I will come quietly

This story is from just a few days ago. One day I was writing a story in my diary. Suddenly, a cat came near my window. It was meowing “meow-meow.” I lovingly called it “Pussy.” The cat, without any fear, came close to me and sat beside me for a few moments. After some time, it got up and walked away. I kept calling it, but it didn’t stop. Still, I followed it. After going a short distance, it stopped in front of a house. I thought maybe it would come back to me, but when I got closer, it went inside that house. I couldn’t stop myself and went inside after it. There were four people in that house. The cat went and sat beside a girl living there. I thought maybe this cat belonged to them. Then the girl saw me. She asked, “Who are you? What do you want?” I paused for a moment, thinking what to say. Then I replied, “I was passing by and felt thirsty. Can I get some water?” The girl said, “Sure! Wait, I’ll bring water.” She went to the kitchen and brought water. “Here, take it.” I kept thinking in my mind why I was lying like this. Lost in those thoughts, I became silent. Then the girl touched my hand and said, “Where are you lost?” I suddenly came back to reality. I took the water and drank it, even though I wasn’t thirsty. Then I left from there. After coming home, I kept thinking about that girl. “I wish I could meet her again.” She was so cute and innocent. Her lips were like roses, and her hair looked very beautiful on her face. At night, when I went to sleep, I was still thinking about her. Thinking like this, I fell asleep. Then in my dream—I saw the same cat again. I became very happy. It again did the same thing—sat beside me for a while and then walked away. I followed it again. I reached the same house, and there was that girl again. She laughed and said, “Again you came today? What do you want today?” I said, “Should I tell the truth or lie?” She said, “Tell the truth.” I said, “You are the one I like… I came to see you.” She laughed and said, “Are you crazy?” I smiled and said, “Yes… crazy in your love.” She said, “I am a very bad girl.” I said, “No problem, I love you.” She smiled and said, “Not now… I will think and tell you later.” At that moment, her grandmother came. She asked me, “Son, who are you?” Again I thought what to say, and I replied, “This cat was on the road, I came to drop it here.” The grandmother said, “Okay son. This cat is very dear to my granddaughter.” I asked, “What is your granddaughter’s name?” She said, “Priyanshi.” Hearing this, I became very happy. At least I got her name. Then I left from there happily. When I woke up in the morning, I felt sad. I realized it was all a dream. That girl was just the queen of my dreams. I got up and started getting ready for my work, because I had to write a social story against hatred in society. I freshened up. Mom made food and gave it to me. I ate and went to my room. I took my diary from the cupboard and started writing. I wrote hundreds of words about society. Suddenly, the same cat came to me in real life… and I started remembering my dream. I began to wonder—was this the same cat I saw in my dream? And then, just like in the dream, everything started happening in real life… Seeing all this, I became a little disturbed. Two days passed like this. I started secretly going to see that girl. One day, I got caught. I was peeking through her window when she came outside and saw me. But that girl was not simple either. She also used to secretly watch me, but never told anyone. When she caught me, she came directly to me and suddenly kissed me on the lips. I was completely shocked. Not only that, she immediately went back inside after kissing me. Her lipstick mark remained on my cheeks and lips. When I returned home, my younger sister Ankita saw me. She started teasing me and said, “Brother, tell me the truth… you went to meet your girlfriend, right?” She was secretly smiling because she had seen the lipstick marks on my face. I lied and said, “No silly, nothing like that.” Ankita said, “Don’t fool me. Look at yourself in the mirror once.” I quickly went to the mirror. When I saw my face, there really was a lipstick mark. Seeing this, I became very embarrassed and started hiding my face from my sister. Ankita laughed more and said, “Tell me the truth, what is your girlfriend’s name? Otherwise I will tell dad that you went to meet a girl.” Finally, I had to tell everything to Ankita. After hearing this, she became very happy and said, “I also want to meet my sister-in-law.” She insisted, “Brother, introduce me to her.” I said, “Okay, I will make you meet her. Don’t be stubborn.” Ankita said, “Okay, I really want to meet her.” Next day she got ready before me. She asked, “When will you get ready? You know where we have to go today, right?” I said, “I know, but if dad asks where we are going, what will we say?” Ankita said, “I will make an excuse.” I asked, “What excuse?” She said, “That we are going to a friend’s house for her birthday surprise.” She even told this to dad. Then I took out my bike and both of us left together. We reached Priyanshi’s house on bike, but when we arrived, the door was locked. Ankita said, “Brother, is this the house? It’s locked.” I said, “Yes Ankita, this is the place… but it is really locked.” Ankita asked again, “Do you know where she went?” I said, “I only know this house.” We both sat sadly near the door. After some time, a man came out from the nearby house. I asked him, “Uncle, where did the people of this house go in the morning?” He said, “I don’t know much. But I saw a car in the morning and they left in that car.” He went back inside. We became more sad, wondering where Priyanshi had gone. After some time, another man came and asked, “Why are you both sad?” Ankita said, “Nothing uncle… a girl named Priyanshi used to live here. She left this morning. I came to meet her, I am her friend.” He said, “There is nothing to be sad about. I can tell you where they went. They have gone to Jabalpur because her brother got a job there.” Hearing this, we became happy again. We returned home and started planning to go to Jabalpur. Ankita told dad, “My friend lives in Jabalpur. She is very ill. I and my brother want to go meet her.” Dad said, “You can go after one day.” Ankita said, “No dad! She is very ill. If we don’t go today, there is no point.” After thinking, dad said, “Okay, go today… but call me when you reach.” We both said, “Yes dad, we will.” We started preparing. We packed our bags and took an auto to the railway station. The train was at 12:30, but we reached at 11. While waiting, we found out the train was delayed by half an hour. We thought of taking another train. The 12:10 train was superfast, but we only had a local ticket. As soon as the train came, we got in and the TT came. “Show your tickets,” he said. I quickly said, “Sir, the ticket… is lost.” The TT said, “What nonsense are you doing?” I laughed and said, “Sir, you already understood, why are you still asking?” The TT threatened us with a fine, but we kept confusing him. As soon as the station came, we folded the local ticket and gave it to him, and Ankita picked up the bag and we ran out of the train. The TT ran after us but we escaped in the crowd. As soon as we came out of the railway station, we met the police. Tired, we sat beside them. They asked, “Who are you two?” We clearly said, “This is my younger sister.” But they didn’t believe us. “Give proof that you are siblings,” they said. Ankita boldly said, “What do we care about you! We are 18+, and can stay together. Read Article 21.” The police got a little scared and argued for half an hour. I recorded the whole scene on video. The video went on social media and showed police misconduct. We also showed our Aadhaar cards. Finally, the police agreed and we took an auto towards the city. We got down in lane number 8 and found out that the girl lived in the same lane. We took room number 4, and they lived in number 10. Seeing this, I became very happy. (Story continues in next part…)