Abir :

(Rajvansh Group of Company)

Every workers had left to their respective home as it's already 7.00PM.  Bhai and Sameer went to outside for some works. My legs were paining due to standing for more than six hours continuously ..

I went to office lawn as Saanvi was waiting for me there .

"Hii ! " she greeted, I sat on another sofa near her. She was looking happy today.. "Did bhai tell about you to Mom? " I asked her opening my blazer and kept it aside. Though it was winter, I was not feeling cold . Opening my upper two bottoms I made myself comfortable.

"No! I didn't ask him anything. He is a man of words, if he has given me words then he will definitely make it happen, " she mumbled..

"Good! " I muttered..

I stretched my leg and kept it on the table and closed my eyes being tired..

"Why don't you tell Mishti that you know her before, I mean you guys have met before? " she questioned. Nowadays if we both are getting some time she is asking me only about her.

"I don't want to! And what will even happen if I will tell her! " I shrugged off.

"Nothing will happen! But atleast you should tell her na, "

I stayed silent, cold breeze started blowing, making my body relaxed.

"I still can't believe, you guys met again, don't you feel that you guys are destined to be together! The way you both are colliding with each other again and again.. " she said being all excited, I chuckled..

"Just a coincidence, " I uttered.. She sighed..

"How can you say it a coincidence? One day out of nowhere, you bumped with her , then after two year she joined the same university in which you were studying, and now see! " she blabbered  ..

I was in 12th standard. It was day before holi, 9.30 PM. That time in Delhi, we used to live in an apartment. I was running in the garden holding my diary , Saanvi was behind me. She wanted to read my diary but I didn't allow her.

As I took left turn, I bumped with a girl and we both fell on the grass. As holi was next day, people had played holi that day too and some colours were left on the grass, so when I fell my face got colored.

But somehow she saved her face from touching the grass, her hairs were falling all over her face. We both got up. She was wearing a white kurti and a patiala and a pink churni.. Her face dropped seeing the colours all over her white dress..

She flipped her hair getting annoyed. I got a clear view of her face. Her nose became red and eyes became small in anger, she started cleaning her dress. Then she started pulling her dupatta being annoyed, light was reflecting on my face through her earring.

My eyes followed her duppata end to see where it's stuck. I bit my tongue, seeing her duppata under my shoe. I took a step back and turned around to leave.

"Sunno! " a soft musical voice touched my ears making me stop on my way . I turned to her side and she forwarded me my dairy. I held my diary and her gaze fell on me. She had an innocent eyes, that melted my heart..

"Mishti ! We are getting late, what are you doing there? " someone shouted from my back. I got to know her name.. Handing me my diary she ran, , but due to her hill she again fell on the ground. But without wasting any time she got up and left in a car..

I picked up her one ear ring which was fallen on the ground where she had fell.. I still had her ear ring with me.. That night was a restless night for me as her "sunno" was kept ringing in my head..

It's not like I had not seen a beautiful girl before, but I had never a moment like that. In typical bollywood the girl's duppata got stuck in boy's watch but here I was standing on her duppata. That moment got printed in my heart.. Saanvi had witnessed everything..

"Are you even listening to me or slept? " Saanvi's voice brought me to present.

"Hmm! "

"Mishti stop, stop! " we both turned around after hearing Sam's voice. Mishti was running towards us holding her purse, we both got up seeing her . Placing her hand on my shoulder she stood properly.

I stared at her blankly, "Thank God you guys are here, can you please keep her for 10 minutes, I need to change my ruined dress, " Sam said to us.. I arched my eye brows in confusion..

"Bhai! She is drunk, actually we had a bachelor party in our college, and there Rohan challenged her so she drunk 8 full  peg.. " she blabbered. My eyes widen.

"She had already vomited two times, but I guess it's for the first time she consumed alcohol, so she's behaving weird, "

I stared at her, her eyes were red, she's smiling like a fool. I shook my head in disbelief..

"I need to change, she vomited on my saree, " saying Sam ran into office holding a bag..

I made Mishti sit on a chair and sat beside her. She threw her phone on the grass, then she threw her sandals in air. I sighed.

Saanvi picked her phone, and removed one paper which was under her phone cover.

Duniya roshni dekhe, main tera noor dekhun,
Tu dekhe na dekhe, main tujhe zaroor dekhun..

