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Jaydev was seated in a park and watching children playing. He and Eisha used to come here frequently. Today marks the 6th year of her death. Exactly at this time, he found her hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel room.
Her memories are still alive in his brain. He remembers each and every detail. They saw many dreams to fulfil but all of them broke in a snap of a finger. It was just 2 days after he found Aryan betraying him.
In those 2 days, he did not talk to anyone, not even Eisha. Only if he had talked to her. Only if he had sorted everything with her then today his Eisha would have been with him.
He felt someone sitting beside him.
" Bhai?"
He turned his gaze at Pakhi and frowned, " how did you find out I was here?"
" We went to the police station but they said you were not there so we were going back and while passing by here, we found you."
" We?"
He tilted his head confusedly.
" Yeah, uhm..he."
She pointed behind and he turned his head in the direction and found Aryan standing near his car and using his mobile. Anger glistened in his eyes,
" What the hell he's doing here-"
" Bhai."
Pakhi held his hand and he looked at her.
" Did you come here to lecture me?"
Jaydev asked because that's what she does whenever he does something wrong. Pakhi shook her head,
" Not today. I just came to give you company like always."
His eyes softened and he uttered, " oh," before looking in front.
" Did you go to the temple?"
He hummed and she smiled slightly.
" Did you donate to the orphanage?"
He nodded and she looked at the children.
" She liked children a lot. They were so comfortable around her," Jaydev said.
Pakhi stayed silent and he continued,
" She dreamt of having a boy and a girl," he chuckled slightly.
Jaydev took a deep breath and looked at Pakhi, " why did he come with you?"
" We'll go home from here."
" Home?"
She nodded and he smiled slightly before saying, " means you are still not coming back."
Pakhi blinked and maintained her silence as she did not have words to share.
" Leave him, princess. He'll ruin your life like he ruined Eisha's. He's not a good man."
Pakhi bit the corner of her lower lip and recalled the last night conversation with Aryan. No matter what, she could see longing, sorrow and truth in his eyes.
" Let's wait for some more days. How's di?"
His expression stiffened at Shruti's mention and he ended up sounding rude,
" I don't know anything about her."
" Bhai, di did not do anything. She's innocent."
" You too were innocent. My- Eisha too was innocent. He snatched her from me. Now he's planning to do the same with you."
Pakhi shook her head, " he won't."
Jaydev raised his eyebrows, " hm?"
" I mean," Pakhi scratched the end of her left eyebrow then decided to change the topic,
" Is all your work done?"
He nodded, still not convinced by her defence for Aryan.
" Then why don't you go home now. It's getting dark."
" You can go. I won't go now."
" Bhai, please. You know I cannot go until you-"
" Okay, Goodness!"
She smiled as he agreed unwillingly and stood up along with her. He palmed her cheek and kissed her forehead. The current moment did not go ignored by Aryan.
" Take care, hmm?"
Aryan remembered his sister and a wave of sadness rushed down his spine.
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Jaydev came out of the car and locked it. He walked toward the entrance of his house when he heard the sound of a car. He turned around and saw Shruti coming out of it.
" Bye!"
She waved at her friend and he looked at the other person clearly only to find a guy inside. Not Keshav.
The guy drove away and Shruti turned around. Her eyes landed on him and she decided to ignore him. As she walked past him, he interrupted her,
" Could have called me but no, you wanted to come with a guy. Sure. Who am I to stop you?"
Shruti turned around and crossed her hands around her chest.
" Around 10 missed calls and you did not pick a single call of mine. You yourself had said that I, Jaidev Choudhary's wife, will not come in any cab. You will come to pick me up yourself. Then why did you not pick up the call?"
Giving him a good amount of lecture she went inside the house. He shook his head, not wanting to start an argument with her, at least not today. He would prefer alone time today.
Shruti changed her clothes and sighed heavily seeing her things still scattered in the room. As she already had dinner with Keshav, she decided to put her things in.
She opened the almirah and nodded at herself, finding enough space for herself. Jaydev came to the room and she stepped aside, making him take out his clothes from almirah. He then went to the bathroom.
She first made space for her clothes and put his clothes properly. She opened her suitcases then started putting her clothes one by one. Her mother has sarees for her as well but none of their blouses are stitched yet.
Jaydev came out of the bathroom and straight went toward the bed. He grabbed his laptop and earpods then sat on the bed.
