chapter 33

Rishta Bana h to nibhayenge

Har waqt tumse ladenge aur phir tumhe manayenge......

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Abeer's pov-

I tried opened my eyes when i felt like someone was cuddling with me and a light weight on my stomach.

I opened my eyes with a jerk and saw her and remembered whatever happened in the last night .

i looked again at her who was currently sleeping peacefully while hugging me and her one hand was on my stomach.

I took her hand from my stomach the slowly put that on the bed without disturbing her sleep and turned towards her to look at her properly who's just sleeping near me ,in my bed and in my shirt.

She looked relaxed and cute ,her slightly pink lips formed a pout and her half face was covered with a few hair strands.

Without knowing, i took my hand near her face and gently touched the hair strands that were falling on her face then tucked that behind her ear.

Her hair is quite silky....., ,i thought and supported my head with my hands to look her careful.

I saw that her long black hair was all shattered on the bed and also that her hair was a little matted too i just moved a little closer towards her and to put them together properly so as not to get too tangled more.

I started collecting hair in my hand then slowly started combing her hair and also untangled them without disturbing her sleep.

Her hair really very long and black......,  i thought and looked at her long hair.

How can someone's hair's silky, Black ,and long at the same time?.......Is this her real hair?........,  I thought in a little confusion while looking at her because her hair was really really beautiful.

I just placed my hand behind her head to check and touched the root of her hair and get to know that this is her real hair's.

Hmmm..... it's real........., and j just smiled at my imagination that for second thought it was fake looking at her relaxed face and started running my fingers through her hairs.

How everything changed overnight ....... i was thinking that while looking at her but my thought disturbed when i felt her coming closer to me i stopped my fingers which was running in her hair's.

I was about take my hands out of her hair's but it accidentally got stuck in the ring on my hand and in tried to remove her hairs from ring without knowing i just pulled her hair.

Ahh..., i heard her voice and immediately stopped, looked at her face and noticed that her sleep was a little disturbed while her nose was scrunched up a little and to make her realx and go back to sleep i just started patting her head.

Sleep..... sleep........., i said while patting her head and when i felt that she had gone back to sleep i stopped and slowly removed her hair from my ring.

without causing her any pain, slowly and carefully collected her hairs in my hands then put them on the pillow.

In the midst of all this, i had forgotten that she had fever at night as soon as I remembered this, I placed my hand on her forehead and saw that her temperature was normal.

I was went little closer to her and was about to kiss her forehead when i backed myself off and looked at her forehead clearly.

I removed her some hairs from middle partition and saw her middle hair partition was colored red i just touched that place then looked at my finger.

Sindoor........, i just gulped and i inhaled a deep breath i looked at her sleeping face my heart suddenly started feeling very heavy and at that time i was feeling guilty.

I looked at her neck and saw her mangalsutra which was clearly visible because of the shirt was a bit loose to her and its buttons first button was open without touching her skin, i touched the mangalsutra which was she was wearing around her neck and caressed it gently and leave that slowly.

I remembered her cries how she was crying in front of me in my arms last night and how every time i have wrongly accused her even last night.

I saw her face for second and immediately got up from the bed i covered her properly with comforter and took the phone from night stand and went towards the garden area then dialed neeraj's number.

I am sending you some documents soft copy... go there check all the information, everything again........if those people are done wrong........ then THROW THEM in JAIL ...it's my order ......., i said and send him its soft copy then cut that call.

When i went back to my room, i saw her sleeping figure who is currently sleeping on my bed for second they went to bathroom to fresh up after putting my phone on the table.

Chandni pov-

I woke up but didn't opened my eyes  and felt a slight pain in my body.

I slowly sit on the bed and place my head on the head rest for support and slowly opened my eyes and saw that i was in his room.

I just remembered everything from the last night, how he again accused me for a thing which i never did and he want me to sign divorce papers.

And remembered what happened after that when i left his house.

How I went some distance from here to go to the railway station when some boys saw me and started chasing me.

And how i get hurt while trying to escape from those people.

And how when i told him in a phone that I was near by the old telephone bhoot and again seeing those boys there, I went into the dark alley and hide there.

Just thinking about this tears brought in my eyes and i hugged my knees but my attention suddenly went to my clothes, looking at my clothes i was shocked and shivered.

I touched the shirt which i was wearing and saw it's first button was open with trembling hands i just closed it.

Who..... changed my dress..........did he? ........  i thought but then i remembered something vaguely like he saying something to me when i was in unconscious State.

I am changing your upper clothes... because it's needed...... I'm doing this with my closes eyes...... don't get me wrong......., i remembered some words he might probably said to me last night.

