Chapter 38
"Ahat bhi naa hogi aur hum kareeb aa jayengey
Sapney mein too aa hi gaye, zindagi mein bhi utar ayengey"
Antara's POV
A cool breeze hit my face as I laughed and ran through the path among the colorful flower field. I was running and catching my breath and was laughing in some utter joy. I never remembered when the last time I laughed that much. I was so happy and pleased. The nature also seemed so happy with me on that day. the tulip flowers at the side of my track were dancing with floating wind in a beautiful rhythm while the sunrays glittered on the dew drops attached with those flower petals. The dry chinner leaves were flying along like a free kite and butterflies were roaming around the flowers. While running in my full speed I turned back slightly. Someone was following me behind, a male fig whose face was a blur to me as the sunrays irritated my eye sight. I couldn't recognize the man. But it seemed like he was also running to catch me and I was not at all afraid of that. I was running away but not out of fear. It seemed like we were in our play full and mischief mode, running among the flowers, giggling like two children. I didn't know who the guy was but I knew that he didn't mean harm to me. I smiled and looked forward. I couldn't let him catch me so easily. With that mischievous thought I rushed forward without looking back anymore. I ran and ran without stopping and finally when my feet ached I stopped and caught my breath. I was panting heavily and my heart was thumping hard in excitement. The silence around made me confused a bit. As I checked surroundings I was surprised to find myself alone in the middle of huge flower field. No one was there, not even a single butterfly, only the flower bed stretching up to horizon. I looked around worriedly and couldn't found the person who was following me just a moment ago. It seemed like I had run further and reached to a place of flower field where no one visited. A fear rose inside me as I found myself lost in the middle of nowhere. I was about to forward my feet worriedly when I felt a strong masculine hold around my waist. I felt my back collide with a strong chest. I choked my breath in anticipation. It felt like I knew that presence, I knew the man very well who was holding me from back. Before I could turn around and see his face his hand started to tickle me all of a sudden and I started to giggle and soon his actions turned my giggles into loud laugh. I jerked myself to get free from his hold but it was not at all possible for me. His hold was really strong and the continuous laughter was making me weak. But I really didn't feel any danger from his side. Somehow I had a strong belief that whoever he was, he wouldn't harm me. But his hands got naughty as he tickled me all over and I laughed like crazy in tingling sensation. Due to my vain effort to get free and his effort to resist, we both were swinging around. "Chorro... mujhe..." I managed to say somehow in between my nonstop giggle. "Kabhi Nahin!!" as I heard his deep manly voice I suddenly felt a chill even in that laughing state. That voice had something special which shook me, some kind of intensity which could invoke inside your soul. Again I felt like I knew that voice very well but alas I couldn't recognize him.
We both fell in the flower covered ground holding each other. I fell flat on my back and my whole feature somehow froze at the spot as I felt him falling on me. his powerful broad masculine feature covered myself totally under him. I quickly opened my eyes wide and found myself pinned under him. I couldn't see his face as his face was buried on my neck. Again a strange chill ran down my spine as I felt his breath on my neck and his lips touching my skin gently. His breath was scorching and warm. I breathed loud looking towards the clear blue sky above and tried to understand if I was ever in that odd situation in my life, crushed under some strange person's totally. But I had to admit that the situation might be odd but somehow it was not at all bad. As the silent moment passed breathing loud and listening to my suddenly turned speedy heart bit, I started to feel somehow comfortable. From the weight and pressure on me, I could easily feel that the person was really powerful and might own an undefeatable strength, but there was something else. Sudden warmth was there in his closeness, warmth which was comfortable, tender and somehow so wonderfully pleasant. I was feeling like closing my eyes and hid myself under his comfortable security. I was not in a position to move my single cell as I was badly trapped. His hands were pinned at my both sides closing my route to escape, but even that possession didn't seemed forced, rather than it gave me a feeling of security, making me feel safe from any kind of danger. it felt like I had reach to the place where I belong actually. I didn't know why a stupid grin spread on my face, I was suddenly feeling so pleased, so happy being in some strange person's possession.
