"Can you please tell me in which room is Mr. Darshan Raval?", I asked the receptionist. "Third floor. Room 309", she replied and I passed a smile as I walked towards the lift.
I entered the corridor and saw Kritesh and Jyugal sitting on the steel benches at a distance. I walked towards them and quietly stood in front of them without saying anything. They looked up at me and their watery eyes turned wide. "Divya", Kritesh said in shock and they stood up. "Why... Why are you here? Is anyone not well?", Jyugal asked and I nodded. "Who?", he softly asked. "My V", I replied. "Where's he?", I asked and Kritesh pointed at the room 309. I went towards the room and as soon as I opened the door, Kartik popped up from the other side. He passed a pale smile to me and said, "Thanks for coming", and left the room. From the entrance, I saw him lying on the bed with his eyes closed and various pipes and needles pierced into his body. His condition made my heart ache and it dropped as tears made their way down my cheeks. "Please don't cry in front of him. He needs your support, don't fell weak in front of him", Kritesh said from behind and I replied with a nodd as I rubbed off my tears and entered the room. "V", I called in a trembling voice as I neared him. He forced his eyes open and looked towards me. His eyes were always full of life, but now, they were dull, they cried for help, they radiated the pain his heart carried. "Kartik, I aaked you to call my girlfriend Ditya, not Divya", he tried to shout but his condition didn't let him, and looked away. I ignored what he said and sat down on the stool besides his bed. "Go away", he said without looking at me. "This time, I won't", I stubbornly said. "I said just leave me", he shouted and suddenly kept his hand on his heart maybe because it ached due to the sudden pressure, tears turned my eyes watery but I managed to hold them back. "I won't, and stop shouting because you can't", I said back angrily. "Don't tell me what to do and what not to. Just meet who so ever you came to meet and go away", he said, he still tried to push me away from him but he didn't know that I know about his condition. "What if I say that I came to meet you?", I asked. "What if I say I don't need anyone to meet me, I am fine?", he mimicked. "And what if I say that you aren't and Kartik has told me everything?", I asked back and he fell silent and looked at me in shock. "Everything?", he whispered. "Everything", I said with a nodd. "Everything from how you wanted to push us away from your life when you needed us the most to how you have just simply given up", I added. We existed in complete silence for sometime. His teary eys looked straight into my mine and I continuously made my fists tighter in an attempt to hold back my tears. "I'm sorry, W", he broke down. "I'm sorry for that day, I know I shouldn't have talked to you like that, but I didn't have any other option, I didn't want you to suffer because of seeing me like this, but maybe I made you suffer even more", he said and I shook my head in disagreement. "You remember, the day I confessed my love for you, I promised you that who ever will make you cry, will cry for his entire life, and I'm the only one who made you cry, but trust me, there hasn't been a single day since then when I didn't regret or cried and cursed myself", he added. "I'm sorry for each and everything I have done, I made Kartik misbehave with you, I didn't tell you that he's my brother, but trust me, I never did it all with a wrong intention, it's just that, I didn't want to loose you. I know that what I've done isn't worth forgiving, but if possible can you forgive me? Can you accept me again as your V?", he asked and tears flowed down his cheeks. "I love you, V", I said and held his hand and a small smile stretched on his teary face. "I love you", I repeated in a whisper. "I love you too, W. I always did", he said and held my hand tightly. "Thanks for coming, I seriously wanted to tell you the truth before leaving this world", he said and my heart fell. "Shut up", I scolded. "You aren't going anywhere. The operation will be successful and you'll be definitely fine. You have to fight, V, for me, for the music industry who's waiting for it's next singing sensation", I said and rolled his eyes. "V, you can't give up like this. You're a fighter. You can do it, just stay positive", I tried to console him and he looked a bit better. "You are the favorite kid of all the mom's out their. I always thought being the only kid, I was her favorite, but I was wrong, you turned out to be her favorite, hah", I said with a chuckle. "I told you, I'm everyone's favorite. If you don't believe me, you can ask Bhakti", he said and laughed. I rolled my eyes and turned my fave away. "Of course, you're her favourite 'brother'", I said and he kept on laughing. Suddenly he started coughing and kept his hand on his chest. The smile on my face vanished and I stood up rubbing his back. He stopped and looked up at me smiling. "I hate you", I said and slapped his shoulder and started leaving. He held my hand and kissed it. "I love you too", he playfully said making me genuinely smile, after a long time.