Rosa went inside her room and sat still and quiet. She didn't feel like to change, or eat or to move....
even an inch. After some time her doorbell made a sound. She didn't really hear it. She kept sitting
there just like that. After it rang for some time, she finally realised it but still didn't move. Finally it was no
longer the bell ringing but the banging of the door and the ringing of her cell phone almost together.
That's when she finally moved. She turned firm and opened the door and kept standing without an
expression. As soon as she opened the door Suho quickly bent forward and hugged her," I am sorry, I
am so sorry. I should have told you who I really am." She pushed him back," Yes you should have. You
should have told me everything from the beginning." His heart was as if it was about to stop. More
than those words what hurt him was that he found himself going away from her with every passing
minute. She continued," I am sorry but can we just pretend that we never met?" Suho was about to
say something when she interrupted," Please, I beg you," as she stepped back. Suho couldn’t find any
words so he looked down and turned to leave while Rose shut the door before he left. Hardly did
they know that the floor on either side of the door was getting all wet from those tiny salty drops that
didn’t seem to stop, not at least for the night.
The next morning, Suho kept waiting for her near the elevator, but she didn’t come out. He didn’t
feel like to go anywhere either, so he returned to his room. Two days passed like this without a word
between them. One evening, Rosa received a call from an unknown number. On taking it, she realized
it was Iva. She told Rosa that it was really hard to reach her. “Rosa, please listen to me carefully. I
am out of station right now and I called him, I could understand he is really ill. He tried to act but I
caught him. Suho would not let me tell you. He needs you. I don’t know what happened between
you two but please don’t punish him so bad. He didn’t do anything to deserve that. He even bluntly
refused for the wedding since he loves you.” Rosa didn’t even think of anything. She was on her way,
rushing to Suho but the last line made her press the brakes.
“What did you say?” Rosa asked in a low voice. Iva spoke again, “Wait, didn’t you know? His parents
told us that they have informed you about their plans of getting us married but actually Suho
confessed to me that day that if he is ever going to be with someone, that would be you. So we
went to refuse uncle and aunty that night.” Rosa quickly hung up with the last words, “Ok thank you,”
and almost ran to his room.
She rushed inside and found that the door was open. She found him lying on the bed, asleep, with
a half jug of water beside him and some medicines. She measured his temperature, called a doctor,
dabbed his face and hands with a wet towel and waited for him to wake up. By the time Suho woke
up, Rosa was fast asleep beside him on a chair. His smile when he saw her after such a long time was
probably his best. He tried to reach for the jug and she woke up from the noise though he tried his
best to keep it quiet. “Ahh, you should have called me. What am I here for?” nagged Rosa. “For me to
stare at,” Suho replied with full confidence. “Oh come on, stop your nonsense,” Rosa reached for the
jug and the glass. Suho asked stupefied, “Are you still mad at me? I wanted to tell you my real identity
but….” “I already knew that you idiot,” said Rosa without looking at him. He looked more stupefied
than before. She continued, “Umm I thought you and her were actually dating.” Suho laughed out
loud and controlling himself asked, “And what if we were dating?” She made her eyes bigger, “So you
really wanted to date her, didn’t you?