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Uh new TS. *smiles sheeplishly* Wrote it on my phone , so ignore the typos! ^_^ . Btw title- Renascentia is the latin word for Rebirth. I don't really know how this turned out to be. I really hope it's good. Btw it's not centralized on their compromised marraige , *sorry about the spoiler :P* , it's just taken as a contraction.
Renascentia
Marriage! A sacred bond , that ties two people together till eternity , or till the time they can bear it. It's a relation in which compromises are as important as love and trust. If it's an arranged , well love and trust takes time to grow while compromise starts from the beginning. If it's a love marriage , love and trust is there , and compromise , well again starts from the begging. It's not about being truly in love , it's about holding your other half's hand and never letting it go.
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Unfortunately , kria's marriage was based only on a compromise. One day before her marriage her fiance "confesses" to her , that he isn't interested in her and is marrying her just for the sake of his parents.
What could Kria possibly do? Break her marriage , so that people of this judging society don't leave a stone unturned to pin point fingers at her? So she like an idiot , didn't do anything. They were getting tied to this sacred bond because their families' wished so , and that day marked , her first and her biggest compromise.
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Fortunately , kria's marriage was her dream come true. She was getting married to the guy she loved , and who loved her back equally. They were getting tied to this sacred bond , against their families' wish. Building there safe heaven in another corner of this country. Going away from where they belonged and starting a fresh was there big compromise.
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Kria sat in their room after coming back from a tiring party. That was kept for the celebration of their marriage. "Compromised" marriage , she reminded herself and laughed at her fate.
As a kid , she had never thought to get her knight in shining armor in reality , but what she wanted was a guy who loved her.
Alas! If all wishes had to come true , the world would have been so peaceful now. Sarcasm dripping from her thoughts.
Why was she chosen as the person whose wish wouldn't come true? Was it a selfish wish that's why? Or because guys who truly love somebody are limited to novels?
Her chain of thoughts were broken by , her husband.
"Kria , we need to go to Kolkata tomorrow. I have work related to a mansion there and mom insisted you to tag along!"
Kria faked a smile , something she was getting used to , and nods her head.
"Sure Reyaansh , i will pack my bags!"
Rey replied by giving a fake smile , something he was forever used to.
He went and changed his clothes , and lied on one side of the bed , kria on the other and soon both were sound asleep.
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A new morning dawned. For some it was a fresh start to a fresh day , but for Kria , it was another act in her life.
She packed her bags , and got ready.
Rey entered after a while and informed her that they had to leave. Bidding bye to rey's family , the two went.
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Kria sat on her seat , but Rey went behind , confusing her. She got up and turned to the seat behind her in which Rey seated himself.
"Reyaansh?"
"Sorry Kria! Actually , I had forgotten that you were coming with me and I had checked in yesterday morning."
Kria forced a smile and nods , she sat down. A lady sat beside her , and a man beside that lady.
The flight took off , kria closed her eyes. A tear escaped her eye , and she heard the lady.
"I don't mind to go behind."
Kria wiped the tear and looked at the lady , who smiled at her.
"It's nothing like that."
"Arranged?"
Kria nods sadly.
"I hope your trip , makes you two know each other."
"Thanks!"
Kria found it weird , why was this lady so interested in their life! She shrugged and looked away , she close her eyes. The lady got up and went behind.
"Uh , excuse me?"
She spoke to Rey. He looked at her with questioning eyes.
"Actually , I am not really comfortable sitting with the man , and your wife wouldn't be comfortable as well , if I exchanged my seat with him , so can you exchange your seat with me?"
Rey silently got up and went ahead. He saw the guy sound asleep and leaning towards the seat and understood why she was not comfortable.
He sat there , and tilted the guy's head to the other side. He looked at kria , who turned and saw Rey. She was sleepy , he understood , and he wrapped his one hand around her , much to her shock , but she rested her head on his shoulder comfortably , and closed her eyes.
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Kria woke up , when she heard Rey calling her. They were landing.
Soon kriyaansh reached the hotel , kria went to freshen up.
After coming out she sat , and rey went to freshen up.
She was looking around , when rey came out , he was yawning.
"You need rest!"
"I am fine."
Rey replied and sat on the chair , drinking the tea , he looked at kria , she was reading a novel. It was about re-births.
"You believe in re-births?"
Kria peeped through her book and nods in a no.
"I just like reading."
Rey came to her and sat in front of her.
