Relinquish (Story Of Sixteen)

Seetha went near a tall building and was searching for Ram. Suddenly, there was a sound of smashing of glass pieces of a bottle fallen from somewhere. It was fallen next to seetha where she was standing.

She moved a step back when she saw the glass pieces of the bottle fallen down. She lifted her head up to see how the bottel got fallen. she can't see anything as the building was so tall to find it's top. so she stepped away from the bottom of that building after cleaning the glass pieces Which were broken.

She saw a man was lying down on the top corner of the building. She thought to herself "Whether that guy who was lying there is Ram?". She can't able to see that guy's face exactly.

She went inside the building and saw that the lift was repaired. So she took the stairs to go up. When she was walking upstairs, her only thinking was "Is it Ram? If it is Ram, what is he doing there? is he upset of something?"

She was walking upstairs again and again and again but didn't stop. At some point she felt tired as her knees started paining and her breathing was also heavy.

Seetha didn't know how much floors are there in this tall building because she had never visited here . She thought how that guy who was at the top of the building came upstairs.

She finally reached the terrace of the tall building and went near the guy. When she saw the guy's face it was Ram as expected. She saw him lying on the edge of the terrace with cigarette on his hand.

She was afraid of the height and thought with a fear in her mind "Will I make him come down on my own or will I make him fall down?" She prayed to her favourite Lord Ganesha and called his name "Ram".

At first he didn't reply later replied "hmm" by opening one of his eyes looking at her. Seetha smiled akwardly as she don't know what to do or say to make him come down.

Seetha finally gathered all her courage that existed in her as she is always a positive person who thinks and expects only positivity. She asked "Ram, Why are you here?"

Seetha continued when she didn't hear any answer from him "Your friends are searching for you all over the city." Ram still didn't respond anything.

Seetha felt that he was drunken as he was holding a cigarette in his hand and a few minutes ago, she saw the alcohol bottle fallen down from him but he was not drunken that much. So she called Lisa and informed that she found him. She send the address and Lisa with his friends reached there half an hour later. They also felt painful to walk up on the stairs as the lift was at repair now.

When they reached the terrace, they saw Seetha standing near Ram who was lying down at the edge of the building. Balu noticed the cigarette on his hand and went near him, made him stand up and brought him from the edge to centre of the terrace. Balu slapped Ram that made Ram to fall down.

Ram lifted his hand to slap back at Balu but stopped. Balu shouted madly "Beat me, Why did you stop?". Everyone pulled Balu from Ram and scolded Balu for beating him. Seetha understood that there was a big problem between them.

Balu didn't respond to other's scoldings but just looking at Ram who got up on his own. Ram didn't even look at them. He just looked at the floor as he don't know what to say. Balu's eyes were now getting filled with tears. A straight narrow tears spilled down from his eyes.

Everyone noticed that Balu was crying. They asked him "Why are you crying?" Balu still didn't look at them instead looking at Ram's eyes expecting Ram to see him. Ram saw Balu when he heard the word "crying". Balu went near him and spoke with the tears falling down from his eyes "Ram... please stop this... please stop this for us." Ram didn't speak instead felt heavy hearted hearing Balu's words.

Balu said in the same tone "Ram...Leela is your past...We are your present and future...We all know you are not feeling well because of Leela and drinking for Leela but... we are there for you... we are still with you... I know you can't come out of this easily and suddenly...and we can wait for you to forget all of this things... Drinking and smoking won't help you to come out of this...it will make your condition worse...stop this Ram."

Hearing his emotional speech and seeing him sniff while crying made everyone cry. Even Seetha cried without realizing herself. Sadid came towards Balu and Ram saying "Ram...I am sorry...I didn't stay with you when you got drunk at noon...I am really sorry for that... please speak...say what you wanted to say and cry... Don't keep it in yourself...it makes us feel that you are not the Ram who we know."

Ram still didn't speak anything but just looked at Sadid's tearful eyes. Tharma and Lisa stood near them crying quietly. Nakul went near Ram and hugged him without saying anything. Ram lifted his hand lightly and hugged him back. He gestured his hands open which was understood by his friends.

Balu , Sadid, Tharma and Lisa hugged him with force which made him go few steps back. Seetha smiled along with the tears looking at them who was hugging tightly around Ram and crying like new born babies around their mother. She captured that in her mobile as she thought it was a good memory to remember.

After few minutes, they released their hug from him. They were almost done with their crying. Even Ram cried when they hugged them. Nakul saw everyone's face and made the situation ease by saying "Did you all noticed that after a long time our angry bird Balu spoke lovely?" They laughed at his question and nodded their head as yes.

Nakul noticed Seetha who was watching them with tears along smile. He scolded Balu instead of scolding Ram as he never spoken harshly to Ram . He acted like he was mad saying"Because of Balu, I was unable to give a proper introduction of me to this beautiful lady."

Seetha smiled and introduced herself "Hi, I am Seetha." Everyone introduced themselves to her in their own unique style except Ram and Lisa as they knew her already.

Tharma: Hi, I am Tharma

Balu:Balu

Sadid: Hi, I am Sadid. I heard about you from Lisa.

Nakul: Hi , I am the most talented and handsome among them named Nakul. You can call me as you want. I must say that you are the prettiest girl I ever saw. I am a..."

Balu interrupted saying "He was a world known playboy. Please avoid him as much as you can. I am saying it on concern." . Everyone laughed as he said "world known playboy" just exactly like how Nakul says. Nakul smirked and said " And Balu is the most handsome sorry fatty CEO."

