Memories of gift
Aakash started arranging everything according to instructions of Mom. He just always kept hating these things. He wanted to live in his own way. But he knew that he couldn't deny his Mom. His Mom did everything for him. He just wished only if she was like his Dad. His Dad never loved rules. He loved freedom. His Dad used to like freedom and used to give it to him. He still felt as if it was yesterday when his Dad bought bike for him. He was so shocked. He started to remember it. One day he heard horn and Dad's voice. He called him and gave him that red bike. He never felt so happy in life as he felt on that moment. His Dad gave him a gift of freedom. He used to go many places with it. He used to visit so many points with his friends. He suddenly felt so happy and shy about it. He remembered those wonderful times he had in those woods. Sometimes he just wished to turn back time. He was so macho so great in college. He never imagined that one day he would work as clerk and marry simple woman like Shital. She was too simple. He never believed that he agreed to marry her. His Mom forced him. His Mom wanted daughter-in-law who earned good income. She never gave him any choice. She wanted him to marry a source of income. He never managed to have that happiness of choosing wife. Shital was never his choice. But he accepted it. Still he managed to get ahead in life. But when he started remembering that bike which Dad had gifted him. He began to feel from soul those memories would create different effect on mind. He felt strange happiness from soul. He decided that he might just keep that bike with him for sake of those adventurous memories. He tried to remember where did they kept bike but he couldn't remember place. He decided that his Mom must knew where that bike was. He called Mom. His Mom slowly entered in his room. She slowly sat in relaxing chair. " Why did you call me?" " Mom I wanted to know what you did with my old bike." " Old bike? Which bike?" " That one which Dad gave me when I was in college. " " Your Dad? Your Dad never gave any thing to you." Aakash was so angry. " Mom Dad use to give me any things." " Yes like chocolate snacks. But never something big like this." His Mom started laughing on him. It managed to hurt him so much. His Dad used to love him. But his Mom always kept denying it. He started to sense that his Mom was jealous about his relation with his Dad. He started to sense it was useless to argue with her. He knew that she would not accept that his Dad loved him so much. He decided that he would personally search for that bike in store room. But he decided that he must force his Mom to accept truth. " Mom stop pretending. I know very well. My Dad gave me one bike against your wishes." " What? Behind my back he gave you that bike?" Mom looked angry now. Aakash " Come on Mom. How could you forgot that bike?" Then suddenly Shital entered in room. Shital " Aakash !! Mom is getting old now. It is common to forget things due to old age." Mom " But how can I forget such big thing? A bike? If your Dad gave you one I like to know where it is. I mean if we sell it surely we can get some money." " Mom I love it. I will never sell it." Shital " But our kids can use it." " Now that is nice idea. I think I must have kept it somewhere.." " But in this house you can't miss a bike. Our house is not like palace." Aakash knew this too. Aakash " So Mom you have to tell me did you sold it?" Mom looked confused. " I don't remember." Aakash started to scream on her. " Mom you can't do this to me. You can't just deny me my father's gift." Shital " Relax. We need to search it." " But what if Mom sold it?" " If Mom sold it then it must be due to situation after your Dad's death. I feel you need to understand your Mom's problems. " Mom " But I never sold it. He is lying. I never know about that bike." Aakash was so angry. He started abusing his Mom. Shital was so shocked. Aakash never abused her. Aakash always used to worship his Mom like some god. This was strange. His Mom was shivering due to fear. She never expected such thing from her son. Mom " I never took that bike. I truly don't know." Then Shital suddenly interfered " These things happen due to age." Aakash looked at his Mom. She was too old. He suddenly looked relaxed. " Shital you are right. This happen due to age. I am sure Mom would remember it after some time." But his Mom nodded head in negative way. " Sorry. I just can't remember." Shital " Then we can search entire place. After all she could just throw it away. I am sure if she sold it then you must have known it." Aakash nodded. After all she couldn't just sold it. There must be some need of paper work. " You are right. It must be somewhere I just need to remember." Shital " Now come to dinner. I don't want you to eat too late." Aakash nodded. He knew that Shital was perfect wife. He didn't want to tell her about that girl friend whom he took with him on bike so he smiled and went with her.
