Stopping his car to a side near her house, Sidharth moved out of the car walking to her side.

He opened the door for her and and just when she was about to come out herself , he gave her a look making her still at her position the next second.

He again took her in his arms carefully and took her towards the door of her house.
The door was locked.

"Where are your keys?" He asked shehnaaz and that is when she realized that she had lost them somewhere last evening and her mouth hanged open in realization.

She made a guilty face pouting at him and he understood that she does not have keys with her.
Rolling his eyes, he rang the doorbell and she frowned.

" Tum bell kyu baja rahe ho?" She asked him and he gave her a disbelief reaction.

"So that the door open itself for us" he told her in sarcasm but she took it seriousness.

"Hamara door apne aap nahi khulta" she said giggling while he sighed.

"Call aditya and ask him to open the door" he said in a stern tone when nobody opened the door even after he rang bell three times.

"But wo ghar pe nahi hai." She said while he huffed and made her sit on a chair placed near the door.

Shehnaaz looked at him in anticipation and Sidharth took out something from his pocket and inserted it in the lock and the lock opened.

"Kya baat hai yr. Tum chori bhi karte ho kya" she asked him giggling.
"Zyada mat bolo, kidnapping bhi karta hu. Kahi aisa na ho tum agli baar ghar hi na pahuncho" he faked smile at her but she chuckled looking at him.

"Matlab phir tum mujhe apne saath hi rakhoge...hamesha?" She asked him more to tease him and he couldn't answer her so kept quiet.

Opening the door, he took Shehnaaz inside and she told him her room direction.
He softly placed her on bed and she exhaled a deep breath as her leg was now straightened after a long time.

Sidharth moved towards her legs and was about to open her shoes to make her feel relax when she stopped him.
"No need to do this Sidharth. You have already done so much for me"

"This is nothing in front of what you have done for me. You saved my life, itna toh mai kar hi sakta hu" he opened her shoes and helped her in sitting comfortably.

Sidharth- Now give me Aditya's number..
Shehnaaz- tumhe uska number kyu chahiye?
Sidharth- so that I can tell him about your medications.
Shehnaaz- but what will he do knowing it?
Sidharth- Shehnaaz.. he will be here for you na, to help you , to take care of your needs..
Shehnaaz-- but he is not here..
Sidharth- not here matlab?
Shehnaaz- he has gone to his hometown, maybe for three weeks.
Sidharth- kya?

Sidharth fisted his hand when a thought crossed his mind and his jaw clenched thinking about it.

" how can he leave you alone? Usme dimaag nahi hai.." This thing triggered his anger. How could he leave her when he know in what environment she works.

"Tum gussa kyu ho rahe ho. Use thodi pata tha yeh sab ho jayega mere saath" she calmly says not to make him more angry as she can see how he was reacting loudly after a small thing ( according to her ).

"Ya right right right!! But use yeh to pata hai that this work, what you do, is not safe. Kabhi bhi kuch bhi ho sakta hai tab bhi wo chala gaya woh bhi teen hafto ke liye aur tum..tum yaha par uski side le rahi ho" his anger was rising each second as he couldn't see her suffering more, already she was suffering and reason was him.

It was all his mistake , this is what he was thinking all time.

Already he was in guilt that because of him she was in pain and now even Aditya was not there then how will she manage alone and what if Sanjay or his men harm her to know what happened that day as she was also present there when his building was blasted.

"Mai uski side nahi le rahi hu Sidharth."
" Ofcourse you are not!!"
" Sidharth.. Mai uski dost hu, zimmedari nahi"
She said looking at him and his eyes also moved towards her listening to her.

"You are, when he has his own reasons to make you work with Sanjay and Harshjot.."

He speaks but moved his eyes instantly away from her leaving her in a confused state.

"What do you mean?" she asked as she couldn't interpret what he did try to convey to her using that statement.

"Pack you bags" ignoring her question, he put his hands in his pocket and gave her a work to do.