Seetha laughed at their cute fight. As usual, Sadid solved the fight between them. Yeah, Ram smiled again at their cute fight. Lisa was silently noticing Ram's smile. She knows what Ram was going through is hard to come out. She wants him to smile and live happily. He did that only when he was with his friends and with Leela. As for now, only Ram's friends can make him happy. She decided to talk with him later.

Tharma asked everyone to have a dinner at the nearby restaurant as they were gathered unexpectedly and it was already night. When they were going downstairs, Seetha asked Ram how he walked up in this stairs as it was so big.

Ram just looked at her without any expression. Nakul was continuously flirting with Seetha and Seetha continuously laughed at him which made Seetha felt comfortable eventhough she was not familiar with them. They all know Nakul, so they didn't say anything except advising Seetha not to fall for his flattering.

None of them felt their legs paining when they were laughing and walking down. They went out of that building and found a restaurant nearby to have dinner.

[YEAH, WE WON'T FEEL SAD OR PAINFUL WHEN WE ARE WITH OUR LOVELY ONES ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LAUGH. THAT IS THE REASON WHY LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING US TO LAUGH WHEN WE HAVE HARD TIMES. I TRIED THAT BUT I AM STILL NOT BEST OF THAT SKILL. YEAH I THINK IT IS A SKILL OR TALENT TO SMILE OR LAUGH AT OUR HARD TIMES. JUST SMILE HARD WHEN YOUR LIFE IS HARD :) ]

They ordered dinner while Balu ordered a lot of food to eat. Nakul made fun of him saying "We are hear to eat dinner not lunch. Why are you ordering so much food for lunch...haha sorry...dinner? won't you eat less at least infront of a new person ?".He said the last word by pointing his index finger at Seetha.

Balu answered angrily "You already told her that I am a fatty CEO and everyone of you laughed instead of scolding Nakul and most importantly I won't change me for anyone." They told Seetha to ignore Balu's words as he was always like that.

The night went with Balu teasing Nakul and Nakul mocking when Balu was teasing him. They came to know a lot of things about Seetha and they all spoke with her like they know her for years. It was because Seetha's nature as she is a person who will be easily connected to anyone through her notorious behaviour and funny jokes.

When they were waiting for their bill, Lisa went out of the restaurant with Ram to talk with him personally. They were standing at the roadside. There was a bright moonlight infront of them. Lisa asked Ram "Isn't it beautiful Ram?" by pointing her index finger at the bright white bulb hanging at the long lengthy ceiling.

Ram understood that she was talking about the moon. He just nodded his head looking at the moon. Lisa said "We are like moon. we will be shining bright when we have happy days. We will not be smiling regularly when we are busy in our works like half moon (waxing crescent). Sometimes, we won't smile, our life will be filled with darkness when we have problems like New moon day."

Ram nodded his head slightly. Lisa continued " After 15 days, the full moon appears again and after 15 days the new moon appears again. I think we have problems, it will be solved and we will be happy and again there will be a new problem and it will be solved again. We don't know how many days will it take to solve the problem. At this point, moon is lucky, right? it knows the number exactly 15 ."

Ram understood that Lisa is talking about the problem that he has now. He nodded his head. Lisa said with a smile "Like that your problem will also be solved. You need to wait until that. You will get a girl who loves you truely."

At the other side Seetha was arguing with Ram's friends that she will pay the bill for dinner. Seetha looked at Ram and Lisa from the glass door of the restaurant.

Lisa said "Who knows maybe that girl may be near you or maybe far away from you. She may look so cute and always makes you laugh hard. She will be a mother to you by showing her love and she will become a mother to your children in future."

Seetha don't know what they were exactly talking about but She realized that Lisa was talking a lot that she rarely do and Ram looks like he needs love and care and affection right now. She thought ' I don't know why, When I see Ram at this State I feel like I wanted to make him happy but I was afraid that he may become mad at me as I was not close to him .'

Seetha was shaken away from her thoughts when Tharma payed the bill. She realized that she was deep in thoughts and forgot to pay the bill. She gave the money to them but Tharma refused saying 'You are Lisa's friend and Lisa's friend is like our own friends. So no need to give money."

Nakul said with an excitement by patting on Tharma's shoulder "Well said, Tharma. Yeah Seetha is like our friend. She can visit us and especially me whenever she wanted without any hesitation." Balu started teasing him as he again started his flattering.

Where else, Lisa advised Ram not to drink and smoke. She told him how it affects the health as she is a doctor. She also advised him to stay with other friends as she thought he may feel lonely at his current house. Ram refused it saying "This house is near my office which is easy for me to travel and Seetha seems to be funny. So I think I won't feel alone."

[STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SMOKING AND DRINKING TOGETHER CAN  INCREASE THE RISK OF THROAT AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE THE ALCOHOL DISSOLVES CHEMICALS IN THE CIGARETTE WHILE THEY ARE STILL IN THE THROAT. THIS CAN CAUSE CARCINOGENS TO BECOME TRAPPED AGAINST THE SENSITIVE TISSUES OF THE THROAT. SO DON'T DRINK TO THE LEVEL THAT HURT YOUR BODY AND YOUR FAMILY :) ]

They left the restaurant and went to their house . Ram slept a few hours later than usual as he was thinking about Balu who spoke softly as he always speaks harshly. He also thought Lisa's advise seems different as she was not a person who speaks a lot and she even compared humans life with moon.

He smiled at the effort that they are putting to make Ram happy. He changed his mind that not to drink alcohol and smoke again. From tomorrow, he needs to move on from his breakup. He must forget Leela who left him because of money. He thought he will ask sorry to his friends later and won't hurt them as they were the only person who stood with him when he had money and when he had no money.