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"Thank you for taking care of her" Her dad said and smiled at me.

I just nodded in reply.

The moment she walked out of the room I was sure I m going to miss her because she took something with her. 

My hope to live.

She give me hope and took it with her.

I was feeling so restless, I know I m not in love, heck what is love I didn't even know but it's something serious.

God please I want to meet her again. She gave a different kind of peace with her presence beside me.

My stupid mind and heart both are craving for that peace. I feel so light headed so tension free.

Like I won't die, I know I can't escape from death and I have already accepted it but I wish I could live for my family.

Even after so much fear of  death, I want to fight but I m sure I m going to lose it.

It's been two days since I met that girl, Gauri my condition is getting more critical. I knew I m losing this battle of life. I felt myself so loser. My mom was losing with me, my dad was crying at night when he thought we were slept.

Dad and Mom hadn't left hospital it felt like they were admitted with me too.

It's so painful.

I closed my eyes Tring to find solace in this tough situation but what I could find was darkness just like my life.

I remembered her tiny voice Don't worry Ganpati Bappa(god) will bless you and you will get fine.

I folded my hand and prayed to God "please god give me peace from all this pain I want to live without this pain or let me die without more pain"

But God had different intentions he heard my prayers which were from my heart.

Deep down I was knowing my peace was Gauri.

Next day Gauri came to visit me, I was so happy but my happiness turned into pain the moment I saw her plastered left hand.

"What happened to you? How you broke your hand? Gauri, is it paining?" I asked feeling pain deep in my heart.

She was looking towards mom with question full eyes, I wanted to answer her all questions but before that I need to know is she fine now? There was some huge feeling inside me to protect her.

"How are you? How all this happened?" I asked ignoring her question full eyes.

"Oh that, I fell from stairs while playing. It was paining so much mummy called papa and we came to hospital" she said.

"Is it paining still?" I asked feeling so bad. How I wished to take her pain at that moment.

"No I m fine now, I came here to meet you" she said smiling.

How I wish to see her clapping hands while smiling.

Just like time.

"Thank you so much for coming to meet me" I said feeling peace.

"Welcome, Om" I love the way she call me Om.

"Can I give you a cute nick name just like you?" I asked

"Hmm" she looked at me with her big confused honey eyes.

"Gishi" I said and looked at her smiling face.

"I feel it's a cute name just like you and no one else will call you with this name" I didn't know why but I wanted to feel her as mine.

Her smile grow a little more and her eyes twinkle with excitement.

"I like it too, you can call me Gishi" she said happily.

"You know Om if I would had met you little before I would had invited you in my sister's wedding" she said looking little upset.

"It's okay, I don't attend parties" I didn't remember when I last had a normal life out of this hospital. I only go out for test and checkups.

"But you should go specially in marriages, I loved and enjoyed lot's in marriage functions" she said smiling enjoying her memories.

I loved her face it's have so much glow. my dark life becomes brighter with it.

"I will marry soon please come on my wedding" she said suddenly giving me heart attack.

"What?" I asked frowning at my new friend.

"You don't know? We all will marry. You will marry someone too" she replied like I m 3 years old.

"You said soon?" I asked her.

"I want to marry soon like Didi I asked mom she said I can't marry untill I get big. But I m already big girl and I want to marry soon. I started to cry so mom said I will get marry soon. I will get marry like Didi and go to my new home leaving all" she said dreamily.

"Isn't she to young for all this" I mumbled to myself

"What?" She asked.

"Nothing" I said feeling angry with her words.

"What happened don't you want to marry?" She asked.

"No why should I marry, I m not enough big for that" I said feeling scared with the thought.

But am I going to survive for marriage and all?

I had a tear in my eyes.

I had been trying to stop my tears and emotions Infront of my family.

But now I think I can't.

I cried Infront of Gishi without thinking anything else.

I felt soft touch on my cheeks when I looked up I saw her big honey eyes looking at me "don't cry you can marry without getting big now also"

I didn't get what she was saying.

"My uncle said if I will be a good girl then he will marry me soon to a good guy. You too be good boy your parents will marry you soon" she added.

I didn't get what she meant but the thought of her marrying was unsettling, it was creating havoc on my heart on my peace.

Even after she was my this close the thought of being away from her was cruel.

With all the problems and thoughts I started to cry more maybe the thought of her marriage was more disturbing then my death.

"Don't cry Om" she was now sitting so close to me on bed wiping my tears "be good boy, if you won't cry and be good boy then I will ask my uncle to make us marry" 

With her words I froze and looked at her, I found her still saying something her lips were moving but I wasn't in a sense to hear anymore. My world stopped with those words.

"Will you marry me?" I asked out of no where surprising me.

"Hmm, I don't know Om how groom and bride get set for marriage does they buy? I didn't ask mummy how she got papa or how they will buy a groom for me, but I will talk with uncle about our marriage" she asked looking so confused and cute.

"I know how they do that" I said.

"Really you know?" She asked smiling so happily at me.

"Hmm, parents choose best match for their child or once child grow big they choose by themselves. No buying selling" I said and shook my head negatively.

"So?" 

"So will you marry me?" I asked hopefully looking at her.

She was thinking, I don't want her to think and say no. I can do anything to keep her in my life. The peace I found in her is incredible.