He did.......,just thinking this made my heart beat faster and i felt goos goosebumps all over my body and felt a strange warmth on my cheeks.

I slowly placed both my hands on my cheeks and rubbed them gently to remove that heatness.

And with trembling hands i lifted my shirt and saw my wound where i was hurt it was neatly bandaged.

I was checking my wound when suddenly i heard the door open sound i looked at that direction and saw him who was probably coming out of washroom after his shower wearing his black shirt, black pants and messy hair.

I immediately put down my shirt,  diverted my eyes from him and covered myself with comforter.

I heard his footsteps coming my way but didn't able to looked at him and that time i felt like hiding my self somewhere and nervousness i tucked my hairs strands behind my ear.

Are you fine? ........, he asked while sitting on the bed next to me while putting little distance hearing his voice my toes just curled automatically .

I looked other side of bed and my attention then went to my red dupatta which was lying on the bed on side.

I just took that dupatta with pounding heart and qucikned breathing and put that around my neck while when i was doing this i could feel his eyes on me the whole time.

Hmmmmm........i changed your dress because it was needed your dress were dirty they may affected your wound, that's why.....i did........ , he said fastly in one breath and i just looked at him from corner of my eyes and felt that my heart was beating vigorously at that time after taking pause he again said something and i looked at him in shock.

I didn't saw anything........, he said listening to him my eyes widened and  i Just looked at him for second with my shy eyes ,i lowered my eyelashes and i can feel my cheeks and ears turned warm.

huh..... i mean.......my eyes were closed........, he immediately said after realising his words he corrected his body posture and touched back of his neck.

Without saying anything, i just got up from the bed due to getting up quickly, my foot got stuck in the comforter and i was about to fall when i held his shoulder tightly for support and felt his hands on my waist.

Careful......, he said in gentle voice and i looked at him then his hands which was still placed on my waist.

Seeing that i was looking at his hand which was on my waist, he immediately removed it i stand carefully and slowly removed my clutch on his shoulder and tried to walk away from him but he held my hand and stopped me.

You shouldn't have went out like that last night..........if you were angry and hurt..........then you should have fought with me ,you would have put your words in front of me but shouldn't have gone out at night like this................., he said while still holding my hand and i just tried to free my hand from his hold but that no use.

You know .....it wasn't safe at all when you share a relation with me......it was absolutely not ..........., he said and i stopped wiggling my hands in his grip.

We don't.....we do_n't sha_re any relati_on afte_r.......after last ni_ght......, i said in whisper and hurt while tear brought in my eyes which i stopped form falling from my eyes with very difficulty.

How can he sometimes accept this relationship and sometimes reject it?

I looked at him who was watching me carefully after listening my words and again i tried to free my hand from his grip but he didn't lossend his grip.

Aap .....aap me_ra hat_h cho_riye...., i said and tried to remove my hand.

Listen to me ......, he said gentle and stand infront of me.

I don't want ......who kno_ws again you're goi_ng to put any othe_r accusat_ion on me........ ,i said with pleading eye's and just tried to remove my hands from his grip.

Its not like this..... , he said but at that moment I felt weak, dizzy and stumbled bit and i held his forearms.

What happened......, he said in worried tone he left my hand and placed his hands on my shoulders and made me sit on the bed and sat on his knees infront me.

Kya hua ?....., he said and i just looked at him with my teary eyes.

At one time he care so much as if I am important in his life........he care of me like he accepted me .......but at the other moment he says that I do not matter to him, we don't share any relation and he doesn't like me at all..... i thought looking at him.

How much money you want ............lagti kya ho tum meri?........itni ehmiyat nahi tumhari meri jindagi mein........, all the words he said suddenly i started hearing all the words and tears started flowing from my eyes.

I started feeling some strange pain in my heart remembering all the words he said and my breathing started becoming faster.

Ky_u ker rah_e h mere sa_th aisa?.........., i said in my hiccups while looking at my hands which was placed on my lap.

Aap .....aap kuc_h der ache se b_aat karte ....aur phir dus_re hi lamhe mu_jhe dar_d dete h ......., i tried to say but it was getting very difficult for me to say.

You don't kno_w how man_y times you have hurted me by alw_ays comp_aring our relation_ship with mone_y..... someti_mes you just even poi_nted fing_er on my chara_cter...........even last night you did that........, i said looking in his eyes who's just listening me and saw there was guilt in his eyes.

He forwarded his hands towards my cheeks and tried to wipe my tears but i held his hand and stopped him.

Listen ...... i know i did wrong i shouldn't......say.....,he tried to say and placed his hands on my hand but i just cut off him in his words.