"Who wrote this? " Saanvi asked  me, "A stranger, " I replied..

She gave an blank look, I sighed. Mishti got up and snatched the paper and phone from her hand and again sat on her place.. "A stranger who was there in my bad days, who used to make me smile, who used to make me feel special, " Mishti mumbled looking at the starry sky.

"But it's been ten years, he didn't come to me , " she made a pout.

"About whom is she talking about? " Saanvi asked to me.

"I don't have any idea, " I uttered, she gave me an confused look.

"He is the sky of the moon inside me, " Mishti spoke, her eyes sparkled and lips curved into a smile.

"Is someone there in her life? " Saanvi again asked me. "Don't know! ".

She made an irritated face, " Are you out of zone Abir? Why are you behaving like it doesn't matter to you if there is someone in her life? " she shouted at me for no reason.

"Because it doesn't matter! " I stated and closed my eyes.

"It doesn't matter? SERIOUSLY? Don't you love her? " she asked making my eyes wide open.

"I don't, " as these words came out of my mouth, she glared at me. I shrugged off..

"Will you let her go if somebody will take her away from you? " I was too shocked to hear these type of words from Saanvi's mouth. She seems too serious today. She stretched our conversation from where to where!!

"I have never caged her that I have to let her go , so of course she can go wherever she wants, with whom she wants, " I muttered.

Mishti was listening to our conversation silently, I smiled at her..

" Then why you used to talk about her everyday during our university days? Why you never been in any relationship? " she again came with her stupid questions. I was already tired, her questions were making my conditions more worse..

"Because I like her, I want to keep her with me, but if she will fall in love with someone then I will let her go, her happiness matters, " I paused..

I told those words fixing my gaze with Mishti, who just smiled at me. Today she was looking so beautiful with that black saree and open hair..

" And what about you? Can you live without her? "

"That's what I am trying to make you understand, I never felt like I can't live without her, so how can you adress it as love. I stayed in Paris for five years without seeing her, I lived na.. So why can't I live now? " I paused..

"Not every people collide with each other just to be each other's forever, some heal us, some make us feel special, some give us sweet or bitter memories and some just leave us making a void in our heart , " I added..

Today she's getting on my nerves or may be I am too exhausted to react anything in a proper way..

If looks could kill, I would have been dead till now, the way she was glaring at me.. "You know what, I so want to kill you today , " she got up from her seat being all annoyed..

To my surprise, Mishti too got up and just stood in front of me like a wall. "Stay away! " she mumbled.

Turning back she looked at me and smiled, "I will..... I will protect you.... forever, " she said without realizing how her words did affect me. Saanvi stared at both of us and sighed..

"You can sit now! " I told to Mishti, but she sat on my lap. I stared at her blankly. She was totally out of her sense.. She was trying to adjust herself on my lap, but could not sat properly and was about to fall but I held her from her waist and pulled her towards me. "I know you won't let me fall! " she mumbled and wrapped her both hands around my neck..

Saanvi was clicking us on her phone, " Please yarr! Don't do this, she is not in her state, I don't like it, " I said to her and she kept her phone aside not before making a pout ..

"Am I not in my state? Isn't it Maharashtra ? " Mishti questioned raising her eyebrows. Saanvi burst out laughing, I rolled my eyes at both of them.

I didn't say her anything and closed my eyes. It was so hard for me to even look, I was feeling too sleepy.. My legs were paining too..

"Look here, "

I opened my eyes again, Mishti was clicking selfie of us. I kept her phone aside and denied but she made a pout. "Am I looking ugly that you don't want to click a photo with me, " she cried.

I handed her the phone before she do more drama. "Look here, " she instructed me. I looked at her camera and she brought her face near to me, making her cheeks rubbing my cheek.. "Smile na! " she shouted, I rolled my eyes and smiled.

Who thought one day she will be sitting on my lap and clicking selfies of us. I chuckled..

Saanvi got up and was about to leave when Sam came, "where are you going? " she asked to her and Saanvi looked at me. "It doesn't matter, but call me in case your beloved brother will get admitted in a mental hospital, " saying she left .

"Did you have a fight with her,? she asked I shook my head.