Aakash's Mom Karuna started thinking about things. But she didn't remember any bike. She knew her husband very well. He was never that nice person who would gift a bike to his son. Her husband was too selfish. He always kept purchasing things for himself. But she didn't remember him purchasing even for himself. He just hated bikes. He used to call them piece of junk. He never wanted to buy one. But now Aakash said every thing so surely. She didn't understand why did Aakash was lying like that. Then she started to doubt her memory. It was possible that due to old age. She was having some problem regarding memories. But her husband couldn't turn into nice man. It was impossible by any angle. She was so confused. Aakash was always nice boy. He never lied to her. He was always fond of her. She couldn't trust her memory. She kept forgetting things but she couldn't believe that she managed to forget a bike. A bike was not small thing. She must had done many rituals before taking it inside home. It didn't matter if she liked it or didn't she never forget rituals. She just couldn't believe that she had manage to forget it. She never did mistake like that. She was always kept account of everything. Then she thought that she might talk with her brother whom she trusted with full faith in life. She started to searching for number. While Aakash was eating dinner, Shital soon joined him. Shital " Today you acted in totally wrong way with Mom." " Oh really so you believe she is not lying. "" Yes. Since at her age people forget things and they believe that it is truth. Don't you sense it happens due to her age? "" But I want that bike then use your own memory to find it. How could you forget it? Your Mom can't just manage to vanish it overnight, can she? " Aakash felt so guilty. Shital was right. He had no right to blame his Mom. He needed to remember it by himself. Then he started to thinking about it. He started to remember that bike step by step. He tried to remember it's color. He began to see it like he had saw it on yesterday. Then he suddenly remembered. He had kept it in their old house. He had kept it in that house which belonged to his grandfather when they decided to renovate his house. He wanted it to be safe. But then he sensed that it was not possible since he checked every thing when he sold it to customer. He just kept remembering once again in his mind. He started to remember it again. But he didn't feel it was that bike. It was just his normal cycle. He started to remember those days with bike. Then Shital spoke " Can you ignore that bike?" Aakash " Surely I try to. But that memories will show different thought to soul. I need to think about that bike sometimes." " Fine. Think about it. But why did you need to find it? I mean you can just move ahead while imagining it." " Yes you are right. I can even recreate those memories step by step. I can become alive with them." Shital was so confused. Something was not right in the way he said it. He seemed like lost in that dreams. Shital didn't point out what was wrong but she felt one thing that something was not right. Shital just wished only if their kids were staying with them. But their both kids were in hostel. They wanted good education for kids. They were staying in far away from school so it was not wise to do such long journey for school. There was one school in their town. But it was not up to the mark so kids decided that they would go to hostel. Shital was feeling so lonely since kids left house. She always sensed that Aakash was never much interested in talking with her. Many times she felt that Aakash didn't wanted to marry her. She never felt that love in his looks. But then many times she felt that it was just negative thinking. She always felt that she had negative thinking in her mind. She always kept telling herself that she must stop it. She decided that she loved Aakash so much that she always felt fear of loosing him. She wanted to feel happy then she must accept that she had to stop negative thinking which was destroying her peace. She smiled sweetly towards Aakash and said "Tell me about them." Aakash looked little scared. " Come on you can tell about college days." Then Aakash smiled. He began to tell her. He told her about his adventures on that bike. He told her every thing. It seemed as if he was living that life again. Then he suddenly said " I feel I might just buy one bike one day." " At this age." Shital started laughing. Aakash looked angry so she controlled her smile. But soon he once again lost in his thought. That night they both went to sleep. Karuna also took her dinner and went to sleep. When she went to sleep, suddenly her sleep disturbed by voice of bike. She was so upset. She felt so angry towards her neighbor who let their kids to purchase that bike. She started to feel restless. She decided that she must complaint to Aakash about it. But then she thought that it was not fair. After all those kids also needed to practice bike and night time was perfect time for them. Soon voice of bike vanished so she once again managed to sleep.
Next day at morning when Karuna woke up, she saw her maid was already started cleaning room. Karuna " Yesterday those kids from neighborhood were running their bikes. I just can't manage to get any sleep." Maid looked confused. " I thought those boys have car!" " Car? Since When? "" There was one accident and one of classmate of those boys died in bike accident. That family felt scared and decided that they must not permit their children to use bike. They bought nice car. "" But I heard bike. "" May be some boy from next lane practicing. Their lane is stopped for repairing. " Karuna was so upset. She wanted peaceful sleep. But she couldn't just kept knocking every door to confirm that boy. She wanted to get rid of those voices but she sensed it was not easy. Karuna" I felt if I tell this to neighbors they will stop them. "" Dadi don't pick up fight with them. Those boys are not nice boys. I heard they belong to some bike gang. "" Gang? They kill people and took money by force? " Maid started laughing." Dadi they are not gangster. Those films put different concept in mind. Gang doesn't mean violence every time. Some gang are nice one. Like gang of girl which will form band.," Karuna was frustrated by her lecture. But she knew that she didn't know any thing about world so she must learn it from maid. She learn one thing that gang didn't mean evil people. " But now she needed to know about those bike gang boys. She needed to convince them not to ride on their bike every night before her house. But then she sensed that it was just one single bike. " But it was not group but it was just one bike." That maid suddenly stopped in middle of sentence. Maid " It is not possible. Those boys always come out together. They are scary when they are together. Since they drunk and drive, Police kept arresting them." Karuna was confused now. These boys seemed like criminal to her but still her maid was telling her that they were not criminal. Karuna " So just one person is not part of that gang." Maid nodded. Karuna " So no need to discuss about that gang. I think I might just took bath." Karuna went in bathroom. Aakash woke up on that day but he felt so tired. He just didn't want to move. His legs were paining so much. Shital came in room. She was already ready for her office. She wanted him to get ready too. Shital " What happened?" He was so confused. He didn't want to tell any one about it. He just wanted to take joy ride yesterday. He decided that he could take a bike for one night. He was enjoying riding on it for entire night. He was so happy about it. He needed to take joy ride. He needed to enjoy it. But he couldn't effort to tolerate so much pain every day. Shital screamed again. " Come on get ready or you will be late for your office." Aakash managed to pull himself out of bed. Then he started to get ready. He looked at himself in mirror. He felt that he was looking too tired. He decided that he would reduce that bike riding for few days. He managed to get ready. But that day was worst day of his life. He kept sleeping during office hours. But Boss assumed that he was sick. Since he never did any thing wrong in work before so they considered it leniently. He came home soon. He just went in bedroom and slept. He managed to mess his entire time schedule of day. He sensed one thing that he must not keep riding like that. He knew that he couldn't any way since he didn't have any bike. On that day Karuna was so happy when she didn't hear any voice. She slept peacefully. On that night Aakash just kept dreaming about that bike again and again. He felt one thing that he needed bike. When he woke up, he immediately started counting money. But soon he sensed that it was not enough. He needed to pay for his kid's hostel too. That amount was too large. He wished sometimes only if he entered kids in normal school. He didn't feel any special benefit due to those schools. He just wanted to save some money for one bike but it seemed impossible now. He was so angry then he suddenly remembered his gold ring. It was that ring which his grandfather gave him. It was precious to him but now it was so small. He decided that he could sell it for bike. He smiled peacefully. From that day after office he started to do one job that was searching for bike. He needed that perfect bike from his young days. He didn't need something which bought on rental bases. He started to search for bike. He was working hard in office every day but his search was not enough. He needed to search bike. But soon he sensed that he could live with some substitute bike. He decided that he would ride it on sunday.