Humhe ......humhe sab bhul Jaana chahiye...... Jo bhi kuch hua tha humhari pehli mulakat mein............

aap bhi bhul jaaye sab........aur mein bhi esmein hum dono ki behtari h....., i said removed my both hand's from his grip and just stand up from the bed.

Please.........., i said looking at him and he just gived me space and i moved forward one or two steps from there and just stopped there.

i pulled my dupatta properly over my body and wiped my tears.

Thank you for helping me last night..........i think you have to tolerate me in your house for few more days............, i said taking a deep breath and immediately left his room.

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Author -

These two days have passed, Abeer tried many times to talk to Chandni but Chandni did not give abeer any chance.

During these two days, she used to stay with his family all the time and make sure that she was busy and couldn't think about him but nothing happened like that happened sshe always end up thinking about him.

Even day night she think about him but whenever she used to feel his presence around herself she went away from that place.

And before abeer come back from office, she locked herself in her room and didn't even come for dinner.

During these two days, chandni always looked lost somewhere and  kept try to understand her heart that whatever happened two and a half years ago was all a dream but it didn't happen.

Chandni pov-

I came out from the washroom after taking my morning bath and drying my hair with a towel and was going towards mirror when i heard a knock on my door.

Kon hoga ?........... , i though and put the towel on the chair which was beside venity and then took my pink net dupatta from bed.

I placed it around my neck properly and stood stiff in front of my bed looking at the door.

Ager Wo hongye ....per itni Shubh ....., i though while fisting with my fingers and with slow steps i went to open the door.

I opened the door and when i didn't find him in front of me, i took a deep breath.

Ye aapki dresses and jewellery.... mam ne bhejwayi...... , she said who's looking older than me, i smiled a little and nodded i moved away from the door, they came inside, placed the dresses and jewelery on the table and went away.

I closed the door of my room and went near the table and looked carefully at those dresses.

Aaj dilwali h ..........aaj to wo ghar hi rahengye pure din..........., i thought and sat on the bed.

But after making my mind understand that i can't hide from him when we stay in same house i stood up.

I selected the green colored lehenga which was not too heavy and went to the washroom while taking blouse and lehenga with me i changed into them and came out.

I stood in front of the vanity and started drying my long black hair, which was still wet, with the dryer and after i dried my hairs i put the dryer back in there place and then combed my hairs properly and left them open.

i just put some moisturizer on my face and lip gloss on my lips and it was all.

After that I opened the first drawer of the vanity and take the box of Vermilion from that i opened that and filled in my hair partition.

I looked at myself in the mirror properly and saw i am still wearing all the symbols that connected me to him.

the only change is that now apart from these symbols, my heart also..........

Huh....i stopped myself going further and took breath i took the earrings and started wearing them slowly but a question kept running in my mind which i wanted to ask to this heart of mine.

kisi ko pasand karna .....kisiko ko pyaar karna .......kisi ke liye ye saare khubsurat ehsaas mehsoos karna ..... ye sab itna assan h tooo ?........

usyi shakhs ko bhulna itna mushkil  kyu ?.........

Aur ager humra dil kisiko pasand...... kisi ko pyaar itni hi asani se ker bhi leta h .......to phir us shakhs ko bhulne mein itni takleef kyu deta h........, i thought but, these treacherous tears, started flowing again and instead of wiping them i  slowly started wearing my green bangles in frustration and heavy heart.

But, my heart doesn't respond to this question like always............

With that thought I went towards my bed and took the dupatta from there went back infront of the mirror and stand there looking at myself i pinned it securely on both the side shoulders.

I took the anklet from the drawer and went to the bed and sat there then started wearing it.

(Chandni dress)

I was wearing my anklets when i heard a knock on the door.

I quickly put on my anklets and stood up from my bed while wiping my tears.

I went to the mirror and adjusted my hair so that no one would see my vermillion and to see whether my mangalsutra is hidden properly or not.

I just adjusted my appearance and with that thought i went to open the door that it's not him who's knocking on the door.

When i opened the door i saw Ahana Aditi standing in front of my room with beautiful smile playing on there faces they are also dressed in beautiful lehenga.

Happy Diwali jaaneman........., they they both said together loudly and jumped on me for hug.

Happy Diwali......I said while smiling at there antics and hugged both of them.

Aap dono bahut pyari lag rahi h ...........,i said and they both released me from tight hug.

You are also looked very beautiful Chandni........., ahana and Aditi both said in same time while smiling and they both entered in the room.

Chandni, but tell me one thing why didn't you apply kajal?........, Aditi asked me while sitting on the bed.

aapke Bhai ki wajah se.........., I murmured to myself whenever we meet he always gaves me reason to cry and put the books that shattered on the bed aside to make to space so that they can seet properly on the bed.

your eyes look even more beautiful with that.......ufff tumhari ye haseen aankhein.........., Ahana said while putting her hand on heart.