"I will give you chocolates and play with your doll" I said remembering how my school friends complaint how his sister loves to play with dolls and how she irritates with stupid Games.

"Okay, you will play surely with my dolly?" she replied with smile.

I happily nodded my head.

Thank to Siddhartha's sister's stupid doll games.

"Promise me you will marry me" I said offering my one hand with other I wiped my tears from both eyes they were already dried on my face.

"Pinky promise?" She asked nodding her head in question.

"No just a promise" 

She held my hand in handshake manner "I will marry you promise" she said so cutely.

That was our first promise and I was sure as hell to keep it and make her mine.

Present

I look at Gishi she is having tears in her eyes looking down. I slightly pull her to me. I wrap my hands securely around her waist owning her. I m glad we kept that promise and we are together here in this moment.

I kiss her forehead. She hugs me, I smoothly run my hands on her back rubbing. 

I look at Dandi and Ranveer they seem happy but they too have little tears in their eyes.

"So the answer for your question no we didn't had love marriage, we didn't had arranged marriage it was a promised marriage" I say.

They both smiled at me "It's the most unique love story I have ever heard, the way Gauri is behaving, I doubt she wasn't aware of all this" says Ranveer.

"She didn't remember me when I met her next time after that hospital friendship, that memory, that friend was long gone" I say with smile.

Gishi brakes the hug and looks at me I wipe her tears "you are still same pouting and crying like baby"

"So what happened next? Was your love story was easy from there or you went through up downs" asks Dandi with smile.

"Well I can say our love story went through more downs because she wasn't aware of anything in future and her memories were my ups, in my heart, in my head. She was my strength" I said.

Flashback

Gishi used to come once in a week for hand's check-up. I was little sad I thought it all because of my prayer to God. But I can't do anything other than getting happy.

At least I was getting chance to meet her once in a week.

We both became good friends are parents were happy for us they got friends too. My condition started to get better I was finally hoping for a future, I had found my hope, my strength, my power so I was fighting with all the problems.

One day doctor suggested we should shift to London for better treatment. My dad arranged money with difficulties. Because he didn't want to compromise with my health.

I didn't want to go away from her but I was knowing if I want to live with her happily forever than I need to come out of that deadly disease.

But before we can go our parents come to know that we have promised to marry each other.

It was a huge shock to them but I had stubbornly said that I don't care it's wrong or right but I will marry only her. Her dad was so angry on me. He didn't like the fact that her daughter made me friend now this was last blow, he separated us.

I missed giving chocolates to her, her smiles her, innocent eyes and our friendship. I begged to my parents that I want to meet her once before going to Delhi.

But Gishi's dad was not agree, but her mom was good when my mom called her I talked her and requested to meet her once before going to London.

Don't know how her mom convinced her husband but they came to meet at airport. I was more than happy. I saw her and savour the moment this will keep me energetic to fight for my life.

Gishi was upset, she was sad with our separation and her dad had shouted her so, she stopped talking about marriage.

The moment I saw her, I gave her chocolates, her favourite ones.

For my surprise she bring a Rubik's cube she offered that to me "Om learn to do it all then after coming teach me" she said innocently.

I smiled and nodded at her. I was doubting whether it was my last meet with her.
Her mom show my unsure expression, she smiled at me and said "you will get fine don't worry" 

"I will pray to Ganpati Bappa and also to his dad Shankarji to make my Om healthy" Gishi said in cute voice.

My Om

"Gishi do wait for me I will come" I promised. It was our second promise.

Present 

"Thank you so much Gishi for keeping both the promises" I kiss her hands.

It must be shocking for her knowing all this but I m sure she will not feel bad.

She already knows about my health condition mom told me how she came to know all that.

"So what happened later you fight with the desease and come back to your Gishi" asks Dandi.

"I couldn't come back to her like I had promised because there was another problem"

Flashback

When I reached London I got more better treatment by more capable doctors. With one hope of having a life with Gishi. I won the fight of life.

It was very tough it wasn't for my mom dad's continues fight I couldn't had won it.

I can't be ever enough thankful to them they gave me life twice.

When we returned India it was more than a year I wanted to meet Gishi but her father didn't let me meet her. I had already started to fade from her memories.

She didn't recognize me when I met her, I was broken at that time I didn't know how to handle. She was in my thought in my memories there wasn't a moment when I didn't thought about her but she forgot me in a year.

My parents doesn't wanted to see me more broken so we shifted from Mumbai. I always begged to my dad to meet her. Dad tried to convince her dad but he wasn't ready.

So, dad after seeing my that condition thought to let me meet her without his permission. I was only allowed to see her from far because she didn't remember me and if I tried to talk with her and she said the same to her dad than it will create problem so I never tried.

I looked at her and just smiled.

It gave undefined happiness.

She was like my addiction which I can't let go I was needing her most. Her glimpse was enough for me to survive

But slowly I started to change when I got little big, After I entered in teenage. My need towards Gishi changed I was getting desperate to make her realize that I was her husband.

And one day I did big mistake of my life.

How was the chapter did you guys like it?

I hope I didn't disappoint anyone.

Does her dad took right decision?

It's the their love story, their promised marriage.

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What's next? Any guesses what he did wrong.

It's so close to end, hardly 3-5 more chapters.

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