Martin

In the realm of strength, power resides,

Unleashing potential, where boundaries subside.

With might and will, the world shall bow,

For true power lies within, a force to endow.'

-RAINA

'Hey babe where were you? You know I was waiting for you in the parking lot but you never came and picked me up' she said. 'I am sorry love I was just quite tired after the practice and I accidentally overslept due to exhaustion, I am sorry Love, But I promise you that I'll try my level best to make it up to you, I am so so sorry’ I was actually feeling guilty about oversleeping but could not help it when I actually was too tired to even think of anything else and I just slept, I hope she understands it.. ‘Hey, look at me’ she softly spoke and her words were actually affecting me. And I looked in her eyes which was as deep as an ocean where I could swim and get lost, Hell I already did! She continued speaking ‘It is completely fine my love, the most important thing to me right now is you and nothing else, your health matters to me and nothing else, please don’t promise me something which leads to compromising your health just to make me happy because I would not like it at all’ now what should I even say to her, when I see her, I always feel like I don't deserve her and someone much better does but hell I will let that happen, she is already mine and I am going to try my level best not to lose her. 

Sometimes actually everytime life has something already sorted out for the person, if your future does not have love and prosperity in it then no matter what, you won’t get it any how and that is what happened to me, I was more than happy to have her as my life, my partner. Having her always made me feel alive, it made me want to go home because there would be someone waiting for me, worrying for me, praying for me. That is when a house made of four walls having bricks and some furniture turns into a home. 

She spoke in her soft yet melodious voice, ‘Come, Let’s go and eat. I am starving and then we will go to our place.’ ‘That is okay I'm alright and doing well, let’s just go and explore a place which I have in my mind and you know what!’ Although it was a terrible start to convince her but then again It’s not like I care till the time I get to spend time with her awake. ‘What?’ she asked, confused. ‘Nothing’ I teased her knowing that she has no patience and on the contrary I love testing her patience. She looks so cute and more beautiful while she is angry and I love that thing of hers hell I love everything of hers.

‘Just say it already’ she said in her fake angry voice which immediately brought a smile to my face and I continued teasing and flirting with her till the time we reached the place. 

‘This is so beautiful!’ She exclaimed and relief took over me that she liked the decoration and my surprise but the next thing really paled me since I was thinking to propose her for our marriage, ‘Well this is beautiful place and perfect time to propose someone if you want to of course’ well she really is a good guesser but I need to make sure not give her slightest hint of what is happening next and then again who would I be kidding to? This is freaking difficult.

She saw my pale face and said, ‘Why does it feel like you are feeling nauseous?’.... Great, Just great I am probably looking like a sick person who directly got from hospital just before proposing to my girlfriend. 

We reached the centre and I was going to sit on my knee when she hold me and herself sat on her knees and that took me into whole greater shock and she said, ‘I always dreamt of a peaceful life, a loving and caring husband and kids and we would be living a small home of ours laughing and teasing and caring for each other, I want to wait for you to come back at home and spend time with me, with us, I want to be mad at you when you injure yourselves although I know that I wouldn’t be able to stay mad at you knowing you have a way of your words which somehow melts me’ this line made me chuckle and she continued ‘I want to scold you and our kids when you do something absolutely crazy, I want have loads of fun and lastly I want you to be with me through thick and thin no matter what. I finally gathered my courage for this some days ago when one of my colleagues overheard you saying that you were going to propose to me and today when you were almost posing yourself I realised that you are going to propose to me today but I could not let that happen since I wanted to do it first. So, Marry me my love’

I was overwhelmed by the feeling and was so happy about the same and no sooner had my head nodded in yes that she hugged me tightly, I couldn’t stop myself from teasing her, ‘You forgot to add “will” in the start to make it a question you know?’ ‘Well I didn’t want to give you an option so..’ she shrugged nonchalantly. Well I didn’t even want one ‘But you still should give me options you know? What if I reconsider my deci..’ ‘Don’t you even dare to think about it or else I'll sue you!’ my lioness growled ‘Okay love you should calm yourself’

And before she could open her mouth we heard a gunshot. I turned around to see who did but couldn’t get the idea who did it and I felt her grip tightening around my hand and I turned only to see her in one of the worst conditions I could imagine her being, her breath became heavy and I could see the blood pool being formed.

No One

He went on his knees with her in his lap and carried her towards his car, made her sit on the seat and fastened her seatbelt before himself sitting in the driver seat and driving as fast as he could. HE carried her to the emergency ward of a hospital where nurses and doctors further took charge of.

Seconds changed into Minutes. Minutes changed into hours and he still was kneeling down in front of the ICU unit sobbing where tears were spilling out like rivers. This was the first time he cried in those 10 years of his life after joining the dangerous club. Soon the doctor came out of the ward and and he stood up wiping the tears and hope clearly visible in his eyes; hope to see her again, hope to get a glimpse of her melodic laughter and beautiful smile, hope to live once again, hope to again go on a trip, hope to tease her and irritate her, Hope to live once again like a joy filled soul instead of soleless body.

All of those were crushed down just by a mere three word sentence, ‘She’s no more’. He had anger, pain, frustration, dizziness and every negative emotions filled within him and today when the person who could control it, the person who’s mere image is enough for him have control on even the worst of feelings is lying lifeless in front of him and he can’t do anything is what is making him feel like he has nothing, he lost every single inch of him.

(Present)

His eyes jerked wide open and he was sweating badly. He Drank some water, practised deep breathing and glanced backside and saw Anahita sleeping peacefully like she is not under pressure of a certain powerful mafia boss or a person who lives their lives to the fullest with no worries.