24. SOMETIMES A HUG SAYS  IT ALL

MANNAT’S POV

It was suffocating inside… oxygen level was low here, and I could feel my breathing was not normal anymore. I was banging at the door but nobody came, nobody listened. Finally getting tired of all those efforts I fell down on the floor… and hiding my face in my palms I started crying, I was so helpless couldn’t find a single way to get out of this bloody room. Dunno what was happening outside in the show? I hope Hussain was alright, he was safe and nothing has happened. I could hear noises coming from the hall… clapping, applauses and cheering from the audience. Ahhhh! He is there on the ramp while am stuck here in this bloody room. Ufff! Please God! Save me…….

 I was sitting on the floor, with my legs bent into my tummy and tears falling down on my cheeks… agar mein yaheen mar gai to? Or Hussain? pata nai wo theek ho gay a nai?... I was in my thoughts when suddenly I heard noises…. But this time it wasn’t applause… I hurriedly got up and hurried towards the door, putting my ear on it I heard people were yelling and with that I heard an alarm… emergency alarm? Oh God! Please save him. What is happening? I felt I was about to faint, I started banging the door once again but nothing happened nobody came.

I fell on the ground once again…. Tears rolling down on my cheeks, I wish I was there…. pata nai kia ho ra raha hea.. my phone was not working anymore, signals issue. My head was dizzy… I was about to faint I guess, suffocation was increasing with every breath I was taking.

Suddenly it felt as if somebody was calling my name…. I froze at my place, held my breath…. It was Hussain’s voice. He was calling me! He was okay…. Nothing happened to him…. He was okay! Hussain was okay! I started crying like a kid… couldn’t answer him back, he was calling my name and his voice was getting closer and closer but I couldn’t utter a single word, I wanted to cry and just cry.

Suddenly I heard foot steps getting closer to my door, they halted…. So was my breath.

“Mannat!..... Mannat! Are you there? Mannat” he was calling my name, he was there right outside the room, this door was the hindrance between us… the only hurdle, I kept on crying…he stopped calling my name, he heard that I guess. I was still on the floor unable to move, unable to get up. I felt the knob turned and the door burst open. And he was there….. yun laga jese ruki hui saan wapas aane lagi thi!!

I slowly looked up, I blinked my eyes to shake those tears so that I could see him…. He was there standing holding the knob of the door, his breath was heavy, he was panting…. His shirt gone and vest… oh God! Was it… was it blood?

“Mannat!......”

HUSSAIN’S POV

I stepped out of the lift and ran towards the loby…. There were so many rooms all dark… I started running from one room to the other, calling her name but nobody answered back. Oh God! Please keep her safe. Pata nai kahan hea? Kis hal mein hea? Wo sheetal…. She can do anything. I ran from room to room but Mannat was nowhere to be found. Finally when I was about to head towards the other loby, I heard something…. A sob. Somebody was crying. Mannat?

I slowly stepped towards the voice, light was coming from under the door…. My feet halted in their place when I heard her voice, it was she… crying. God!

“Mannat!..... Mannat! Are you there? Mannat” I knocked on the door but she didn’t answer back, her sobs even got worse, I took hold of the knob and turning it anti clockwise I opened the door. She was there in front of me, sitting on the floor as if she has fallen down. Her face was down and she was… she was crying. Slowly she looked up at me, and my heart stopped, she looked drenched, lost…

“Mannat” I stepped inside and she suddenly got up.

“Mannat you oka……

“Don’t come near me” she cut me in the middle, and with both her palms on my chest, she pushed me backwards, I didn’t expect that, I stumbled a step back.

“Manna….

“Don’t take my name” she stepped towards me and pushed me again, what the hell!

“kaha tha na! kaha tha na k mat jao show mein….. everybody warned you but you… you are a self centered, idiot! Who never listens to anyone else then himself” Mannat was yelling at the top of her voice, looking all lost… her hair were messed up and eyes sowollen…. And I was the reason.

