My Robot told me , " Actually , I am a human being."
I was just looking at him in daze ...
I was born in decent family and my dad settled a Little far away from city as to give me all their attention and care for being single child.
but instead I was bullied by my classmates in schools and became lonely and unfriendly. At the age of 8 , my dad brought a handsome young robot for me ...he was awesome in every way and I grewed up so close to him in my childhood that I couldn't live a day without him .I named him "Apollo" My Apollo which whom I promised to be always best friends and never leave apart.But soon Mom pass away when I was 12 years. I cried in the arms of my Apollo . Days got normal , but I grew distant to my Apollo cause I get busy with my life , my friends.. whenever I would get fight or annoyed I would get out all my frustrations on him..well he was robot though he don't have feelings !! One day , I got admitted to a university far from our home and without any thoughts as to live my future well I left the house wishing goodbye to my father and Apollo...
when I was leaving he urged pulling my jacket and saying those things again and again : " Don't leave me, Nora ..Don't leave me ,Nora don't wants me ! Nora is leaving me ! Nora , don't leave me .. Nora is angry with me.. I lashed out at him saying so many bad words and asked him to just take care of my home at last ..
sometimes I used to talk to dad and spoke to him to shut him down now and he used to say ..from when I have left he had feel so lonely so he likes to keep him and spending time with him . he told me that he is getting old and Apollo can take care of him.I got degree and I settled my life in the city as to convince my dad that city life suits me better .
And coming to that home reduced to least ..I would always call my dad in my city in festivals . My father always used to speak how much that robot missed me ..and I got irritated and always ended up saying that he was just a robot and was for me in my childhood and now I don't need him ..
And after some days , a devasted news I heard was that my Dad have died . I hurried to that hospital directly and came to knew that it was due to he couldn't get oxygen at that time. My dad was suffering from Breathing problems !! and I cried looking at his body and soon I had to held a little funeral for my dad...as I was the only family he had after mom .. and when I was crying Apollo patted at my shoulder and I stood back in anger slapping him tightly ..I hold him and yelled at him : " Why didn't you took him to hospital , early !! You should have took care of him !! Then why !My dad is dead now..what's the use of you , now !! you are useless..if only I had told him to dismantle you after I left !!! Atleast I couldn't see this face which annoys me !! "
again, I felled on my knees crying and again left the house with dad and mom's memories .
This time he didn't said those damn things but saw me leaving without even glancing at him.
But when I Again sat in my car , he asked me " Can Nora stay here , Master is not here anymore ."
And in my dad's sorrow I shouted at him coldly
" Whose fault is this...I don't want to live here with you !! YOU ARE THE REASON SO YOU SHOULD STAY HERE !! IF ONLY YOU WERE A HUMAN..YOU WOULD HAVE UNDERSTAND MY PAIN , GOD DAMN! YOU ARE JUST A USELESS ROBOT !!
LEAVE ME !! " I pushed him and he became silent and saw my car fading away ...
I was 25 now and I felled in love but got betrayed too..
in those broken days I finally decided to go back to my home to spend some days to forgot ..
and when I reached there and opened the house 🏠 it was all neat and clean..I stepped in and headed to my room .. I peeked in and saw that my room was still the same filled with my and Apollo's photos who was my best friend and crime partner in my childhood .. I remembered my moments back then..I cried ..I cried remembering it ..tears gushed out of my eyes and I soon wiped it...I holded the photo frame to my chest and went in the backyard which was also fulled with blooming flowers and trees...but in the middle of if ..on the swing a man was sitting holding a pendant and ball..all emotionless eyes yet I don't know how feeling that loneliness in his eyes . I approached him and gazed at his hands. It was the ball on which we signed that we will always best friends and will never be apart and...that pendant which I gifted him on my birthday !!💔💔
My eyes welled up with tears and started crying ...I realised how foolish I was to blame a robot for my dad's death even though I knew he was at his last stage cancer too and there were no chances to save him😭😭
When did I became so selfish and cruel .I broke my promise and even left him alone for 5 years !!
Yet he is still waiting for me !!
just like back , when I let out my cry he turned and hugged me saying that " Nora shouldn't cry or Apollo will feel bad..Nora , don't cry ..Nora " I felt so guilty that I clutched him tightly and sobbed in his arms letting all my feelings out ...he was still the same ..only I was the one who changed that past 😭
Soon our relationship got better and we became as close as we were from past ..I started to fill my every moment with him that I couldn't spend with him in back years. I felt he was more than a robot for me ..He was the one ..the only who cared for me and was sincere to me..one who will never betray me!! In my childhood , I was clumsy but now I feel so real with him..as if he is a human being.. well ..he is not ..I know ..kinda a sad reality to me..
Then I got letter from my office asking me to join my job now since it were 2 months on a leave.
But I looked at him ...my Apollo who was making a sweater for me ..and I left my job . I completely settled in my house with him. Not treating him as a robot anymore.. We used to spend so much time together untill one day I realised that Without him I can't live a happy life. I told him at a night " I love you Apollo 😊 .how beautiful it must be if you were to be human." I sighed and was going to say goodbye to him and amazingly he ..told me something that I could never ever imagine in real except in my dreams !!
I got back from my long daze and stared at him sweetly . I smiled and giggled . I pecked him on his cheeks and was ready to go to sleep but suddenly and pulled me in a soft kiss. We shared a beautiful kissed and I blinked at him in surprise again.
He uttered " I love you too , Nora "
I have a long past and was saved by your dad from danger and he entrusted you to me ..you were the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life no matter how you treated me..I couldn't love you but Care for you "
