NOVEL WEB Chapter 8: Chapter-8
"what about your mom?" Asks Rehan
"well... She died on a car accident when I was 12" Myra looks down at her feet trying her best to not recall those haunts back.
"I- I am so sorry to hear that" Rehan says, Myra looks up just to find everyone staring at her with concern, not being able to handle it she burst out of laughter, a tear escaped her eye which was named after her laughs but little did she know she felt overwhelmed of the feelings surpassed in her. Gulping down her hurtful throat she says "I'm good guys, you don't have to feel pity for me" she says smiling, kabir rubs her back as Anaya and Haniya hugs are praising her about how strong she is. Rehan sits there and offers her some roasted marshmallows as she gladly accepts
"I'm glad, I'm so glad to have friends like you by my side. All my life I was a loner who had no one by her side" she says with a downward smile
"Shut up we're not supposed to be emotional-" Kabir was cutten off when he heard someones sobs, shifting his gaze with his eyes wide open he found Anaya covering her mouth trying not to cry, instead of being concerned all of them burst into laughter
"W-what IT'S NOT FUNNY GUYS I GOT SAD- -_- WHAT'S SO FUNNY ARE Y'ALL EVEN A HUMAN???" she screams on top of her lungs out of embarassment when Myra hugged her controlling her laughs
"It's okay" she says laughing hard.
"Okay guys so who is going nextt??" asks haniya
"Me?" Says Kabir
as everyones attention went over him he clears his throat and says
"Well as a Younger child of my family, I've a older sister and she's married with two kids. All my life I was taught to be independent and I enjoyed it, because it indeed gave me some freedom and space unlike my sister, she was always been doubted for all her dids. As a brother I used to enjoy watching her being frustrated but later when I realised I stood for her too-"
"aren't we talking about your life?" Anaya says with a curiously done face.
"keep listening dumb head, So yes after that Before she got married dad died, which made Everything really hard for us to handle, our company was nearly bankrupt but as my sister was educated enough she handled everything on her own, indeed I helped her too as mom was a housewife and we couldn't trust any other person. It was really hard on us, my mom was the one with those stereotype mindset but ones she saw that her daughter was the one Who turned out to be the hero she really turned into a different person, I really love both the ladies in my family, since my sister got married we adopted a dog because ofc I cannot stay with my mom because I've my own business"
"wow"
"Your sister is a superwoman for sure"
"She's such an icon"
all of them were impressed by the story of his life, or his sisters?
"so you were a side character" Rehan says trying to trigger Kabir
"wa- I was the main hero ok !! I helped my sister !" He says with a small angry pout on his lips
"okay guys who is going next?" Asks myra
"hmmm... Me!" Haniya says with full confidence in her face.
"Okay so As a only child it was also really hard on me as All the burdens were over me, I had to be good in studies, sports etc it was not that hard on me because my mom and dad are really supportive. They let me do what my heart wanted, But also they really set their standards high about my Results, so managing everything like studying, learning karate and Learning music got Me stressed but soon I stopped learning karate and music because I didn't wanted to it got easier for me and I graduated with good Results, satisfying enough for my family" She says exhaling
"oooo"
"damn girl slay"
"ew shut up, you're so girly"
"what the heck-"
"kabir, Anaya why are you guys always arguing?"
"okay- GUYS. so who is going next?"
"Rehan!" Says Anaya, everyone stared into his soul making him doubt his existence
"ok-okay but please stop staring like that, ehem so (he looked down towards his feet, fidgeting his fingers he continues) when I was a 2 year old, My mom gave birth to a girl, Everyone were so happy because in my family including my relatives everyone only had boys, because of my sisters birth everyone including me were really in joy. I was like a guard to her, I really loved her but I was always left out. All the love was dedicated to her and only her, All I got was scolded for not completing my homework. So when I was a 9 years old, my sister was around 7, my mom was out of shopping and I was babysitting my sister, I was feeding her chestnut because it was her favourite. While feeding her she suddenly choked on it, I was in shock I tried to help her, I ran towards the door and banged on it but to our bad luck the door was locked. Mom locked it so that we would not get lost, my sister was feeling harder to breath, soon she got seizures and her lips started to turn purple. I was so in shock, I cried loudly but just than mom arrived, She quickly unlocked the door but when she saw my sister like that she quickly took her to the hospital but we were late. My sister was already choked to death. Since her death my mom went into depression and all the pressure was on me, everyone called me a jealous brat, Unlucky child. All my life I was blamed for her death " he couldn't continue more, he took a shaky breath and forced a smile out
no one dared to say a word, all were in hard shock. Myras hands reached towards him, taking his hand into hers she reassured him that everything was fine
now, it was around 8 pm in the night, it was a full moon and the sky was full of bright stars, it was a sky people desire to see. Everyone was present near the tents warming themselves up with fire except Myra, wrapping a shawl around her she went near the edge of the mountain, Staring at the sky she Took a deep breath smiling. Enjoying and feeling the moment she sat down
"hey" Turning back she saw Rehan sitting near her, offering her a can of soft drink she gladly accepted. They both talked for a while
"the sky is so pretty" myra says enjoying the moment real good
"it sure is" Rehan says unconsciously staring deep into her eyes, his heart was beating loudly, the silence was so loud that they both felt something curling up in themselves