I felt his hands slid under me and I couldn't stop him. His hands wrapped around me in some way which hold a certain amount of possessiveness and authority as well as that soothing warmth that instantly made me comfortable to his touch. Being a girl, I could feel when someone touched me improperly with bad intention but his touch didn't seem like that. Rather than it felt so respectful, gentle even being so firm and powerful. Strange, I didn't even know who the man was but still I felt so comfortable with him! Even my hand moved automatically and wrapped around him gently. I felt his masculine well build feature under my arms and fingers. The soothing comfort made me close my eyes as I felt myself imprisoned in his possession, willingly, undoubtedly. And trust me or not, it gave me the most wonderful feeling of my lifetime. I felt his scorching breath hit my skin and his lips moved near my ear. All of a sudden my throat dried and heart jumped again inside my cage.
"JAAN!" his deep voice echoed in my ear shaking me again with his utter intensity. How could I define that voice, it was not at all possible for me. It was magnetic, charming in its own way, hitting and increasing every single bit of heart and reaching to the soul, melting you like the wax melting by fire, that voice could capture fully, making the moment froze at the instant. I almost forgot to breathe when I heard his voice. Who was he, why he was calling me like that, with that dangerous intensity?! I couldn't find anything at the moment, rather than I felt my knees melting by the deep yet gentle voice. It just didn't shake me; it also caressed me all over like the gentle touch of wind, the father like caress of love. There was so much in that voice and in return I couldn't say anything. I just smiled wide as the flowers danced around us in gentle breeze.
At that moment my beautiful dream broke and I opened my eyes, finding myself lying on the bed at the side of my crazy sister rhea who was busy in snoring in her deep early morning sleep and the warm sunrays of first dawn was falling on my face. I smiled wide as I remembered about the dream. For the whole three month after the tragedy with my family either I spend a sleepless night or had a nightmare everyday but for the first time I had such kinds of odd yet beautiful dream. Strange, I was not supposed to had such kinds of dreams and I never posses such kinds of thoughts, never on those gloomy days but still it was like some divine power had made me dream that. My eyes feel on the tulip kept on the side table. I smiled and gently touched its tender petals feeling the tenderness and warmth. Even in the dream I was in a tulip flower field. And who was the man with me in that flower field?! I couldn't even see his face once. I smiled and thought if the angel in disguise of this tulip flower made me have that dream? I felt an warmth inside my heart thinking about the dream.
Who was he?!! The thought really made my chicks a bit warmer than usual. Goosebump spread all over my nerve which was really rare for me to feel.
However, I woke up with a yank. I was not the girl who actually lives on such kind of dreams. It was indeed beautiful and gave a smile in my early morning but still I couldn't forget about my aim and why I was there. There was not a single time to think about some dreams and give importance to that. might be, me and rhea were watching a romantic movie of SRK in my lappy before sleeping last night and the result was that dream. Who knew if the person was actually SRK in my dream? I quietly laughed at my crazy thoughts. Rhea wouldn't spare me if she came to know that SRK visited in my dream!! With a refreshing morning after such a long time I moved ahead to spend the day with enthusiasm. It was time to feed my pigeon friends.
Raghu's POV
Mai had to leave early morning so that day I woke up earlier to get ready. Mai waited in the premises of naik sadan when I left to fetch the jeep from garage. I saw the pigeons gathering on the road but antara was not there yet. Might be, she didn't wake up. I breathed a deep as I felt empty inside. I just thought if I could have a single glance of her before going. I wouldn't be able to come back before nightfall. My eyes looked towards his balcony where I was yesterday night. She again closed the door.
Standing there on the middle of early morning empty roads I felt so clueless. I couldn't understand why I was so eager to see her just once before going? I scratched my head in confusion. Was she really that important to me?! My mind gave me the answer. If she was not important then I wouldn't spoil a whole day searching for her favorite flower in all over the city and to give that flower I also climbed all over to her window. I didn't know what was happening that my all thoughts were revolving around her on those days. Specially, from the time I came to know about her parent's loss I couldn't even get angry on her or get irritated of her bitter behavior like before. I just hope someday she would understand that I really didn't men what I said on that night. If I had a bit idea about her parent's death I would never ever say those words. I might be rude to her sometimes, but it didn't mean that I didn't understand her condition, the pain she was going through. Cause I went through the same before and it really pinched me seeing someone else going through the same.
