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Chapter 16:perfectly unperfect
Manvi watched as malika sobbed into her hands, her body shaking uncontrollably. They had been at the hospital for nearly 3 hours and malika had not said a word.
Virat had lost a lot of blood and the doctors were still trying to revive him, but so far things were not looking good. Dilip stood with manvi for a few minutes at the door before going to comfort Malika...
'dont worry malika, he's strong he'll pull through..." he said sensitively patting malikas back..."you saw how he handled me the other day at dinner time" dilip continued trying to lighten the mood.
Manvi stared at the sight, bewildered at how easily Dilip could change characters. Even if he was a complete Jerk most of the time, Dilip had never been a thug and for that, manvi was relieved.
'i should have known" malika cried continuously
"its all my fault, i should never have gotten close...i hate myself, im a jinx" malika was visibly distraught and there was no calming her down just yet... Manvi pitied her, and although she knew it was neither the time or the place envied how beautiful malika looked even at her worst.
Manvi hated not being able to cry on anyones shoulder... Jeevika had been banned from coming as the family feared for her babys health so it meant only her,dilip,viren and malika could leave as soon as they got the news.
Viren was at the counter dealing with the paper work and this left manvi questioning who could have done such a thing.
Manvi stood silently praying for the man she secretly loved, she pitied malika yet her envy was unavoidable for every second that malika had held virat, she had held manvis entire world while manvi could not.
The distant beeping of the heartmonitor was doing nothing to ease her worries. She looked at the fingers that had stroked her so gently a few hours ago but were now covered in needles and pipes and then at the hair which she had admired but was now shaven and mostly covered in a blood filled bandage. A single lonely tear rolled down manvis cheek.
Manvi looked toward malika who was now no longer crying, but staring into the air... She put her arm around her in attempt to comfort them both
'hes not as bad as everyone thinks he is' malika sniffed
'i know' manvi answered without thinking
'he has a heart of gold,eventhough you may not believe me' malika continued
'why do you say that?' manvi asked
'i see how you all look at him,judging him by what you see not what you know' malika said accusingly
'im not getting what youre trying to tell me' manvi sounded confused
'you wouldnt' she shot back
'try me, because i dont see whats so important that he had to ignore everyone he knew' manvi stated
'i wouldnt be alive today if not for virat, i owe him my soul, my life,my everything' sighed malika
'how?...your beautiful,your successful...you have virat to love you now and forever' manvi coldly questioned
'my life seems perfect to you doesnt it?' malika asked cofused
'why shouldnt it?' manvi enquired
'Ive been beaten bruised and on the edge of death till virats love bought me back...now hes there lying in a hospital bed and i cant do anything about it...but whats past is past, if you were toAsk me, how many times my heart has been broken, and I will tell you to look in the sky and count the stars... But pain becomes part of life, without pain we would not know love andIn life,loveis neither planned nor does it happen for a reason sometimes it just happens and we dont know when it did, but when the love is real, it becomes your plan for life and reason for living...virat gave me all of these when he gave me his love, i found that when you realize, you want to spend the rest of your life with a person, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.letting the past be a memory' malikaspoke, her voice sounding almost regretful, the sadness in her voice chilling manvis spine.
Manvi sat there understanding that malika had chosen to close off the memories that had bought nothing but pain, yet aching to know what she was hiding. She put her hand over malikas and they both sat in silence staring at the white walls. Manvis heart broke for the girl next to her, yet she was Unsure whether tosmile because she knew that her and virat were friends or cry because that's all they would really ever be. It would take a really dark hearted person to hurt someone like malika who had been through so much... And even she knew virat could not do that. Manvi was falling deeper in love with him every moment, knowing that he must be someone very special to have the love of a girl like malika,yet there was nothing she could do.
They were both unaware how long theyd been sitting down when suddenly the nurse approached them
'hes awake now...you can go in'
Malika stood up still holding manvis hand for support and they both made their way to the room he was in.
Manvi stood at the door as virat took malikas hand in his.
'virat are you okay?!, who did this?!' she worried
'malika,hes back...we need to get out of here' he said sadly
'who is?!' she asked almost as though she knew what was coming next
'Josh' he answered, his eyes glued to malikas.
Malikas eyes widened at the name she heard, she suddenly burst into tears and wept into virats shoulder as he stroked her hair shushing her in the process.
Manvi looked on at the scene feeling like a third wheel
'whose josh?' she wondered to herself.
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