Sidharth was looking at her stunned. He was just amused again or may be shocked. He wasn't able to react for some moments. He never knew about her this talent. He just looked at her and then turned towards the painting. The painting was so beautiful and the realisation that it was his shehnaaz who made this just made him so happy. He felt really proud on her. He again looked at her and was just looking into her eyes. He couldn't describe what he was feeling at that moment. He was just so happy for her like he himself had made that painting. He was just looking at her with immense love and a smile on his lips. She was also looking at him. She could see amusement, happiness, love and the feeling of proud in his eyes for herself and it just filled her heart with happiness. She was feeling just love, immense love for him. Every time she was falling more and more deep in his love. He again looked at the painting and turning towards shehnaaz, he held her both arms and spoke lovingly...

Shehnaaz....you made this painting baby? He asked her lovingly. She was looking at him and just nodded her head.

Shehnaaz this painting is just beautiful. I mean i just loved it. Bhut khubsurat hai baby. You have such great talent baby. I m so happy. So so happy. He then looked around and sudden realisation made him feeling ecstatic. He again looked at her and spoke impatiently......

That means ye saari paintings........you.....you made all these paintings shehnaaz? He asked looking at her amused. Shehnaaz could see in his eyes that he was happy for her.....so much happy and that brought a smile on her lips...a beautiful smile which gave him his answer and then she spoke softly....

Haan sidharth ye saari paintings maine hi banayi hain. M bachpan se painting krti thi lekin sirf tab jab m sad hoti thi to ye paintings,colours ye mujhe sukoon dete the, mujhe khushi dete the isiliye m jab bhi sad hoti thi to painting krne lag jaati thi.....looking at him she took a step forward a kept her hands on his arms while he was holding her arms.

Lekin jab tum mere paas nhi the to meri khushi nhi thi mere paas. Tumhare bina to har moment hi sad thi....har pal m sirf takleef thi, dard tha aur uss takleef ne uss dard ne mujhe painting ki aur kheech liya aur kab painting krna mera passion ban gya aur phir dheere dheere profession mujhe bhi nhi pata chla said shehnaaz looking into his eyes. Sidharth was looking at her and listening her one more realisation hit him that his shehnaaz had become an artist. His shehnaaz had such beautiful art inside her. It was something that filled his heart with contentment. He was delighted looking at the paintings and then her. Looking at the paintings he knew his baby had a great future ahead and he was so happy for her. He was so so proud on her that she was walking on a beautiful path which will soon make her reach to success. Feeling so contended he pulled her into himself wrapping his arms around her. Shehnaaz kept her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him. Again she was lost in listening his heart beats and he was lost in her. His grip on her was really tight as he was feeling the happiest at the moment. He realised one thing at that moment that her happiness would be enough for him to be happy. Her success would be enough to make him feel like he himself got success. He would be able to feel the feeling of success with her success only. One more thing he realised that how much she must have had went through that she needed a way to help herself to bear the pain and he just kissed her hair assuring her and himself too that they would be fine now. Shehnaaz was also feeling so many emotions realising how much happy he was seeing her work. She felt he was the only one who mattered to her, whose compliment mattered to her, he was the only person whom she wanted to see satisfied and happy with her work. Only his opinion mattered to her. He was the only person she wanted to be praised by and the happiness and the contentment on his face had already praised her. Coming out of each other's embrace they looked at each other and their lips curved into beautiful smiles seeing happiness into each other's.

Sidharth hold her hands in his and kissed her hands looking at her intensely making her cheeks red. She lowered her eyelashes feeling shy under his intense gaze. He smiled seeing how much his little touch effects her. Moving a step closer to her, he put his finger under her chin making her look at him. Holding her one hand and keeping the other one under her chin he moved more close to her face and pressed his lips on her forehead making her close her eyes. Every time he kissed her forehead he showed his love, his affection and his respect for her and she knew that. She had felt that in his every forehead kiss and now she was feeling those emotions in that kiss and moving her free hand over his chest she clutched his shirt making him smile while kissing her forehead. It was her reaction to every moment he had touched her and he loved it always the way she clutches his shirt in her baby hands under his touch.

Kissing her forehead he looked at her face. Her closed eyes and red cheeks brought a different contentment inside him. Realising that she was still lost in his touch he smiled and spoke lovingly while holding her one hand...

shehnaaz...... listening him she came out of his magic and looked at him who was smiling looking at her making her cheeks more red. Seeing her condition, he thought to distract her or else he knew she won't speak anything nor she will look at him so he again spoke....