Karuna was sleeping happily but then one day she suddenly heard that voice again. Someone was riding bike. This time noise was too loud. She decided that it would stop in some time. But this time it didn't stop. She was so upset. She wanted to sleep. She decided that she had it enough. She needed to find that fellow and tell him. She went out when she suddenly dumped in Shital. She was lucky that she didn't fall on ground. Shital took hold of her. Karuna " What are you doing? I must have fallen on ground." "Sorry. Actually I was searching for Aakash. He is not sleeping in room." Karuna smiled. " He must be telling those boys to stop riding bike." " Which boys?" Karuna explained all to Shital. " My god it is scary. We might need to call Police."" We must not run to Poilce. Those boys might just listen to Aakash." Then they went to window. They started to look down. They saw that a man was riding his bike. They were shocked. Shital " This is just one man not group." Karun " Yes so this is not bike gang. I must go and talk to him." Karuna decided to go out. But Shital tried to stop her " Mom what if that man come inside home?" " He will not. I will go out and lock it." " Mom but he can hurt you too." " I want to sleep. I can't survive like that." Karuna went out. She started calling that man. Suddenly that man came back. " Mom it's me. Aakash." " Why are you riding bike in night like that?" " I want to enjoy riding." " But you are disturbing my sleep." Now even Shital came out. " Sorry Mom but you can sleep in my room." Karuna looked confused. Shital " Mom come inside and sleep. Let him do what he want." Shital sensed one thing that something was wrong with Aakash. He was dressed in college boy style. He was so determined to ride that she felt he might start screaming. She didn't want neighbors to hear their argument. Karuna came inside room. Karuna " Shital don't you feel Aakash acting in strange way?" " No doubt about it. He seemed obsessed with that bike." " But I just don't remember that bike." " Mom you must try to remember it at least." " I tried. Of course I wanted to call my brother but I just forgot his number." " Mom you just began to forget too much." Shital felt so sad about whole thing. She didn't understand why did Aakash was irritating his mother in this way. Shital " It is not your mistake. Even Aakash didn't remember where is that bike. If he want it then it's his duty to remember it." Karuna smiled. " Thanks for acting such considerate. But I feel I must call my brother or I might call Aakash's sister." Now this thought managed to upset Shital more. She didn't want Gayatri to be involved in this issue. Gayatri never took things lightly. She mostly managed to increase matter out of proportion. Shital " I think if we think then we can find it on our level." " No we can't. Any way let's go to sleep now." They both were too tired so they went to sleep immediately. In that peaceful night Aakash kept riding that bike. He could remember every day. Then he decided that he didn't need to keep riding here. He needed to refresh his memories by going in each place. He decided that he should go in every place to revise his memories. He started to plan. First he decided that he must visit that forest. He was so happy by this thought. He slowly started searching way to forest. He started to ride when he located that forest. He was so happy. He started to enter in it when suddenly one cop came ahead. Cop " Sir where are you going?" " In that forest I just want to relive my memory. " " Memories? Regarding what? A tiger eating a human? This forest is risky. Many types wild animals eat people." " But I thought that I use to come here in college days." " No sir, it is not possible. It must be some other forest." Aakash looked confused. But he nodded. He didn't understood. It was impossible. But he thought that it was possible since Cop told him. It was not possible that cop was lying. He must had made some mistake. He wished only if he had numbers of his friends. Then he went back in his house. He went in his empty room and slept. He decided that he was going to rest for entire day. He knew tomorrow was his holiday so he slept with smile. He managed to enjoy his riding. But soon he started to sense that his body was paining. He decided that he might took painkiller so he took one and went to sleep. He was relaxed after this. Whole world was just full of happiness for him. He kept smiling happily.
