It was 19th of may. After a busy day he was alone in his room. His roommate had a date and was out for the evening.It had been days he hadn't asked for her howabout's. He went online and saw that she was online. He started the conversation as always asked about her life, future goals daily routine her fears, insecurities he mentioned about his hopeless life to which she replied with positivity and adviced him to take his time.It was late night and they shared their plans for the next day. He mentioned that the next day is his birthday, which was just like any other day cuz he had never celebrated his birthday ever. It was just like some normal day for him.She wanted to know why he doesn't celebrate his birthday. He replied with his ever pessimistic belief about birthday...
What is there to celebrate?...I am just moving a year closer to my death.
It was late at night and she was done for the day. He offered her goodbyes and went on to sleep.
He woke up in the morning. It was his birthday,to him it was just like any other day.Hardly two people remembered it. One was her sister who wished him on his watsapp and the other was his old friend from school. It was almost three years he had been living in that hostel yet no one knew about his birthday. He hadn't mentioned it on his social media and the rest is done cuz the reality for him was "no one cares" He went on with his daily routine classes, mess and self study. The day passed and it was six in the evening. He was in his room in his hostel and was reading some paperback about the "forty rules of love" written by the turkish best-selling women writer Elif Shafak set by shams-of-tabriz who influenced the famous sufi persian poet "Jalaluddin Rumi" the great.
Someone knocked at his door. He opened it, the guy mentioned that someone is waiting for him in the office. He came down from the second floor to the downfloor. Right beside the stairs there was the office. He entered the office and was "stunned".
It was her. Wearing a black dress and looking "as heavenly as ever". She exclaimed with her sugar to the ear iconic voice "Happy Birthday". He surely skipped some heart-beats and was mesmerized by her gesture. She asked the hostel warden if she could borrow him for the evening,to which the warden agreed with a deadline. She asked him to get ready.It was like a dream for him.
He dressed up with the best of his clothes and borrowed a jacket from his room-mate. They moved on towards the gate. They boarded on the SUV which she had driven to his hostel and went on the way to have "the most memorable evening of his life"......
The morning alarm rang, Indeed it was a dream......
P.S :- now guess who was the girl? ☺
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