ICU

She was roaming out in the hall from last 6 hours. She was there from last two months and almost everyone knew her. She hadn't slept for last 30 hours. Nurse asked her to take a nap while the operation was proceeding but she refuse to do so. From last 4 and half hours she was waiting doctor to come out.

"How's he ?" She asked while expecting positive words from doctor when doctor came out.

"Sorry, He won't make it for long. You can meet him but you have to be strong and patient with him." Doctor said.

She entered the ICU. Nurse left as she entered. Now there were only two of them. She had never been to ICU so it was quite difficult for her to someone she loved on the bed with nebulizer and cannula.

"Hello Brother!" she said.

"Hey! Dida (sister)" he replied and she smiled.

"Shall I call it Broda ? I'm your brother and you are my Dida (sister), together we make Bro-Da. How's it ?" he asked.

"huh, you always do such stupid things. Don't you have anything meaningful to do ?' She taunted.

"Don't worry! Now I'll know how life would be after death" said he.

"Of course you wouldn't make it now because doctor said you'll live quite long so you have to wait. Unlucky you!" Said her being facetiously.

"I know what he must have said. You are just faking it. Don't worry I'll come to meet you. (coughed) By the way did you not bring something for me today ?" He said with a laugh.

"I brought your favorite chocolate for you, but doctor said you can't have them now, so I ate them." she said while trying to exasperate him.

"Tell him it won't make any difference if i eat them now." 

"Okay! Tell me what else can i do for you?"

"You don't need to do anything for me. You have already done a lot for me."

"I'm your guardian and it's my duty to fulfill your need"

"I've wasted a lot of your money." (coughed)

"Don't worry about that. I'll take every penny back after you get out of here."

"If I'll meet Mom-Dad up there, I'll tell them how much we missed them."

"First of all you are not going anywhere, and since you are not going anywhere then shut-up"

"Don't you miss them ? I do." (coughed)

"I never thought of that, because I have you and what if I miss them, they are gone, they will never come back."

"I too have you, but we don't have family."

"Who said that to you? I have my husband, my brother and soon a new member will arrive in the family" She chuckled.

"Your husband is very lazy, ask him to be little quick. He should exercise sometimes. His belly is growing faster than yours." They both laughed. He coughed for little longer. 

"Are you okay ?" She asked worriedly. She rushed to the door and called nurse.

"Ye.. ye.. yes i.. i.. i.. I am fine" He replied.

Nurse came and checked oxygen in his cylinder. She filled some liquid medicine in 10ml cyringe and injected that in his glucose poly bag. Nurse sensed something wrong there and asked the girl to go out. 

She was sitting out on a chair. Suddenly doctor came running. She ran to him. Doctor asked her to wait by showing his palm and without uttering a word. She returned to her seat.

About after half hour doctor came. She asked if anything was wrong there.

"His condition is critical. His lungs are affected badly. Sorry to say but he don't have much time."

"Please doctor, if you can operate once more and see if there is a possibility of getting him better, please go ahead."

"Sorry madam, I told you earlier his condition is critical. He doesn't have much time."

"Please Doctor."

"Please take care of your emotions while facing him in there." Doctor moved ahead.

She fell down on her knees. A part of her world was about to be shattered. She started crying and that could be heard in the whole gallery. People were wondering while watching a mature girl crying like a 10 year old kid. A staff member came and hold her to sit on chair, wiped her tears and tried to console her while another brought a glass of water, made her calm. They ask her go to wash her face and go to his brother in ICU, because at that time he needed her more. 

She entered the ICU and saw that except the nebulizer everything was removed. It was easy for him to move his hands.She sat on the bed near him, holding his hand, trying not to cry while her eyes were full of tears and they were struggling to come out but somehow they managed to stay there. She was continuously holding his hand and she was not willing to leave it, now she was holding more tightly. Nothing was said since she entered the room, but he saw everything in those eyes.

"Don't."

"What?"

"Don't hold my hand so tight, Its painful."

She put her head on his chest and started crying badly. He made her calm. She hugged him more tight. She never had this kind of thought ever in her life. She was too close to him, She could clearly listen to his heartbeats, whom she wanted to beat for the eternity. She was sobbing and listing to his heartbeat while at the same moment she had millions of other thoughts about those time when they were together. She did not want to say a word because first time in her life she was afraid to lose someone, and he did not brake this silence because first time in his life he was acting like an elder sibling, he had a little smile on face. 

In that silence the only thing that was reaching to her ears was those heart beats which were giving her feeling of music in her thoughts. Suddenly he skipped a heart beat and that brought her to her consciousnesses. Moment she could understood he skipped some more. Time she get up and tried to bring him to consciousness she realized that it was late. She tried to shout to call someone but she couldn't. She couldn't do anything but cry.