" Leave her, we should go home, " I uttered. She made Mishti stood and I too wore my blazer and kept her phone inside my pocket.. "I can't walk, pick me up, " she muttered forwarding her hands towards me.. Sam chuckled..

I had no energy left in me to even walk, but saying it to her is only waste of time as she's drunk. So without wasting any time I picked her in my arm and took her to the car, Sam followed me holding the her purse and one bag they had brought with them .

Driver opened the door and I made her sit inside, Sam already sat on the passenger seat, so I sat with Mishti. "If you are tired, you can sleep here, " Mishti said indicating her finger towards her lap. I adjusted myself and placed my head on her lap. I would be happiest if she would have said it in her stable state.

She started massaging my head and I felt little relaxed..

After 30 minutes of silent drive, we finally reached Rajvansh Villa. Driver opened door for me and we both got out of the car. She didn't say me to pick her, but ran towards our house. "You should have checked upon her, I hope the alcohol won't affect her health, " I said to Sam. We both entered inside..

I looked here and there but found no one. Some noise were coming from kitchen so we both headed towards the kitchen . My jaw dropped, eyes went big, Sam was blank seeing the scenario in front of us..

Atta flour was all over bhai's head and Mishti was holding the jar. Sameer and Sahil were trying to suppress their laugh.  I took the jar from her hand and placed it on the slab..

"Are you mad? You literally wasted all the flour! " I yelped.

I closed my eyes hurriedly as she splashed one glass of water on my face. I removed the droplets from my face using my palm . Unbelievable! Everyone burst out laughing, " Don't you dare to shout at me like that! " she roared. I folded my hand and bent down to apologize her . She patted my back. Argh...

Sam handed her a glass of water and she drunk it without complaining. She was behaving exact cute and annoying at the same time.. Sam helped bhai in removing the flour from his head, I apologized him through my eyes, he chuckled.

"Mishti! Come, you need some rest, " I dragged her with myself but she didn't come. " I don't need rest, I need chocolates, " she said grinning. I pulled my hair in frustation.

She held my collar and pulled me making my eyes widen, everyone's gaze was on us. "That day you were dying to make me eat chocolate and today when I want it you are making faces, so bad! " she mumbled.. I removed her hand from my collar and made her sit on the slab.

I opened the refrigerator and brought a dairy milk and gave it to her but she shook her head. "I want that chocolate which you fed me that day, " she pouted..

"Bhai which chocolate she's talking about? " Sam asked coming to us. I pressed my forehead. "The chocolate which chacha had brought for me, " I replied, she gave me a mischievous smile.

"You made her eat? " she asked  grinning her teeth . I rolled my eyes at her.

"Do you have that chocolate ? " . She nodded. "Then please give one to her, " I pleaded and she went to her room..

"Ahem! Ahem!"

"So many things are happening behind our back, " Sameer teased me.

"Can you guys please leave me alone for now? " I uttered. My head was at the verge of blasting..

"Of course! You must need some privacy, ". I wasn't expecting this from bhai. Everyone left kitchen and Sam came holding the chocolate. Giving it to me she too left.

I unwrapped it and gave it to her. " No! Not like this, do this like that day, " she shouted.

"Why are you shouting? I am here only in front of you, " I muttered. If she will remember anything after coming to her sense she will definitely feel embarrassed..That's why I wanted her to sleep, but no, stubborn head..

She took the chocolate from me and put half of it between her teeth. My heart suddenly stopped beating as she put my both palm on her waist and came closure. I looked down at her, swallowing the lump in my throat. She's making my thoughts wild..

I trailed my hand on her waist and pulled her closure, she would have forgot the process of breathing if she was in her sense.. I bent down a little and put the other half of the chocolate between my teeth. Her hand wrapped around my neck and I broke the chocolate into two   half, letting one half inside my mouth.

The chocolate was never this much tasty before. She was moaning as she started chewing the chocolate. That day I had no intension to do that but it happened in flow.

I removed my hand from her waist as some footsteps were approaching towards us. Everyone entered inside with a teasing smile, which I was definitely expecting.

"I will order food from outside, what do you both want to eat? " bhai asked scrolling through his phone.

Mishti shook her head in a no, I too denied.

"I was saying you na, he will deny. He just had a very sweet chocolate, which taste was more sweeter than any other chocolate, " Sameer commented, I rolled my eyes..

