A few minutes later, he shook himself from his reverie "I'm suddenly feeling poetic for no apparent reason. I wonder whether something has been added to the office drinks."
He smirked.
After a moment of walking down a pavement, he came to realization, "those senile old bastards, It must have been there doing, I read an article in the morning that claimed older office workers frequently play pranks on newcomers. I should've stayed alert." he grimaced. "Mom is going to be so angry if she finds out I drink alcohol."
At that moment, he completely forget about that girl and kept talking to himself on the side of road.
"Time is running out, I can't be here for too long, we shall meet soon in my world." In Aarav's conscious, the same voice kept repeating itself.
Although Aarav didn't recognize the voice, he was able to deduce that the strange female was the one speaking to him. yet how? as he was contemplating the whole situation he noticed that she slowly started fading away into the darkness.
"Wait, who are you?" Aarav shouted with all his might and dashed towards her, oblivious to traffic, but before he could reach her, he saw headlights shining directly into his eyes.
*BAM!*
The next moment, He was lying down on the road with blood all around him, his clothes are soaked in blood unable to feel his body except for his fragile heartbeats. The mob in front of him is closing in on each other, and all he can see are flickering lights and the sound of the crowd mumbling.
'Wait, what just happened? 'Why is it so painful?' 'One moment the road is there, wide open and safe, the next there are loud noises, acrid smells, and severe pain,' he wondered as he bled lying down on the road.
As he tried to look around to understand the situation, 'I can't move my body, my whole body is feeling numb.' he struggled to look around.
"He just ran into the middle of the road and was hit by the truck."
"Seriously, to commit suicide at such young age? What a shame?"
"You can't blame him; I saw him he was just in hurry to cross the road, it's just these reckless truck drivers; hit-and-run accidents are on the rise nowadays."
A crowd gathered around the injured Aarav began murmuring.
Aarav began crying as he attempted to stand up after instantly recognizing the predicament he was in.
'I'm losing awareness slowly, my eyelids are growing heavy, and I don't have enough energy in my body.' I'm afraid that if I close my eyes now, I'll miss out on another chance to see my mother.'
"No...Not Now, our wonderful days have only just begun. I've got a lot planned for Mom's birthday, and she is waiting for me" He added, with a breaking voice.
"How did I get into this situation? I was supposed to celebrate her birthday today." "I despise it! why? Why did I reach out to some strange girl without giving it a second thought? Why did she seem so familiar to me, even though I had never met her before, and how am I meant to explain this to my mother, she's waiting for me." he kept blaming himself.
Why am I so careless? She must have felt very horrible. I even forgot to wish her a happy birthday.
"No...., get up, you suckerrr," he screamed as a thick red liquid oozed from his mouth, rendering him paralyzed and speechless.
Those around him are more concerned in their theories about why he committed suicide rather than aiding him while he was bleeding profusely on the road.
"I-I can't hold it any longer." He closed his eyes as his body grew numb.
He finally decided to rest on such useless struggles and accepted his fate, the sound of ambulance sirens could be heard coming, but he had no energy to even open his eyes. It's already past the point of no return.
***
"Sir.....Sir, don't close your eyes; we're almost to the hospital." A man yelled, but it was in vain because everything around him was already slipping away.
'I'm sorry mom, your unfaithful son abandoned you all alone,' he thought to himself as he plunged into endless darkness.