Current day September 17, 2018
The elevator chimed and the doors opened. Aditi got out of it and headed towards room 402. When she reached the doorstep, she took a deep breath and pushed it open. She saw vikrant lying motionless on the bed, the machines attached holding him together. She took a few step inside and stood couple of feet away from the bed staring at vikrant's form. She was seeing him after a very long time. It felt like years had passed since she had last seen or heard from him.
Nikhil was standing by the window when he heard the door open. He turned around and saw Aditi entering the room, but she hadn't noticed him. She was lost in vikrant. He decided to give them some privacy and left the room. Aditi came out of her thoughts when she heard the door click shut. She dropped her bag and went ahead and sat on a chair next to vikrants bed. She took his left hand in hers. Tears had filled her eyes now,
"I'm sorry vikrant. Mujhe us waqt samajh me nahi aa raha tha mei Kya karu.. mujhe papa ke paas Jana thik laga. Mujhe tumhe usi waqt sach Bata Dena chahiye Tha vikrant." There was no response from the other side. Aditi remembered all those times in past one month when vikrant had tried calling her and she never picked up her phone and one day the calls stoped. She felt awful for behaving that way, but she was confused at the time, she wasn't sure what she was feeling or what she should be doing. Aditi had started crying again now,
"Please vikrant, uth jao na. Mei tumhe bohot miss Kar rahi hu. Please vikrant bass ek baar vapas aa jao."
Aditi now rested her head on their united hands. Her mind went back to what Nikhil had said last night, "Mujhe to iss baat ki bhi guarantee nahi thi ke tum aaogi..." She couldn't think but wonder if she had taken it too far, she felt bad for hurting vikrant so much. Was she so selfish when she took the decision that she didn't even think of vikrant? Aditi lifted her head and looked at vikrant, he looked tired. Aditi caressed his face and kissed him on the forehead. She got up and went near the window, it was raining, water droplets were rolling down the window panes. Aditi started to think about the day that got them here,
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March 19, 2018
Aditi had a cute little baby bump now, it was almost 10 weeks. They still hadn't told many people though, only the family, Nikhil and Suresh sir knew. Aditi and vikrant had decided that she will work in the feild as long as she could, but this hadn't stopped vikrant from acting as if Aditi was walking on thin ice. Today however was a different case, they were called in to consult on a case of multiple murders in a village. As they were leaving, Aditi had a weird feeling and she halted in her tracks,
"Kya hua aditi? Thik ho na?" Vikrant asked when he realized Aditi had stopped behind him.
"Nahi kuchh nahi, Chalo chalte hai." Aditi told him with a fake smile, she couldn't brush the feeling aside.
Aditi was quiet along the ride, and vikrant was worried now,
"Aditi? Kya baat hai? Tumhe thik nahi lag raha hai kya? Chaho to hum vapas ja sakte hai." He asked with concern in his eyes.
"Nahi vikrant, bas ek ajeeb si feeling hai. I'm sure hum itne subah Ghar se nikle hai isliye hoga. Gao me pohochte hi kuchh kha lungi, thik lagega." Aditi explained and vikrant didn't push it further.
When they reached their destination and took over the case, they realized the case wasn't paranormal, but the sarpanch of the village was killing young men to avenge his brothers murder. When they went to confront the sarpanch, he started running as soon he saw them. Aditi ran after him and vikrant after her, now more worried about her than catching the criminal.
"Aditi ruk jao. Aditi!" Aditi continued chasing the criminal, and almost slipped on the rocks, she had that awful feeling again as she saw the distance between her and the ground decreasing. She shut her eyes tightly. Fortunately, vikrant was right behind her and caught her in his arms just in time. Aditi clutched her savior's shirt tightly.
"Aditi!! Thik ho na? Mana kiya tha na meine tumhe?" Vikrant asked in a hurry while caressing her face and holding her tight against him.
Aditi slowely opened her eyes. Her heart was racing. She saw herself in vikrants arms and straightened herself.
"H.. ha vikrant, tum jao use pakdo. Wo hath se nahi nikalna chahiye." Vikrant looked at her in disbelief and she continued, "Haan vikrant mei thik hu."
Again, vikrant didn't argue and ran after the criminal. He was caught and handed over to the local police.
At night, the ride home was silent again, but this time vikrant was fuming on the inside. Aditi turned in her seat to look at him. She could see the fumes coming off him literally.
"I'm sorry vikrant. Mujhe uss criminal ke picche nahi bhagna chahiye tha." No reply from him, so she continued, "Vikrant! Kuchh to bolo! I'm sorry!"
Vikrant was still driving, he spoke keeping his eyes fixed on the road,
"Sorry?? Tumhe koi idea nahi hai Aditi mei kitna darr gaya tha jab meine tumhe girta hua dekha."
Aditi opened her mouth to say something, but vikrant raised his hand and she shut up,
"Nahi, ab Mei bolunga aur tum sunogi. Waise hi mei tumhare bhooton se pareshan rehta hu ke kahi wo tumhe kuchh Kar na de aur upar se tum Meri ek baat nahi manti. Ab bohot ho gaya Aditi, mei tumhe aur humare Vidu ko taklif me nahi dekh sakta. Aaj se tumhara field me Jana band."
Aditi was surprised and shocked to hear this,
"Nahi vikrant, tum aisa nahi kar sakte. Mera field me Kam karna hum dono ka decision tha, aur tum is tarah mujhpe koi decision nahi thop sakte. Manti hu aaj mujhe uss criminal ke picche nahi bhagna chahiye tha, lekin mei agli baar khayal rakhungi." Aditi tried to resist.
"Nahi Aditi, mei koi chance nahi lena chahta. Mei ab bhi tumhara senior hu aur ye mera order hai!", Vikrant said in a Stern tone.
"Tum aisa nahi kar.." Aditi was about to resist but she was hit with that awful feeling again, it was strong now.
At the same time vikrant lost control of the vehicle, the car started going off the road and on to the slopes. Vikrant tried to hit the brakes but nothing worked, the car was speeding downhill. Aditi was scared, she tried unlocking the door but that didn't work as well. Vikrant and Aditi both looked at each other with wide eyes, they were filled with fear. Vikrant tried breaking the glass but he was too late, the car hit a rock and rolled down. Both Aditi and vikrant were thrown out of the car. vikrant could see Aditi's head hitting the stone and he shouted desperately before he himself fell unconscious,
"Aditi!!"
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
