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Kushi hesitantly looked at Arnav...! Yes... He was sleeping... His face looked cute... She loves to touch his cheeks... Bt , a 'kiss', that too on the Lips... Though he isnt awake... Is a tough ask!! And Kushi grew nervous... Rightly so! That had just happend yesterday... And he teased her about it today morning too.. Kushi rememberd.
Now...The whole RM was silent, and Kushi could actually hear her 'dhadkan'... Too fast... ...
She gulped... And then lookd at him again.
"aahaa..how innocently does the cute devil sleep...' Kushi's eyes narrowed...
Her eyes fell on his fingers... His 'long slender fingers' that hugged her hands, every night...
Bt, his Lips...that still had a smile playing in them... A tantalizing smile... 'was he dreaming about her?'
kushi couldnt wait any longer... She wanted to hug him, bt then... The door wasnt closed... Curtains werent drawn...
Candles were there... A sweet scent filled the air... And a cold breeze ruffled his hair... Unaware of everything, Arnav was sleeping like a baby...
Kushi went closer to him...
"oh...no! Why he has to fall asleep in the living Room... And now, how am I supposed to kiss him here... This 'laad governor bhi naa!".. Kushi said to herself.
But, she finally made up her mind, and sat near him.
His fingers were too cold... It made her stir, when she touched them. But then, it has to be cold... 'Life has Left Him 13 hrs before, right'...?
Kushi trailed her fingers to his cheeks... And left her hands roam in his hair... He always loved it, when she did that... He will love it now too...
His eyes were closed... 'never to open again'... 'much to her disappointment', Kushi will never see the 'naughty glint and the tender care' in those eyes... Perhaps, 'those eyes were only about Pain'...that went unshared... Or, may be she tried to share...
His lips were Blueish... And why not! He has been 'Dead' since the last 13 hrs.
Kushi traced her fingers on top of his lips...
With a deep sigh, she bent towards his forehead... She wanted to Kiss him whole heartedly... Just like he kisses her...' a first and last kiss, without any bahaana, any ritual... To let her tears flow out... And sooth his pain... A kiss of purity...
She rememberd his last words, and how in between struggled breaths he said...
"th...thum theek...theek ho kh... Khushi... I...'
she knew, he loved her like hell... And Life and Love was a hell for him...
As she was inches away frm his forehead...
Some relatives held her frm behind...
She saw, Arnav's body being taken away by Akash , Nk and a few relatives...
The time for the
"aakhri ritual'...
'The Last Rites'...
Kushi hated the rituals for the First time then... When it took her Arnav away frm her...
When Arnav's stern voice didnt say 'no'... She for the First time realizd, 'nothing never matterd to her 'more than his Love'...
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