Good things takes time, and so does a fulfilling love story. The universe will know if love is real, it finds a way.

Believing in Mrs. Briganza's belief, Naina goes after Sameer, correction his Sameer, to empty her heart before him.Though in the next few moments, after losing her last hope, she returns with despair and thought, "Aise kaise chala gaya, maine ek baar kaha aur woh chala gaya mujhe chod kar..phir se."

While walking in her own rhythm, she freezes in her pathway when heard, "Kahan bhaage ja rahi ho, janti bhi ho main kab se intezaar kar raha hoon tumhara yahan par. Thodi der aur nahi aati tum, toh aaj phir se barf mein bheegna padta mujhe. Tumhari mujhe intezaar karane ki aadat abhi tak gayi.."

Interrupting him, she just embraces him closely within her arms, "I Love You."

After pausing for a minute, he questioned her with skepticism in his tone, "Sach?" although his arms held her strongly. Because even if it's a lie, he didn't want to get come out from his newly discovered home of two arms. In that moment of eternity, he truly found his home between her arms and his shelter within her thumping heart.

"I Love You. I Love You..Sameer. I Love You as much as one can love, I Love You as much as a human heart can love. I Love You." She repeats herself declaring more to herself rather than him. Their hold was getting tighter with each passing second. He was kissing her head like compassion. She was caressing his hair like his hope. Their arms were like a bandage to their deep-rooted wounds and they were pressing the vows between them like old flowers in a book. And, that's how they heal each other and becomes a cure of each other.

However, her spoken next words make him loosen his hold, "But I can't." He unhugs her. He just wanted to understand her and her words, by staring into her eyes. He wanted to know every damn answer to his unsolved doubts. But nothing comes out except a lump in his throat and tightness in his chest when he looks towards her face, when he looks at the droplet of blood dripping from her nose.

"Yeh.." he touches the drop of blood with his shivering fingers. Seeing him with an unknown fear in his eyes, she turns her face and cleans the red stain from her white dupatta.

"Tumhara khoon beh.. Naina..tum.." He mumbles anything out of shock and numbness.

"I Love You Sameer, but I can't. Tumne bahut der kardi lautne mein. Humne is zindagi ke itne saal ek dusre ke bina guzar diye hai ki ab us zindagi ke pass mere liye waqt hi nhi bacha," while sobbing hard, she cried.

"Yeh kya bole ja rahi ho tum. Mujhe kuch nahi pata, tum bas Doctor ke pass chalo..sun rahi ho.." He couldn't complete his words, as finds her lying unconscious and lifeless in front of his eyes.

In the meantime, Mrs. Briganza came running to them. "Aap inhe andar le aaiye, main inhe injection de deti hoon. Jarur aaj inhone apni dawai nahi khayi hogi."

For the next few minutes, Sameer looks uncomprehendingly, everything was blank for him except Naina who was still lying lifelessly on the bed, with her eyes closed.

"Madam ab theek hai, aap pareshaan mat hoiye. Injection de diya hai unhe, kuch der rest karegi toh theek ho jayegi. Ek toh aaj unhone apni dawai nahi khayi, aur aapke pecche aapko dhundne ke liye bhi bhaagke gayi hogi. Unhe toh yahan itne high altitude wali jagah par rehna bhi mana hai, lekin phir bhi. Unhe kitni baar samjhaya hai maine, par woh sunti hi nahi meri toh."

"Aap kon hai, Mrs. Briganza?" He inquired.

"Main..main toh ek Nurse hoon, unki care karti hoon. Kyuki woh khud nahi karti. Is waqt toh unhe yahan hona bhi nahi chahiye tha. Lekin unhe Hospital mein rehna pasand nhi. Isiliye Doctor ne suggest kiya tha ki ya toh who Hospitalized ho jaye ya phir mujhe apne saath rakhe. Bas tabhi se main unke saath hoon, pichle 2 saalon se."

"Hospital, Doctor..hua kya hai use. Naina theek hai na. Please bataiye."

"Yeh baat agar woh aapko batati toh zyada acha hota, magar main janti hoon unhe who kabhi nahi keh payegi aapko. Zyada waqt nahi hai unke pass..kuch mahine ya zyada se zyada ek saal aur. Isse zyada nahi. Unhe ek rare heart disease hai, jis wajah se unke heart cells dheere dheere damge ho rahe hai. Aur kuch waqt baad unke dil ko dhadakne ke liye jitne cells chahiye honge, woh sab damage ho chuke honge. Yeh ek aisa disease hai jiski na koi medicine hai, na koi treatment. Na yahan, na kahin aur." She explained and puts her hand on Sameer's back who was standing absolutely still.

