Aryan sat on the chair, resting his hands on the dining table! It was the first time for him to witness her having a nightmare! And it seemed like she had them often by the way how she simply stated it! She made him remember of his own self, before he had adopted his unique sense! It was back then when he was still new to it, and seeing people's memories was nothing to be passionate about! He was haunted by them especially his parent's last memories! He often locked himself in his room getting isolated from all his roommates in the orphan, and every night he had to suffer nightmares! Just a simple touch was immune to make him flinch in fear, while his head kept throbbing for hours when he had to see anything he didn't wish to, and slowly people had started to make him feel suffocated without their knowledge! It was then he started to change when the lady, the caretaker of the orphanage had a talk with him after a lot of observation of his behaviour! She said that she thought he was mourning his parent's death but his isolation bothered her!
But what could he probably say her? That he could see people's memories? She would rather admit him in mental hospital than believing him! Or even if she did in a dream's case, she would herself start avoiding him!!
"I am just cursed!!" he yelled at her the time she had patiently waited for him to say something!
The lady had just gave him a smile, and said something which had changed his perception over life!
"Everyone in this world who is living a life is cursed my dear! You just have to find a way to let it adorn you!"
"Embrace what is within you, and let it embellish your life!!"
Aryan who had took those words serious slowly sowed them deep inside his heart, which made him realise what he should!! Later, everytime he had experienced the touch vision, he rather than being sad or disturbed, tried to understand them if they were embarrassing, though some managed to make him laugh, or some secrets, and tried indirectly to console when it was something sad or hurtful! Atleast some concerning words, giving hope?!
Often, whatever he saw were something embarrassed or hurtful or secretive, but at rare times he could also see some happy memories, which often made him happy as well! Just like how he had seen the little Tara with her parents!
Just like the old lady said, he tried to embrace his curse and what, it embraced him back! Though it sometimes felt like a toxic relationship as often he had to suffer headaches, still he never regretted, and also had adopted a behaviour to stay in less contact with any, which can prevent him the headache! Only he could know how his ability had helped him solve many psychological problems of people!
And now he was here! With a woman who had a similar ability with him! Till now he had treated people who had suffered psychologically, but she, she is just same as him! He understood that nothing can change his fate and so he made his fate comfortable to live in with, and if hers was same, then same goes with her as well! She has to accept and embrace it, so that just like him helping others heal mentally, she could heal people from her unique visions, just like yesterday! He was glad that she attempted again despite the failures and the output was positive for the first time, and he hoped for her to keep up the belief till the end!
'Suffocating' he recalled what she said! He took a deep breath, he had tried to make her mood well by teasing cause the woman seemed to enjoy mocking as well, atleast everything she said and did from the beginning said it!! Not her trying to please him by bargaining for him to be her doctor when her uncle had already requested him which he accepted!
Tara opened the door coming out of her room, making him look at her coming out of his thoughts, and he soon hurried to give her support, and he helped her to the table and she took a seat! Weird, she was just letting him do everything from yesterday, and not even trying to protest or argue!
"Seems like you are enjoying being my servant!" she scoffed.
Well, here she goes! He was right! She is unpredictable!
"What do you mean by servant?" he asked innocently though he knew what she meant!
She shrugged, "A driver, bodygard, and now chef!"
"And who does this all?"
He chuckled, "Have your breakfast. My Lady!"
She laughed for the first time surprising him! Tara took the spoon and finally started having her meal, and he just kept observing her! He noticed that she had bandaged herself, and by the way she was eating, she was slowly regaining her appetite which she seemed to have lost the last night!
He can see that she really didn't like what she was eating cause what all he served on the table was a bowl of finely cooked legumes, cup of cinnamon tea, with a toasted bread and roasted boiled eggs! He had to cause she has to regain her strength, but he could see that though she didn't like it much she was having them without any protest, and dislike, may be she knew that she had to if she wants to heal faster!
He smiled, he might just have to cook her some chicken soup, it will help in keeping her healthy and she might as well like it!
"Does your head hurt? And leg?" he asked still with eyes that were fixing on her!
"Nightmares just benefit my headaches and my head is already hurt! And about leg, it pains like hell when I try to stand, but it's okay!" she said honestly without looking up at him!
"What about you?"
"What about me?" he asked confused!
She looked up, "You are hurt too!" she reminded! "I really can guess how good can you sleep with that injury of yours at back!!"
He shrugged, "It's not that good either!!" he played along!
She sighed, "Have your breakfast instead of staring me cause that's not gonna fill your stomach!" she said with a jerk and her hand movement which held spoon! He chuckled, and now started to have his meal as well!
"What was your dream about?" he asked while he had a sip of his tea.
"Incidents! No!" she shook her head, "Experiences!"
She shrugged uncertainly, "May be both!!"
He nodded, said nothing and waited for her to say about it herself, and this time, he didn't want to know it by his vision but through her!
Tara sighed and took hold of her cup of tea as well as she now finished everything that was served to her. Taking a sip of it, letting her mind free, she told him what she had dreamt about!
Aryan had patiently listened to her, and when she was done he nodded thoughtfully!
"Being a psychologist, I have a knowledge of psychoanalysis! So I can try interpreting your dream!"
She frowned, does dreams communicate?
As if hearing her unasked question, Aryan spoke, "Dreams does communicate!"
"What does mine say?"
"Though spiritually dreams have many interpretations, drowning in your dream psychologically means being in the state of feeling overwhelmed!"
She nodded thoughtfully, "But you claimed that you felt like you experienced your last moments! And death in dreams state the change!"
She nodded again, may be she was really overwhelmed by everything, and may be, just may be, her situation was going to change, just as the tarot reading lady had stated and yesterday was a huge example of it!!
She though still can't undo her dream of her parents, she sighed, the dream triggered her memories from which she couldn't heal yet!!
"Do you want to know what had someone in my childhood said me which had changed my opinion about life?" he asked!
Tara frowned, "What is it?"
"Everyone in this world who is living a life is cursed! You just have to find a way to let it adorn you!"
His left hand now reached up, tugged her hair behind ear, and then stroked her cheek gently, surprising her, Tara was taken aback and her eyes widened! "Embrace what is within you, and let it embellish your life!!" he smiled!