Karuna started searching for her brother's number on next morning. She soon found it. She was so happy. She immediately called him. "Karuna how are you?" " I am fine. How are you?" " Fine. Just usual complaints of old age. Now a days health is not as it use to be. Sometimes body's one part to start to give trouble then another starts." " But you remember every thing in perfect way." " Of course just one part is perfect that is my brain." Then her brother started laughing. She was not ready to join that laugh. She just wanted that information. Suddenly her brother sensed something was wrong. " What happened Karuna?" Karuna explained him everything about bike." Bike? What bike? Your husband never bought any bike." Karuna smiled happily. " So I am right. Aakash is lying." " Of course no doubt about it." Karuna " Bye. I want to talk with Aakash." " Just talk peacefully." Karuna was so angry now. She began to feel her son wanted to show she was mad. He wanted to put her in mental hospital. He wanted her money. Karuna started to screaming loudly Aakash's name. Soon Aakash entered in room. Shital came behind him. Shital " What happened?" Karuna screamed loudly " Why are you lying about bike? You never have one bike." Aakash suddenly began to look strange. Shital saw him this way for first time. His face was red with anger. His whole body was turned in such way that it seemed that he might kill someone in that anger. Aakash " My Dad gave me bike." Shital wanted to convince him to calm down. But he just pushed her behind. She managed to just stop her fall. Karuna started screaming on Aakash. Karuna " Your Uncle said you never have it." Aakash no longed cared for any thing. He started to throw away things around room. Karuna looked scared. Shital tried to control him. But it was useless. He kept screaming that he had bike again and again without stopping. He kept telling that he was right. Soon everything in that room managed to shattered. It was so horrible. Now even Karuna looked scared. Then suddenly she remembered Gayatri " Fine you can call your sister. You know that I have not called her for so many days since she came from holiday just today." Aakash looked happy. " Is you are right but I know you very well. You must have informed her. I will call my friend Ravindra." " Who?" " Ravidra that topper from school."" But he was never your friend." " Stop lying. I will talk with him. I need that book where I had all numbers." He started searching. He searched for long time and finally he found that book. He started searching for number. He was so shocked. He didn't got any number which he saw in memories of his bike. He started screaming " Where are those numbers?" It was too much. He was running around like mad man. Karuna was shivering with terror now. He could see anger in her son's face which was not normal. Shital " I think we must talk with our Doctor. He would suggest something to us." Shital ran towards mobile. But suddenly Aakash screamed on her. Aakash " No one is going to call any one." He took hold of her hand. It started hurting. Karuna started screaming " Leave her. She was just calling Doctor since I started feeling pain in chest. Can you call Doctor yourself?" Aakash looked confused. He left her hand. Karuna started touching her chest. Actually she started feeling uneasy truthfully. " I feel as if I want to vomit." She tried to stand up. But her legs were not strong enough. Aakash suddenly started to look concern. He let Shital go and started calling Doctor. Shital took breathe of relief. They both started waiting for Doctor. Soon Doctor came there. He checked blood pressure of Karuna. " My god!! This is too high. We must admit her in hospital." Aakash nodded. Then Doctor called ambulance. Shital " Aakash we need money." Aakash nodded once again. He went inside. Immediately Shital told Doctor as much as possible. Doctor " My god!! This is complicated but hospital would handle it. Just we need to take him in hospital." Shital nodded. Then suddenly Aakash appeared " Take whom in hospital?" Doctor smiled " Your Mom!! Just relax. I told her she didn't need to get tense. We just take her in hospital do check and soon she will be in home." Aakash started to look at Doctor with anger. " You are lying. You want me to take hospital." " What are you trying to say? Are you sick?" Doctor started to pretend as if he wanted to check him up. Immediately Aakash turned behind. " This is about Bike? Right?" " Bike? Your Mom is sick and you want to discuss about purchasing bike. Are you mad?" Aakash suddenly controlled himself. " No. I have once owned bike." " So? What I suppose to do about it? I don't want to buy your bike." " But I am not selling it to you." " Then why are you talking about it? I mean you can ride bike but I can't so why I am interested in talking about it." " Ohh." Suddenly Aakash looked satisfied. He felt that he was better than Doctor. Then ambulance came. They all sat behind. Doctor just went out for one minute. Shital knew that he was calling someone for Aakash. They needed to hospitalize him. Then soon he came inside. They went in hospital. They took Karuna inside. But immediately few nurses came with another Doctor who slowly started to take Aakash but he immediately started screaming so they injected him and took him inside. Then Shital first talked with Doctor of Karuna who told her that she would be fine and could discharged by evening. But Aakash's Doctor told different story. " Your husband was suffering from depression which started to create different effect on his mind. He started imagining things which would make him look great in his heart. He was never smart but he wanted to become smart so he imagined it. Slowly his disillusion managed to become reality for him. He started suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. In it every emotion was extreme. Did you sense it before?" " Yes.Before this he used to worship his Mom, he even used to stay awake for entire night when she got cold. Now suddenly he began to abuse her for some bike." " Since he felt depressed because he felt no one love him." "But I felt as if he never loved me." " He was so confused in his mind that he just started to get attached to some dreams. Just let me handle this." " But what about kids? What I suppose to tell them?" Psychiatrist " Just do one thing. Bring them with you one day. I will explain it all." Shital thanked him. Then she went in Karuna's room. Since she was not permitted to see Aakash, they decided that they needed to sometime before they would let any one meet him. So Shital just went in Karuna's room and started cutting some fruits for her while paying to god. She wanted her normal life back again.