Kya khaya h aap dono ne shubh shubh..?....aap dono humhe theek nahi lag rahi h ..., i asked while raising my eyebrows and sat on the bed infront on them after cleaning it.

Huhh..... jaaneman you're not believing it naaaa.......in future ask your husband , he will tell you whether we are lying or telling the truth......, aditi said while winking at me.

Hearing this, my smile dropped and i looked at both of them and just tried to divert this topic.

Ye kiske outfits h ?..........adi ke ?........... i I said quickly, looking at the boys' kurtas lying on their hands.

Nahi...... ye aapke padosi ke h ....... jiska room thodi hi distance pe h.........., aditi said and i looked at her in confusion.

Abeer bhai ke h chandni........, aditi said i just nodded and i don't know why even listening his name i felt strange.

hum bhul gaye...... badi maa said to give this to bhai otherwise he will going to wear his black shirt ,black pant and suit......which badi maa does not like at all.......aur Puja ke liye to bilkul bhi nahi........., ahana said and they both stand up from the bed while taking that outfits and i just nodded also stand up from the the bed to go downstairs.

And one thing came in my mind, he always wears black shirt and black outfit, even the theme of his room is also black.

He likes black color this much?.......i thought but then i heard Aditi voice.

Chandni come with us ......i will show you something beautiful........, aditi said and i looked at her and about to ask what when without saying anything they both stand my each side and held my one hands and dragged me with themselves towards his part of the floor.

Before i could react or say anything, they knocked on his door and called him.

Come inside........., i heard him saying and they opened the door dragged me with them inside.

I saw him clearly after two days,as usual he was wearing a black shirt, black pants and a watch in his wrist ,his sleeves were folded till the elbows and his black hair properly set.

he was sitting on the couch and doing something on his laptop ,some files were lying on the table and next to it was a brown colored suit neatly placed on the side of the couch.

Without knowing, i clutched my dupatta in my hands but because of that the sound of my bangles tinkling echoed in that quiet room and i saw him looking at me.

Author

Hearing jingling sound of anklets and bangles , Abeer took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a few seconds.

Abeer with this jingling sounds of anklets and bangles he came to know that this sound belong to that particular person whom he wanted to talk in two day's and he looked up to see that person.

He stands up from the couch and come towards them and stand infront of them and put his hands in his pants pockets.

When Chandni notices that Abeer is looking at her, she immediately goes behind Ahana Aditi and hides behind them.

Bhai....ye aapke aaj ke outfits.....aur maa ne kaha h ki aaj aap unhe in black outfits mein naa hi dikhe to behtar h .......warna .......aditi said smiling while pointing his black outfit which he was wearing and abeer raised a eyebrow listening the word "warna".

Bhai ....badi maa ne warna ke aagye to kuch nahi bola.......bus aankhein dikhayi thi ......,ahana said and both sister' laughed remembering that.

Without saying anything, abeer takes the clothes from there hands then put them on the bed and looked at them again.

Aap dono ko kuch chahiye?........, Abeer asked looking at his sister's then her who's just avoiding eye contact with him and looking at the room tiles.

Bhai...... chandni never came to your room.....we want to show your small garden area to chandni......can we?......... ahana said while chandni just stand behind Aditi ahana and doing her favourite work looking at the floor and clutching her side of lehenga in nervousness because of feeling his constant gaze on herself.

Hmm.....yes .......she didn't......, abeer said in his deep voice while removing his hands from pants and crossing them infront of his chest and looking at instantialy.

When Chandni, after taking a look at Abeer, turned her gaze to the other side and accidentally looked at his bed and she saw her orange net dupatta there which was placed on his bed near the pillow and seeing this her eyes widened.

Dupatta........if Ahana Aditi sees it.......they will know that...... it's mine........, chandni thought and started fisting the end of dupatta in her hands in nervousness and saw three of them are busy talking to him.

Chandni slowly went towards the bed with slow steps and was about to hide the dupatta under the pillow when she heard Aditi calling her name.

Aditi and ahana about to turn to see chandni when abeer immediately stopped them from turning and hugged his both sister's.

Happy diwali rabby and alooo.......,

Abeer said and hugged his sisters to stopped them from turning.

Abeer who had noticed this and also why she is going towards bed he looked at her at the same time chandni looks at Abeer for second then immediately hided the dupatta under the pillow and took a deep breath.

"Mujhe fursat hi kahan ki mausam

Suhana dekhu,

Teri yaadon se niklu tab toh zamana dekhu".

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