“kuch ho jata to?.....but you don’t care… you just don’t care Hussain!.. go awayyy. I hate you!” she yelled again and putting her palms on  my chest she tried to push me again when I suddenly grabbed her wrists. Her hands froze over my chest and eyes fixed on mine. Her lips were trembling and tears coming down on her cheeks…. Oh! What a mess she was looking.

“No, you don’t hate me, Mannat!” I said slowly looking into her teary puffed eyes and she blinked them, tears came down.

“Tumhen kuch ho jata to…….

“To?” I cut her in the middle and she looked deep into my eyes, fear evident on her face.

“to… mein jee nai pati Hussain!... mar jati mein” every word she uttered felt so solonm, I mentally cursed myself for not listening to everyone… for not listening to her and letting her be in this state right now.  I could not say a single other word. Her palms still on my chest,wrists in my grip. She was blinking her eyes and tears kept on rolling down. I looked at a tear just rolled down on her cheek, I slowly bent down, she looked at me with fear in her eyes I looked back on her cheek… she closed her eyes her breath heavy and uneven. Slowly I kissed the tear away and she gasped when my lips met her cheek, her hands now fisting my vest tightly and eyes still closed.

I wanted to hug her and calm her down but couldn’t decide should I go for it or not when suddenly she opened her eyes… I could read the same in them, my grip on her wrists got light and she suddenly put her arms around my neck….. I gasped at this sudden but expected hug, her arms holding me tight while my arms still at my sides. I gulped down and slowly snaked my arms around her waist. I felt her body stiffened at my touch and my neck wet with her tears, slowly her body relaxed in my arms.

“MANNAT’S POV

He was holding my wrists in his hands resting my palms on his chest. I could feel his heart throbbing inside his cage, so was mine.

“tumhen kuch ho jata to….”

“to?” I shuddered at even the thought of it, when he cut me in the middle.

“to mein jee nai pati Hussain!.... marr jati mein” I said looking into his eyes, couldn’t look away. The thought of Hussain getting hurt, the thought of him in pain was too much for me, I couldn’t stop my tears they kept on rolling down my cheeks, he doesn’t know how much I love him, he just doesn’t know what I was going through at this moment. In past few hours I saw my whole life ruining…. Pata nai kia kia or kese kese khayal aa rae thy. Tum kabhi nai samjho ge Hussain. he couldn’t say a word, kept on looking into my eyes, I so wanted to hug him right here right now, just one hug Hussain! just want to feel your heartbeat….. your warmth.

I was lost into his eyes when suddenly his gaze shifted to my cheek and he slowly bent down…. what was he up to? He looked back into my eyes as if asking permission and I couldn’t move, frozen at my place… I closed my eyes and felt his lips on my cheek, I fisted his vest in my hands and slowly opened my eyes. he was staring back at me… his grip on my wrists got lighter. I just couldn’t take that anymore…. I dunno what got into me, standing on my toes I snaked my arms aroung his neck, and hugged him tight…. just don’t wanted to let him go, it felt he was only safe here in my arms.

Slowly and softly his arms touched my back giving shiver in my spine and he wrapped them around my waist. I cried in the crook of his neck, and his grip got tighter around me. I could feel his warm breath near my neck….. I was feeling secure there in his arms, it felt as if those arms were my whole world.

I dunno how many moments passed by… an eternity I think, when I slowly tried to put down my arms but his grip was still tight.

“Huss… Hussain!” I whispered and his grip became light around my waist, very reluctantly he unwrapped his arms… so did I. he looked at me, his hands still on my waist, few of my hair strands were stuck in his stuble I raised my hand and slowly touching his beard I removed them from his face.

“you okay?”he asked looking at my face and I nodded weakly.

“tum?......” my eyes shifted down on the blood stain on his vest.

“ye…..?” I asked and he shook his head.

