That time..... When my parents died, I was very young. At that time, no one except my grandfather accepted me. Everyone turned their backs and left. A few months after that, my grandfather also died from illness. After grandfather's death, all those who turned their backs came back to me. That day, they treated me well. They took care of me very well.
(Aryan.. from today you will stay with your aunt. Your aunt will take care of you for the rest of her life.
No! no! Aryan.. you will stay with your uncle. Your uncle will take care of you for the rest of his life.)
Everyone wanted me to stay with them forever. But it was all a lie. No one had any interest in me. The interest was only on the property. They started to caress me. But only for few days.
Few days after my grandfather's death...
Everyone came and said, "Aryan... my boy, sign these paper please. Then we can take care of you."
(My grandpa told me before he died when he was very ill, "Arian... my boy.. If I'm not there and someone comes and asks for something from you at that time, never give it to them. No matter how much they love or how much they care about you. Do not give anything to them. Do you understand, my boy?"
Why grandpa? Where will you go?
No.. Grandpa won't go anywhere. But one day I have to go, right?
Aryan felt quite sad. "Why grandpa? Why will you go? You will be with me too.. So why will you go?"
Yeah.. my boy, I'll always be by your side. And I want to be. But even if everyone wants to stay by someone's side, they can't be there forever. Just like your parents. Your parents also wanted to be with you all their lives. But they couldn't. I also want to be with you. And no matter what, I want to be with you until you grow up.
Grandpa....
Hmm...
I'll also stay by your side forever...
Aryan's grandpa smiled, "Is that so!... You're really your grandpa's favorite boy. Well.... Did you understand what I told you earlier?"
Yes Grandpa..! I understand.. But grandpa.. I don't have anything, why would anyone want anything from me?
No, my boy, you have a lot of things that they don't have. So they will want to take them from you.
What do I have grandpa?
Hey, it's your parents' house. So, technically it's also yours. There are many more things. So don't ever do it if someone asks you to sign somewhere. Okay.
Aryan smiled and said, "Okay, Grandpa.")
Aunt Loly & Uncle Roshan: Sign here, Aryan...
But because of my promise to Grandpa, I didn't sign. And because I didn't sign, everyone left me again. After my parents left, Grandpa was there, but after Grandpa left, there was no one else. I was the only little boy in the whole house. I didn't know how to cook. So I had to bring food from outside and eat. Sometimes when I went out, some boys would beat me when I was alone. Why would they beat me? surely I don't know. Everytime they see me they would beat me. That's how I spent my days.
"Why does this happen to me?" I cried every day thinking about it. One day I went to the seashore and sat alone, a little away from all the people. Grandpa often took me to see the sea. Now Grandpa is not there to take me. So I went alone. I was sitting and watching the waves of the sea alone.
It's so much fun to sit alone and watch the waves of the ocean, right? (Girl's voice)
Aryan looked at the girl and started to think (When did someone come and sit next to me? I didn't even notice.)
The girl smiled while looking at Aryan, "Hi, I'm Sonia... Why are you sitting alone, looking at the sea?"
That the first time, I saw Sonia on the same beach where I'm watching her today...
Sonia was running towards me. Although I didn't want but also seeing her like this after all these years, tears started to well up in my eyes.
Hey Aryan.. You have tears in your eyes! Are you crying?
I'm sorry Sonia...
Sonia got little shocked. Hey.. Why sorry? You were fine until now, and now you're suddenly crying?
Hmph.. Nothing much. Something caught my eye.
Is that so? Ok than. Saying this, Sonia patted Aryan's head.
Aryan..
Hmm..
Sonia got curious about the watch that Aryan wearing. "What kind of watch is that on your hand? You haven't had it for a while."
In Aryan's mind...(Oh, I forgot about the watch. But the watch is showing the time like a normal watch now. It's 5:17 PM.)
Oh, this. I had it, but I didn't wear it all the time. I wore it sometimes. It's a gift from my father.
I see... never mind.. Let's go that way..
What about that side?
Hmm... I'll eat ice cream. Come on, quickly.
Sonia grabs Aryan's hand and started running with him... A strong wind is blowing.
Sonia... You'll get hurt...
Huh... What a weak boy! Don't need to fear. We are just running. Nothing will happen..
They buy ice cream and sit together on the beach and eat it.
Hey Aryan..
Hmm..
Today is a little different from other days.
Aryan got little curious, "Different mean? How?"
Um.. Nothing much.. It seemed different to me, that's why I said it. Never mind..
They sat like this and talked for an hour.
Sonia..
Hmm..
It's been so late. So we should leave now..
Hmm.. That's right..
They started walking towards Sonia's house. Aryan dropped Sonia home and started walking down the street.
At night... everything around is empty. There aren't many people on the street.
Aryan's mind: Yes... today is really different. Saying this, Aryan looked at the watch. "I should leave now."
Aryan selected the Future option from Past Watch.
(The host selected the Future option. You will be transferred to the future in 5 second.)
Huh.. Again...
(Count down has been started.
1
2
3
4
5
You have been successfully transferred to the Future...)
It's my bedroom.
Aryan jumped on the bed and lay down. He started thinking to himself, "what happened to Sonia? Whatever it is." he has no strength now. His hands are still bleeding. The television was on. But he didn't turn it off. He immediately fell asleep.
The next morning, Aryan woke up. The television is still on. A news is on. Aryan is about to go to the washroom than he heard a news report.....
[Last night, a patient from room number 302 at Apollo Hospital, Sonia, died inside the room due to a fire. The cause of the fire is yet unknown....]
Aryan immediately ran towards the television.... "No...no... It can't be.. why..! why...! why.....?"
To be continued...