"Par jante hai woh bahut strong hai. 2 saal pehle jab unhe yeh pata chala tha, tab woh isse darri nhi thi. Lekin aaj pehli baar maine unki aankhon mein ek darr dekha tha. Shayad unhe bhi ehsaas ho gaya tha ki unki jeene ki umeed unke liye beshak jaruri na ho, par kisi aur ke liye bahut jaruri hai." He still remained silent.

Later, Mrs. Briganza was packing her stuff to back to her house. That's when Sameer stopped her. "Koi bhi umeed hai kya?" He asked her hopefully. But she hung her head down and shakes it in denial.

She was about to go from there, but he again stopped her, "Mrs. Briganza, ab se main hoon uske saath..aur is baar humesha ke liye." She smiled and left from there for the first time with satisfaction.

He goes to Naina, where she was sleeping. Seeing her uneasiness in her sleep, he slowly and gently rubs her head. The mere touch of his hand lessens her every aching. While caressing her hair, he saw several syringe needle marks on her arm. A droplet of his tear falls onto them as if try to soothe the pain that she carries with her.

Leaving out there, standing amidst the falling snowfall, facing the sky, he yells, shouts, and screams to the most.

Another side, after getting back into a conscious state, Naina goes to search for him and finds him sitting at the doorstep. Keeping her hand on his shoulder, she saw his face covered with tears. And, his one hand was dipped in blood, having multiple needle marks on his palm.

"Tumhare haath se khoon aa raha hai Sameer, aur tum yahan aise baithe ho. Main bandgae lekar.." Pulling her with his other hand, he makes her sit beside him. And takes her within his arms firmly.

"Bahut dard ho raha hai, Naina. Bahut zyada dard." He expressed, burying his cries within the hollow of her neck.

Comforting him by rubbing his back, she reasoned, "Kitni toh chot lagi hai tumhe, dard toh hoga hi. Kum se kum dawai toh lagwa lo."

"Toh mat jao na kahin. Tum hi toh ho is dard ki dawaa. Main nahi reh payuga tumhare bina. Sun rahi ho na tum. Raha hoon durr tumse, par ab nahi reh payuga. Hum alag alag panno par jarur the Naina, lekin the toh hum ek hi kitaab ke hisse na. Aur ab jab apni kahani poori karne ka waqt aaya hai, tum wh kitaab hi bandh kar rahi ho. Lekin nahi jaane dunga main tumhe kahin bhi, nahi hone dunga tumhe kuch bhi."

"Sameer.." She tried to say, but he didn't let her say anything.

Instead leaving her, he soaks her more with his pain, "Shh..jo hona tha woh ho gaya, aur ab jo hona hoga woh dekh lege hum ek saath. Hum dono.."

Coming out from his embrace, she declared, "Nahi..kabhi nahi ho sakta yeh. Jo tum soch rahe ho who nahi ho sakta. Hum kabhi saath nahi ho sakte..samjhe tum. Pata chal gaya na tumhe sab, yeh bhi ki main tumse pyaar karti hoon, aur yeh bhi ki mere pass us pyaar ko nibhane ke liye waqt hi nahi hai. Ab jao tum yahan se. Bahut durr. Itne durr ki kabhi yahan laut kar bhi mat aana. Aur yeh mat sochna ki iss baar main tumhe rok lugi." She gets up and pushes him to stand out of the house. After shutting the door of the house and of her heart as well, she falls there. But doing it, does makes anything easier? Letting him go when she wants to hold on tighter than ever. He was the only one she'd ever really loved. And he loves her as much as she does. But it doesn't matter. Because to shield him, she had to break his heart. Love isn't always enough to save anyone.

"Tumhe ab aur apne kareeb nahi aane dungi main. Tum samajhte nhi ho ki jitna tum mere pass aayoge, utna hi zyada dard milega tumhe. Tumhara toota hua dil phir bhi sambhal jayega, magar agar tum toot gaye toh phir kabhi nahi sambhal payoge." She thought to herself.

Whereas on the other side of the door, he promises to himself, "Ek baar tumhe chodkar chale jane ki galti kar chuka hoon, ab dobara toh kabhi nahi jayuga. Dard ho ya khushi, ab sab kuch saath dekhege hum." There was so much love in both hearts for each other and still, they fell apart. Maybe sometimes, love is not right. Just sometimes, destiny also needed to be right.