“not mine…. Am okay!” he whispered and I gulped down.

Suddenly I took a step back… looking away.

“chalen?” he bent down and asked looking into my eyes and I weakly smiled at him, nodding my head.

We started heading towards the lift and Hussain pressed the call button, we stepped into it and he pressed G. I was standing there still in his trance… when I felt his fingers touching mine, I shivered at his touch and looked down at our hands… he slowly interwined his fingers between mine and I took hold of them with out looking up at his face, I knew he was looking down at mine. The lift stopped and we stepped out….. he was still holding my hand.

There were many people, few even tried to talk to him but he simply refused and holding my hand stepped out of the venue. We were in the parking lot when suddenly the same guards I saw in the basement… came running towards Hussain.

“Sir, we were ordered to stick with you.” One of them said and Hussain looked up at his face.

“A light patch worth 100 Kg was about to fall on me… and it did fall down…. my brother is injured because of that, got sticthes and you call your self my security?” suddenly Hussain got infuriated, Oh My God! Shehry? He got injured. The guard looked down.

“I don’t need such guards, thank you very much. I can better take care of things… my way. You people are fired” Hussain snapped at them and they left… bisti complete!

The guards left and Hussain turned to face me….. I was gawking at him with my mouth slightly open.

“Kia hua?” he asked

“Nothing…. You get angry a lot! and whenever you are angry you look even more…

“Hot… I know” Hussain winked at me, cutting me in the middle and I looked at him in shock, he was seriously too much. Pehle he mein abhi us k trance se bahir nai nikli… kaheen dil ka dora he nai per jae.

“Are you sure…..? you are okay na? and this is not yours?”I looked down at the big blood stain and he sighed deep shaking his head.

“You don’t trust me na?..... ye lo, check ker lo” he said and taking a step closer to me, he took off his vest. I couldn’t believe he did that…. My eyes went wide on his action and my gaze shifted on his tone muscular body. Shittt! Mannat! Stop looking at him…. Stop gawking Mannat for God’s sake look away!

I hurriedly look up at his face, that deadly smirk….. he took a step closer and with his finger he pushed back my chin…. Oh! I was gawking at him with my mouth open. Shittt! Awkward.

“I don’t believe you just did that” I said rolling my eyes, trying to act cool though I was not at all cool, in fact my temperature was rising with ever breath I was taking.

“I did…. Check ker lo… oh! I guess you already checked me out” he said chuckling and I controlled my giggle.

“Its cold here Hussain, you better wear it!” I held his hand in which he was holding his vest and raised it to his face level.

He wore it back and looked at my face, trying to search something.

“Itni perwah q kerti ho meri? Na kia karo” he asked simply and I at once looked up at his face, a simple question with a very complicated answer.

“q na kiya karoon? Meri merzi jo chahe karoon” I tried to make it as simple as it was….. I was about to moved towards the car when suddenly he took hold of my wrist and pulled me into himself, I bumped with his hard body and looked all shocked at his face.

“Kia ker rae ho?” I asked stammering and he smirked at me.

“Meri merzi jo chahe karoon” he mimicked my tone and I rolled my eyes.

“Ji nai… ye nai ker sakte” I tried to pull back but he didn’t let that happen.

“To phir kia ker sakta hoon?” he whispered and my heartbeat quicken, his tone all serious and …. And seductive. Ufff! Hussain stop it. werna mere heart attack k zimedaar tum ho ge.

“I want to go home” I said looking down over his chest unable to look into his eyes.

“darr gaeen na?” he bent down and whispered in my ear, making it burn.

“nai… am not afraid of you Hussain, I feel safe with you.” I said looking up at his face and he smiled. He left my hand and when I didn’t step back, he did with a smile on his face.

“chalen?”I asked and he nodded, we walked towards his car he opened the door for me and I sat in. he ran towards the driving seat and sitting down, he took hold of the steering and we drove out of the parking lot. 

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