After Om's performance was finished, he went back to the backstage with a huge round of applause and cheers from the audience. Today too, his performance had been amazingly good. People loved it and they hated it too. The 'torture' they had to go through when they were laughing so hard was very hard to describe. They wanted Om to stop, and at the same time, they wanted him to go on. This was a very contradictory feeling and only the people watching Om live understood this feeling.
After Om went down, the whole show was over. Om's performance was the last as he was the 'main dish' of the whole show. And he kept up to his name. His performance at the last outshone every single performance before. He made everyone laugh so hard that even their livers had started hurting. It had become so crazy at that time that even the slightest movement from Om like lifting his hands made them laugh. And this was the magic of the 'main dish' which Ayush had wanted to see. He knew that Om was the perfect 'main dish' and that was why he had given Om the chance for that.
After Om went to the backstage, everyone began leaving with a wide smile plastered on their faces. Everyone was discussing how crazy today's show was. Although their jaws hurt, their stomachs were convulsing, and their lungs were lacking breath, but they still didn't want Om to stop. But unfortunately, Om had to stop after his performance. But one thing they had firmly decided in their minds, that they were going to come to watch Om perform live once again next time no matter what happens.
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"Hahahahaha! Om, your performance was too hilarious. Even now, I can't stop laughing." Saksham said, laughing.
"Haha! You liked it, right? It took me quite a lot of time to think about this. But, it looks like my hard work has paid off." Om said jokingly.
"Yes, your performance was too good. And that is why you have to celebrate it by inviting me to a wonderful lunch." Saksham said, looking serious.
After talking for a while with Saksham, Om had come to like him a lot (No Homo). His character and thinking were very simple and direct and this was why although they talked for only a little while, they were already quite good friends now. They could even be called colleagues so, Om didn't mind inviting Saksham to a lunch.
After Om and Saksham thanked the staff there, they left for a nearby restaurant. They were talking and laughing on their way. They were discussing various issues like politics, World War III, pollution, school days, etc. They talked about so many topics that they almost forgot why they were out there.
After finding a good restaurant, Om and Saksham went in and sat down comfortably. They ordered some simple things to eat and once again started discussing various kinds of stuff.
Not long after, a very delicious aroma entered their nose and they were immediately mesmerized by it. They knew that their orders had arrived. So, they immediately shut their mouths and excitedly rubbed their hands, looking at the waiter who was quietly placing their orders on the table.
After a little more than a half an hour, Om paid the bill and then they both left the restaurant. The more they talked the more they felt that they should've met a little earlier in their lives. But well, now that they have met, it was still good, they thought.
If a person looks at both of them, talking about things excitedly like that, they would think that they both were friends for quite a few years. They wouldn't believe that they had met today and it had not even been a whole day since the two of them met.
Both of them had to take the metro and the metro station was near them, so they decided to go there on foot. They were walking at the side of the rood on the footpath when suddenly, they heard a loud screeching of the tire and then they heard the surprised and painful shrieks of the people.
Om and Saksham turned around and saw a very expensive car that had drifted off the road had come on the footpath. It had hit anyone and everything that had come in its path. Many people were hit and they were lying on the side. Some were bleeding and some were crying in pain. Some had even fainted after being hit. If you look closely, you would see that on the windshield of the car, there was a lot of blood on it.
But all this was not the main problem here. The main problem here was that…..the car was now moving towards Om and Saksham. But both of them were stunned seeing such a bloody scene. Especially, Om. When Om looked at the blood on the ground and the fast-moving car, he was reminded of his own death. After looking at the car moving towards himself, Om felt that he was once again going to die under a car.
But he didn't want to once again feel his body going cold slowly. He didn't want to feel very helpless at the moment of death once again. He didn't want to feel that same pain again. Thinking about his death made him feel as if his feet were glued on the footpath. Om even tried to move his feet but he couldn't feel his legs. He could only watch the car come in front of him and hit him to death.
When the car was almost in front of him, Om closed his eyes and gave up. He thought, "I think this the end of my life once again. Well, this is also good. I have already experienced what the feeling of being a 'superstar' is. Now, although I have some regrets in my life but, I will fulfill them in my next lifetime. Until then, goodbye this lifetime."
Om totally gave up and stood upright. After a moment, when Om felt that the car was very near him, he felt a heavy push from sideways and he immediately lost his balance and fell down.
When Om was about to stand up again curse at the person who had pushed him, he heard a loud voice of someone shrieking out in pain. When Om heard this, he felt that the voice was familiar.
Suddenly, he saw someone flying out and falling on the ground heavily and rolling twice. After this, the car also stopped and someone groggily came down the car. But at this time Om didn't have any time to pay attention to that person. His whole focus was on the person who was lying on the ground, bleeding and his hands and foot bent at a weird angle. This person was none other than…..Saksham.