While ( 1 ) dream

It was just another day at the office for the tiger. Just that the office was different, and the tiger was very weak due to under nutrition diets. Tiger was feeling pain all over his body. He was weak. But still he tried a hand at the tiger badminton tournament held at the office. Well, no one believes he is a tiger there. He was treated as a kitten in the badminton court. Well he'll see them all.. all in due time.
hehehe...

After the major assault on him at the badminton court, he was feeling even weaker, vulnerable. He had not had food for the whole day. His stomach has been in the bypass mode for the past two days. He was all dehydrated. By the end of this "just another day at office" the tiger was too tired. He was having fever too. So he went back to his den early.

Still a tiger is a tiger. isn't it..? He cannot ask for care or ask for love. He still has to move on as if nothing is wrong with him. So he didn't care to tell any one in the house that he was ill.

He lied down. and just like that, even faster than yuvi comes to the creese and goes back, he was sleeping.

He was feeling uncomfortable, He felt that some thing is nearing him. something dark, gripping, it made him very dizzy, was making him unconscious. It was frightening and he felt it is going to take him with it. He shouted

amme........ amme....... don't let me go. amme..... I dont want to go..

He kept on shouting, he wanted to be heard, at least once before he is gone, forever....

Suddenly he felt a cold hand on his fore head. He tried to open his eyes.
amma !!!!
Papa was near by too...
He was telling,

monu.... where u going, you can go no where, k... , not when we are here, nothing will ever happen to you when we are here, nearby you, k..?
turning to mom, he said,
I'm going to sleep here, with him.
Mom said, she would too....

He was with his parents, papa on his right and amma on is left, he felt an unusual sense of security. He knew nothing could ever snatch him from their tight grip. He was asleep again. But....

when he checked the right side of his bed, with his left hand, he felt that no one was there. He got panicked...., he checked his left side, his mom also not there. What..? How...?

Suddenly he woke up and saw that his parents were sleeping in their bedroom.
They had never heard his shouting..... well, when have they heard..?
All a dream....., eh...?

It was a phone call that woke him up in the morning.
"Home Calling..."
He picked it.

It was a panicked voice at the other end. His mom.. yelling

what happened da.. what happened ...?

Nothing amme..nothing, just had a bad dream yesterday.. but, how did, how did you know..?

Dad had snatched the fone..

monu... nothing will ever happen to you , k... we are here.. just pray before you sleep,..

amma snatched it back...

Monu, It has been one year now, since you went to US... When you coming home...?