The End
Aakash started arranging everything according to instructions of Mom. He just always kept hating these things. He wanted to live in his own way. But he knew that he couldn't deny his Mom. His Mom did everything for him. He just wished only if she was like his Dad. His Dad never loved rules. He loved freedom. His Dad used to like freedom and used to give it to him. He still felt as if it was yesterday when his Dad bought bike for him. He was so shocked. He started to remember it. One day he heard horn and Dad's voice. He called him and gave him that red bike. He never felt so happy in life as he felt on that moment. His Dad gave him a gift of freedom. He used to go many places with it. He used to visit so many points with his friends. He suddenly felt so happy and shy about it. He remembered those wonderful times he had in those woods. Sometimes he just wished to turn back time. He was so macho so great in college. He never imagined that one day he would work as clerk and marry simple woman like Shital. She was too simple. He never believed that he agreed to marry her. His Mom forced him. His Mom wanted daughter-in-law who earned good income. She never gave him any choice. She wanted him to marry a source of income. He never managed to have that happiness of choosing wife. Shital was never his choice. But he accepted it. Still he managed to get ahead in life. But when he started remembering that bike which Dad had gifted him. He began to feel from soul those memories would create different effect on mind. He felt strange happiness from soul. He decided that he might just keep that bike with him for sake of those adventurous memories. He tried to remember where did they kept bike but he couldn't remember place. He decided that his Mom must knew where that bike was. He called Mom. His Mom slowly entered in his room. She slowly sat in relaxing chair. " Why did you call me?" " Mom I wanted to know what you did with my old bike." " Old bike? Which bike?" " That one which Dad gave me when I was in college. " " Your Dad? Your Dad never gave any thing to you." Aakash was so angry. " Mom Dad use to give me any things." " Yes like chocolate snacks. But never something big like this." His Mom started laughing on him. It managed to hurt him so much. His Dad used to love him. But his Mom always kept denying it. He started to sense that his Mom was jealous about his relation with his Dad. He started to sense it was useless to argue with her. He knew that she would not accept that his Dad loved him so much. He decided that he would personally search for that bike in store room. But he decided that he must force his Mom to accept truth. " Mom stop pretending. I know very well. My Dad gave me one bike against your wishes." " What? Behind my back he gave you that bike?" Mom looked angry now. Aakash " Come on Mom. How could you forgot that bike?" Then suddenly Shital entered in room. Shital " Aakash !! Mom is getting old now. It is common to forget things due to old age." Mom " But how can I forget such big thing? A bike? If your Dad gave you one I like to know where it is. I mean if we sell it surely we can get some money." " Mom I love it. I will never sell it." Shital " But our kids can use it." " Now that is nice idea. I think I must have kept it somewhere.." " But in this house you can't miss a bike. Our house is not like palace." Aakash knew this too. Aakash " So Mom you have to tell me did you sold it?" Mom looked confused. " I don't remember." Aakash started to scream on her. " Mom you can't do this to me. You can't just deny me my father's gift." Shital " Relax. We need to search it." " But what if Mom sold it?" " If Mom sold it then it must be due to situation after your Dad's death. I feel you need to understand your Mom's problems. " Mom " But I never sold it. He is lying. I never know about that bike." Aakash was so angry. He started abusing his Mom. Shital was so shocked. Aakash never abused her. Aakash always used to worship his Mom like some god. This was strange. His Mom was shivering due to fear. She never expected such thing from her son. Mom " I never took that bike. I truly don't know." Then Shital suddenly interfered " These things happen due to age." Aakash looked at his Mom. She was too old. He suddenly looked relaxed. " Shital you are right. This happen due to age. I am sure Mom would remember it after some time." But his Mom nodded head in negative way. " Sorry. I just can't remember." Shital " Then we can search entire place. After all she could just throw it away. I am sure if she sold it then you must have known it." Aakash nodded. After all she couldn't just sold it. There must be some need of paper work. " You are right. It must be somewhere I just need to remember." Shital " Now come to dinner. I don't want you to eat too late." Aakash nodded. He knew that Shital was perfect wife. He didn't want to tell her about that girl friend whom he took with him on bike so he smiled and went with her.
