For The First Time!

Tara found herself numb when she opened the wardrobe! Clothes of her parents triggered the painful and the sweetest memories of her at once! She let out a sigh only to gather herself, and her hands reached in to search for a nice outfit that could suit him! Her hand settled on one particular suit! Caramel suit and trouser with plain white shirt! She smiled, this was the one her father wore on his birthday, well....the last one! Her hand slowly took it out from the rest, and decided to give him this one, she didn't know why she thought to offer him the specific one, but she thought it would fit him! This was special....but... it's alright!

She with a sigh again closed the door and got out of the room, a lump settled in her heart as she closed the room's door! She then made her way to the room she alloted him, as her eyes searched for him, her glance settled on the bed, specifically on the white shirt that lay, and the stains of her own blood! She recalled the moment when she embraced him and thanked him! As she thought about all what had happened, through the corner of her eyes, she saw him coming out of the restroom, shirtless! Tara tilted to look at him, and their gaze got locked!

Her eyes scanned him, his wet hair, and those hazel eyes which seemed to glow! Her gaze went further down, finding it's way along with the water that dropped down his hair, cheek, jaw, neck, chest and then... "I don't understand the way of you getting benefitted by staring at me like that!" said Aryan who was taken aback and also was wondering at same time! Though her eyes scanned him, her face was blank, with no expression! How could someone be?

Tara looked up at him with that same straight face, "Nothing beneficial....as of now!!" she added the last part almost rolling her eyes away, but her gaze now was fixed on the mirror that was reflecting his back, and her eyes widened, and soon she looked back at him!

Aryan was again taken aback by the way she looked at him now as if she was about to scold him! But still she kept the same face! It was all her eyes that spoke!

"You might be a fool to not get treated even after visiting the hospital!!" she scoffed!

His brows raised when she realised what she meant as he looked back in the mirror then her, "I won't mind being a fool!" he said with a shrug! She shook her head in disapproval!

"Go and bring the first-aid kit from that desk!" she said nodding towards the shelf beside the mirror as she made her way to the couch after placing the clothes she brought for him gently on the bed, which was till now on her lap! As she moved to the side of the couch moving the wheel chair herself, she looked at him, "You don't have to!" he protested!

Do he have a wish to argue with her everytime they spoke? "Listen!!" she said just that and he sighed and followed her, getting seated on the couch after handing her what she asked for! She silently started cleaning his cut which looked deep, unknowingly she found herself concerned! "How did it happen?"

He sighed, "Broken pillars!!" he said just that and she understood! She cleaned the blood first then went to aid the wound and they both went silent and she spoke again while applying medicine through cotton. "Sorry!"

He was taken aback, "For....what?"

"You had to suffer it too!" she explained.

"I am your doctor!" he said defending even though it felt weird to say it when she was actually doing him the first-aid, and as if understanding him, she chuckled! And soon her hands came forward making their way between his arms and he stiffened. It felt weird, not that he was half naked and she was bandaging him, but that she was close! He never had someone this close to him! He moved ahead with a sudden jerk as soon as she completed as if wanting to move away from her, making her chuckle again!

"Let me know if the suit doesn't feel comfortable!" she said and turned the chair back to leave! He just looked at her leaving figure and then his eyes fell on the cloth she brought! He reached and took it, only to see a beautiful family celebrating, 'Happy birthday papa!' the girl exclaimed as her father lifted her up embracing, her mother smiled, and they cut the cake! The girl held on to the coat as her father made her have the cake!

Aryan opened his eyes, she had a... beautiful family!!

Not letting himself distracted, he soon got ready and went out, only to see her resting her head back against the chair, and eyes closed! His gaze fell on the bandages, her head, it would have hurt a lot! He took a deep breath and went to sit across her, as he did, he took his coat which he left in the living room before getting into the room to change! He was about to write something in the dairy that he took out from the coat, but soon her voice stopped him and made him look up at her!

"What are you doing?"

He frowned, "I said I will be noting down your visions!"

She leaned forward, "Let me....do it this time!"

He just stared into her eyes just as she did and without saying anything, he handed her the book and the pen, she took it, noted down the date, time, and what she saw, and at last, she wrote 'I changed it!' a tear fell down on the page, she shook her head and scribbled the last part, and wrote, 'We changed it!!' instead and just with that she closed the book and looked up at him who was still staring her in silence!

"Thank you!"

He said nothing but inward he wondered! He is a psychologist, studied about human behaviour, yet he couldn't understand this woman! She had thanked him the moment she embraced him before collapsing, but then after regaining conscious, she returned to her usual self, ignorant, cold! And now, she is thanking again, how could he perceive her? In which way? She was really unpredictable!!

"You made me.... believe in myself! Completely! For the first time!!" she smiled finally!

"Then... don't lose that again!" he said completely now knowing that the reason she lost belief in herself was not because of fear but fed up, fed up of trying and failing everytime! Perhaps she waited for hope or the end!

She chuckled, "I hope so!"

"May I ask you something?"

He frowned, she was asking permission? He just nodded, "Can you be genuine?"

He said nothing and finally she asked it out, "Why did you believe me?!"