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I was just wondering about how Phulwa has just escaped from a harrowing experience that might inevitably leave a mark on her. This scene starts off the night when he brings her back home and they've gone to their respective rooms to sleep.
Maafi for my limited vocab, 2 months out of school and I've seemed to forgotten half my words🤓
Khair, I hope you enjoy it anyways!:)
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Sleep just wasn't coming to him tonight. The horror was over, he had found her at last - yet he could not completely convince himself the nightware was entirely over. She hadn't spoken since her return and it disturbed him greatly. "Maan ki tassali ke liye ek baar usko dekhkar aati hoon - khud ki aankhon se dekhne ke baad hi shanti milega."
She had shut herself off from him in fear that if she opened her mouth, the old lady's screams lounging in her mind would find their way out. Nope, she didn't have anything else to say and all she needed was some sleep to wear off her exhaustion. But dreams were even more haunting than reality as she revisited the dingy old shelter they had been thrown into. Over and over she kept hearing the taunts from the goons and the old lady's request for water. She was once again helpless and desperate, and could only utter the one name that gave her any semblance of hope.
Abhay stood in front of her room, hesitantly opening the door to see if she had managed to get some sleep. Yet the first thing that met him was not the sight of her sleeping, but his own name being uttered repeatedly like a chant. "Abhay...Abhay...Abhay..." she whimpered softly - the sound getting stronger and more desperate every time. He understood immediately - she needed him, now.
He ran over to her side, clutching her face and calling out to her to wake up - but she was trapped in her own reverie. "Phulwa, aankhein kholo - mein yahan hoon, tumhare saat hoon," he said, hoping the message would get through to her. As her chanting got louder, she started to sob, growing more and helpless.
"Phulwa, tumhare Abhay yahan hain - tumhe kuch nahin hoga!", he yelled in a whisper, his face wrenching in despair. Finally, she opened her eyes, meeting his equally tensed ones.
"Abhay, Abhay, Abhay - ", she tried to tell him the horror she had just witnessed but her fear refused to let her say anything. Her inability to speak only deepened her fear and she started to wail like a mute toddler who had just realised his mother would never hear him.
Her tear-streaked and fear-stricken face stabbed his own heart because he couldn't stop her nightmare. She grabbed his shirt and her eyes grew wider in despair, sobbing continuously into his chest.
He took her hand, grasping it firmly and lulling her head onto his chest as she curled up in his warmth. With the other hand, he softly caressed her hair and repeated into her ear the only thing she had to hear "Phulwa, mein tumhare saat hoon aur tumko kabhi chor kar nahin jayoongi."
As the minutes passed, her sobbing quietened down and her tense frame started to relax. His hand has never let go of hers, and she was certain it never would. Her breathing calmed down as she heard his heartbeat reverberating strongly in her own and the sound of his gentle voice reminded her of her mother's lullaby as she drifted off into a much lighter dream, one that she didn't have to be waken up from.
As he felt her finally let go of her helplessness and desperation, he let his own head drop on hers for support and brought his arm around her to hold her tight. He realised with a sad smile that she might never come to know that his fear of losing her was much greater than her need for him. His exhausation finally overwhelmed him and he closed his eyes to join her wherever she was. Yet, never did his grip loosen nor his protective arms fall from her side. He would never let go of her - he had promised her for life.
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