Aakash's Mom Karuna started thinking about things. But she didn't remember any bike. She knew her husband very well. He was never that nice person who would gift a bike to his son. Her husband was too selfish. He always kept purchasing things for himself. But she didn't remember him purchasing even for himself. He just hated bikes. He used to call them piece of junk. He never wanted to buy one. But now Aakash said every thing so surely. She didn't understand why did Aakash was lying like that. Then she started to doubt her memory. It was possible that due to old age. She was having some problem regarding memories. But her husband couldn't turn into nice man. It was impossible by any angle. She was so confused. Aakash was always nice boy. He never lied to her. He was always fond of her. She couldn't trust her memory. She kept forgetting things but she couldn't believe that she managed to forget a bike. A bike was not small thing. She must had done many rituals before taking it inside home. It didn't matter if she liked it or didn't she never forget rituals. She just couldn't believe that she had manage to forget it. She never did mistake like that. She was always kept account of everything. Then she thought that she might talk with her brother whom she trusted with full faith in life. She started to searching for number. While Aakash was eating dinner, Shital soon joined him. Shital " Today you acted in totally wrong way with Mom." " Oh really so you believe she is not lying. "" Yes. Since at her age people forget things and they believe that it is truth. Don't you sense it happens due to her age? "" But I want that bike then use your own memory to find it. How could you forget it? Your Mom can't just manage to vanish it overnight, can she? " Aakash felt so guilty. Shital was right. He had no right to blame his Mom. He needed to remember it by himself. Then he started to thinking about it. He started to remember that bike step by step. He tried to remember it's color. He began to see it like he had saw it on yesterday. Then he suddenly remembered. He had kept it in their old house. He had kept it in that house which belonged to his grandfather when they decided to renovate his house. He wanted it to be safe. But then he sensed that it was not possible since he checked every thing when he sold it to customer. He just kept remembering once again in his mind. He started to remember it again. But he didn't feel it was that bike. It was just his normal cycle. He started to remember those days with bike. Then Shital spoke " Can you ignore that bike?" Aakash " Surely I try to. But that memories will show different thought to soul. I need to think about that bike sometimes." " Fine. Think about it. But why did you need to find it? I mean you can just move ahead while imagining it." " Yes you are right. I can even recreate those memories step by step. I can become alive with them." Shital was so confused. Something was not right in the way he said it. He seemed like lost in that dreams. Shital didn't point out what was wrong but she felt one thing that something was not right. Shital just wished only if their kids were staying with them. But their both kids were in hostel. They wanted good education for kids. They were staying in far away from school so it was not wise to do such long journey for school. There was one school in their town. But it was not up to the mark so kids decided that they would go to hostel. Shital was feeling so lonely since kids left house. She always sensed that Aakash was never much interested in talking with her. Many times she felt that Aakash didn't wanted to marry her. She never felt that love in his looks. But then many times she felt that it was just negative thinking. She always felt that she had negative thinking in her mind. She always kept telling herself that she must stop it. She decided that she loved Aakash so much that she always felt fear of loosing him. She wanted to feel happy then she must accept that she had to stop negative thinking which was destroying her peace. She smiled sweetly towards Aakash and said "Tell me about them." Aakash looked little scared. " Come on you can tell about college days." Then Aakash smiled. He began to tell her. He told her about his adventures on that bike. He told her every thing. It seemed as if he was living that life again. Then he suddenly said " I feel I might just buy one bike one day." " At this age." Shital started laughing. Aakash looked angry so she controlled her smile. But soon he once again lost in his thought. That night they both went to sleep. Karuna also took her dinner and went to sleep. When she went to sleep, suddenly her sleep disturbed by voice of bike. She was so upset. She felt so angry towards her neighbor who let their kids to purchase that bike. She started to feel restless. She decided that she must complaint to Aakash about it. But then she thought that it was not fair. After all those kids also needed to practice bike and night time was perfect time for them. Soon voice of bike vanished so she once again managed to sleep.
Next day at morning when Karuna woke up, she saw her maid was already started cleaning room. Karuna " Yesterday those kids from neighborhood were running their bikes. I just can't manage to get any sleep." Maid looked confused. " I thought those boys have car!" " Car? Since When? "" There was one accident and one of classmate of those boys died in bike accident. That family felt scared and decided that they must not permit their children to use bike. They bought nice car. "" But I heard bike. "" May be some boy from next lane practicing. Their lane is stopped for repairing. " Karuna was so upset. She wanted peaceful sleep. But she couldn't just kept knocking every door to confirm that boy. She wanted to get rid of those voices but she sensed it was not easy. Karuna" I felt if I tell this to neighbors they will stop them. "" Dadi don't pick up fight with them. Those boys are not nice boys. I heard they belong to some bike gang. "" Gang? They kill people and took money by force? " Maid started laughing." Dadi they are not gangster. Those films put different concept in mind. Gang doesn't mean violence every time. Some gang are nice one. Like gang of girl which will form band.," Karuna was frustrated by her lecture. But she knew that she didn't know any thing about world so she must learn it from maid. She learn one thing that gang didn't mean evil people. " But now she needed to know about those bike gang boys. She needed to convince them not to ride on their bike every night before her house. But then she sensed that it was just one single bike. " But it was not group but it was just one bike." That maid suddenly stopped in middle of sentence. Maid " It is not possible. Those boys always come out together. They are scary when they are together. Since they drunk and drive, Police kept arresting them." Karuna was confused now. These boys seemed like criminal to her but still her maid was telling her that they were not criminal. Karuna " So just one person is not part of that gang." Maid nodded. Karuna " So no need to discuss about that gang. I think I might just took bath." Karuna went in bathroom. Aakash woke up on that day but he felt so tired. He just didn't want to move. His legs were paining so much. Shital came in room. She was already ready for her office. She wanted him to get ready too. Shital " What happened?" He was so confused. He didn't want to tell any one about it. He just wanted to take joy ride yesterday. He decided that he could take a bike for one night. He was enjoying riding on it for entire night. He was so happy about it. He needed to take joy ride. He needed to enjoy it. But he couldn't effort to tolerate so much pain every day. Shital screamed again. " Come on get ready or you will be late for your office." Aakash managed to pull himself out of bed. Then he started to get ready. He looked at himself in mirror. He felt that he was looking too tired. He decided that he would reduce that bike riding for few days. He managed to get ready. But that day was worst day of his life. He kept sleeping during office hours. But Boss assumed that he was sick. Since he never did any thing wrong in work before so they considered it leniently. He came home soon. He just went in bedroom and slept. He managed to mess his entire time schedule of day. He sensed one thing that he must not keep riding like that. He knew that he couldn't any way since he didn't have any bike. On that day Karuna was so happy when she didn't hear any voice. She slept peacefully. On that night Aakash just kept dreaming about that bike again and again. He felt one thing that he needed bike. When he woke up, he immediately started counting money. But soon he sensed that it was not enough. He needed to pay for his kid's hostel too. That amount was too large. He wished sometimes only if he entered kids in normal school. He didn't feel any special benefit due to those schools. He just wanted to save some money for one bike but it seemed impossible now. He was so angry then he suddenly remembered his gold ring. It was that ring which his grandfather gave him. It was precious to him but now it was so small. He decided that he could sell it for bike. He smiled peacefully. From that day after office he started to do one job that was searching for bike. He needed that perfect bike from his young days. He didn't need something which bought on rental bases. He started to search for bike. He was working hard in office every day but his search was not enough. He needed to search bike. But soon he sensed that he could live with some substitute bike. He decided that he would ride it on sunday.
