Part 8

Rey went out from there directly.. He drove off to a beach and sat there informing Swayum that he will join the Rehearsals tomorrow and Swayum understands him.

“I should not make situation more difficult for her… But I will be by her side always… without hurting her…” Rey decided

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Two more days passed with no improvements in TaaRey… Rey tried maximum to avoid meeting Taani as not to make her uncomfortable… Taani attended the team if there is any necessary… He rehearsed with the team… much too his irritation Ayaana was trying to get close with him…… But he avoids her completely… His world is now his Taani… he watches her secretly… follows her… while she didn’t notice him but always feels his presence around her…..

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Next Day

Taani entered the RH, Rey was not there….

“Hai guys…” Taani said to them

“Hai Taani..” They too replied while Ayaana rolled her eyes

“Guys VP sir informed that our final year classes will be starting next week and that means after 4 days from today..” Taani said to them…

“But sir told we will be having 2 weeks off.. and sudden change….” Swayum said confused…

“Yesterday there was a Board of Directors meeting and they decided to start the classes early… As this time we will be having almost only 5 months classes for final year with only 3 core subjects…. Also the our final year ends in 5 months including with the exams and we will behaving projects after the final exam and we can submit it within 3 months after the exams…These are the new updations of our affiliated university.” Taani explained.

“Oh like that…. Ok Taani” Swayum said…

Taani smiled and started to leave only to be collided with Rey….! As it was sudden Taani fall down… Immediately Rey was about to give her hand

“Its okay… mei theek hu..” She said without looking him and stood by herself and left….

Rey slowly took back his forwarded hand…. Pain crossed his eyes…. Rey stormed out from there….

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“Pl.. please aage se mujhe touch mat karo.. mu..mujhe…I.. I… hate that.….”

These words are echoing in his ear. He just closed his ears not to hear that any more. Rey stood up and punched on the wall… His hand starts bleeding. More than than his heart was bleeding as she rejects his help… does she hates him soo much… yes… for his deeds she has to hate him….

After his meet with Taani. He directly went to Fire Exit. He sat there… He feel so defeated.. He don’t want to hurt her but he realize that his presence itself is hurting her more…

His thought process stopped on hearing the phone ringing

“Haa.. Swayum…” Rey asked

“Kaha ho tum… Hume rehearsal shuru karna hai.. come soon” Swayum said

“Ya.. 2 minutes.. I will be there..” Rey said and cut the call. Swayum know Rey is so desp.

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Rey just walked out from the FE and entered the RH. Seeing Rey Ayaana’s eyes lit up.

“So shall we start..” Sharon said eyeing everyone. She is angry at Rey as he is behaving so indifferent and he was not telling her anything.. Simply avoiding her all queries… But slowly Swayum told her everything…. She understands the situation… But still angry at him.. She is a girl too…

Rey moved towards them and stood on his position…That’s when Ayaana notices Rey’s hand bleeding…

“Rey… yeh kya hua.. you are injured… yeh kaise hua…” Ayaana asked in panic holding his hand…

Rey was not hearing anything as his heart was beating fast.., he looked at entrance only to see her looking at his hand with tear filled eyes, which Ayaana is holding… That’s when Rey followed her gaze and found Ayaana holding his hand… He immediately pulled out his hand from her’s.

Taani was feeling unknown pain seeing his wound.. and its bleeding badly… its because of her.. she just forgot he is the one who hurt her… She see the Rey who she admired.., and the one who, her heart started to like without her permission…, It was very strange for her that being around him.. his anger towards her., his attitude everything was pulling her towards him… she needs to hate him for his behavior towards her.., for hurting her every time.., but unknown to her she was falling for him… But that faithful day put a sudden break to everything… she hates him now… (does she really hate him…!!!!!!!!!!!)

But now seeing him injured the feelings that were buried inside her was coming out…  Her heart is telling her to take care of him…

She just followed her heart….

When everyone realizes what Ayaana said and was about to gather around him, they saw Rey pulling out his hand from Ayaana…

The moment he pulled his hand from Ayaana, he felt a soft grip on his other hand, his eyes travelled to see the person and got shocked.., His life was holding his hand and taking him out of the RH.., 

he don’t bother where she is taking him… his legs following it…

Everyone was soo shocked to react as what just happened now except Swaron… But Swayum was happy as a little Taani started to feel for Rey, the first positive sign Sharon looked at Swayum.., they smiled…then Sharon saw Ayaana and indicate Swayum to look at Ayaana…. Ayaana was too angry her eyes filled with tears… tears of rage….

