Secretly Smitten#8 (Thread 9 Link @ Pg 140) - Page 5

She hugged him tighter feeling crestfallen. Maan was hiding face between crooks of her neck, requesting continually for not letting him go, to stop him anyhow. His pleads ripped her heart apart. Her feeble body shivered. Never in life had she felt this much helplessness. Maan sensitive condition was the sight she never could have imagined this way. A weeping mountain in desert would be less shocking to see than him breaking down in her embrace, it was heart wrenching, heart souring. She couldn't do anything to calm him. No words, no consolation would be effective when he was pleading only one thing constantly like it was his last wish. She was all shaky to manage his heavy body in arms. He was not cooperating. Geet heart was screaming in pain. Her heart was crying to please release him from this unbearable pain like had been stabbed brutally and blood was seeping out like river from it but strange, her eyes were dry. They had forgotten crying, to see Maan in suffer but besides each bone in her body had already liquefied.

"What I do Maan..." She uttered out in powerless voice. She clutched his head firmly, not willing to withdrawing him.

"You can do everything Geet you know magic I know" Maan lifted his face up, he cupped her face between his pulsing palms. Geet found his eyes were teary and anxious as like those were praying keeping her in place of God. "You're my Angel Geet you're the one who had brought life back in me when I was dying in fever. Only one whisper of your name had saved my life. Only one discussion about you removed year long distance between my Mom and grand mom. You can do anything.. everything...please do it Geet please!!"

"Maan you please calm down.. listen me.." she tried to hold his face when he shoved her hand.

"No!! I'll not listen you. I can't understand why you denying Geet, why don't you want me to stay with you!!!!"

He had gone mad with the thought what life he'd been spending in US. The day he used to cherish before, spending talking with her blank portraits now seemed horrified. He just wanted his aloofness to be end. He clutched her both arms, shook her in craze.

"I know you can't be a normal girl Geet you're special of God. He himself has sent you here making an Angel. No girl can wait for a man whom she doesn't have seen but accept him husband like you did. You waited for me the whole years never knowing I'll come back. You know Geet why?" He clutched his face in his hold bringing her dangerously near. " Because you knew everything. You knew I'll come back one day. You knew everything since before everything occurred because you're an Angel.

You knew, no child could do what you made me done. You made us married; it was not common to get married while playing. It couldn't be common what took place in the age we were but it happened and you know where Geet? In God temple, so that He could see you doing everything before His. Your God made you doing every ritual of marriage which was not possible without any guidance"

"You know Geet, no man can spend life behind a girl whom he knew, will bring nothing but only troubles for life time but despite knowing everything your God made me remember you. He made you my savior, my passion. He kept me away from all family but kept you near me always so that I couldn't even get a chance to forget you. And same God conveyed you everything that's why you waited for my comeback. You knew everything, from always.. I know!!"

His hold lessened with the color of his eyes to dark into dim. His strong expressions changed into beg. He pleaded in helplessness "Geet it was not just a coincident that I named you Angel but today I can guess why it happened. You can do everything because you have real God with you. He knows you. You know Him. Please tell your God not to send me away. Please told Him not to make me this much hopeless that I couldn't even spend a day without you. Please tell Him to show me any way that could stop my departure Geet I know, you can do it.. please!!!"

He turned away feeling woeful. Geet was stunned. She wondered should've laughed for being his real Angel or should cry, to bring despair in his life. With a sudden blast everything inside her seemed shaken, leaving nothing alive and she found herself, dripping down in pieces.

Maan was facing her, his back. She looked him. His shoulders were bulging, nerves of arms were strained, his head was down and he was breathing hard. His fist was trying to clutch the wall but he was silent. A pensive silent. Geet didn't know should she reply him or just to be quite, let him understand she had nothing to speak up. But for a change, her eyes welled up. Liquid came out from pair of hazels and her sobs was only thing sounding in air.

"I'm sorry.."

She heard him whispering as loud as she could hear. She shook head broke open in tears and hugged him from back. She touched head on his back like a devotee touch ground in worship, before his God. Her hands jointed fingers with each other's made a circle and wrapped his trembling big frame in between. "Please don't say sorry. I swear I would've done something if it would have in my hands, but my hand is empty Maan.."

He turned and took her in a protective hug like a parent hugs securely his sick baby. "No Angel, don't say your hand is empty" He held her hand and kissed the soft palm. "You know, you've my destiny written in your hand". Geet looked her right hand which Maan was holding and then looked him. He was smiling yet his eyes were full.

"People say that every girl right hand holds her husband's fortune in it. You've my fate secured in your hand Geet and I know, it's as beautiful as you're"

His smile and his talks lightened her heart and she smiled back. "you okay?" she asked touching his face.

Maan made her cuddle in his arms "Geet, your Maan may seem weak before you because you've right to peep inside my soul, to see what I'm going through but for the world I'm same Maan SK who when walks, people comes running to shake their hands"

She chuckled hearing his attitude even when he was breaking down a few minutes before.

"And ya one more thing Geet"

She looked him anticipating,

"Don't tell anyone I'd cried, especially Grand mom and Mama"

She laughed hugging him tight then became silent. "Maan please take me with you"

He looked her and his thumbs rubbed her wet face, "Now you don't start Geet" He chuckled. She patted his cheat smiling in tears. "Go and sleep Angel, you must be tired"

Geet looked him desperately. She was not ready to leave him, to move back from his embrace. Maan know how she was feeling but didn't say anything. He even snatched her chance of crying, bringing out her sorrow saying him not to go, like she'd said on their first meet here, in same room, few nights before. Everything had changed in few days.

He lifted her in arms and brought to bed. He lay down keeping her beside, securely wrapping arms around her. Geet kept head on his chest and closed eyes, let tears fell down in silence.

"Jee me aata hai, tere daaman me, sar chupake hum

Rote rahe.. Rote rahe..

Mere dil me, khwahishon ki,

Kami toh nahi.."

(Pls read this : A note about my FF
https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/geet-hui-sabse-parayee/3821980/please-read-its-about-my-ff