This last part is specifically dedicated to Rafi as she is such a sucker for a fairytale ending.😆 Kanks, I'm warning you! Unless you are not satisfied with the earlier, tragic ending, I don't think you should read ahead. Thank you all for the comments and likes. And a special thanks to Sakina because she made me realize the true essence of Swaron.
Part 6
I'm dead. She thought.
She opened her eyes, the tiniest bit and shut them almost immediately as the bright light harshly pierced her eyes. She once again tried to open them, but this time she blinked a few times, letting her pupils contract and adjust to the light.
I'm in heaven! She thought. Of course she was in heaven. Where else could she be? She was in his arms and that could only mean that she was in heaven. She smiled as she felt his soft hair on her cheek, his nose tickling her ear and his arms wrapped so lovingly around her.
But wait a minute! How could she be in heaven? After the way she had treated him and marred his soul she deserved to be burning in hell. And this was anything but hell.
It was then that she realized that her throat was burning and so was her chest. She had started taking in a lot of air as if her lungs had been deprived of it for a long time. Slowly, it all came back to her. The fall. The struggle. The pain. The revelation. And Death.
She had almost died. She had played with Death and she had won this hand. And she knew exactly how! The Blackness had rushed upon her, promising her that it would completely eradicate her pain. It was so seductive and convincing, that she had almost fallen for it. Almost. But there was this, another, more seductive and convincing voice in her heart, telling her not to give up. That he needed her. That he loved her.
And this time she chose to feel the pain herself, so that he wouldn't have to go through it.
She felt something wet on her cheeks and realized that it was his tears. He thought she was dead!
"Swayam..." She said hoarsely, her voice cracking.
She cleared her throat and looked at him.
He had very suddenly removed his head from her hair and was now looking at her like he was seeing a ghost. His eyes looked so emotionless and dead that it ached her heart.
He kept looking at her with shock written all over his face. He didn't react for some time. After he had found his voice, he said almost inaudibly-
"But you were...dead."
His voice broke on the last word and tears rushed out of his eyes.
She smiled and said-
"I'm not!"
"But..."
She leaned forward and gently kissed him on the lips, convincing him that she was indeed alive.
"I'm not dead."
It took a minute for that to sink in. When it finally did, more tears rushed out of his eyes and his face broke into the most blinding smile, as immense relief washed over him.
"You're alive!" he said incredulously.
And then he began kissing every inch of her face lovingly. He kissed her eyes and then her forehead and then her nose. And then he trailed a line of soft, sweet kisses from her cheek to her jaw line to her neck, before finally he pulled her into his arms, hugging her with all his might, as if he would never even think about letting her go.
She felt a happiness, a pleasure so deep, that it rushed out of her in the form of tears. She pulled back and placed her forehead against his.
"I'm so sorry." She said, apologizing for all the pain she had given him. "I'm so sorry!"
"It's ok." He said, smiling.
"I almost died and all I could think about was you. How much I wanted you! How much I loved you." She said, more tears spilling out of her eyes as her smile grew even bigger.
He laughed. Maybe the shock had gotten to him.
"What?" she asked confused. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, Nothing." He said, still chuckling.
"No. Tell me!"
"It took you a near-death experience to finally realize that." He said, laughing a little.
She tried to look as if it had offended her, but she couldn't pretend for long. Her lips involuntarily twitched and she laughed along with him.
After their laughter subsided, he stared at her, drinking her in.
"You have no idea, how much I love you!" he said, gently stroking her cheek. She could see a bit of the previous pain enter his eyes. She hugged him tightly and rested her head on his chest to reassure him that she would never leave him again.
And she listened to his heart which had once again started to beat.
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The End.
Edited by Sawyer_Tom - 13 years ago
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