Coming out from shock Boys looked at each other and did “Chemistryyyy”…..

“Dude… Kya chemistry tha…” Vicky said…

“Haa… dude.. tum log dekha how their eyes are communicating…” Nil said

“Haa.. unlog ko koyi words nahi chaahiye baath karne.”Bharath said

“Kismath hai…. Isiliye Rey ko Taani as wife mila…Lucky na…” Vicky said…

“What…..” Girls together…. (except Sharon and Ayaana)

“Wife..!!!!!!!!” Ayaana who astonished the core, come back and that word came out more like a question…..

That’s when boys realized they were too loud…Swayum slapped on his forehead.

“Guys.. yes… what they said is true…” Sharon said everything in short. Except that all these are happened by Khusboo and Rey’s revenge also didn’t say about what Rey did to Taani. She just told them someone took revenge on Rey in the hotel incident and Rey and Taani had to marry to close the case.

Girls were shocked again, Ayaana stood there rooted unbelievingly hearing Sharon. Sharon look at her, Ayaana was standing with unreadable expression.

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Here Taani took him to the medical room and started dressing his wound with utmost care….

He was looking at her without taking his eyes off her…. Watching her expression… 

her eyes was filled with unfallen tears,,, pain was visible in those hazel eyes seeing his wound… and that made him more guilty…. Here he is the one who hurt her without caring a bit and here… she is even taking care of his this small wound… His injury is nothing infront of what she suffered… her eyes started shedding those unfallen tears while cleaning his wound…, Slowly and with utmost care she completed dressing his wound…

She just completely forgets the surrounding… she just wanted to heal his pain…. She looked up feeling his gaze on her… her teary eyes got locked with his…. Minutes passed… they couldnt avert eyes from each other. Both of them was having mixed emotion…..

Small breeze just caressed them.. he slowly lifted his hand to rub away her tears…. He was about to touch her cheek….

 “Pl.. please aage se mujhe touch mat karo.. mu..mujhe… I.. I… hate that.….”

Again that word echoed for him… His eyes become red in tears… His hands stopped there… unable to touch.., but wanting to touch…. erase her tears...

Thats when Taani came to sense and realized what she was doing…. The medicine slipped out of her hand. She just looked at him…. Again the reality hit her… Fresh tears again started to flow out of her eyes…

“Kyu Rey… Kyu…. Aapne aisa mere saath kyun kiya….”Taani said all broken…

“Kyu Rey…” She just hold on his shirt and asked him.

“Taani…” He said cupping her face with his palms.

“Taani.. ek.. baar.. ek bar meri baath suno..” Rey started to say… she jerked away his hands…

“Kya kahogi aap Rey….” She turned away from him

“Sorry bolungi….” Now she faced him and said…

“Kya… ek word ko…,, jo sab kuch meine suffer kiya.., undo kar sakthe… (she said looking into his eyes…).. Nahi Rey… No…” She said and collapsed down crying…. He was broken by her words… what she said is true…. Ek word se jo kuch bhi hua.., we cannot erase them…

He sat down near her….

“No Taani…. Mei tumhe sorry nahi kahungi…. (She looked at him) coz I know… I know… sorry cant erase anything…. But I promise I can replace those memories…. Because… I.. L…” Rey said

“Please Rey…. Stop… Mere liye yeh sab normal aur easy nahi hai…” Taani said breaking his words

“Taani please…” Rey again was trying to say…

“Mei chaahkar bhi aapko maaf nahi kar paaungi…”Saying this she stood up and left from there…

He just looked where she went away….

“Does that mean Taani wanted to forgive me but those incidents are stopping her…. Now I have a little hope Taani… I know you too feel for me… and this care is the sign of it… I promise you Taani with all your heart I will make you mine… I will make you feel special.. I will not let me or anyone hurt you anymore…” Rey with determination stood from there and went to RH.

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Rey entered in RH…

“Rey… Is Taani is your wife…” Ayaana snapped at him immediately on seeing him enter the RH

“Ayaana stop…” Sharon said…

“Any problem….?!!!” He asked her in rude tone…

Ayaana don’t know what to say.., she just wanted to shout loud that she loves him.