Shehnaaz tum to artist ban gyi ho. M so happy for you. looking around he again spoke.... ye saari paintings bhut khubsurat hai baby. I never knew that you have such a beautiful talent. I know bhut jldi tum bhut badi artist banogi. I m so so proud of you baby....spoke sidharth like an excited kid which made her smile. The feeling that she was feeling at that moment, she didn't have any words to describe. The happinesss she was seeing in him just seeing her work just made her numb for moments. She didn't know how to tell him what she she feeling at that moment so she just went closer to him and keeping her hands on his chest she just pressed her lips on his chest making his heart skip a beat and he just closed his eyes feeling her touch. It was her way to show her feelings, her love, her affection and ger respect for him and he knew that the same way she knew about his forehead kisses. He just kept his chin over her head resiprocating to her feelings. After few minutes shehnaaz moved a little back and spoke...

sidharth vapis chlen? He looked at her smilingly and nodded his head. Locking the door from outside sidharth passed the keys to her and they made their way towards the house. This time sidharth hold her hand making her smile. They entered inside the house and shehnaaz went towards the kitchen and keeping the keys back to drawer she came back in the small hall where sidharth was sitting on the sofa. She was about to speak something when she realised that she didn't inform at home yesterday night that she reached safely. Feeling guilty she started searching her mobile hurriedly. Looking at her tensed face sidharth asked her- kya hua shehnaaz? kya dhoond rhi ho?

Busy in finding her mobile she spoke without looking at him- sidharth i didn't inform veerji yesterday that i reached safely. They must be worried for me aur maine unko ek baar inform bhi nhi kiya. While searching, she found her hand bag near sidharth on the sofa and that's when she remembered she didn't take out her mobile from her bag yesterday and hurriedly took the bag. Opening the bag she found her mobile on silent mode which made her more guilty but what shocked her was that there was no missed call from anyone on her mobile. It made her confused because it never happened that her veerji didn't call her asking if she was okay or not. Sidharth was just looking at her expressions trying to understand what was she thinking. She kept the bag back on the sofa and dialed veerji's number.

Veerji- haan sanu bol kya hua? akem asked her quite normally which made her more confused as she thought that may be her veerji will scold her for not informing him but here listening his tone she found him normal.

She spoke hesitantly- veerji m really sorry...m kal raat ko aapko inform nhi kar payi k m safely pohnch gyi thi.....m really sorry veerji....she spoke guiltily. Sidharth was looking at her with a smile on his face. His baby was just same like before. She had always accepted her mistake whenever she she did one and not only asked for apology but always realised her mistake which was really good quality of her and sidharth had admired it since always how she used to say sorry even for the smallest things and even at times she wasn't even at fault.

Veerji- sanu it's okay....koi baat nhi.....his answer made her more confused. Why was her veerji behaving like that, she didn't understand.

sana- veerji aap mujhse gussa nhi hai k maine aapko inform nhi kiya k m theek hoon ya nhi? she asked again to clear her confusion.

veerji- nhi sanu m bilkul gussa nhi hoon.... mujhe pta tha k tu theek hogi..... listening his answer she instantly asked...

sana- kaise veerji aapko kaise pta k m theek hongi....m Chandigarh se Manali akele aayi thi.....agar mujhe kuchh ho jata to....agar m yahan safely na pohnchti to......she didn't know why she said that but she felt like they didn't care for her anymore which made her say such things but listening her sidharth felt anger rushing inside him. Why she had to say such things which make him feel the worst feeling inside. He couldn't even think anything happening to her and here she was speaking nonsense. He looked at her with anger and seeing in his eyes she understood she shouldn't have said that line and she immediately lowered her eyes feeling more guilty for making him angry.

Veerji- sanu pehli baat to tu akeli nhi gyi thi Manali. Sidharth tha tere sath. I know tum dono alag alag gye the i knew tum dono sath the phir bhi aur jab sidharth tere sath tha to tujhe kuchh kaise ho skta tha. mujhe pta tha k tu bilkul theek hogi. Tera khyaal rkhne wala jo tha tere sath. Sidharth tujhe kabhi kuchh nhi hone dega aur tere veerji ko tere sidharth par poora bharosa hai.....his voice reflected his happiness. He was happy for his little sister and he was for sidharth too. His first meeting with sidharth in Mumbai was enough to make him realise that sidharth had a pure heart. He had seen the love in his eyes for his sister and he knew he will be with his sister for always. He knew sidharth will always protect shehnaaz and he knew his sister also that if once she loved sidharth she will be of his forever and he was proven right when he saw their tears for each other meeting after three years and that was enough for him to realise that how much they had become part of each other and he knew they were of each other since always and he was happy for them. Whenever he went to Manali he had seen the pain of his sister which she always tried to hide.
She even thought that she was successful in hiding her pain because he never let her know that he could see his little sister's pain in her eyes. He knew her pain could be healed by only one person and it was sidharth....only sidharth.
Only these two souls could heal each other with their love for each other and he knew that and today he was happy that finally these two broken souls will be fine soon with each other's love. Coming out of his thoughts, akem spoke....

achha sanu sidharth hai kya tere aas paas. shehnaaz looked at sidharth who was sitting there closing his eyes. She spoke hesitantly as she was scared what if he was still angry- sidharth......

listening her sidharth opened his eyes and looked at her. She forwarded her mobile to
him speaking in a low tone- veerji ko baat krni hai tumse.....taking the mobile from her hand sidharth got up from the sofa and went towards the window keeping the mobile on his ear whereas shehnaaz was just standing there looking at him sadly as he didn't even looked at her while taking mobile.

sid- hanji veerji.....spoke sidharth softly looking out of the window.

