chapter 60

Chapters 61, 62 are updated on ScrollStack.

Chapter start

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Standing outside the office building, Aaira calls Neil so that she can go back home with him.

But today for the first time it is happening with her that she is calling her father but her father is not picking up her call.

Well, on the other hand, Neil is deliberately not picking up her call as he knows why Aaira is calling him, but he knows, they both need to talk and Reyansh is there to drop him home.

" Why are you not picking my call Papa." Aaira mutters to herself while calling Neil again

But before she can say or do anything else, she feels a hand on her wrist and her heart beat suddenly becomes faster when she feels the recognition of that hand.

Her heart becomes heavy as she thinks that when he is angry with her and is not talking to her, then why is he holding her hand.

She turns to her left and sees Reyansh standing close to her holding her left hand.

Their eyes meet, where his eyes are soft, hers become moist.

And looking at him, Aaira can see that a smile is also adorning his lips.

She gets confused on seeing him.

Meanwhile, Reyansh sees her and without saying anything further, he first decides to take her to his car so that both of them can sit there and talk properly.

Holding her hand, he starts taking her from there towards his car without saying anything, but his steps stop when Aaira does not even move from her place.

He looks at her and she composes herself before saying something

" Where are you taking me, Papa is coming to take me home." She says this to which he looks at her and smiles as he knows Neil is not coming as he himself had asked him to drop Aaira home in the evening.

" Oh, But he is not here right now, so until he comes, can we talk about something?" Reyansh says to which she looks at him silently.

Wasn't he the one who said that he will talk to her after 2 months.

Whereas, Reyansh doesn't say anything on her silence, but holding her hand he brings her to his car parked on the side of the road and instead of sitting in the front he makes her sit in the backseat where he himself sits next to her, close to her.

After sitting in the car, Aaira doesn't look at him as she doesn't really know what to say to him.

She keeps her eyes down and is fighting with her fingers with both her palms joined on her thighs.

She has never felt like this in her life so far because no one has ever been angry with her and neither has she ever tried to pacify anyone.

Everyone has always tried to pacify her, she is the one who has always been angry with everyone for some reason or the other.

So now when someone close to her is angry with her and is not talking to her for the last 3 days, this feeling is very terrible for her.

Although she accepts that the way he treated her in the past few days, she deserved it, it was her mistake.

But still she did not like his behavior, and she did not know how to complain to him that she did not like his behavior because somewhere she knows that after the way she has treated him, she has no right to complain to him.

And thinking all this, she now thinks it is better to remain silent, even though she tried to talk to him by calling and messaging him in the last 2 days but now that he is in front of her, she feels it is better to remain silent because somewhere, she has nothing to say.

Meanwhile Reyansh sees her, silent like this, not making eye contact with him and looking down.

Well he also knows that maybe he punished her too much by not talking to her at all when she was trying.

But now, without hurting her further with his silence, and without asking any questions, he pulls her straight into his arms, hugging her tightly because no matter how things were, he too missed her a lot, last 2 days were no less than 2 years for him.

He missed her every single moment, her words, her voice, hugging her like this, he missed everything about her.

Meanwhile Aaira gets surprised that he hugged her, really?

Is he not angry with her anymore?

Resting her chin on his shoulder, tears start to flow from her eyes feeling him so close to herself.

" I missed you so much Moonlight." Reyansh says this while holding her tightly in his arms to which she closes her eyes from where tears are flowing unstoppably.

But where Reyansh is holding her tightly in his arms, Aaira feels him but she does not hug him back.

And Reyansh notices how she is still silent, and hasn't even hugged him back.

After a moment, he separates from her but as he looks at her face his heart aches when he sees her teary eyes.

" Forgive me baby, I know I hurt you a lot in the last 2 days but please don't cry like this." He says this while cupping her face and wiping her tears but the more he wiped her tears the more she cried.