Karuna was sleeping happily but then one day she suddenly heard that voice again. Someone was riding bike. This time noise was too loud. She decided that it would stop in some time. But this time it didn't stop. She was so upset. She wanted to sleep. She decided that she had it enough. She needed to find that fellow and tell him. She went out when she suddenly dumped in Shital. She was lucky that she didn't fall on ground. Shital took hold of her. Karuna " What are you doing? I must have fallen on ground." "Sorry. Actually I was searching for Aakash. He is not sleeping in room." Karuna smiled. " He must be telling those boys to stop riding bike." " Which boys?" Karuna explained all to Shital. " My god it is scary. We might need to call Police."" We must not run to Poilce. Those boys might just listen to Aakash." Then they went to window. They started to look down. They saw that a man was riding his bike. They were shocked. Shital " This is just one man not group." Karun " Yes so this is not bike gang. I must go and talk to him." Karuna decided to go out. But Shital tried to stop her " Mom what if that man come inside home?" " He will not. I will go out and lock it." " Mom but he can hurt you too." " I want to sleep. I can't survive like that." Karuna went out. She started calling that man. Suddenly that man came back. " Mom it's me. Aakash." " Why are you riding bike in night like that?" " I want to enjoy riding." " But you are disturbing my sleep." Now even Shital came out. " Sorry Mom but you can sleep in my room." Karuna looked confused. Shital " Mom come inside and sleep. Let him do what he want." Shital sensed one thing that something was wrong with Aakash. He was dressed in college boy style. He was so determined to ride that she felt he might start screaming. She didn't want neighbors to hear their argument. Karuna came inside room. Karuna " Shital don't you feel Aakash acting in strange way?" " No doubt about it. He seemed obsessed with that bike." " But I just don't remember that bike." " Mom you must try to remember it at least." " I tried. Of course I wanted to call my brother but I just forgot his number." " Mom you just began to forget too much." Shital felt so sad about whole thing. She didn't understand why did Aakash was irritating his mother in this way. Shital " It is not your mistake. Even Aakash didn't remember where is that bike. If he want it then it's his duty to remember it." Karuna smiled. " Thanks for acting such considerate. But I feel I must call my brother or I might call Aakash's sister." Now this thought managed to upset Shital more. She didn't want Gayatri to be involved in this issue. Gayatri never took things lightly. She mostly managed to increase matter out of proportion. Shital " I think if we think then we can find it on our level." " No we can't. Any way let's go to sleep now." They both were too tired so they went to sleep immediately. In that peaceful night Aakash kept riding that bike. He could remember every day. Then he decided that he didn't need to keep riding here. He needed to refresh his memories by going in each place. He decided that he should go in every place to revise his memories. He started to plan. First he decided that he must visit that forest. He was so happy by this thought. He slowly started searching way to forest. He started to ride when he located that forest. He was so happy. He started to enter in it when suddenly one cop came ahead. Cop " Sir where are you going?" " In that forest I just want to relive my memory. " " Memories? Regarding what? A tiger eating a human? This forest is risky. Many types wild animals eat people." " But I thought that I use to come here in college days." " No sir, it is not possible. It must be some other forest." Aakash looked confused. But he nodded. He didn't understood. It was impossible. But he thought that it was possible since Cop told him. It was not possible that cop was lying. He must had made some mistake. He wished only if he had numbers of his friends. Then he went back in his house. He went in his empty room and slept. He decided that he was going to rest for entire day. He knew tomorrow was his holiday so he slept with smile. He managed to enjoy his riding. But soon he started to sense that his body was paining. He decided that he might took painkiller so he took one and went to sleep. He was relaxed after this. Whole world was just full of happiness for him. He kept smiling happily.
