Radhe Krishna

Let's start....

"What happened to my baby?" Swara was rubbing her back to make her calm who was sobbing now.

"Buddy, what happened? Don't you tell to your buddy?" Ragini asked her while caressing her hairs and eyed Swara who signed her not knowing look. Ruhi was just standing by watching them. She also felt bad for seeing them.
Swara broke the hug and saw her hazel eyes which was filled with tears. She wiped her tears and kissed her forehead while cupping her face.

"Now tell me, who made my baby cry? I will punish them" Swara said while trying to pacify her.

"I wanted to see Papa so I went to room by opening but got scared in the dark" Naira told innocently in crying tone. Swara's face fell by listening her, hurt could be all visible on her face. Ragini also looked at her but Swara quickly masked by smiling face before Naira could see and looked at Naira.

"Shhh! You are Papa's brave girl right? So my baby won't cry. You want to see Papa right?" Swara asked her. Naira shook her head innocently making Swara smile.

"Come, I will take you to your Papa" Swara said while picking her in her arms and moved towards upstairs followed by Ragini and Ruhi.

Swara opened the door and switched on the room light where Vihaan's photo was hanging beside Arjun's photo.
Swara stood infront of photo frame and Ruhi also walked towards them with slow step as her heart filled with pain, agony by seeing Arjun's photo. Her eyes filled with tears by seeing his photo after so many years. After his death she never tried to open his photo folder in her mobile because she knew if she kept seeing him then surely kept crying by remembering their memories. Swara moved towards Vihaan's photo after putting Naira down and removed garland from his photo frame. She caressed his face with her hands and smiling through tears in happiness.

"I never imagined that I will see you again infront of me alive Vihaan" Swara said while caressing his face emotionally.

"Now it doesn't matter for me that you forget me or not but it's enough for me that you are alive that too infront of me. I will try my best to make you remember us and then we can live happily with our daughter. If you don't get your memory then also it's not a problem, we can make new memory with our daughter. If you get your memory then you will get very happy by knowing that you have a daughter Vihaan....I mean Sanskar..whatever! But you will always be my Vihaan whom I met at first" Swara said in mind while looking at Vihaan's smiling face.

"Mumma, why are you crying by seeing Papa?" Naira asked her mother innocently. Swara quickly wiped her corner of eyes and looked at Naira with smile.

"No baby, something went in my eyes, I am not crying" Swara said while smiling and picked her up in her arms. Nair bent little towards Vihaan's photo and kissed his photo making Swara smile.

"Mumma, Arush's Chachu looks like a Papa but Papa don't have beard but that uncle has beard" Naira said making Swara silent. Swara was speechless what to answer for her as she couldn't tell the truth and moreover Naira was not in mature age to understand.

"Baby, you go with buddy down and play, I will just come" Swara told her with soft tone while changing topic and signed Ragini through her eyes. Ragini understood her sign and blinked her eyes in assurance.

"Buddy come, I will tell you one interesting story" Ragini said while extending her hands to pick her up.

"Really?" Naira asked her being excited.

"Yes" Ragini said while laughing her by seeing her excitement. Naira went to Ragini and both went downstairs leaving Swara and Ruhi alone. Swara turned towards Ruhi who was standing while staring at Arjun's pic.

"Bhabhi..." Swara stopped realising and looked at Ruhi who was still staring at photo frame.

"Ruhi, I don't have any right to interfere in your life but I won't sit silently by seeing you who still stuck in past. Please move on Ruhi, life won't stop for anyone. My brother never wanted to see you like this, still living in his memory. It's been almost 6 years still you are stuck in the past." Swara said looking at her. She could understand Ruhi's inner pain but Ruhi needs to move on from Arjun's memory.

"Did you move on in these 5 years Swara? No right?" Ruhi asked her while turning towards her with painful tone.

"We are not same Ruhi, situation was different for us. I am married and have daughter. Even though without Vihaan I have Naira whom I could say my own, my reason to live but what about you, you are still living in his memory and hurting yourself and also people around you. Tell me one thing, what about your parents Ruhi who was waiting for you to move on from past without forcing you to marry whom they choose. They want your happiness Ruhi, that's why they aren't asking you about marriage. So think about them and about my brother, he won't be in peace by seeing you suffering alone. If you move on from past, he will be happy and bless you by seeing your happiness. Please think about it once again Ruhi. I am not forcing you , I told whatever I wanted to say. It's upto you Ruhi but don't drowned yourself in pain" Swara said in requesting tone as she doesn't want to see her being in pain like her.
Ruhi didn't say anything but she was in deep thought.

"How did Sanskar got to know about Arjun when he forgot about everything?" Ruhi asked her instead of answering her. Swara looked at her and then turned towards photo frame.

Flashback Continues....

"What do you think, if you behave normally infront of me while masking your pain and smiling infront of me, I won't notice your pain behind your smiling face Swara" Vihaan said looking at Swara intensively who was just staring at Vihaan with shocked expression.