She glanced at him using his laptop then started putting her footwear. No conversation was heard in the room. Only the sound of things shifting were heard until Jaydev caught the sight of a wooden box which she took out.
" Hey!"
She got startled hearing his voice and he hurriedly removed his earpods and laptop then got down from bed and walked toward her.
" Don't you dare touch it again," he literally snatched the box from her as if he had hidden some precious gem in it.
" I was just making space for it," she explained, showing him that she had no intention to take it.
" There is no need to use your brain too much. Let it remain where it was," he said and pushed her aside by his shoulder and put the box back at its place.
Shruti recalled that this was the box Janki was talking about. What's so interesting he has in it.
" Aisa kya hai isme?"
( What's in this?)
He faced her, " tumse matlab?"
( Any problem?)
She blinked, " I mean you got so protective as if I was about to break it-"
" Just don't fucking touch it again."
She frowned hearing his irritated tone and on top of that his glare did no mercy on her.
" Why are you getting so angry-"
" Because you make me angry. Your presence irritates me. It would be better if you disappear from my eyes for a while. Can you do it?"
She chewed the corner of her lower lip, feeling embarrassed and humiliated.
" What? The door is there. If you can't mind your own fucking business then leave my room. Stupid girl."
He passed her displeasing look and turned his back at her. She fisted her hands, felt her eyes turning watery.
" I have never seen someone so rude like you. You know what, you don't even deserve anyone. I have no desire to be with you. I would rather die than live with you."
He clenched his jaw and turned around. She gasped lightly when he grasped her upper arms tightly and pulled her closer.
" Then fucking die."
She looked into his eyes and only found immense hatred for her. Tears escaped from her eyes, encountering the current moment with him. He looked different. Someone heartless, someone so cold and
ruthless.
She jerked his hand away from her arms, " I hate you."
" Feelings are mutual," he replied in his usual stern voice.
She stared at him for a few mere seconds then left the room, without waiting there anymore.
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Pakhi opened the door of Rajdeep's bedroom.
" Papa?"
Rajdeep removed his glasses and looked at her.
" Yes, daughter?"
He forced himself to show her that he's fine. Pakhi entered the room with dinner in hands.
" I heard you did not eat dinner yet."
She put the plate in front of him on the bed. For a moment, he could see his daughter in her. He smiled slightly and replied,
" I am not hungry, dear. You can take it."
" But maa said you did not eat anything since morning," Pakhi said and Rajdeep sighed.
" I don't feel like eating. I just..."
Rajdeep looked at his children's photo frame on the wall. Pakhi sat on the bed and spoke,
" I understand your emotions, Papa but di is okay. Nani told me and Nani said di will come here tomorrow."
" Will she?" his eyes sparkled.
" Yes. You should eat food now."
Rajdeep glanced at the food then asked, " did your mother eat?"
Pakhi smiled, " how can she eat without you. She was worried for you all day."
He nodded, " send her here."
" Okay," Pakhi stood and turned to leave but stopped on her track when Rajdeep said,
" I am sorry, daughter."
She looked at him confusedly.
" I promised your father that you'll be taken care of. But I failed and couldn't stop Aryan from marrying you like that. I failed to protect my daughters."
She smiled reassuringly, " it's alright, papa. I hold no grudges against you."
Rajdeep smiled at her and she walked out of the room. As she had dinner outside with Aryan, she went straight to her bedroom.
She changed her clothes and when she came out of the bathroom, she found him seated on the bed and staring blankly at the bedsheet.
" How did you know Bhai would be there?"
She asked, coming up on the bed. He turned his gaze at her.
" He used to go there with her. I just guessed."
" And why did you not want me to tell this to Bhai?"
She asked and he leaned his back on the bed headpost.
" Did you see him? He got furious just by my presence. If you would have told him this, he would have not stayed with you there."
" Oh," she uttered and put the duvet on her legs.
She licked her lower lip slightly and asked, " is something troubling you?"
He sighed, " Shruti. I don't know how she is managing there. I have not even talked to her since that day."
" Di is coming tomorrow," she informed him.
His eyes sparkled, " is she?"
She put a small smile on lips and nodded.
" I won't let her go," he murmured to himself but she heard him clearly. She couldn't help but to chuckle and lay down.
" Bhai says the same."
He frowned, " I suspected."