" Why are you talking to me, you were going to talk to me after 2 months right…" she says in her stuttered voice to which he smiles

" These 2 days were equal to 2 years... You have no idea how much I longed to talk to you every moment... Every moment I was dying to meet you." He says again wiping her tears to which she looks at him

" Huh, But I was very happy, so happy that you know yesterday it rained, I danced happily enjoying the rain." She taunts him.

She taunts him because he is talking as if he is the only one yearning for her, he is the only one dying to meet her.

She was also yearning, dying to meet him and talk to him.

And If he had so much yearning then couldn't he have forgiven her by spitting out his anger? It was necessary to wait for today.

And Reyansh on the other hand just smiles at her taunt, well he knows how much she loves rain and he remembers quite a few things they talked about, After being together, this was their first rain yesterday but both of them were not together.

" You don't know how regret I felt yesterday watching those raindrops from the sky kissing the earth, how jealous I was of them yesterday, Whenever those raindrops were kissing the earth, I felt regretful for not being able to kiss you." He says these words while looking into her eyes while cupping her face.

And hearing his words, Aaira looks at him and there is a moment of silence between them which Reyansh breaks again the very next moment.

" But now I don't want to feel regret anymore." Saying this, he moves closer to her face, whereupon Aaira looks at him.

And he brings his face closer to her face, their eyes locked.

But before Reyansh can place his lips on her lips, Aaira turns her face away, at which Reyansh looks at her.

" What happened?" He asks her, still cupping her face.

But on hearing this question of his, Aaira frees her face from his hands and then turns straight and first of all composes herself by wiping her tears properly and she takes a deep breath.

And Reyansh looks at her like this and tries to understand her behavior that why did she stop him? But then thinking something he tries to keep things light between them.

" By the way, you should have been the one to initiate this today..." He says this to which Aaira looks at him and she sees how he has a slight mischievous smile on his face

Well, Reyansh doesn't talk to her about the past 3 days nor does he remember those things, All those things have already happened so he doesn't want to repeat them and moving forward he is talking to her as if the old things did not matter that much.

" yes, I mean you are a reader, I thought you will pacify me in a romantic way, with lots of love but you... Reyansh says

" I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't know how to pacify." She says it honestly because she really doesn't know how to pacify anyone, she has never pacify anyone, and the only thing she knows is the effort she has made, just call and message.

And She didn't think about it romantically because she felt that since he wasn't even talking to her, he might get angry if she try all that way.

" It's okay. If you don't know how to pacify, so what, I know.

So If you are sad, express it, I'll pacify my moonlight..." Reyansh says, to which she gets shocked that how did he know  it that she's upset somewhere.

" I know why you stopped me just now, but like I said, you are mine, I have the right to love you...Saying this he kisses her right cheek shocking her... You are mine to touch, you are mine to kiss...saying this he kisses her left cheek.

" In the same way you are mine, whom I can scold, I have the right to express my anger at you.

What's done is done. No matter how far you push me away, I will come back to you." Saying this, he pecks her nose tips making her emotional.

" And you don't know how to pacify but I know how to pacify, till I don't get my moonlight smile you will keep on getting my kisses like this." Saying this, he again starts kissing her cheeks, kissing both her cheeks one by one repeatedly making her overwhelmed with his love.

And slowly, not only on her cheeks, but on her whole face, his lips touch her making her feel his immense love.

" I will never again make the mistake that I made." Aaira finally speaks in between his kisses, hearing which he stops and their eyes meet.

" I know." Reyansh says.

Well he knows for sure that she will never talk about breaking up with him again because the person for whom she chose to leave him is now trying his best to unite them so now he is sure that she will never leave him.

And further, Aaira doesn't say much but hugs him.

Reyansh also holds her tightly in his arms and finally takes a sigh of relief, closing his eyes and inhaling the scent of her hair.

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The scene is of Mehra house.

