proposed her or she was bluffing about that. When I got a chance to see that message, I got a call from Bhargav.

"Hi! Raghav."

"Hey! Bhargav, how are you doing?"

"I'm doing fine, thanks."

Before I say something; he said, "I called you that I'm coming your home to stay tonight."

"Oh!" I said.

"What, OH?" he asked and questioned, "Is there any problem?"

"No-Nothing," I stammered.

"I will be waiting for you," I said and hanged up.

When I looked at the message, it shocked me.

"When did I type this?"

"So, it is my fault."

"What did you type?" someone asked from the door.

I looked behind, and saw her dad entering.

"OH! Uncle," I smiled.

He walked towards me and shook his hand, "So good to see you, Raghav!"

I pulled my hand off as he held my hand tightly. We know that if someone likes you, they will shake their hand tightly but here, it was more than enough one could bear.

He asked me to leave them alone to have father-daughter talks.

"Have a good time with your child, Uncle," I smiled and left.

As I was a little far from the door, I heard my name in his voice. I put my ears on the door and started hearing what they were talking. Though it was a bad habit, I couldn't resist myself.

"Raghav is a good boy, Prachi," her father said to her.

"You've got a good choice, Darling."

When I heard those words, I stopped hearing them anymore and walked out of the hospital with joy.

"Hurrah!" I screamed.

"Hey, what's wrong with this idiot?" someone said.

I rolled my eyes near the reception and said, "I can hear you."

"We wanted to make you hear how we feel about you," someone shouted.

That voice was familiar. When I looked closely, I saw Sachin waving at me.

"Who said that?" I gestured.

He raised his chest with a proud and patted his back.

I hit my head and said, "Why, you?"

It was the evening at 7:30 p.m., and I already informed Bhargav about Harini's visit. He had no problem with her as he was started liking her company but, Bhargav wanted to tell me something important. When I asked him what that is all about, he just told one word "MOM."