Heart and Love | Airofeast

His chances of survival were good, but…

Dr. Aditi was unable to sleep that night, from morning she was feeling as if she needed to know something.

Dr. Aditi received a call, she rushed to save her patient, a doctor by profession, Aditi is a 60-year-old lady.

She needs to save this 25-year-old Arnav, a soldier in Indian Army, has got a bullet hit into his heart.

Dr.Aditi started rushing towards the hospital in her car, it was raining heavily.

She was driving the car furiously, and her heart was skipping the beats. The windscreen wiper was swiping water on her car’s screen rapidly.

‘Don’t go, please don’t go Arnav.’

She was profusely sweating, and removing hair locks from her face which were falling on her cheeks as she was moving them behind her left ear with her fingers.

Water logged in the entire area; and as she started slowing down her memories shuffled forty years back.

Dr. Aditi had just joined the Army Hospital. And she was asked to closely work with Dr. Akhil, who was a heart specialist. Akhil was a very jovial doctor. He never let Aditi feel, that she was a junior to him.

Dr. Akhil, being a heart specialist, always said- ‘Keep your heart big, and you can gift it to someone, someday.’

Heart and Love | Airofeast

Dr. Akhil’s aura had the best of love emitting from him. Any heart, be it of a kid or an adult always thrived in his presence.

Not a single patient’s heart would mind skipping their beating, when Akhil passed by their bed.

The army people used to get admitted in the hospital with bullet injuries, some of them used to get admitted with bullet stuck in their heart. Dr. Akhil along with Dr. Aditi used to operate the patients together, and new life bloomed back in them!

Dr. Aditi used to cook her food and everyday shared with Dr. Akhil.

Dr. Akhil used to love her food and lovingly called her ‘Chef’

BEEEEEEP… the car from behind honked loudly.

Aditi saw water logging is getting reduced. She started moving her car little fast.

Yes, Dr. Aditi had fallen for Dr. Akhil.

Aditi’s remembered her heart had skipped beating, similarly that night too, when Dr. Akhil was going with his medical kit towards the border in an army jeep, as injured soldiers needed his medical help.

While going, he looked at Dr. Aditi and said, ‘After coming back, I will gift you something.’

No, Dr. Akhil never returned. And Aditi knew the reason.

Coming back once again to the present:

Dr. Aditi reached the hospital, completely drenched in rain, she was climbing the hospital stairs and suddenly she remembered something

Five days back when Arnav, got admitted in this hospital for a bullet injury in his heart, had said to a nurse- ‘Finally, this heart will be with her!’

The hospital staffs and Dr. Aditi were indeed surprised by his words.

And how in this five days Dr. Aditi, though quite senior to Arnav in age had made an amazing bond of friendship with him, and how her cooked foods were relished with every bit by Arnav.

Dr. Aditi’s heart started beating loudly as she started walking, she was still murmuring:

‘Please don’t go.’

Aditi closed her eyes for a few seconds but opened them quickly.

She started running towards Arnav’s bed. A nurse was standing closely beside Arnav’s bed, as he was lying.

The nurse nodded her head very slowly and left the place.

It was too late!

Dr. Aditi saw a piece of white paper in Arnav’s fist.

Aditi took out the paper; it was found sloppily written :

‘My heart was big, but this time also I could not gift it to you Chef.’

If you Loved this Article then you might like these:

• Second Chance
• Nandini
• Chess Board
• Ardaas