Simran is with Aarav in his room and at this time Simran has brought Aarav's favorite snack and is feeding him with her own hands.

" Mom, these days you have started loving me a lot, no ?" Aarav teases Simran to which Simran glares at him

" You are talking as if I used to beat you earlier." Simran asks him

" Aur nahi toh kya...I remember very well, you beat and scold me the most...you never scolded bhai." Aarav reminds her to which Simran smiles

" So the one who is more naughty will get more scolding, My Ansh has always been very calm." Simran says again teasing him while putting another bite of snack in his mouth.

" See, you have started praising bhai again." Aarav complains to which Simran smiles.

Well, this is the daily routine of mother and son these days where Simran spends time with Aarav as soon as he returns home from college and office.

Well, Earlier Aarav used to be busy and knowingly or unknowingly used to stay aloof from everyone, but now since Simran came to know about him: how he is hurt so Simran spends as much time as she can with him so that he doesn't get a chance to be sad and this is what happens, Whenever both mother and son spend time together, Aarav is really happy with her and seeing him happy, Simran smiles.

" Mom, you really haven't told anything to dad, right?" Aarav asks Simran this question in the middle of their fun talk.

Well, that day Advaita came to know about the things and then Simran too but then Advaita told everything to Ansh too so then Aarav requested Simran to at least not tell anything to Raj now.

Well it is not like Raj will get angry or something else because of this, No Aarav knows that his father will not say anything to him but still for some reason he does not want his father to know about all that things.

" Don't you trust your mom ?" Simran asks him to which Aarav smiles

" I trust my mom but not my father's wife." Aarav replies to which Simran glares at him

" Don't glare at me like that, couple of this family are very loyal to their partners, they never hide anything...it was just my bad luck that I didn't get loyal..." This comes out of Aarav's mouth in the flow but when he realizes what he is going to say, he stops and Simran looks at him and sighs.

" Why are you blaming fate for just one bad chapter of your life?" Simran questions him to which Aarav looks at her

" I'm sorry Mom, I don't know I.... Aarav is unable to say anything further when Simran interrupts him

" Don't say sorry, and bachha I can understand why such thoughts are coming in your mind, But if you listen to me carefully and understand then you will understand...that was just a bad chapter..." Simran says to which Aarav sees her

" And the life ahead and its next chapter are very beautiful, so don't be afraid, just keep moving forward and whatever you may think, I am sure that God has written a beautiful chapter for my son, Just wait for your life to reach that chapter..." Simran tells him to which Aarav smiles

" Mom, now I don't want to see that chapter of my life, so I will skip that chapter." Aarav says, to which Simran smiles.

" When it is God's will, a person cannot skip things even if he wants to and now stop all this, these big serious things do not suit my naughty son, so just takes a  deep breath and relax." Simran tells him and again feeds him a morsel which Aarav eats.

" And yes, rest assured, for son, a mother could not remain loyal to her husband, I have not told anything to your father." Simran reassures him to which Aarav smiles

but his smile fades the very next moment when both of them hear Raj's voice.

" What have you not told me?" Suddenly both of them hear these words in Raj's voice and both of them look at the door where Raj is standing looking at them both seriously.

And then he comes close to them both.

" What is the conversation going on between mother and son and what have you not told me?" Raj comes close to them and asks, upon which Simran and Aarav look at each other and then at Raj.

" wo...wo, why do you want to know our conversations...? and since when have you started eavesdropping...?" Simran says to Raj to which Raj looks at her

" Oh please, I don't do all this, eavesdropping and all...I came here searching for you and heard the last line, that's it." Raj tells him which brings relief to Aarav and so does Simran.

"Well, why were you looking for me?" Simran asks him

" I was getting bored so I was just looking for you to fight with you." Raj answers her to which Aarav slightly laughs and Simran glares at both of them

" Huh, So go away from here right now, I am not in the mood to fight." Simran tells him to which Raj smiles.