Karuna started searching for her brother's number on next morning. She soon found it. She was so happy. She immediately called him. "Karuna how are you?" " I am fine. How are you?" " Fine. Just usual complaints of old age. Now a days health is not as it use to be. Sometimes body's one part to start to give trouble then another starts." " But you remember every thing in perfect way." " Of course just one part is perfect that is my brain." Then her brother started laughing. She was not ready to join that laugh. She just wanted that information. Suddenly her brother sensed something was wrong. " What happened Karuna?" Karuna explained him everything about bike." Bike? What bike? Your husband never bought any bike." Karuna smiled happily. " So I am right. Aakash is lying." " Of course no doubt about it." Karuna " Bye. I want to talk with Aakash." " Just talk peacefully." Karuna was so angry now. She began to feel her son wanted to show she was mad. He wanted to put her in mental hospital. He wanted her money. Karuna started to screaming loudly Aakash's name. Soon Aakash entered in room. Shital came behind him. Shital " What happened?" Karuna screamed loudly " Why are you lying about bike? You never have one bike." Aakash suddenly began to look strange. Shital saw him this way for first time. His face was red with anger. His whole body was turned in such way that it seemed that he might kill someone in that anger. Aakash " My Dad gave me bike." Shital wanted to convince him to calm down. But he just pushed her behind. She managed to just stop her fall. Karuna started screaming on Aakash. Karuna " Your Uncle said you never have it." Aakash no longed cared for any thing. He started to throw away things around room. Karuna looked scared. Shital tried to control him. But it was useless. He kept screaming that he had bike again and again without stopping. He kept telling that he was right. Soon everything in that room managed to shattered. It was so horrible. Now even Karuna looked scared. Then suddenly she remembered Gayatri " Fine you can call your sister. You know that I have not called her for so many days since she came from holiday just today." Aakash looked happy. " Is you are right but I know you very well. You must have informed her. I will call my friend Ravindra." " Who?" " Ravidra that topper from school."" But he was never your friend." " Stop lying. I will talk with him. I need that book where I had all numbers." He started searching. He searched for long time and finally he found that book. He started searching for number. He was so shocked. He didn't got any number which he saw in memories of his bike. He started screaming " Where are those numbers?" It was too much. He was running around like mad man. Karuna was shivering with terror now. He could see anger in her son's face which was not normal. Shital " I think we must talk with our Doctor. He would suggest something to us." Shital ran towards mobile. But suddenly Aakash screamed on her. Aakash " No one is going to call any one." He took hold of her hand. It started hurting. Karuna started screaming " Leave her. She was just calling Doctor since I started feeling pain in chest. Can you call Doctor yourself?" Aakash looked confused. He left her hand. Karuna started touching her chest. Actually she started feeling uneasy truthfully. " I feel as if I want to vomit." She tried to stand up. But her legs were not strong enough. Aakash suddenly started to look concern. He let Shital go and started calling Doctor. Shital took breathe of relief. They both started waiting for Doctor. Soon Doctor came there. He checked blood pressure of Karuna. " My god!! This is too high. We must admit her in hospital." Aakash nodded. Then Doctor called ambulance. Shital " Aakash we need money." Aakash nodded once again. He went inside. Immediately Shital told Doctor as much as possible. Doctor " My god!! This is complicated but hospital would handle it. Just we need to take him in hospital." Shital nodded. Then suddenly Aakash appeared " Take whom in hospital?" Doctor smiled " Your Mom!! Just relax. I told her she didn't need to get tense. We just take her in hospital do check and soon she will be in home." Aakash started to look at Doctor with anger. " You are lying. You want me to take hospital." " What are you trying to say? Are you sick?" Doctor started to pretend as if he wanted to check him up. Immediately Aakash turned behind. " This is about Bike? Right?" " Bike? Your Mom is sick and you want to discuss about purchasing bike. Are you mad?" Aakash suddenly controlled himself. " No. I have once owned bike." " So? What I suppose to do about it? I don't want to buy your bike." " But I am not selling it to you." " Then why are you talking about it? I mean you can ride bike but I can't so why I am interested in talking about it." " Ohh." Suddenly Aakash looked satisfied. He felt that he was better than Doctor. Then ambulance came. They all sat behind. Doctor just went out for one minute. Shital knew that he was calling someone for Aakash. They needed to hospitalize him. Then soon he came inside. They went in hospital. They took Karuna inside. But immediately few nurses came with another Doctor who slowly started to take Aakash but he immediately started screaming so they injected him and took him inside. Then Shital first talked with Doctor of Karuna who told her that she would be fine and could discharged by evening. But Aakash's Doctor told different story. " Your husband was suffering from depression which started to create different effect on his mind. He started imagining things which would make him look great in his heart. He was never smart but he wanted to become smart so he imagined it. Slowly his disillusion managed to become reality for him. He started suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. In it every emotion was extreme. Did you sense it before?" " Yes.Before this he used to worship his Mom, he even used to stay awake for entire night when she got cold. Now suddenly he began to abuse her for some bike." " Since he felt depressed because he felt no one love him." "But I felt as if he never loved me." " He was so confused in his mind that he just started to get attached to some dreams. Just let me handle this." " But what about kids? What I suppose to tell them?" Psychiatrist " Just do one thing. Bring them with you one day. I will explain it all." Shital thanked him. Then she went in Karuna's room. Since she was not permitted to see Aakash, they decided that they needed to sometime before they would let any one meet him. So Shital just went in Karuna's room and started cutting some fruits for her while paying to god. She wanted her normal life back again.
The End
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