"Kria , when I said i am marrying you because of my parents , i didn't mean I am allergic to you , and when i said i am not interested in you , i meant I don't like you from a lovers point of view. I can't keep assumptions about you before knowing you and I honestly can't live my life with us being strangers to each other , so can't we two know each other?"
"It took you one month to explain your words to me!"
She spoke , rey looked at her and for some reason both laughed. Kria forwards her hand.
"Hello mr.singhaania , i am mrs. Kria singhaania , your partner in this tour."
"Hey!"
They shook hands and smiled. They were talking about their hobbies and passion , and were surprised to know that both loved dancing.
"Rey."
"Yeah?"
"What is this mansion about?"
"Uh , see this was made many years ago. Dad liked this mansion a lot and since there was no claim to this land , dad bought it. He wanted to renovate the mansion , and wanted both of us to have a look at it and see what changes we want."
"Okay! What happened to the owners?"
"If people are to be believed , the mansion was built by a man , who eloped with his lover to kolkata , and struck gold. But their families , found them , and well then.."
"Sad story."
Rey nods.
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The next day , kriyaansh started their trip towards the mansion. Kria felt weird , she felt as if she knew this way.
She had passed through the streets , they were a bit different though. Kria turned to Rey.
He was not aware of where they were going since he was busy on his laptop.
They reached the mansion. Rey came out and felt a jolt in his head. He had seen this place! Been through the streets.
He turned to Kria , and saw kria , she was looking around , fiddling with her purse , her eyes were looking around the mansion.
"Beautiful. Isn't it?"
Rey nods smiling.
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They entered the mansion , cold wind blew , making kria shiver. The mansion had been cleaned for them.
It had the old antique furniture , elegant paintings hanging.
Kria again got a strange sensation , like she had stayed here , known this place.
Rey somehow felt the pain the hard work and the love that had been used to make this mansion. He felt as if he knew all the corners , all the secrets that were buried inside this house
Kria walked to the paintings and touched them , feeling the effort that had been put into painting it. She traced it with her fingers , suddenly having a smile on her face.
She went to another painting , and smelled the fresh paint , a shot of anger ran through her spine.
The care taker of the house looked at her and spoke.
"Madam , yaha jo tasveer thi , voh jala di gayi thi."
Kria felt a lump form in her throat , and her heart burned with agony. She didn't know why!
"Kyun?"
She heard Rey ask.
As soon as the care taker had uttered those words , rey had felt anger rush inside him , he was shaken. Shrugging his thoughts he asked the care taker.
"Yaha jo rehte the , unke rishtedaro ne unn dono ki har tasveer jala di , bas ek tasveer hain , jo unke kamre mein hain."
"Kya mein voh dekh sakti hun?"
Kria asked , suddenly excited to see the couple.
"Nahi , unke kamre ki darwase ki chaabi , unke saath chali gayi."
"Matlab?"
"Uss kamre ki chaabi kabhi mili hi nahi. Jab iss ghar ka kaam shuru hoga tab voh darwasa tod dia jaayega aur tab shayad aap dekh paaye."
"Nahi! Koi zarurat nahi usse todne ki!"
Rey spoke . Anger overflowed in his voice. Kria came to him and held his hand. She somehow could relate to his anger and went to calm him. He smiled , feeling a bit embarrassed with this sudden and unexpected outburst.
"Jaisa aap chahe saab."
"Aapko aur kya kya pata hain iss ghar ke baare mein?"
"Kria , let's have a look at the house first?"
Rey asked , kria looked at him and nods.
"Aapka naam kria hain?"
The caretaker asked , kria nods. He looked a bit amazed and then spoke.
"Iss ghar ki maalkin ka naam bhi Kria hi tha."
Kria looked at him , she felt weird. Rey looked at her , she smiled and they went to have a look.
Kria wanted to have a look up stairs , so she went to the stairs , but stopped. She felt scared suddenly , she took the first step and a chill ran down her spine. Frightfully she walked up stairs and saw two rooms there. One was the closed room , and the other one was empty.
She entered the room , and felt a tine of happiness. She felt somebody hold her waist and spoke into her ears.
"Kria."
Kria moved away , nobody was there. She held her head , what was wrong with her.
She walked out and reached the door , she looked around , there must be something that would open the door.
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Downstairs , rey reached the kitchen , the only place which he thought needs a change. The house was perfect , and he didn't even like the idea of changing anything. He entered a room , it seemed like a study room. He sighed , why was he getting this sensation. Maybe he was sick , so he went to look for kria , so they could go back home.
Kria was looking at the door.
"Kria!"
Kria turned scared but was revealed seeing rey. She smiled at him.
"What?"
