Manjari maa had all sorted it out for neil, they had hid the fact that he was caught up in the airport...or even the fact that he searched for akshara....

***************Neil's pov*********
It was night and neil was wandering in his room with flashbacks...of those desperate eyes of aarohi...the eyes that were always confident ,over ofcourse his mind reminded his heart...

But today it was different... Those big eyes were craving something nd was hurt..yet trying to hold back ...

Somewhere his heart felt he saw a image upclose to him and may be a worser image too infront of him...

His thoughts were interuptted when he saw harshvardhan birla his papa stand on  his doors ...

Papa...neil called confused...

Mr.Birla laughed sarcastically and entered the room holding his both hands behind...

Tume kya lagta hai...what did you think?? You will get arrested and I wouldn't even know??

Arre...waha ka top officer ki wife na mera patient... The moment he heard your name he knew and informed  me first I only told him to inform manjari...

Kitni baar...?!? How much times should tell you to stop chanting about akshara??? Hhaaaa...he yelled at his face.....

The next time na I will not warn you....seedha Ghar se bahar nikal dunga samja... He shouted at his face ...and stormed out of his room without even taking a look at Neil's face...

Neil sighed his heart felt heavy,.I guess you can never heal when your parents hurt he thought..and walked inside the room..and saw himself in the mirror...

He just wanted to ran away somewhere or magically disappear somehow...

The tired face ....the lips that tightly sealed itself so that others by mistake also wouldn't know what storm was hurling inside him....

But..this time... the face seemed familiar.. aarohi... Her face ...kept on lingering in his mind....

Neil took his phone he opened his WhatsApp and clicked on Aarohi....

Shall we meet?.. he typed and erased it...no, neil......he remembered bade papas words for aarohi.....

Are you okay??? He typed ...jaise tujhe baatakar he manegi.... He erased it too... And threw his phone on the bed...

************Arohi's pov************

Arohi as soon as she entered the house , she excused herself by saying she was having a headache and ran to her room, and closed her door and fell on her bed....burying her head in the pillows deep...so that none would hear her...heart break...

It was past dinner time...and vansh bhaiya had called her...for lunch but she pretended to be asleep...and he went...

After she was sure the footsteps vanished ...she turned back on the bed and faced her ceiling...

The ceiling fan was swirling around just like her mind ....A silent tear came out from her eye and ran to her ears... without her notice...

Because with her notice tears were just prohibited to come down her eyes...

Before atleast she had her job...but now after her sister's fiasco she is jobless for one year ....

Job was blessing in disguise for her.... A much needed distraction to her lone and wavering mind...but now...the mind wavers in all directions with no control of hers and she hated that...

She sighed and grabbed phone and started randomly scrolling all apps...

She opened WhatsApp and replied all her messages...but one thing caught her neil was trying and tying but no message came from his end ...

Her eyes widened seeing his name on the screen...what ?? IS HE DOING?? She yelled in a lighter tone...

She got all irritated and wrote...why do you want??? , But before she could send she changed her mind and erased it... Agar kuch chahiye toh batega..bachha todi hai...saying this she threw her phone...

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It was somewhere past midnight and the entire town was asleep, except these to broken souls...who were just wandering in their room here and there like ghosts....

Neil was wandering and suddenly something struck him...he made his bed look like he is sleeping and silently snuck out of his house...

Aarohi too did the same and snuck out of her house as she jumped from the balcony...

Both had snuck out without knowing each other's intention .....

It was dark and Arohi was opening her key at the door...

Uff thank god you came a voice came from her behind....

Arohi jerked off a bit and quickly opened the door and pulled neil inside and locked the door in...and switched on the lights...

Aarohi wanted to shout at neil for coming into her personal space ...but she was too drained out in her own battles she did not want start new one...

Even neil did not speak after that...both of them went and stood in the balcony ...

The moon that till now hid in the clouds came out off its hiding place eagerly one more time....hoping these two would open up...

Neil and Arohi were just staring at the moon blatantly...the events of the day had kept their mind occupied...

The moon got disappointed a little and slightly hid itself in the cloud as if slapping it's forehead....

There was just silence between them a comfortable and soothing one...

Neil and Arohi would occasionally glance at each other ...but when their eyes accidentally met they would glance the other side or glare back at the sky....

So...isliye tum yaha aati ho...neil gently asked Arohi still staring at the sky...

Arohi saw him...glancing at the sky...she felt an unknown sense of belongingness....someone was also like her...soaking in the moon light... enjoying the silence ... Her heart felt a little light....

Neil turned and looked at her... Yeh shaanti sukkon ke liye na... He questioned ....

Arohi nodded a gentle yes...and stared back at the sky that gave her the sukoon and love  that her family never gave ...

Neil gave a small smile back at her....

And again they both stared at the black yet serenic sky...

Neil remembered bade papa's words to her...and saw her glancing at the sky...

Her brown skin shone under the room's light...a single strand of her hair... Swayed and danced to and fro in rhythm with the air not missing a beat...
It was beautiful he thought...

Birla uncle ke vajase tum yaha ho na....she asked jerking him out of his thoughts....

Um..um...he stammered vo...vo ..I am hungry tumne khaya kuch...Ghar mein kuch hai...he walked backwards to the hall avoiding the conversation....

Arohi opened her mouth but he did not allow her to speak ..

He kept his both hands on each shoulder... Chipkali ...Ghar aye mehman ko aise treat karte hain kya?? Yaar I am really hungry....and I know you are also hungry....bade papa ke daat ke vajase kahi bhi nahi hogi tum right??

Arohi saw his hands on his shoulders...and gently shrugged it off ...Ghar main ek ketli ke alwa kuch nahi hai...haa agar Pani chahiye toh bahar ek tap pe aata hai vo use kar sakte...

Neil was shook by the fact that the house had nothing...forget food.no vessels..no gas...it had one kettle and a nean bag thats literally it..

Neil picked up the kettle why did you even send mone on this kettle???

Arohi took it from his hand ...and while doing so..br hand gently brushed his ...

Neil noticed it ..and looked the way her   hand wet for a milli second...

This was there when I moved in ....she said making him gulp in his saliva....

Teek hai I wil buy some snacks and come..it's late night you lock the door and stay here I  will get something for us to eat...Jana mat kahi he said....

Neil made sure Arohi locked the door although arohi was never interested in it... She had spent countless nights alone here...but fr these of neil and her hunger she locked it....

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