She faced her back at him and his gaze landed on her curly hair. How badly he wants to run his fingers in her silky hair and touch every inch of her body. She's a drug to him.
He wants to smell like her. He wants to lose himself in her. He wants to belong to her. When he wakes up in the morning, he only wants to see her face. When he comes home, he wants to get a glimpse of her.
At the same time,
He wants her to submit herself to him. He wants her to be known by his name. He wants to keep her close to his embrace and not let humans put their gaze on her. Slight gaze of especially men on her irks him. He wants to mark her body, making her his in every way possible. He would like to carve his love on her delicate body. He desires her, craves for her.
He wants her to taste all his dark thoughts he has ever had.
Pakhi slowly opened her eyes when she felt the touch of his hand on her upper arm. Before she could respond, a gentle kiss landed on the exposed part of her shoulder.
She sucked her breath, fisted the bedsheet. Aryan closed his eyes slowly and deepened the kiss on her shoulder that she automatically closed her eyes and her eyebrows creaked together.
He couldn't hold his feelings. He failed to control his urges of going close to her. Her heart beat raised, feeling his chest touching her back.
Her mouth parted slightly and he travelled his hand from her arm to her neck. He cupped her jaw then moved his face back and turned her on her back.
She did not dare to open her eyes while he observed her body and found her shivering. He brought his face close to her and breathed against her lips,
" Calm down, sweetheart."
She gulped down her saliva and tried calming herself but failed miserably. His presence was dominating and so terrifying in another sense. She could feel herself weak on knees. Feelings were new and she was finding it difficult to control.
She felt him rubbing the tip of his nose with her. His hot breath caressed her lips. He was dangerously close to her. She's afraid that she won't be able to control this proximity and might end up doing something embarrassing.
Her breath hitched when she felt his lips on the corner of her lips. She arched her back, touching his front of body slightly. Unknowingly, she bit her lower lip and hurriedly grasped his shoulders.
" Rukiye," she said quickly and he moved his face back.
( Stop.)
She slowly opened her eyes and found him already staring at her. She shook her head at him,
" Please don't do this.."
She whispered and added 10 seconds later, " I can't handle this."
She explained and noticed his Adam apple moving as he gulped down his saliva.
" Even I can't. I feel like doing those things which you have never imagined, at the same I want to keep you untouched and not ruin your innocence."
She blinked her eyes and it was such a surprising thing for her that she was finally able to look into his eyes, without any hesitation and fear.
She is being pulled close to him. She's being attracted to him just like a moth is attracted to light.
" Then please don't ruin it today," she said.
He smiled and kissed her forehead then lay down beside her and pulled her close to his chest.
Being close to him is more like a sin to her. He's her brother's enemy. He ruined her life, Jaydev and his girlfriend's life. This is not good to her. It is against her principles to be close to him. But, why does it suddenly start feeling good? A pure emotion not any sin.
Is she being selfish and forgetting her vows?
" I have not killed anyone, if that's what you are thinking right now."
She moved her face back from his chest and looked up at his.
" I saw Eisha as my sister. She was the same for me as Shruti was. I know you won't trust me because you prefer your brother more. You trust him and it's completely okay."
Pakhi licked her lower lip then asked, " why don't you try to clear it with Bhai now?"
He sighed heavily and shook his head, " I have no clear proof. I just can prove that me and Eisha did not do anything he thinks."
She knitted her eyebrows, " you don't know the reason behind her suicide?"
He shook his head, " I only know that it wasn't because of the shit happening with us. She died due to some other reason."
She sat up, " study pressure?"
" She was an intelligent girl. Study never pressured her."
" Have you never tried to find out how she died?"
He gave her silence in response and she knitted her eyebrows confusedly before saying, " even Bhai never tried to learn the reason behind her suicide."
" Because he believes she died because of me," he replied bitterly.
" Oh yes," Pakhi uttered and felt him grabbing her hand and again pulling her in his embrace.
" Why don't we sleep now?"
She cleared her throat and asked out of the blue, " aren't you being too touchy-touchy with me."
" It's my right," he replied without hesitating and pecked the crown of her head before putting his chin there and closing his eyes.
" Still, you can't do this. It makes me feel strange."
" Careful, sweetheart. You might fall in love," he teased her.
" I won't," she replied.
" Impossible," he uttered.
" What?"
" It's impossible not to fall in love with me," he said with a proud voice.
" I can make it possible," she replied with a light chuckle.
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