" I Do " ....

Her wrinkled hand kept patting his hand and in another she held a wedding photograph of theirs  and she smiled her dimpled smile ,the same smile which had made him fall for her and on one secret night out in their college days he had held her close to him and whispered to her  " to see you smile i live ,seeing the same smile i wish to die"...
Recalling those words she turned her gaze to see him lying on the hospital bed ,his eyes still closed ,his fragile body cruelly injected at several places ,many more digital square bodies with waveforms she couldn't make sense of claimed to give reports on whether he was dead or alive or how fast his heart was beating ,whereas she knew it in her mind that only she could understand his hearts' beats,only she could decipher it ....
It was the first day of her college and visibly she was one of the 'prettiest thing' around already !! Her silky dark brown hairs flowing in curls ,those large expressive eyes ,her dimples  all of them combined together had already made her the favourite among the flirt-heads ,the self-acclaimed romantics ,the dudes and even the duds !But to all their disappointment ,only one guy ,belonging to none of these categories and claiming to be just a simple bloke managed to score and it was him.
He was hardly noticed by anybody before she entered his life but this hadn't stopped her from noticing him ....... those dark black eyes ,curly hairs ,tall ,strong broad shoulders ,no airs about anything ,that boyish yet confident  smile ..........
His hairs were all grey now ,his eyes sagged yet hadn't lost its charm and his body had shrinked ,but she recalled him naughtily saying to her on his 80th birthday last month , " I'll always be strong enough to carry u firmly in my arms ,my body can always be your perfect bed ,your personal heaven "......
Meanwhile he opened his eyes to see her slightly blushing and he smiled faintly .She too smiled her bright smile although her eyes cried ,she trembled inside ,scared to think of his condition worsening ,to think of leaving him ,to think of dressing up and not receiving his compliments for it ,to think of waking up daily and not find him beside her ,to go to sleep without him protectively wrapping her within him ,just scared to think of living in a world where he didn't exist ............
Her thought bubbles were suddenly bursted when the doctors rushed in ,the nurse trying to separate theirs fingers entwined ,one doctor trying to rub his hands ,one trying to inject their last hope into him, through all that chaos she managed to see his hands fall aside and  some machine losing its curved waveforms to form a straight line .......
People hugged her ,they mouthed her words of courage but the only thing she kept hearing in her head was again something he told her just 2 days back " Whatever happens ,i stay with you ,find me in the air you breathe ,in the sun which shines on you ,in the stars which were always our night's companions ..... Be strong my love for i will always love you " ...........