“I know Rey you are bearing that ‘nobody’ bcz tum majboor the… I think you should move for divorce as soon as possible.. I know girls like her will trap you for money.. for that they can even go so cheap… “

In a blink of second Ayaana was fallen down her cheek red and swollen and everyone saw Rey flouncing his hand…. She looked at him with wide eyes… Girls come to her to console and try to make her understand not to interfere in Rey’s personal life. But she jerked away from them and went out…

Without caring her…. He walked towards the boys. Girls also came there

“guys….. I may sometimes need your help…. As you guys now know that in what circumstances I had to marry Taani… May be it happened so… but I want her in my life…. I really love her…. But as I hurted her so much avoiding her... She wont accept me soon...” Rey said finally

“Kya.. Rey koi puchne waali baat hai kya…” Amar said

“Ha waise hume yeh pehle se hi doubt tha…. “Bharath said…

“Naa… confirm tha… “ Nil said…

“Yes… you both have a fire… pyaar ka aag..” Vicky said..

“Aur tum logo ko dekhte hiii… voh… ander se aajatha hai……..” Bharath started to say…

“Chemistryyyyyyy….” Boys except Swayum completed….

“Ha.. waise hi hume at the start Taani pasand nahi tha… as she is not from our group… but dekhthe dekhthe hume yeh realize kiya that she is so sweet… so we will help you too… what say girls..” Simmi said

“Ha…” Girls agreed except Sharon…

Sharon just passed an angry glare at Rey. Rey showed an apology expression…. She smiled… Rey went and hugged her then turning it into a group hug.

Then they continued the rehearsals.

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Swayum and Rey went to home after the rehearsals…Both were in guest room where Rey stays….

“Swayum Am going to let her know what I feel for her..” Rey said

“But don’t you think.., its too soon…” Swayum said in confusion

“No Swayum I think better its not to be too late…”Rey said

“All I want is your actions should not hurt her..”Swayum said in a warning tone…

“No.. No… This time I will make her feel out of the world….” Rey said….

When Swayum was about to exit… He saw a key down near the cupboard…

“Rey yeh tumhara hai…” Swayum asked him…

“No… actually yesterday night I got it from the drawer in the cupboard…. It was kept inside a small box… I found it strange so I opened that small box and find this key… sorry galthi se gire hoga… and sorry if it is of some secret locker….!!!” Rey said

“Strange… and its not mine… But I think as you said this may be some secret locker keys. May be Papa ka hoga… But if its important he would have keep it with him… Aur its been 16 years that he come to India… it was me who go Australia in vacation to spend time with him… and its been more than 2years as we meet… As now Daada and Daadi went to Bua’s (Rishi’s elder sis)house I cant ask them too…” Swayum was saying all these looking at the key… Rey was confused

“Swayum… are you okay… (Swayum looked at him..)…I.. mean.., I wonder why you are talking looking at the key…” Rey said…

“Patha nahi Rey… When I saw this key… I felt like I got back something… that I lost long back… ajeeb hai…” Swayum said still looking at the two keys…

“Yaa… Strange..” Rey said at his weird behavior

“Rey you know na.. about me.. my dad… my.. m… I don’t know Rey.. I don’t know… meri kya galthi thi… My daadi once told I was just 9 months… when my dad took me to Australia…. I haven’t seen my mom… I don’t know where she is… how she is… what was the problem between them…. Even dada-daadi was not allowed to tell me about my mom… only one thing I know is Papa hates her so much… Everyone hates her… I have asked a lot of time…, but silence was his response and slowly I stopped asking… buried everything in my heart… I didn’t get any minute detail about my mom… so I can find her… But no one is allowed to talk about my mom…Slowly I too started to get busy with myself… Sometimes I wanted to hate both of them…. But I don’t know why I cant… My dad has took care of me all the while.. I can never hate him… But mom.., doesnt she wanted me… does she hate me that she didn’t even come to see me…. Yaa… may be no one allowed her…” Swayum said completely shattered…..

“I know Swayum… Calm down… we will find a way…” Rey said calming him down….

“What way…. What way… I tried… and failed miserably everytime…” Swayum said…. He hugged Rey… (Only Rey and Sharon know about this secret of Swayum)

“Swayum.. look at me…. Mujhe aisa feel hotha hai…like humare life mei sab kuch right hojayega…. Even we have to struggle… I feel we will get what we miss in life…” Rey said assuring Swayum… But  Swayum had already loss all hope…

“Swayum I think this Key can open the past…” Rey said taking the Key…

“But how… I don’t know yeh key kaha use karna hai…”Swayum said…

“Don’t worry yaar… lets figure it out.” Rey assured him.