"Sam! Take her with you and change her dress and make sure she will sleep, " I made Mishti stand but she held my hand tightly.

"I won't change my saree, " she whispered..

"Fine, but go and sleep, " I said to her and she denied.

"I want to sleep in your room, " she said pressing my nose in her index finger. Bhai choked on water, I pressed my forhead.. Sahil was giving me her cheesy looks, which I avoided.

I blew some air from my mouth and dragged her with myself not before listening thousands of fake cough from my cousins. They need therapy!!

I opened my bedroom door letting her go inside, she was placing her one leg in one direction and another leg in other direction.

She started scanning my room, and sat on a couch.. I kept her phone on the lamp table.

I took out my night dress from my wardrobe and placed it on the bed, then I removed my watch and kept my wallet in the drawer . Mishti came with her half closed eyes, I held her as she couldn't stand properly.

"Let me help you, ". Her hand trailed down my blazer and removed it from my body. She started unbuttoning my shirt but I held her hand. Jerking my hand up she unbuttoned, I helped her removing my shirt. Only a piece of vest was covering my chest .

She fixed her gaze with mine and wrapped her arms around my neck.           

" Mishti you better sleep now ," I said strictly , she gave me a denying look. She took steps towards me and I took backward steps until my back hit the wall..

Unwrapping her hand around me, she opened the window and terrace door letting the moonlight coming inside.

"Let the moon enlight our room, "

"Our room? " I muttered..

"O sorry; You and me can't be us, your and mine can't be ours! " she said those words without knowing how much it affected me..

"Enough of it! Now sleep.. " I held her shoulder and pushed her towards bed, but she again stopped..

"Wait! Let me complete my sentence, " she spoke, I nodded..

"Let the moon enlight you, your life, your room, your future-" she mumbled..

"Anything left? "

She shook her head and came closure to me  . "Alexa play 'pal pal dil ke pass' " she voiced .

The song started playing on her phone. She intertwined our hand and placed another hand on my shoulder. I was just observing her every movement.

We both started moving our body in a sync, she was smiling throughout the dance.

As her leg collided with mine, we both ended up falling on the bed, she was over me.

Naal tere ik ghar main sochaan
Baari kholaan te chann dikh jaave
Akkhaan'ch beetan raatan saariyan
Je mann laage te akh na laage

Pyaar hi odhein te pyaar hi khaana
Vich koi aave te pyaar hi aana
Duniya de vich assi duniya ton door
Hunn naal tere mera har sapna

(Google the meaning of lyrics for better experience)

The lyrics hit me hard. She nuzzled on my bare neck giving me chills, her nail digging on my shoulder..

I wrapped my hand around her waist and turned her . I brushed my nose on her jaw line to collar bone. She kissed my ear lobe and I distanced myself from her before I lose all my control.

"Mishti, it's high time you should sleep, please! " I whispered, she squizzed her eyes. "I hate you, " she uttered.

I placed my palm on her mouth, "Don't, " I muttered, she just blinked her eyes then closed it.

I stared at her face, she was having a peaceful sleep after making me restless..

Saying 'letting her go' and actually letting her go is a whole different think. I can't give anyone the rights to look at her the way I look at her, I can't give anyone the rights to touch her the way I do, I can't let anyone understand her unsaid words, the way I understand it..

I don't have any rights too..

Picking her in my arm, I placed her on the middle of the bed and wrapped a blanket over her.

Keeping our phone in silent, I went to washroom and freshened up.. I usually sleep wearing my vest and shorts, but she was in my room, I didn't feel it right to sleep like that. I don't want her to feel uncomfortable when she will wake up and see me..

So I wore a t-shirt and a track pant.. I turned off the AC as the door was opened and slept on the sofa taking one blanket from the cupboard..

Mishti :

I opened my eyes in a jerk, my head was spinning like anything. I looked at my surrounding, the room was little dark. I got up from the bed and went where moonlight was falling. I looked at my watch, it's 4.00 am.

I couldn't walk properly due to heavy headache and my hand hit one flower bucket and it fell on the ground making a loud noise.

Abir came from nowhere, realization hit me hard, I noticed the surrounding and realized it was his terrace and i was sleeping on her room..

"Mishti! You okay? " he said coming towards me, I took some backsteps , pulling my hair in frustation as I could not recall anything from last night.