And I added salt to that open injury of her.
I still remembered that in my childhood when other kids taunted me saying orphan I ended up beating them black and blue. She didn't say anything to me. I would prefer more if she actually slapped me on the spot and spat out everything her silence actually bothered me more.
She was happy after getting the flower last night, I still remembered her smile. But it seemed that she didn't forgive me yet. She was hard nut to crack. "Phool liya hain too mafi bhi de degi...Uss ki hoton pee hasi layi hain tune? kaise maaf nahin karegi?" I remembered ajji's word which she told me last night when I was telling her the whole matter. Even I hoped that she understand some day that I really didn't want to hurt her or affect her anyhow.
I shook my head to get over the feeling and jumped inside the jeep. Mai came out with kakka as she saw me parking the jeep near the gate. I quickly got down and opened the back seat for mai. I heard a small sound of door opening nearby and automatically a smile crept on my face. Going towards the driving seat I found antara coming out from her house holding her enamel pot full of corns for those birds. She looked so fresh that morning. Her smile was so genuine and lively at that day. Her smile looked so fresh and more beautiful in each and every day. There was something new in her face that morning, a glow which I never saw before and her chicks also looked slightly red if I was not wrong. While I was checking her out fully, a mild smile was there in my lips. I wouldn't even stop watching her if mai wouldn't call me and tell to hurry. I sighed and moved inside the jeep while antara was al busy with her birds.
Listening to the sound of jeep antara looked up and she saw the jeep. At first her eye was on mai. Her expression really looked strange. There was a sly smirk in her lips and her eyes looked somehow mocking and full of distress while she watched mai. A slight frown appeared in my face. I felt like mai was not in her good books just like me. Then her eyes fell on me. her expression went calm and composed. She didn't throw me any disgustful glance like always, not even a slight anger or pain. It really made me hope that she forgave me at last. But her cold face didn't show any sign of mercy too. Slowly the jeep bypassed her. from the rear view mirror I got to see her impression. Standing among those flying birds her eyes were fixed towards our jeep. I kept looking to the mirror as usual trying to detect her mind through those eyes. Soon after a turn she disappeared from the sight and we were in main road. I sighed and concentrated on the road.
My mode again turned bitter as I saw satya coming from other side riding in his cycle wearing his tracks and pants. The monkey was back to irritate us. Seeing us he stopped and I had to stop the jeep as mai told. "Ayi!!!" satya said cheerfully. "Sahib kahan gaye the itni subha?!" mai asked him delightfully. "Jogging pe gaya tha ayi, par aap aur itni subha subha kahan chale?!" he asked. "Kuch kaam hain sahib. Aaj pura din bahar rahena parega. Tum apna khayal rakhna." Mai said in affectionate voice. "Thik hain ayi. Aap bhi apna khayal rakhna. Waisey bhi, joo log aap kee sath jaa rahe hain unke rahete aap ki security kaa koi gurantee nahin hain." Satya looked towards me through the corner of eyes and as usual I had to bear his taunting words. He was always like that. "Mujhe raghunath pee bharosa hain satya. Tum bhi yee jaan look ii uske rahete mujhe kuch nahin hoo sakta." Mai assured and I felt relieved again seeing satya's face getting hard. He could never face that mai trusted me so much. "I hope so ayi... Bye!!" he just said dryly and moved forward riding his cycle. "raghunath.. gari agey le.." mai ordered me and I started the engine. The guy made my mode off.
Precap: "Dekh kaise besharmon ki tarah whistle baja raha hain humein dekh ke.." ruku said in irritation looking towards toilet brush hair's nasty grin fixed towards us. I smirked and said loud enough, "Waisey ruksana... whistle baja kee too kutton koo bhi bulaya jata hain naa. Kya kaheti hoo?! Chiku kaa woo pet dog hain naa Tommy... ussey bhej doon inke pass?"
PS: guys i know this chaoter is really not up to the mark. i am going through such a busy schedule and its hard for me to get time for typing any chapter. however i will update whenever i will get time. hope u guys spare with me. love u all.. 🤗