There was thin layer of fog, sky could be clearly seen, little gleaming stars and moon was clearly visible. Wind passed over the trees, making them shiver under its chilling effect.
She watched the moon, a light smile lingering on her face as she gaze the moon, sitting in the garden of her home. She was sitting in her night dress.
"You are so pretty." She talked to moon "I too want someone like you. I wonder when will I find him?" She sighed with a hopeful smile
"Mom and Dad, they are so perfect. I want a relationship like them, too. Armaan was okay but you know he doesn't match me. Though, Mahi can chose him. I won't mind" she giggled on her own stupid thoughts. Stupid, because she saw no sort of attraction between Armaan and Mahira so it wasn't sort of possible of two being together but then, thinking about impossible, it is so of her.
"That stupid doesn't even have brother." Piya scrunched her nose looking at moon talking about Armaan
"Anyways" she shrugged "my Prince charming doesn't need to be someone's brother. He will be different, different than the knight in shining armor about whom every girl dreams, he will be my supporter rather than my protector. I don't mind protection but over protection is sucking. What do you think?" Her eyes shined up as she watched moon like it would answer her question
Moon shined brightly, brightening the smile on Piya face.
"I knew you would agree with me, always. I'm never wrong" she winked and then laughed at her own stupidity
She shivered as cool breeze blow, freezing her body.
"I think it's time to go" Piya rubbed her hands so to get some warm and stood up
She glanced the moon for one last time, with a smile, before walking inside her home.
His grey eyes filled with sadness, linger over the moon as he stood by the window. The curtains were flying with wind.
No words came out of his mouth, just silence and tranquility surrounding him. He was absorbing, moon, just to calm his bursting head with the peace of night.
Peace of Night! His lips curved into a loopsided smile as he thought about it. There wasn't anything peaceful about night, no, nothing. Nothing about night was peaceful. Maybe for humans it was. But truly, night was most sinister of anything. It is the worst time of all when all the evils smirk and and laugh freely. It is the time of evils not of angels!
Anyways, it wasn't time to think about the darkness that linger in night, Abhay Raichand had to think about something more important.
His purpose!
The reason he came here, in Dehradun.
The small thing pierced into the wall and the smile crept on his face. He smirked and watched the small dark hole, amused of what he did. He straightened his bended form and forward leg that he had posed sometime back for his small play.
Armaan sat on rocking chair facing the open widow. His eyes scanning the outside atmosphere, sitting in his bedroom, and he took the glass from the side table not averting his gaze from the sky outside gleaming with stars.
"Nice weather!" He commented, amused, as he relish his drink
Armaan mind went back to the college. He couldn't shook off the face of Mahi from his mind. Her lower eyelashes when he first saw her. She was looking as the most beautiful thing he ever saw and surprisingly, even after all her anger directed towards him, she didn't get on his nerves.
"Humans!" He approached rationally to his thoughts and feelings towards Mahi "they can amuse, sometime"
"Not every human is bad" the words came out before he himself knew, there was a smile on his face that suddenly disappeared.
His eyes turned dark and his face hardened. A ghost of memory, from the unforgotten past, came back rushing in his mind before he could stop it.
"You should understand, not everyone is bad, you just can't hate them all" the voice was desperate and worried while he was standing with agony and rudeness not caring for what other was saying.
"You should know I hate you all more than I hate anything. So you should better take care of yourself than thinking about anyone else." He had replied to him in answer and had turned his back to him, despite of all the shouting and desperate efforts from other side he had walked away.
He threw away the glass in his hand, letting the liquor sprawl on floor, anger was bubbling in him. He walked towards window and watched the moon with his darkened eyes.
"They can't stop me and I'll show them what I am. They will pay for everything they did." He gritted watching the moon with anger
The book had purple cover with small white flowers painted on sides. The intoxicant aroma of coffee was filling around. Pencil spun in her hand as she sat on her bed with the purple cover book. She moved the pencil on blank pages.
Something is wrong.
I don't know what's wrong with me. Things are going strange and I'm completely clueless about it. It's like I know something is wrong but I don't know what. It is true too. Something is actually wrong and I don't know what.
Armaan Malik!
He is playing with my mind. I know he is. Things never went the way they are going. I never failed in any of my attempts to teach people lessons but now I'm failing almost two times or is it third? Never mind. The truth is am not able to teach that arrogant lesson.
I won't give excuses on why I'm failing. I know that's useless but one thing is troubling me. I don't know what happen to me when I'm near Armaan something goes terribly wrong and I can't take hold of it. Either he is too smart or there's something else of him. But then I have taught lessons to smarties too then why am not able to smack the head of this one. He is becoming a challenging player.
I feel am missing something. Something is going to happen...
Mahira looked at her thin elegant writing. She was thinking what to write next but nothing was coming in her mind. Her mind was in choas it always was when it came about Armaan. Frustrated, she closed her diary and took her coffee from side table.
In the back of her mind, Armaan face lingered as she sipped her coffee with cool breeze, coming from window, fanning her face.
Madhu leaned on railing of terrace, watching the moon and letting the cool breeze to reach her soul and calm her heart.
She was too lost in observing the serene environment that she scarcely realized Rishab stepping on terrace.
Rishab stopped at some distance from her, watching her smiling, serene face.
A white glow of her luminescent skin as moon shovers it's beautiful white rays on her, she seems no less than an angel. And Rishab found himself drawing towards her.
Pair of hand circled round her from behind but she wasn't surprised or startled she knew who it could be. Rishab! Her dear husband! And the smile widened on her face.
"You look beautiful" he said huskily placing his chin on her shoulder
Crimson red hotness crept on her cheeks. She didn't mind but enjoyed him standing close to her.
He turned her towards him. He kneeled on his one knee and forward his hand.