veerji- sidharth...kaise ho.....he knew sidharth wasn't fine when he came back from jail but he didn't get time to talk to him and then he was worried for shehnaaz yesterday so he wanted to ensure if he was okay or not. He cared for sidharth as much as he cared for shehnaaz.

sidharth smiled listening him. he could feel the concern in his voice infact he had seen his concern for him always. He had seen his concern when he came out of the jail, akem was there for him and he had seen immense care for himself in his eyes just like a brother. He spoke softly- m bilkul theek hoon veerji.... don't worry......aap sab log kaise ho.......

veerji- hum sab theek hain sidharth. Uncle aunty abhi hamare sath hi rhenge yahin abhi. Vikas kal morning mein mumbai jaa rha hai...ek do meetings hai jo vahan jaa kar hi attend krni hongi usse lekin 2 din m aa jayega vo bhi vapis.
Aur tum dono ko abhi vapis aane ki koi zroorat nhi hai. thode din vahin rho...i know u both need some alone time to pehle tum dono sought ho jao khud m bhi aur ek doosre k sath bhi.... i both really need this time to tum dono vahan rho kuchh din okay....aur yahan kisi ki tension lene ki zroorat nhi hai....uncle aunty ka him poora khyal rkhenge.....aur zoya, shefu, keerat, kush, asim aur jasmeen sab yahan hain to sab ka dil bhi lag rha hai....koi tension mat lo...hum sab yahin hain..bhut time hai hum sab se baat krne k liye....okay....

Sidharth was just listening him with a smile. How their families had got mingled so well with each other that it looked like one family. One pure family filled with only love and love for each other and that feeling filled his heart with happiness and contentment- okay veerji...i know mujhe kisi ki fikar krne ki koi zroorat nhi hai....aap jo ho sab k liye....thank u so much veerji for everything....i just don't know how to.....he was interrupted by akem...

akem- sidharth mujhe koi thank u nhi sun na.....ye sab log meri family hain...tum meri family ho ....to ye meri right hai sab ka khayal rkhna smjhe.....akem spoke with full right on him which made sidharth smile and he just said- okay veerji.

Veerji- okay sidharth...abhi mujhe jana hai to m baad m baat krta hoon. tum dono apna khyal rakhna...theek hai....

sid- g veerji.....and they cut the call. sidharth turned around and looked at shehnaaz who was already looking at him. He walked towards
the sofa and keeping the mobile on table he was going towards the bedroom when shehnaaz hold his hand from behind. He didn't look back so she went infront of him still holding his hand. He didn't look at her which made her more sad. She couldn't bear his ignorance so she spoke looking at him.

Sidharth m really sorry i didn't mean to....i...m....
she didn't know what to say. Sidharth just jerked her hand away and was again going when she again hold his hand. Her eyes got filled with tears now. She just couldn't bear his such behaviour. She hold his hand in her both hands
pressing it into hers. She was pressing her lips to control her tears.....in cracked voice she spoke.... sidharth.... that's when sidharth looked at her. Her cracked voice was enough to make him realise that she was crying. Seeing the tears in her eyes he cursed himself for making her cry. But he was just not feeling like talking to her at that moment. It wasn't in his control. They were in such phase of their life that even small things were making them emotional every now and then. They were overwhelmed with so many emotions. He didn't like her saying that anything could have happened to her. He just couldn't bear anything happening to her or saying something. He just couldn't control his anger listening her at that moment. She was his life. Why she had to say such things and in emotions he just ignored her for no reason making her cry.

Sidharth immediately pulled her towards himself and wrapped his one arm around her waist and keeping her in his embrace he with the other hand wiped the tears which were now flowing down her eyes. He kissed her hair and wrapped the other arm around her neck. He was rubbing her back and was caressing her hair calming her down. She was holding his shirt in her fists hiding her face in his chest. Calming her down he made her look at him. Her eyes were red, nose was red and cheeks had tear strains and it just broke his heart. Why he had to hurt her every time?

She was looking at him like a small baby asking for some love and care which he could clearly see in her eyes. Already she lived alone here for three years and now he again made her feel alone even being present there. He kissed her eyes soothing her pain and leaning more into her he kissed her cheeks sucking the tears from her cheeks making her grip tight on his shirt. Sucking all the tears he looked at her again and seeing her eyes closed he again pressed his lips on her forehead. He then kept his hand on her cheek and made her look at him.

M really sorry baby.... I didn't mean to hurt you. it's just mujhe bhut gussa aa gya tha tumhari baat sun kar. tum meri zindagi ho shehnaaz aur m tumhare liye aisa kuchh bhi nhi sun skta...khud tumse bhi nhi...m soch bhi nhi skta k tumhe kuchh ho jaye aur tumhari vo bakwaas
sun jar mujhse apna gussa control nhi hua.m sorry baby lekin aage se kabhi aisa kuchh mat bolna. he spoke with so much love and was making her understand like she was a small baby and she was also listening him like a kid. Seeing her looking at him like a baby a smile came on his face. He kissed her nose and spoke- okay baby? She looked at him and just nodded her head again like a baby and he just took her in his embrace.

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