Chapter 1
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Fahad’s room mate rushed to tell us on that Friday evening,
′ your friend doesn’t want to eat anything for straight three days and nights and he had been silently shedding tears like someone moaning death of relative. ′
′ Do you know what’s wrong with him?′ I asked inquisitively
‘He never spoke to anyone since three days ago , the situation is worse ’ he replied
We quickly contacted him to verify the reason behind it firsthand. But unfortunately, Fahad wasn’t answering our call.
′ what could have caused this nonchalant attitude all of sudden ?′
I and Ali kept inquiring rhetorically without finding a cogent answer. The Fahad we knew used to attract food himself like magnetic field not food attracting him any more. That’s the exaggeration of his love for food.He would say by himself
′ only God will separate me and food ,nothing else.′
Now,that same person hadn’t eaten for three days not because there was no food, but for sadness sake’
′ has he been given stray bullet of heart break?′ Ali tried speculating.
Truthfully, the three of us used to have a bond as sturdy as a rock,I ,Ali and Fahad.That’s why we would always care for one another.
′ has he ever told you about having a girlfriend?′ I asked Ali but he shuddered his head. We never knew fahad as someone who hangs around with ladies , neither was he a person that could easily become heart broken. If it was family news,we would have heard it from him . As we kept insinuating the cause , my heart lead me.
‘Ali let’s go.’ I said speedily, feeling extremely concerned about the breaking news. With my white jalabia ,I hurriedly set out to check on him. My mind wasn’t so settled ,but everything kept delaying me like agents of the devil. I wanted to sip a water before leaving, unfortunately my ceramic cup slipped off my hand and broke into pieces. It took me additional time to cleanse up. After that, my cloth got stuck on the door hinge and got thorn. I had to change to another outfit before leaving the house with Ali.
We boarded a tricycle to reach his hostel. As we finally got to the destination. What we saw was not the Fahad we used to know. He was outside ,sitting on a rock and scribbling on the sand with stick. He seemed puerile with his action. From afar,we noticed his mood. Intitially,he would welcome us with his loud voice from afar. But this time he wasn’t paying attention to anything. Not even his breath could he feel nor the light from the fading sun. The sky served as withness to this juncture. We already confirmed it was true.
I and Ali snappily walked up to him. He raised his head with a distorted mood. The next thing we saw was tears rolling from his eyes.
‘Fahad is crying, what the hell’ I thought to myself .when did that start,what happened to warrant this first sight tears.
‘Fahad! Fahad! what’s wrong with you ’ Ali shouted in perplexity.
’He stared at us without absolute reticence, while tears keep rolling from his eyes down his cheek, with deep depression as its particles.
I was as stupefied and flurried as anything unimaginable. I despised seeing people in such mood.
‘Fahad,please talk to us’ I pleaded with him. He took a sigh of relief in catharsis and pronounced slowly
′ I trusted her so much,I cherished her so much, i dreamt of her so much,but why did she have to worsen life for me ? why would she stab me on the back ,kill me without burying my corpse. Why will she do this with my own familly’
‘And what’s that,who is she?’ Ali asked . Haplessly,that was the last thing he said before gradually losing his steady breath . He passed out instantly. We had to take him to the near by hospital in hurry. It was so much we couldn’t understand at all.
‘Sometimes sadness is our only way to resent life. For that i will never give it a chance’
that used to be his best quote. Then what was wrong,why was his thoughts dispersed like the broken ceramics I left at home before coming.