"I couldn't have known how much you were suffering before but month before at night you were crying by holding your brother photo and talking with him. I got confused at first not understanding anything as well as worried for you. I couldn't get to know about whom you were talking and at the same time I didn't know what to do so I kept quiet. I wanted to ask about your family but didn't dare to ask. I wanted you to tell me yourself when you feel comfortable to share with me" Vihaan sat beside her while facing her.

"Swara, do you trust me right?" Vihaan asked her while cupping her face with soft eyes. He wasn't sure about her but he wanted to comfort her at right now more than anything. Swara looked into his eyes and found something in his eyes which she couldn't read but hope. His eyes were showing immense care, concern for her. Swara nodded her head while shaking still staring at him.

"Tell me what happened to your brother? About your family? I know you are hiding something from me Swara. I never wanted to force you but now I can't see you crying every night by remembering your family. Now you need to share your pain so that you can lessen your heart burden" Vihaan said while looking into her teary eyes. Swara looked down by hearing him. Vihaan removed his palm from her face. Swara blinked her eyes to control her tears and looked up again to see him who was waiting for her only. Swara took a short breathe while closing her eyes abd opened it.

"I lied to you about my family Vihaan" Swara said with one breath.

"I know" Vihaan said making Swara shock.

"Yes, I came to know that you lied to me about your family but I know you had a reasons so wanted you only to tell me about them" Vihaan said with calm tone making Swara proud of him who understood her without a word.

"I and my brother lost parents when we both were small and I had only my brother who became everything to me after my parents. We grew up together relaying on each other. We wouldn't face any finacial problem as our parents left some legacy for us. He became a fashion designer and living in Darjeeling and I am in Bangalore. Two months before he met you in fashion design contest in Darjeeling and you both became friends. After one week when you both were returning to home, you both met with an accident and in that accident my brother......" Swara started to cry again remembering Arjun. Vihaan hugged her tightly and started to rub her back. Vihaan let her cry how much she wanted because he wanted her to cry her heart out which she was kept inside in all these days. After 30 minutes she stopped crying and just sobbing in embrace. Vihaan was caressing her hairs to comfort her. After sometime when he felt that she became calm he tried to broke the hug but Swara was still holding him tightly.

"Swara" Vihaan called her softly to talk with her but Swara didn't reply.

"Swara" Vihaan called her softly again while caressing her hairs. After not getting any response, he broke the hug forcefully and looked at her who was still sobbing. Swara looked at him while lifting her head with teary eyes.

"Swara, look at me" Vihaan said while cupping her both cheeks.

"Swara, We can't bring dead people alive but their memories always live in our heart alive same like your brother. He isn't here with us today but his memories, happy moments, the days you spent with him always live in your heart. I don't remember anything about him but I can say he is best brother and friend" Vihaan said with soothing words to her.

"Might be I would have known about him if I remembered about past" Vihaan thought in his mind. He looked at her while lifting his eyes.

"Your brother won't be happy if you kept crying like this. He always wished your happiness Swara. I am feeling helpless not knowing anything and  how to console you. It would have been better if I was in his place on that day" Vihaan said by being unconscious as he was drowned in Arjun's thought.

"Vihaannnn" Swara said loudly in shock by hearing him. Vihaan came into sense and looked at her who was looking at him with teary yet angry eyes. She didn't know why but hearing those words from him which made her angry. Might be he was becoming someone close day by day more than stranger which she couldn't express in words but only her heart knew who was he to her.

"Don't say again. It's his fate that God snatched him from me and made me orphan but he did one good thing that by sending you to me. If you wouldn't have been with me all these days, I don't know what would have happened to me, I would have break down alone" Swara said while holding his hands which was on his lap and still tears were streaming from her eyes silently. Vihaan didn't say anything just side hugged her by wrapping his hand around her shoulder. Swara also couldn't say anything and kept her head on his chest and closed her eyes feeling secure in his arms. They sat in the same position for hours with silence. After so many days Swara was feeling light heart after pouring her heart out. Vihaan was feeling mixed emotions because of forgotten past which he badly wanted to remember to know what happened on that day and his identity, at the same time about Swara, his growing feelings for her which was made him stuck in dilemma whether to confess or not. He wanted to confess but finding right time atleast not now when she was in pain.

"Swara" Vihaan called her softly while tilting his head little.

"Hmmm" Swara opened her eyes and looked up to match his eyes.

"Can I ask you something?" Vihaan asked her while staring into her eyes. Swara got confused like what must be he going to ask then realised their position and lowered her eyes. She quivkly moved out of his embrace while turning her head little being embarrassed. Vihaan felt her embarrassment but more than that loss of warmth which he was feeling before when he was having her in his embrace. When she moved, he felt something missing but he ignored that feeling because now his priority was Swara. Vihaan looked at her for her to reply but he didn't get anything so he took her silence as yes.

