It was a bright sunny day.She peeped through the keyhole and felt the warmth of the sunrays on her nose.It had been long since...
Rishu... someone bawled.A scramble , a swish of skirts and a yelp, yes dadda.
What are you upto?Come with me to your room.
Thump.tak.thum tak.
bang.
The fan whirred and the old tubelight hummed threatening to go out any moment.
All this did not bother Rishu.
She just ambled across the room, picked up and book and started reading it.But soon she was lost in thought.When i opened the door she was staring at the ceiling.
Wat's up Rishu??
Nothing , jst thinking.
I wanjt to hold a bouquet of flowers when i go to sleep.The fragrance and softness reminds me of mamma.A tear rolled down her cheek.She hastily wiped it off.
The lessons began.I taught her for an hour and left her alone.
I spoke to dadda.she needs a new maths teacher, she's bright and deserves better than me/.
He jst stared into the fireplace, his eyes as smouldering and dense like a smoky fire.Hmmm he hrumphed.Ok you get her a teacher.I'll be gone for a month so you'll have to stay here.
I nodded a yes.
The next morn he left and Allen came.
A former student of mine in school he was on a break for two months from college.Rishu jst knew he was a he and that bothered her.I assured her he was a kid too like her.She somehow agreed for lessons with him
The lessons began.He taught Rishu and i taught him how to.
In a week's time they became good friends.The weather cleared and one day Allen said- Rishu let's have the lessons outdoors.I jst said no before she could.
The lessons progressed.
One morn as i lay in bed with my arthritis acting up again, i heard people running around the main house.I peeped ouside to see Allen and Rishu sitting idly on the grass as the neighbourhood kids played.
Thank god rishu was sitting in the shade.
I stumbled across , Pulled Rishu inside as Allen looked startled, i finally told him- Rishu can die if exposed to sunlight.
He did not beleive me.
The next two days passed of peacefully.Then on the third Rishu went out and sat in the sun.She became violently ill in the evening and ni feared ther worst.Allen was asked to leave.
Then Rishu opened her eyes and said- Green looks good on you.Five years after the accident she could see.I was a miracle and no less.She sat up and began penning down something then looked at her fingers, now coarse from reading braille for years.She just smiled.She wrote all night and in the morn she just ....
The computer screen beeped , i broke out of my reverie.Allen and Dadda were finishing some filework , I looked out of the window, there was Rishu all covered in protective gear, with her two children among the flowers- It marked a meeting of three generations- her mothre(the flowers), Rishu and her two children
That morning she had boldly called Allen and asked him.How do i look?Poor fellow did not know she could see now.He jnust ranted praises .She told him to shut up.He came over.She gave him the treatise.She had proposed to him in 80 verses , the number of days they had known each other.He jst mumbled a yes and wishing her well said " when"
Ah how time flies. it was just a decade back when it all happened and do nopt tell me you did not know!!
PS- Inspired from Black and loads of mushy novels.Guys please excuse.It's a girl thing, they like happy endings. just could not kill Rishu after she got her sight back, coud i??