"I don't feel well , hum hotel chale?"
"Ya sure!"
The two reached the stairs. Kria stopped , rey looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
Kria nods in a no. Rey could feel her fright and held her hand , they walked down.
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They came out of the mansion and saw the garden. Kria saw a swing , and sat on it. It was a big black swing.
She smiled to herself , feeling connected to the swing.
"Yaha jo rehte the voh log kaise mare?"
She asked the care taker.
"Bedardi se mare gaye the!"
Kria looked away in pain.
"We should leave kria."
Kria nods. They bid bye and went away , kria was looking out.
"Rey."
"Yes?"
"Can we stay there for a night?"
Rey looked at her. Kria wanted to know the hidden secrets buried inside this house.
"Are you sure you want to?"
"Yes! Plus the ground floor room has a room that was renovated right?"
"Okay then. We'll come back tomorrow."
Kria smiled. She looked out. Rey had felt weird in the house , still he agreed. One , because he somehow didn't want to say no to kria and second that he wanted to know the mystery behind what he felt , that could be solved , only in the house.
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That night , kria and rey were sleeping on the sides of the bed , when Rey felt thirsty , he got up and went to take water which was on kria's side. He looked at her , she had tensed lines forming on her forehead.
"D-don't."
He heard her mutter and was immediately beside her rubbing her hand. Kria moved scared in her sleep. He understood she was getting a nightmare.
His mother had once told him that , he would often have nightmares which he never realized. To calm him , she would rub his palm and that is what exactly he did.
Kria fell into a deep slumber peacefully , he pinned her hair back and kissed her forehead. He didn't know why , but he felt like doing so. Kria's hand caught his and she involuntarily entwined her finger with his.
He looked at their hands. He had promised to hold her hand forever, cause of his parents. It suddenly struck him , had it been fair to her?
She was a human being , she must have had her wish to get a perfect husband , but instead got a guy who thought he was forced into this marriage. Wasn't she the one who was forced into his family drama. Kria slowly opened her eyes , and saw rey sitting beside her. He looked at her. She sleepily raised an eye.
"Sleep kria."
Kria felt that sleep was far away from rey through his voice and sat up.
"What's wrong?"
She spoke softly. She saw his and her hand entwined together but didn't leave it. Instead she held it more tightly.
"Kria?"
"Ya?"
"I am sorry."
"Why?"
"Everybody has wishes of getting a perfect life partner. Even you must have had one. All cause of me you are stuck in this marriage."
Kria sighed.
"Rey , life does not fulfill all our wishes. I never wished to have a perfect partner from the start rey. It does not matter how you start rey , what matters is the journey and the end."
"So can we give our relation a chance?"
"Yeh baat bolne mein bhi ek mahina lag gaya! Bahot slow ho tum."
Rey laughed , kria hugged him. He hugged her back and kissed her head , she was shocked for a second but , her shocked expressions were replaced by a blush. They both fell asleep in each others arms.
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The next day , kria was packing their bags , when Rey came.
"Kria?"
"Yes rey?"
"Why do you want to go there?"
"I felt weird. I know this might sound weird , but I felt as if I know that place."
"You felt like you have lived there all your life?"
Kria nods.
"How do you know?"
"Cause I felt the same."
At that time Rey's phone rang , it was his dad. He had called to tell Rey , that there was an important meeting tomorrow , and he had to be there , so they had to leave.
Rey cuts the call dejectedly.
"Sadly , we need to leave."
Kria looked down sadly. Rey came to her and held her hand.
"We'll come back. Ghar bhaaga nahi jaa raha."
Kria nods and smiled.
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Two months had passed , the mystery behind the mansion always lingered in kria and rey's mind. Alas! That couldn't be solved till the time , they go back.
Their equation had changed , their hearts had love blooming , but was afraid of confessing their love to each other.
The trip to Kolkata's mansion had changed their equation , and now maybe another trip would give their relation the much needed confession.
Maybe in the mansion which had buried an incomplete love story of two innocent souls .
Maybe there , cause that incomplete love story yearned to be eternalized.
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She ran around the mansion , enjoying the chaze.
"Kria!"
He called out to her , running behind her and finally caught her. He turned her pulling her close to him.
"Ab kaha jaogi?"
Kria looked at him , he trapped her between the wall and him.
"Aapki baahon mein."
She said giggling and hugged him , he hugged her back. After few seconds she pulled back and ran to the empty room .
She felt him hold her waist.
"Kria!"
He whispered in her ears. She looked down.
"I love you."
"I love you too Reyaansh."
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