Unique short stories|Dress      

 "Look..how is this dress.?

"Great..where did you get it from?"

"From the footpath..there was a whole heap ... it seems to fit all of us..me and Kavya liked it ... we just bought it."

"But the price ..?

"Very lower price..we'll all wear it to college one by one!!."

 Kavya,  Kavita, Shabda and Pankti ..all are roommates in a hostel ... come from middle-class families .. live frugally... study in the same college .. everyone likes each other's dress .. go to college wearing each other's dresses ...

Pankti was not well, so Kavya and Kavita went to the market to buy some medicines and some other things for her. Shabda stayed with Pankti in the room. 

On their way back, they saw the hawker on the footpath..the whole heap of dresses..they liked this dress..very lower price..and  the four friends could wear it one by one ...

The next day Pankti was fine .. she decided to go to college wearing this dress ... and also wore it .. even though the dress was cheap but everyone liked it.

During the lunch break, Pankti was sitting in the canteen. Then, Prof. Kapadia came to the canteen with some other professor friends... His eyes became fixed on Pankti, waiting for someone on a corner side table... He stared at Pankti for a long time. ..!!

Pankti's gaze fell on Professor, both of them stared at each other for a few moments .. Pankti's heart was throbbing loudly... She looked down shyly ... Both eyes met again... Professor Kapadia smiled lightly... The wave of joy turned again with a faint smile on the face of Pankti.

She was restless when she came to the room today..she didn't like to talk to anyone today... 

The professor's smile didn't move in front of her eyes ... the professor used to come to her class every day for lectures, but today, to the canteen ..? Surely he liked my dress. And maybe she should look even more attractive in this dress ... so he must be staring...

Pankti sank into the ocean of imagination ... at first glance. She fell in love with him.

The next day Pankti also wore the same dress..with the assumption that the professor liked her in this dress... and the professor also used to stare at her in this dress. And also giving a slight smile...

Today Pankti deliberately sat in the library. Assuming that there would be half an hour passed, she left for the class.

The professor had a free period at that time. He was coming from the canteen.

The two met in the college compound...Pankti was a little embarrassed...A wave of joy ran through her body.

"This dress is very beautiful .. it looks good on you. You also look very attractive init" said the professor in one breath...

Pankti blushed, the professor could see the shadow of shame on her pink cheek..she walked happily by smiling.

Now this dress has become Pankti's favorite dress. The other friends also gave her their best dresses. But every day Pankti wore the same dress in college ... because the professor likes it ...

One day Pankti was sitting alone in the canteen..then the professor came and sat next to her..she was a little embarrassed..but the professor was just staring at her dress...

"Where did you get this dress from ..? It's so beautiful."

Listening that Kavya and Kavita being brought this dress from the peddler on the footpath, the professor was overwhelmed. 

Before Pankti understood anything, he ignored all the embarrassment and touched this dress worn by Pankti!!..His eyes were flooding ...Pankti was enjoying the vibration of the professor's touch without understanding anything.

"This dress belongs to my wife... She was diagnosed with cancer two months ago."

" I liked this dress very much. After her death, I saw her dress and made me sad. So I gave this dress and other clothes to a maid."

" But she may have sold it for the lure of utensils in exchange for clothes. Which came to you from the footpath ... and her memories make me shaken when I see her dress ..... this dress looks so beautiful on you," he cried like a small child...

The eyes of Pankti also got wet  ...

 She holds the professor's hand and just said  .. " Can I.. take her place?"

And at the wedding reception of the professor and Pankti, Pankti wore this simple dress and astonished everyone.

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