"Why you told me that you are my wife when you are not?" Vihaan asked her softly not demanding answer.
Swara's eyes widen by hearing him and her eyes snapped at him shockingly.

"Yo..u .kne..w? Ho..w?" Words were not coming from her mouth as her throat became dry just by listening him that he came to know about her lie. Swara lowered her eyes by feeling his constant stare for not able to look at him back. Swara turned her eyes while looking at front wall.
Vihaan looked at her and took deep breathe while understanding her inner turmoil.

"I was not sure at first but as days passing I realised because of your actions like we are not like normal married couple. You were uncomfortable to come near me and feel nervous to talk with me at first, and you wouldn't have come if you didn't have any necessary work and used to keep distance from me. I know I don't remember anything about past so I might feel uncomfortable but you so I found it something was wrong but I kept quiet. One day I heard you talking with your brother photo frame then I got confirmation and I wanted to ask but..." Swara looked upto him as Vihaan paused saying further

"But wha...t?" Swara asked him with trembling lips as she was feeling anxious like what would he tell further.

"But I was afraid that you will keep distance from me after knowing that I came to know about truth" Vihaan said while staring into her eyes.

"Why would you think like that?" Swara asked him with puzzled face not understanding his words hidden meaning.

"Because I have fallen for you Swara. I am in love with you" Vihaan confessed his love as he couldn't able to hold himself back anymore.
Swara's breathe hitched in her lungs by hearing him. She felt like she was in some other world that she forgot everything at that moment.

"Wha..t did yo..u sa..y?" Swara asked him with trembling lips that she was beyond shocked by listening those words. She couldn't believe her ears that did she heard it right or wrong? so she asked again to confirm herself. Vihaan looked into her eyes who was staring at him unbelievably and smiled softly while cupping her both cheeks by his palm.

"Yes, you heard it right! "I LOVE YOU SWARA" Vihaan said with pleasant smile on his lips. He continued before Swara could reply...

"I know after knowing about truth, relation might have changed between us but my heart will never change Swara that I love you. I know I have forgotten about my identity and my origin and about my family. When I didn't know anyone and have no place to go, you gave me shelter and identity which no one could do for any stranger. You have done for me just because of your brother that your brother trusted me. I am very grateful for that and I owe you my life Swara. I know at first I was just stranger for you as well for me also but as days passed my heart started to fall for you, your innocence, your smile, your caring nature and how you handled everything without getting tired and most importantly for taking care of this unknown person. I thought its just affectuon between couple but after knowing truth I realised it's not just affection but love. I felt pain in my heart by seeing you crying every night behind the closed door for your family and being alone. I am not forcing my feelings on you. I felt I couldn't able to keep my feeling anymore so I confessed that doesn't mesn you should also reciprocate my feelings. You are free to reject and accept. But one thing, if your are feeling insecure about my feelings for you like what about after getting memory back. You don't need to feel worry about that because my feelings won't change for you Swara. It will remain same till my death that you are only in my life not anyone. You can take your own time and tell. If it's yes then I am the most luckiest person, if its not ok then also no problem. That won't change anything between us that we are friends. Now it's very late, you should sleep" Vihaan said by seeing her who was just staring at him. He knew that she also has some feelings for him but she wasn't realised it because he couldn't find any rejection in her eyes. He got from the bed to go to his room but felt tug on his hand and looked down to find his hand was holding by Swara who held his wrist with her hand. He looked up to find who was staring at him with innocent and some kind hidden words in her eyes. He looked at her in questionable eyes by seeing her holding his hand.

"Don't go" Swara asked him innocently as she didn't want to be alone at right now. Vihaan also was going with heavy heart as he also didn't wanted to go leaving her in that vulnerable state buy he couldn't ask her or take advantage of the situation to be close with her so he kept silent.

"Stay here, I don't want to be alone" Swara said in hoping eyes. Vihan looked at her who was looking at him with hoping eyes. Vihaan nodded his head with smile and made her lay on bed and covered her with quilt. He turned to go but Swara held his wrist again. Vihaan turned and smiled at her by seeing her eyes which has dome kind of fear and confusion.

"I am going to couch to sleep" Vihaan said with smile by seeing her. Swara nodded her head with relief sign and left his hand. Vihaan went to close the door as it was winter night. He came back and lied on bed after increasing temperature of heater. Swara turned to couch while facing Vihaan who was also sleeping while facing her.
Swara quickly averted her eyes from him when he looked at her. Vihaan felt her gaze and looked up but found her averting her gaze from him and smiled inwardly. Swara closed her eyes to get sleep as now her heart was feeling light after pouring her heart out.

"I know you also have feeling for me but didn't realise yet or afraid to confess. I wish you will soon confess your feelings." Vihaan said in mind by looking at Swara. Soon sleep took over him also and both drifted into deep slumber peacefully in each other presence.
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To be continued

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