" Arre, I don't want to fight, I just came to tell you something and the thing is that tomorrow Naitik and his daughter are coming to our house for dinner, so you invite the rest of the family too." Raj tells her.

" Ok husband." Simran says.

" And yes, you know everything but still don't say or ask any such thing to Naitik and especially to Ikshita that might hurt them in any way." Raj tells him to which Simran nods.

" Don't worry, I will take care of that." Simran tells him to which Raj smiles.

" Ok now you both mother and son can continue your conversation, I am going to my room, I have some work." Raj says and goes away from there

But after hearing the conversation between his parents, Aarav thinks of something and without putting much pressure on his mind, he expresses his thoughts to his mother.

" Mom, why is Papa's friend coming with only his daughter? His wife?" Aarav asks to which Simran looks at him

" She is no more." Simran tells him and Aarav is shocked to hear this.

" Only that father and daughter are each other's family, Ikshita was very small  when all these things happened." Simran says and after hearing this Aarav suddenly feels uneasy thinking about something.

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Reyansh stops the car outside Khanna house.

And as Reyansh stops the car, Aaira is about to get out of the car by unbuckling her seat belt but Reyansh holds her wrist upon which she looks at him.

" Can I get my chirping moonlight?" Reyansh asks her

Well Reyansh also knows that it will take time for her to become normal but still he doesn't like this silent Aaira.

Things are fine between them now, but all the way from office to here, he was the only one who kept the conversation going between them and Aaira was just replying to him.

She doesn't seem completely happy, and he doesn't like this thing.

" Tell me, when will I get my chirpy moonlight ?" Reyansh asks her again

And Aaira looks at him silently because she doesn’t know the answer to his question, after all this, it will take time but she doesn’t know how much.

" I am fine Reyansh and I will be even better by tomorrow." Aaira says but Reyansh's eyes widen at her words.

" What did you say? Reyansh? You are still angry with me right?" he says to which she looks at him

" You were angry, not me…" she reminds him

" Right, so what is all this...I am your Reysu na, and your sunshine too. Not Reyansh...don't call me Reyansh." He says and she understands his drama at this.

" But you didn't like the name Reysu na ?" She teases him because he actually didn't like this name when she first gave it to him.

" So? You call me that so I like it, and yes, call me that only.

If you call me Reyansh again, then..." Reyansh says

" So what will you do, REYANSH…" She teases him more taking his full name.

" Nothing much, if you call me Reyansh again then I will directly kiss you and shut your mouth so that you cannot speak further, just like this." Saying this, he pulls her closer to himself and kisses her lips, sucking them slightly, on which she gets shocked by his sudden action.

She pushes him back and moves away from him.

"We're outside my house." she reminds him.

" So? What do you want, we do this inside the house...I have no problem, let's go." He says teasingly to her to which she looks at him in disbelief.

Really, Her father has boosted his courage even more by accepting him that's why he's behaving like this.

" Bye." Saying this she turns to open the door but before she could do so, Reyansh quickly gets out of the car which Aaira sees and by the time she sees him, Reyansh comes towards her side and opens the car door for her, seeing which she smiles while thinking something.

She comes out of the car and Reyansh without wasting any time hugs her which she reciprocates and then separating from her, he cups her face and kisses her forehead and then, unwillingly, he says bye to her with the hope of meeting again tomorrow.

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" Mom, Where is Papa? Aaira asks Avni

Well, it is night time, Aaira was waiting for her father to come home since she returned home in the evening and when she finds out that her father is at home but still she does not see him anywhere, she asks this question to her mother.

Because it is a bit strange for her that her father has not met her today after returning from office.

" In the study." Avni answers her question

"Oh, Papa seems very busy today." Aaira says to which Avni just smiles slightly but doesn't say anything.

Aira comes to the study and opens the door after giving a knock where she sees her father doing some work

" Papa, if you are not busy, can I come in?" On hearing this question from Aaira, Neil looks at the door and a smile immediately appears on his serious face due to his work.

