Siddharth was sitting on his chair in his office and thinking about the last 2 months of his life.

Yes it has been 2 months since Asim's accident.. 2 months since he met Shehnaaz.

And they have been the best 2 months of his life.
Even though Siddharth claims negative but his revenge is long lost forgotten.

In his attempts to stay close to Shehnaaz she has become a very important part of his life.
Shehnaaz affects him like no one has ever affected him.

Her happiness brings him peace and even a single drop of tear in her eyes or even a sad expression on her face makes him want to take it away from her beautiful face where only a cute smile looks nice.

He daily goes to meet her. Yes everyday.
He makes any stupid reasons and calls  her to meet him or he himself goes to meet her.

Just like last week

Flashback:

Siddharth was missing Shehnaaz and wanted to meet her but she was very busy with her event that she was not even able to talk to him over the phone properly.

Siddharth was becoming restless and decided to go there by himself.

When he reached her office Marie Aunty welcomed him with a relief.

Marie Aunty: thank god Siddharth tum aa gaye.

Siddharth: kya hua aunty aap itne tension mai kyu ho?

Marie Aunty: woh ladki jo upar hai usne mera BP badha deneka kasam khaya hai.

Siddharth: what did she do now?

Marie Aunty: Siddharth it is 5 o'clock in the evening and ab tak usne lunch nai Kia..  Pammi ka phone aya tha.. usne breakfast bhi nai khaya gharse nikalne time.
Sirf coffee pi rahi hai subeh se..
Aise kab tak chalega? Health ki kuch fikar hi nai hai usko.

Siddharth: Ghadhi kahi ki.. ek kaam kijiye aunty aap aap uska lunch ka plate banwake cabin mai bhijwaiye... mai dekhta hu usko.

With that he left for her cabin.

Siddharth has visited her office multiple times in these 2 months so the office staff was comfortable with him.

When he reached her floor a very tired Madhu was coming out from Shehnaaz's cabin.
When she saw him she smiled in relief.

Madhu: thank god Siddharth tum aa gaye.

Siddharth chuckled on her comment because everyone was saying the same.

Madhu: kya hua why are you smiling?

Siddharth: woh Marie Aunty niche mile unhone bhi yahi kaha mujhe.

Madhu: obviously yaar.. Shehnaaz is taking too much stress.. na khud aaram kar rahi hai na hume karne dey rahi hai.. I dont understand why.
Everything is under control fir bhi she is taking load.
Maine toh atleast 10 mins ka break lia tha for lunch usne toh woh bhi nai Kia.

Siddharth: dont worry mai khila dunga usko.
Tum bahut thaki hui lag rahi ho... take a break.

Madhu instantly nodded for the break and thanked him multiple times.

Siddharth went towards her cabin and barged in without knocking.

She did not even realize that..she was so engrossed in her work

Wearing a white top and black pencil pants, hair in a high pony tail and minimal makeup she was sitting on her seat with a cute baby frown on her face.

She was looking like a panda whom he wanted to squish.

Siddharth went behind her and turned her chair with force making her look at him..

Shehnaaz got startled with this move and almost shouted 

Shehnaaz: Siddharth tera dimag kharab hai.. mereko attack aa jata..pagal hai tu
(She said keeping her hand on her heart calming her heartbeats)

Siddharth: pagal mai nai tu ho gai hai aur baki sab ko bhi kar rahi hai.. kya baat ho rahi hai baby kyu itna tension mai hai tu?

Shehnaaz: Siddharth yaar bahut bada event aa raha hai.. manage bhi toh karna hai na.. company reputation ka sawal hai.

Siddharth: baby teri company already number 1 pe hai.. tujhe teri capabilities pe bharosa nai?

Shehnaaz just kept quiet.

Then they heard a knock on the door

Knock knock

Shehnaaz: come in.

It was the chef of the office canteen who had brought lunch for her.

Chef: sir jaise aapne bola tha waisa sab laya hu.

Siddharth: thank you..

He kept the plate and left.

Shehnaaz: khana kyu mangaya Siddharth?

Sidharth: acha toh madam ko yaad b nahi.. Shehnaaz what is this behavior yaar.. 5 baj gaye.. tune kal raat se kuch nai khaya..

Shehnaaz: hein? 5 kab baje?
Aur 1 min tujhe kaise pata that Maine kuch ni khaya?
(She said with 1 raised eye brow)

Siddharth: mere bahut khabri hai theek hai.
Chal ab kaam rakh and khana khaa..

Shehnaaz: siiiiddddhhaaarrrthhhhh..

He understood that some unreasonable demand is on the way.

Siddharth: bhonko?

Shehnaaz: khila dey na tu
(She said with the cutest face)

And humare Shuklaji pighal gaye.

The Siddharth Shukla who had done friendship with her just for revenge was feeding her with love.. what love? Is it?

Back to Present:

Siddharth's heart fluttered on the memory.
He had started accepting it that he is feeling something for her.
Feelings are foreign but they make him feel nice.

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Scene Change. At Shehnaaz's house.

It were Shehnaaz's those days of the month.