"Sidharth, ek min idhar aao" she calls him moving her fingers.
"Now what?" He asks rudely.
"Please.." she shows him her puppy eyes and he huffed before moving towards her.

"Thoda jhuko" she tells him when he stand straight beside her.
" Thoda aur " he lean towards her while she raised her hand and touches his forehead.

"Tabiyat toh tumhari thik lag rahi hai toh tum aise kyu behave kar rahe ho?" She puts her finger on her chin thinking with a serious face while he instantly back off.

"Shehnaaz.. don't test my patience" he warns with a clenched jaw.
"Same to you. First tell me why I need to pack my bags" she says in a bit loud tone. She was really patient but his this behaviour was not something she wished to deal with.

"You are going with me, to my house" he had decided this and he would make her follow his decision in any way.

She was caught off guard with his sudden declaration. She had not thought that he would do this much for her comfort.

Just to make sure she is not alone, she is comfortable, she is recovering and  she is safe, he was ready to take her to his home.

Sidharth shukla, who does not allow even his close friends in his house, and only some fixed people enter that place, is himself taking her to his place. Is she special for him!!

"Don't put so much pressure on your small brain. I am doing this just because you saved my life and now it's my responsibility to make sure that you are alright." He conveyed to Shehnaaz who was lost in her thoughts.

"But mai kaise pack karu..I am hurt"
She made an innocent face towards him and he could see what was coming next.

"So what to do now" he asked but he knew that if she won't do this, he would be the one doing it.

"Tum pack kar do na..." She said but seeing him lost she continued.
"But if you don't want to do....
Mai hi kar deti hu. Ab bhala kon madad karega meri.." giving him a naïve look she started to get up slowly but she wanted him to help her.

"Ok fine...am doing it. You don't need to do" seeing her getting up, he quickly agreed to do even packing for her.

"Thank-you,.. Sidharth ji" she gave him a wide smile and he once looked at her then moved towards her cupboard to pack her things while she grinned at him as he looked too adorable when he made faces after being told to pack her bags.

"Kya din aa gaye hai yrr. Sidharth Shukla, Jo khud ki packing nahi karta kabhi, aaj kisi aur ki packing kar raha hai.
Pata nahi kya kya karwaegi yeh ladki mujhse" murmuring this to himself, Sidharth packed her bags and placed them in his car.

They had moved a little distance but the uneasiness on her face made him frown. He was noticing her expressions changing and her keeping her eyes closely shut.

"Shehnaaz.." he softly called her and she opened her eyes.

"What happened?" He asked but she smiled lightly and nodded in no as she didn't wanted him to worry more.

"Shehnaaz.. kya hua hai?" He was a little stern this time she knew she needed to answer.

"It's paining...shayad bend hone ki wajah se" she said in a low voice as the pain was more and she was controlling herself from breaking down.

Sidharth didn't know what to do to make her feel relieved but her uneasiness bothered him.
He stopped the car to a side and turned towards her while she looked at him confused.

He just wanted to eradicate this pain from her somehow as her being not well didn't went well with him.

"Do one thing .. put your leg on my lap" he told her while she frowned at him.

"Sidharth..Kya bol rahe ho? How can I put my leg on your lap" she tried to deny him but he would always do what he wanted.

"Shehnaaz..put it on my lap."
"Let it be Sidharth"
"Then let me do it myself" he declared and himself made her leg places on his lap and her her sit comfortably with her leaning onto the window.

"Is it fine now?" He asked.
"Better"she answered.

His little efforts to make her comfortable were making her like him more.
She kept looking at him while driving and soon slept like that.

The time when she was awake, Sidharth kept his gaze fixed to road only but when she dozed off, he was stealing glanced of her.

He knew, he was always going to loose in front of her and was also ready wholeheartedly to do that but he did not wanted that.

There could be reasons for us, to show, we dislike the things we love the most.

To protect ourselves or our loved ones, from the things we hate the most.

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