Authors POV

The pitter patter of the rain was the only sound in that dark silent night as Ishaan and Nisha saw Asha's mortal body laying in the road in a red pool of blood.

"ASHA MAAA." Ishaan agonizing voice filled the empty alley as he run towards her.

He kneeled down in front of her and took her head in his lap , blood and rain soaked his shirt, he patted her cheeks but she didn't responded.

He took out his mobile." Fucking come with the ambulance fast." He shouted and throwed his phone away.

He didn't wanted to check her pules because somewhere in his mind he knows the reality.

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He slump on the wall , it's been a few hours since the doctors are checking Asha, he punched the wall behind him in anger , today yet again he failed, today yet again a promise was broken.

He should have known that happiness and light is not for his cursed life , he should have known by now that he is a darkness which engulf and destroy everything near him, the anger and pain was running in his vain like a lava.

But all his anger vanished when it fall on a certain figure sitting numbly on the hospital chairs.

Nisha didn't shed a single tear from the time she saw the nightmare in front of her, her face didn't had any expression she was behaving like a robot, this was making ishaan worried because her bottling up her emotions is far more worst.

He walked towards and kneeled down in front of her in the floor, they both were drenched from the heavy rain, Ishaan looked at her, her face was expressionless , her usual sparkling mischief eyes were empty and hollow , the only sigh that she was alive was her slow breathing.

Ishaan know that the incident had traumatized her beyond imagination, all his life he has encountered only pain , pain of losing each and everyone whom he loved but she, her whole world used to revolve around Asha.

Looking at her ishaan could see his ownself, the five years old kid who witnessed his family's dead in front of his eyes, Reyansh was also traumatized but not as him as he saw them dying with his own eyes,

Ishaan took her both hands in his her eyes flickered at him and he squeezed her hand lightly." I m here." He told her in a gentle voice , after ten years for the first time he talked with someone gently, she didn't said anything but Ishaan could feel her gripping his hand tightly .

The doctor come out there was a nervous expression on his face as he took off his mask." Mr.Singhaniya we are really sorry but the patient is no more." He said with sympathy.

Ishaan closed his eyes he knows this would have happen but the reality was hard to gulp down , he opened his eyes as her grip on his hand loosened,

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"Kevin I want each and every details, mind you each and every ." He said and hung up the call.

It was nearly midnight after completing Asha last rites they were back in Nisha's small apartment, Ishaan always felt a calmness coming from the past few weeks but today it's empty only the memories remained.

He told his man to check each and every corner of the building for any evidence, police are saying it's a suicide , but why would Asha commit suicide, if anything was wrong why didn't she told him , didn't she for once thought about Nisha , what will that girl do without her all alone in this world, a light anger rise in his heart for Asha thinking about Nisha.

He entered the small bedroom where Nisha went inside after they returned, he frowned when he didn't find her in the room, he heard water running sounds from the bathroom and sighed thinking she is taking a shower.

"If someday something happens to me take care of Nisha, she doesn't have anyone in this world except me , protect her like a guardian , she might look like a grown up girl but her heart is soft like a child , she is way to fragile don't leave her ever."

Asha words were still ringing in his ears , and he knows how much Nisha had meant to Asha and now she is his responsibility.

Ishaan looked at his watch and frowned it's already been one hour since Nisha is inside the washroom and it didn't settled well with him Knowing her state of mind.

He walked towards the washroom Door and knocked,no response.

"Nisha are you okay answer me." Ishaan said, no response.

The feeling of dread was settling on his inside, he again knocked.

"Nisha's open the Damm door."

"Nisha open it or I m going to break it."

"Nisha my patience is running open the fucking door." Ishaan shouted banging harder but still no use. Finally he decided to break it.

After pushing four five times the door open and Ishaan immediately entered inside and the scene in front of him twisted his inside.

There she sat in the bathroom floor numbly staring at space blankly as the shower water drenched her already soaked self.

He immediately turned off the shower and kneeled down in front of her in the floor, he placed his one hand on her cheek and turned her face gently towards him ,

"Don't bottle up your emotions Nisha let it out , I m here." He told her softly and that was it for her.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly as the tears finally come out of her eyes,

Ishaan was startled by her action , he didn't know what to do , he was pore in expressing emotions so he let her do whatever she wanted.

"Is....ish..ish.. ishaan maa... she.. she.. she...left... left me...." Nisha said between her heavy cry her tears were soaking his shirt as she fisted his shirt with one hand.

Ishaan closed his eyes he can feel her pain he has been in this place for many times that now the feeling is numbing,

Nisha buried her face more into his chest trying to escape from the reality, the reality which was giving her nothing but pain , she wanted this to be one of her nightmare,

"Ishaan please please please wake me up please please this is a nightmare, it's scary ishaan please wake me up, please wake me up." She hiccuped , her whole body was shaking with her loud sobbing.

She broke the hug and joined her hands." Please wake me up ishaan please i...i..I...it's painful ishaan please wake me up....maa..can't ..left me Ishaan.. i...I..I.. I can't leave with.. without her.... please ishaan..I..I..I...I.. won't..I won't eve..ever...dist.. disturb you...I... won't...I won't...ever come in front of you if you want...but...but..but... please..... wake... me..I'm... begging you.. Ishaan.. please wake me up..." She cried folding her hands in front of him.

Ishaan was feeling helpless he didn't know what to do, he never thought that one day he will see bubbly naughty girl in this condition, he didn't how to sooth her pain Soo he did what his heart told him to, he unfolded her hands and hugged her tightly she sobbed loudly in his arms expressing all the pain she was keeping inside her , the scene of Asha in a pool of blood was flashing in front of her eyes again and again.

Ishaan know that he is the only one who she has in this world, if anyone had told him that the girl whom always wished to never cross paths again with will be one day the person whom he will vow to protect and care from the whole world, because from that moment she was,

HIS RESPONSIBILITY.......

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The updates will be slower from now on because I will be busy but I will try my best to update early.

Love - Ira ❤