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Next Day…

Taani was explaining the rules for NDC to the gang Rey was not there… Sharon was asking her some doubt… That’s when Taani started to feel some cramps on her abdomen… She said Sharon that she will tell the further details at the time of evening rehearsals…

She immediately went to the washroom… she entered the toilet as she noticed red stain on her inner… she has completely forgot about her date… It was 4 days early… But a relief crossed her….! And she remembered that she didn’t have any sanitary pad with her… she went out  immediately… As the college was closed the store is also not open…

She went out and that was when Rey came to the college… Rey saw her tensed and thought to follow her… he saw her catching an auto and stopped nearby medical shop and Rey saw her buying SP… That’s when something strike him… But soon he was also in relief that his deeds didn’t made Taani’s life more miserable…. Even he too didn’t thought about that……

Taani went home and took rest… As she don’t feel  well.., she didn’t go to attend the gang in evening… Rey understands Taani’s absence.

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Next day…

The gang decided to rehearse at the evening… Taani was entering the college in evening… suddenly she felt a grip on her hand. She got shocked to see Rey dragging her to some where….

(Imagine Rey and Taani's dress as shown above - Rey in white shirt and Taani in white anarkhali suit)

Rey just made her sit in his car and she was struggling to get out…. She started to get scare a bit…. She was too much hurt to trust him….

“Aap.. aap mujhe kaha le ja rahe ho…. Plz gaadi roko… please leave me… ab aapko kya chaahiye…” Taani was trying to get out crying and pleading him to leave her… but he is not caring that… Rey know she is scared… First he needs to remove her fear….

“Plzz… aapko ab kya milega mujhe hurt karne se…please leave me Rey….” Taani was scared as it gets darker outside…. She just wanted to get out….. Even though her words are hurting him… he controlled himself…

“Chodne keliye thodi na pakda thumhe….” He just only said that and concentrated driving

Taani looked at him with wide eyes… trying to register the words he just said….

Taani jerked out as she felt the car stopped…. He opened the door for her and before she can understand… he immediately covered her eyes with his hands… Taani tried to take it out but hold her hand… But he didnt remove….  After 2 minutes walk they reached near a lake….

He removed his hands….

She looked around and was awestruck to see the beauty of the night…. Her eyes twinkled watching the place around her….

He then forwarded his hand for her to step in the canoe… she unconsciously gave her hand to him and he hold her in and made her sit there and started to row the canoe… 

she was touching the water… 

He was looking at the angel before him… She felt his gaze… both were looking at each other… soo lost…. That both wanted the time to stop here….

He then stopped the canoe near the small land area almost in middle of the lake where there is only one big tree.. also from there they can feel the moon so close to them….. Taani was again lost in the beauty of the night…. She never saw something more beautiful than this sight…..

“beautiful…” She exclaimed seeing the nature beauty…

“Not more than you Taani…..” He came near her ear and whispered…. She shivered feeling his hot breath on her ear….

He came before her….

“Taani… I know I have hurt you so much that now you even get scare when we are alone… I bring you here not to say sorry… because I know a word can do nothing for what you have to go through because of me… I don’t know to say all those lovey-dovey talks… All I wanted to say is “Am in Love with you Taani…”

Taani looked at him… wind passed blewing her hair…making his hair on the forehead flew too…. They just looked at each other where the witness is only the moon, stars… and the lake.., this beautiful night….

“I know you will be having doubt… how come this sudden feeling… or is it out of sympathy or guilt… No Taani… I am guilty for hurting you… But my love for you is not out of guilt… actually yeh sudden nahi tha Taani… I was an idiot to not realize this…. I always felt my love for you in my heart… but I ignored it… my mistake…. But.., now.. I know.. its too late…but… I Love You… I Love You Taani…” He cupped her face and kissed on her forehead.

“I know Taani.., It is difficult for you… I know you hate me… And Love….. I can understand… And am not expecting you to reciprocate the same feeling after what I did to you…. All I can say is I will wait for you… till eternity… not you to forgive me.., but to love me with your whole heart….. You cant imagine how I wished to go in past and undo all… I promise I will replace all your hurtful memories with beautiful one… You will remember our moments only with happy heart…. ”

For Taani all this was too much to take… She could understand him… But is it so easy for her….

“Aasan nahi hai Rey… As you said… I too wished… I too.. if everything was normal… if that day wouldn’t have happen… But Rey this is the reality… where everything is so messed up… I wanted to forget everything…but how much I try… everything plays so fresh infront of my eyes…. Please mereliye yeh difficult mat banao…. Please….” Taani said crying and she went and sat on the canoe indicating that she wanted to go from here….

He went and started row the canoe… she avoided his gaze… just looked at the reflection of the moon… Then they reach their car and with a pure silence throughout the journey.., he stopped the car infront of her house…

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I dont know if this part come out up to the mark...!!! 

PreCap - Some past...!!!!

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