"Can I spend this beautiful night with the most beautiful girl in the world?" Rishab asked
Rishab face beamed under the moonlight. Madhu smiled seeing him.
"What about my husband?" Madhu asked suppressing her smile
"Umm...let's Just push him from this terrace we'll look for him tomorrow" Rishab shrugged with light smile
Madhu laughed. Rishab smiled intently.
"And what about wife?" Madhu asked, rolling hair strands in her fingers
"Let her be with her husband" Rishab replied
Madhu shook her head, smiling. She gave her hand in his.
"Ok then" Madhu smiled
Rishab grinned. They stood with moon shining between them. A magical moment.
The light from the screen was flickering on his face. He was sitting on the edge of bed, engrossed in his laptop, completely unaware of her gaze on him. It was dark in room but she could see him through the light of his laptop screen.
Zoya groaned, frustrated at her husband for working late at night.
Asad looked on shocked as his laptop was shut off. He looked at his side and saw Zoya looking at him with controlled yet somewhere angry expressions.
Zoya encircled her hands around his shoulder and placed her head on his shoulder. She closed her eyes. Her expressions softened.
"What happened?" Asad asked, smiling softly
"Can't I spend time with my husband?" Zoya asked, frowning.
"That's a pleasant surprise" Asad said, amused
"Am serious" Zoya said
Zoya smacked him on shoulder.
"Ow... I was serious too" Asad said touching his shoulder
"I know how much" Zoya rolled her eyes
"Fine... but it's surprising truly. I mean you and wanting to be with me..." Asad trailed off
Zoya raised her head from his shoulder and looked at him narrowing her eyes.
"You are my husband, Asad" Zoya said
Asad smiled. He took his laptop from his lap and placed it on side table then he turned towards her. He placed his hand around her shoulder and looked in her eyes.
"And you are my loving wife" Asad said huskily
They looked into each other eyes. Wind blew between them, giggling like a child happy with their parents.
Her head was leaned on headboard. Her eyes lingered on the picture in her hand and her fingers tracing his face trying to feel his skin against her soft fingers.
"No not like this" Arnav whined
Zoya watched him irritated and annoyed. She slumped her shoulders.
"Arnav will you stop your tantrums? Let me take your picture" Zoya shouted
"Wait a minute, kiddo" Arnav glanced her
Arnav looked at Khushi who was standing helplessly. She was sandwiched between her husband and friend. Arnav came closer to her.
"Khushi" he called, huskily
Khushi heart skipped a beat. She looked in his ocean blue eyes. She forgot all her irritation and lost herself in his ocean blue eyes.
He hold her hand and turned her towards him. They looked into each other eyes.
Flash of light and Khushi came out of her trance.
"How was it?" Arnav asked looking at Zoya
Khushi had her head dropped. She didn't dared to look up. She felt the hotness in her cheeks.
"Perfect" she heared Zoya reply. she must be grinning, Khushi mused.
"Mom"
Khushi jerked from past. She wiped her tears, quickly. She placed the photo frame on side table and tried to composed herself.
Arav narrowed his eyes as he entered his mother room. He saw her putting something hastily. He saw her hiding her face. He walked towards her, slowly.
"Mom" he called again
"Y..yes" Khushi forced a smile
His eyes widened. The moist eyes and damped cheeks of his mother told him everything. He flashed in anger.
"Mom" his voice little high than before
Khushi realized he got to know everything. She closed her eyes, gulping.
"Why are you hurting yourself?" Arav asked
"I'm not" Khushi looked at him
Arav sat beside her. He holded her hand.
"Mom why are you troubling yourself for that man? Don't do this" Arav said in pleading tone
"He is your father, Arav" Khushi said touching his cheeks
Arav looked away. Disgust and anger flashed on his face. He gritted his teeth trying to control himself.
"He was... and he never loved me, mom. He never loved us. He left us. Get over him, mom" Arav gritted
"Don't say like this Arav. He is your father" Khushi insisted
"Then why isn't he with us?" Arav looked at her angrily
Khushi looked down. She had no answer.
"I..I..." Khushi opened her mouth but closed it again, her throat dried.
"You don't know right? You don't have answers. He was coward. He didn't trust your love to overcome the truth of his father. He was wrong" Arav said
"Arav please..." Khushi pleaded not to talk about Arnav like that
Arav sighed.
"Don't plead me, mom. I hate him for what he did to you and I will always. You should forget him." Arav stood up
Khushi watched him going. Her heart was twisting in pain but she closed her eyes welcoming the past.
Khushi snuggled in Arnav's arm. They were wrapped by blanket. They were in Paris for their honeymoon.
"Arnav" Khushi called
"Hmm" Arnav replied stroking her hair
"Our son will be like you, no?" Khushi looked at him from his arms
Arnav frowned.
"Son? No! It will be a daughter. My daughter, my little Khushi" Arnav caressed her cheeks
"What the..." Khushi looked at him wide eyed
"You can't say like that" Khushi fumed
"I can say that. No son, a daughter" Arnav said proudly
"Our son will hate you for that" Khushi said desperately
"Let him. He will be your son my child will be daughter" Arnav shrugged his shoulders
"Haww" Khushi looked at him shocked
"Why did you said that on that day?" Khushi whispered with tears in her eyes
"You shouldn't have said it. Look, what have you done" Khushi said
"He hates you" Khushi closed her eyes letting the tears fall from her eyes
"Protect him. Protect him, Khushi. Save yourself and..." A broken whisper far from a soul flowed in air
Khushi opened her eyes with jerk and sat straight. She felt the sweats trickling down her forehead. She wiped them.
"What was that?" Khushi whispered "What's wrong? Is something going to happen?"
Khushi chest tightened, her heart twisted and a chill ran down her spine
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