" Since when did you feel the need to ask all this? Is Papa ever busy for his Mannat...come." Neil says this while closing his file to which Aaira smiles and moves closer to him and Neil gets up from the chair and sits with Aaira on the couch in that room.

" But today you were busy for me too, I called you so many times in the evening but you didn't pick up even once, nor did you get time to call back...And you didn't even get time to ask me how I came back home." Aaira says all this

Well she knows what her father did and why? But still she tells him all this because she really didn't like him doing that.

She has no problem with Reyansh but still she doesn’t want him to do what her father used to do for her.

Yes she admits, she herself had once refused to let him drop her to college and bring her back, but now she does not want to repeat that mistake again, today she had told her father to drop her to her office and now she will go with him only.

" Well, I knew Reyansh dropped you home safely so I was worry free and that is why I didn't call you." Neil replies to her to which she looks at him

"But I went with you, I really didn't like that you didn't come to pick me up." She tells the truth, hearing which Neil gets a little shocked.

" Bachha, You haven't said sorry to him yet?" Neil asks her to which Aaira sees him.

Neil feels that things are still not okay between them that is why she is saying this.

" Don't worry, everything is fine now, you fixed everything." She says to which Neil looks at her

" When everything is fine then why all this, now don't complicate things again by thinking too much and from tomorrow both of you go together." Neil explains to her

" Papa, will you drop me tomorrow?" Aaira asks him

" bachha... Neil is unable to speak further when Aaira cuts him off

" Yes or no papa?" Aaira asks to which Neil looks at her.

Well, Neil knows she is hurt by how things went wrong between her and Reyansh and it will take time for her to get back to normal but at the same time, as much as Neil knows and understands Reyansh, Neil knows that Reyansh will convince Aaira to go with him again but if he continues dropping her off at the office, they both won't get time to sort things out and that is why, thinking about both of them, with a heavy heart he gives her the answer she doesn't want to hear.

" No bachcha, you go with Reyansh." Neil says

" Ok papa, if you don't drop me then I will go alone but now I will not go with him either." She says this to which looks at her.

" And papa I know why you are doing all this but trust me papa things are fine between us and I will try not to hurt him again.

But Papa, do you know why I don't want to go with him?" she says to which Neil sees her

" If tomorrow I do something again that creates a rift between us, he will stop doing this for me again, but yes, when things get better, he will start doing all this for me again...." she says which Neil listens to quietly

" But you, you will not stop doing things for me because of any mistake of mine.

Even if you are angry, you will not stop doing things for me." She says to which Neil looks at her

"And I know you have accepted him for me but now you don't need to prove that thing again and again: Don't think about what will happen in the future. As long as I am with you, don't push me away from you for any reason." She says and while saying all this she choked and her eyes become moist.

She has understood in just one day what her father is trying to do but no, she will not be able to tolerate this thing that he distances herself from her.

And hearing all these words, Neil's eyes also become moist, he cups her face and wipes her tears.

" Papa will never push you away from himself for any reason." Saying this, he kisses her forehead and hugs her, keeping her head on his chest.

" Then please agree to drop me again and bring me back home." She says to which Neil smiles.

" You listen to me once..." Neil says cupping her face

" Look, Papa has no problem dropping you to your office but yes papa stays with you all the time at home, right ? he gets to spend very little time with you and I don't want to snatch that away..." Neil says to which Aaira sees him

" And yes, your fear is that if there is a fight he will stop doing this for you...I will also see how he will stop it, I will scold him so much that he will forget to fight with my daughter again." He says, on which Aaira pouts seeing his stubbornness

" Papa please...

" Papa is telling you to please, go with him, when you are with him, I don't worry. Please...." He says this on which Aaira has understood that today her father is not going to listen to her and he will make her agree to his words.

To be continued.......