She is in pain and is very irritated.. that is why she is working from home..

She hasn't told Siddharth about it.

Yes Siddharth.. he knows everything thing about her from the day he dropped her home.

She tried a lot to keep distance from him but he clawed his way to her heart.

She has accepted the fact that Siddharth Shukla has made his place in her heart.. which she had closed after tha day.. but Siddharth has managed to break the door and enter it in all his glory.

She remembers the last time she had periods and how  Siddharth reacted.

Flashback (a month ago):

Shehnaaz was lying on her bed in a uncomfortable position.. twisting and turning because her back was paining which was irritating her more.

That's when Siddharth called her.

Shehnaaz: ha bol Siddharth

Siddharth: tu office kyu nai gai?

Shehnaaz: hein?

Siddharth: Maine seedha sawal pucha that tu office kyu nai gai?
(He asked a bit stearnly)

Shehnaaz flipped ... here she was in pain and bhaisahab ko office ki padi hai

Ab baby usko thodina pata hai that tereko pain ho raha hai.

Shehnaaz: hadd hai.. yaha dard ke maare meri jaan nikal rahi hai and tereko office ki padi hai..
Kitna mean hai tu Siddharth.
Mereko baat hi nai karni terese ab.. dafa hoja.
And without listening to his replies she disconnected the call huffing.

Here Siddharth was taken aback with her answer.

Siddharth: yeh ladki pagal ho gai hai..
Kya bol rahi thi?
Konsa dard?

After thinking for a while...

Ji haan apne saare kaam chodke Shuklaji yeh decode kar rahe they that unki baby unpe bhadki kyu..

Then he realized..

Siddharth: yaaaaar she must be on her periods.. isiliye shayad office b nai gai and bhadak gaiii.

He called Aarti on her intercom

Aarti: yes sir?

Uss din ki daant ke baad majal Aarti ki jo woh Siddharth ko sir ke alawa aur kuch bulaye.

Siddharth: postpone all my pending meetings for the day.. I am leaving.

Without waiting for her reply he disconnected the call and left.

On the way he brought her favorite ice cream and chocolates.. lots of them actually

He went straight to her home.

Knock knock

Pammi Ji opened the door

Siddharth: namaste Pammi Ji.. kaisi hai uski tabiyat ab?

Pammi Ji: bahut weak ho gai hai.. dard ki wajah se kuch kha b nai paa rahi.. juice di hu 2-3 glass subeh se.

Siddharth: aap hot water bag bhijwao upar mai milta hu usko.

He went up to her room..
There she was sleeping on her stomach because her back pain was killing her.

Siddharth: baby.. zyada dard ho raha hai?

Shehnaaz looked up to him.. the love and concern in her voice broke the dam loose and the water started pouring.
Damn the hormones .

Shehnaaz: siiiddhhaarthhhh.. bahut dard ho rahi hai
(She said sniffling)

Siddharth: arey ro kyu rahi meri jaan.. dekh mai ice cream laya hu tere liye..

He sat besides her and showed her the ice cream cone he had brought

Her mood instantly lifted with ice cream.

She sat up straight and started eating the ice cream like a cute baby.. which she is

He cupped her face and wiped all the tear stains from her cheeks.

Tears were not allowed neither in her eyes nor the stains were allowed on her chubby cheeks ..

She had almost finished her ice cream when Pammi Ji brought the hot water bag.

Siddharth cleaned her face and hands with wet wipes and made her lie down.

Siddharth: ab bata kaha dard ho raha hai?

She pointed towards her back.

He also laid down besides her.. hid her face in his chest and placed the hot water bag on her back with one hand and the other hand was patting her head.

She instantly fell relieved and slept in no time.

Siddharth felt sukoon that he was able to calm his girl down.

Okay his girl? We'll see.

Back to present:
Shehnaaz blushed remembering that day.
She did not understand how was he able to calm her so easily that day.
It was like being in his arms took all her pain away.

In these 2 months they both have come very close to each other.

Shehnaaz had started feeling those things for him which she thought she would never feel for anyone after Asim.
But Siddharth was awaking all those feelings in her broken heart
Like he was joining each and every broken piece together one by one.
She was scared that what if he was able to join all the broken pieces?
Then her heart would belong to him?
And what if he breaks it?

She wanted to leave behind all the negativity behind her and give it a chance but the fear of heartbreak was stopping her from giving Siddharth the chance.

She wanted to be more then sure to give it a try.. because if Siddharth fails her then she has no clue how will she survive.

Little did she know.. little did she know !!!

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1800+ words for you guys !!!
Compensation for missing yesterday

And thank you to the each and everyone who motivated me yesterday.
I was not in right frame of mind so could not read your positive comments yesterday.
Abhi chapter likhne aai tab I read them.

Just like Siddharth said once "hazar log pasand kare yeh zaruri nahi.. koi 1 bhi karega fir b chalega" mere pass toh fir bhi 93 the..

So I will surely continue this story till the end.. and will end it the way I wanted it !!

Thank you guys once again for all the cute comments.. love you all 💛