"Mishti stopp! You will fall-" But it was too late, my legs were already slipped, he forwarded his hand which I held and we both ended up falling on the swimming pool with a loud noise.

The depth of water is more than my height, I started floating on water and could not breathe properly .. Abir held my shoulder and pulled me, I bumped on his chest. Water droplets were falling from his hairs, in moonlight his brown eyes were looking more pretty..

His feet were touching the pool floor. He held my pallu and put it on my shoulder, I looked down due to awkwardness which just raised between us..

A car horn sound reached my ear, I looked at him being confused.. "It must be Mom and Chacha Chachi, they went to a business party, " he whispered in a low voice.. My whole body was freezing due to the cold water..

Holding me from my waist he started taking backsteps until his back hit the pool wall. " Don't make any noise ," he said keeping his palm on my lips. I nodded.

I heard their footsteps passing by and he took a breath of relief. He held me from my waist and made me sit on the floor and he too came out of the pool..

I rubbed my shoulder as I started feeling cold.. "What you both are doing here at this hour? " I got startled hearing Sameer bhai's voice. I stood beside Abir as I was completely wet and held his shoulder closing my eyes.

"Doing Zumba! Wanna join? " he replied. I rolled my eyes.

"Why not, come let's start! " he snapped back, I sighed.

"Yarr please, " he muttered. I was completely shaking due to cold.

"Wait here for 5 minutes, Mom and Dad and badimaa just reached home, they must be inside, don't worry I will keep the door open, " saying he left.

Abir turned around , he was completely unaffected of cold unlike me. He wrapped his arms around me and took me in her embrace and started rubbing my back giving me little warmth which didn't help much but still gave me some warmth..

I pressed my face on his chest as I felt safe there.. Sameer called out his name and he picked me in his arm. I circled my hand around his neck , we both entered inside, Sameer bhai closed the door..

"Do you have any additional dress with you? " he asked me, I nodded.

"I had kept in inside Sam's bag, " I whispered.

He put me on ground in his room and left. I tried very hard to recall how I ended up in Abir's room but nothing came to my mind..

Abir came with a bag and forwarded it to me. I took out my dress and underwear from the bag and went inside his washroom and changed my clothes not before drying my hair..

I came out of his washroom wearing one small kurti and pajama. He was sitting on his couch putting his hand on his head. He too had changed his wet cloth.

I was hungry but did not feel like to say anything..

"How did I come here? " I asked him and he looked up..

"Are you hungry? " he asked back making my jaw dropped. How did he know? I nodded my head because if I won't eat anything I will fall anytime soon.

"Come with me, " saying he left the room. I followed him, he was looking very tired and exhausted..

He turned on the kitchen light, I sat on the slab. I felt little strange, something knocked my brain but I couldn't see it properly. May be I was here last night.

He put a bowl on gas and took out 2 maggie packet from the upper cupboard. I drunk a glass of water as my throat was dried..

"Are you tired? " I asked him as he was not able to stand properly.

"Nothing! My legs are just paining, " he uttered..

"You sit here, I will serve the maggie, " I said and got up. Nodding his head he sat on the slab. I put the maggie on a plate and kept two spoons over it..

His eyes were closed , I went to him. The aroma reached his nose and he opened his eyelids lazily.. "Can you please feed me, " he whispered, I nodded..

I didn't have any patience to make him eat in one spoon and eat in another spoon. So I just used one spoon. He was chewing the maggie lazily . After taking 5 spoon of maggie he denied to eat, I forced him to eat little more but he shook his head. So I ate everything silently..

Keeping everything on the basin I washed my hand and drunk one glass of water and gave a glass to him too. I decided to ask everything about last night to Sam in morning..

I turned off the light and we both headed to first floor. He directly went to his terrace and fell on the sofa. I blinked my eyes in confusion.

It was cold outside so I took his blanket and covered him. Coming inside I searched my phone, it was on the lamp table..

I unlocked it and the first thing I saw was Abir and mine picture. It seems I was on his lap, tf I was so close to him. There were six to seven photos, in every picture I was smiling like a fool and he had an annoyed face..

Not giving any pressure to my head, I went to the terrace holding another blanket and slept on his swing, fully covering my body..

_______________________

Don't forget to vote and comment..