Minutes tossed, and hours passed. The sun also sets, and the darkness engulfs everything. But two people didn't move from their places. In the midnight hour, Naina wipes her eyes, opens the door, and finds her forever lies on the other side. He was still standing there in the same position where she left him. They look into each other's eyes and their hearts gets comforted.

"Tum ab tak nahi gaye. Yuh is thand mein aadhi raat tak aise khade hokar aakhir kya saabit karna chahte ho tum. Tumhe samajh kyu nhi aata Sameer. Main tumhari zindagi mein apni zindagi ko kaise shaamil karu jab mere pass zindagi hi nahi bachi. Kaise du main tumhe apna waqt, jab mere pass waqt hi nahi hai. Marne wali hoon main..yehi haqeeqat hai mere aaj ki, toh kaise tumhare saath jeene ke khwaab bunu main. Mera yeh dil kisi bhi din dhadakna bandh kar sakta hai, toh kaise tumhe apne is dil mein jagah de du. Do logon ko saath aane ke liye, dono ka hona jaruri hai. Main nahi hoyugi kal. Mar jayugi. Tab kaise rahoge tum, socha hai. Itni si baat tumhe samajh nhi aati."

"Tumne apni poori zindagi mere bina par mere liye jee hai, ab yeh jo zindagi bachi hai yeh mere saath jee lo. Jitne bhi din bache hai tumhare pass, woh bas mujhe de do, Naina. Jitne bhi din tumhara yeh dil dhadkega, utne din bas mujhe is dil mein thodi si jagah de do. Marne se pehle, thoda sa jee lo tum. Is zindagi ke khatam hone se pehle, bas thods sa jee lete hai hum dono ek saath. Phir jo hoga dekha jayega."

"Agar aisa kiya bhi toh yeh zindgai aur mushkil ho jayegi..mere liye bhi, aur tumhare liye bhi." Cupping his face between her palms, she again try to persuades him.

"Ab konsa aasan hai yeh. Apna yeh waqt mujhe de do bas, itni yaadein bana lege us waqt mein hum dono ki kuch muhskil lagega hi nahi. Sab khatam hone se pehel bas kuch lamhe beetane do. Choti hi sahi, par ek umaar saath beetane do. Meri zindagi ko uski zindagi se milane do."

Holding her hand in his, he took her a few steps ahead to the same place where she proposed to him. He held her more tightly under those falling snowflakes, and said, "Wohi shehar, wohi jagah, wohi barf, wohi main, wohi tum Naina, aur wohi humara pyaar. Sab kuch wohi hai..bas is pyaar ko kabhi koi naam nahi mil paya. Aaj woh pehchaan de dete hai ise." Sitting in front of her on both of his knees, he asked, "Toh bolo, Kya ab se apna tamam waqt tum mujhe dogi? Kya ab se apne dil ki har dhadkan tum mujhe sunayogi? Kya ab se tum meri aur sirf meri bankar rahogi? Kya ab se apna yeh haath mujhe yuhi kaske thamne dogi? Kya ab se apna aane wala har din, har raat tum mere naam karogi? Kya ab se tum mujhe apni rooh mein panaah dogi? Kya ab se apni yeh zindagi tum mujhe dogi? Na ka koi option nahi hai waise. So, Yes or Yes, Ms. Naina Aggarwal."

"Tum abhi bhi utne hi khadoos ho, Sameer Maheshwari." She too sat before him and answered his every question by circling her arms around him and resting her head on his chest. It has been rightly said, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

"Aur tum abhi bhi utni hi nakchadi..Naina Aggarwal..nahi nahi Naina Maheshwari." He seals the deal with a long kiss on her head; a kiss of both love and ache.

There will be a solace for every sorrow. There is a kind of strength that comes with being in love with someone. They wrap each other in their embrace and everything in the world fades away for them. It's just two of them, their love as a constant that they can always hold onto. Sometimes, love is also enough for anything and everything.

Jaise bina rango ke asman koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina tareef ke khoobsurati ho koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina pyaas ke dariya koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina mehboob ke mohabbat ho koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina sajawat ke alfaz koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina manzil ke raah koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina rok ke kadam koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina dhadkan ke dil koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

Jaise bina dard ke ishq ho koi,
Tere bina hoon main.

♡Never Belittle Love♡