KR SS : Day of love (Chap 10 / Pg 92) - Page 43

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D way u've described kriya's feelings,her insecurities,her fears,her moulding into a new environment!! Is just so grt!!!!
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I dnt want to bind it in words!! Mesmerizing!!!
Pure pleasure!!!
Rey os surely a v caring n sweet husband!!
N even his family is so sweet n supportive!!
Kriya is a religious person!!!
She wanted to tell rey what she felt for him!! She was ready to name d comfort n care in btwn dem!!! She was ready to call him her love of life!!! She wanted to name him her love!!!
Bt seems lyk destiny has sm oder plans gor d newly weds!!
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What has actually happened?!
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Chapter 10 - Rey's Heartbeat

"Kria Kria " Rey literally flung open the main door of his house in his over - excitement .. He threw his bag and jacket on the couch and was looking around frantically ..

"Rey Baba .. Kria Didi kamre mein hai .. Main bula dun ?" a scared and shocked Ramu Kaka asked Rey ..

"Nahi .. Main upar jata hun .. " Rey abruptly answered and grinned at the bewildered expressions of the servant ..

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He literally ran 3 steps at a time to reach his room and gently opened the door ..

Woah ... he let out a slow breath and let his jaws drop and his eyes to seep in as much of the most endearing sight he had ever seen in his life ..

His pretty wife who looked much more prettier in the beautiful white saree he had asked her wear was struggling to pin the pallu of that saree on her shoulder .. her otherwise calm face was stressed and her forehead wore the eternal frown ,along with her teeth which were chewing mercilessly her soft lips , her left hand holding the pallu in a neatly pleated bunch over her shoulder and the right stretching to pin it to her blouse , her neck straining to a side so that she has enough access to her shoulder area and her poor eyes trying to look behind at the place where she wanted to pin the pallu ..

Even though she looked so frustrated , Rey thought she looked cute ..

He couldn't help but smile ..

And then he saw a bit lower than her hands .. he saw her bare waist .. her bare stomach which was getting revealed much more than necessary because of the way her hands were over her shoulders ..

He shut his mouth and gulped .. "Kria " he thought he had whispered but seeing her reaction , he knew it was more than his hoarse whisper ..

She had not even registered Rey's presence in the room , so when she heard her name being called , she was so startled that she almost jumped and turned to face the door .. In her urgency, she dropped the pallu along with the pin and stood facing him ..

Her stunned facial expression turned into the most ethereal smiling one when she understood that Rey was really there ..

Rey took the longest strides to reach her and engulfed her in a tight hug .. "I missed you .. I missed you so much Kria " he mumbled into her hair ..

"Me too " a bit shocked but nevertheless very happy Kria cooed into his ears , tightening her hold around him to show that she meant every bit of it ..

Suddenly she felt herself being lifted off her feet and twirled in the air .. "Kria .. Kria " Rey screamed .. "Kria .. Kria " Rey kept chanting her name making her laugh with his antics ..

Finally he stopped and kept her down ..

Her hands around his neck and his on her waist , pulling her closer to him ..

Not able to face his intense gaze , she lowered her eyes only to realize the state of her pallu .. A sudden embarrassing gasp left her mouth and she bit her lips ..

Rey left her waist , bend down , picked the end of the pallu and slowly and gently wrapped it around her not taking his eyes off her face even for a moment ..

When she realized what he did , she looked up into those ever loving eyes and smiled shyly ..

"Uff tumhare yeh baal " he held her waist by one hand and tried to put some of them behind her ears frowning a bit ..

She scowled "Huff .. agar bandhti hun toh aapko problem hai .. agar khule rakhe toh problem hai... I will cut .. "

Before she could complete , he put his finger on her lips .. "Don't you dare " he glared at her ..

She widened her eyes in surprise at his angry tone ..

" I love them open .. just the way they are .. but abhi woh tumhare chehre pe aa rahe the .. and I hadn't seen your face for a week , so I got a bit irritated " he winked ..

She smiled and placed herself securely into his arms .. and they stood feeling each for a long time .. He making gentle circles on her back by his nimble fingers and she trying her best to avoid the growing blush on her face by hiding it in the crook of his neck ..

"Kria " Rey whispered after a while ..

"Hmm" she replied with her face still buried in his chest ..

"I have something to say to you "

She pulled herself out of his arms .. "Mujhe bhi .."

"No ..I will say first .. " he eyed her squarely ..

"No , I will say .. " she denied vehemently ..

"Ok .. but first I need something from you .. " he changed the topic ..

And as expected she looked questioningly at him .. "Kya "

He smiled ..

She frowned now "Kya chahiye " she asked again ..

His smile grew wide .. and she tapped on his shoulder ..

"Sir , what would you like to have ?"

He sighed .. " Hmm ..Kria " he said ..

The air hostess had been trying to get his attention from the past couple of minutes .. Now it was her turn to be perplexed .. "Sir there is no such drink with this name " she replied sincerely .. making Rey laugh as he came out his dreams ..

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Rey sat dreamily on his seat in the airplane .. the words "Mujhe bhi " by Kria kept ringing in his mind .. when he had said that he wants to say something to her during their phone conversation before his flight took off ..

What does she want to say to me ? Is it her feelings ? Does she feel the way I feel for her ? Is she comfortable with me ? Has she fallen in love with me .. the way I have .. his mind kept spawning thoughts after thoughts .. The last thought made him blush as he kept thinking about their conversations in the past one week ..

He was amazed at the way their conversations had proceeded .. initially they had started with normal friendly talks which soon turned into slight teasing which converted to flirting and eventually they had been sharing lovey-dovey talks too ..

His heart fluttered with the memories that Kria participated actively in all these conversations ..

Initially it surprised him when she responded to his flirty comments boldly .. but at the same time he felt proud that he could bring out the real Kria .. the natural Kria from her shell ..

Sometimes her shy "hmms" .. sometimes her bold responses .. sometimes her mischievous jokes on him .. each and every response of hers to him made him fall for her ..

A slight smile appeared on his lips .. he wanted to confess his love for her so much .. but not on the phone .. he wanted to look into those beautiful mesmerizing eyes and profess his love .. he didn't want to miss any of her reactions ..

His heart started beating faster at the thought about how he is going to admit his feelings ..

Should he simply say the three most life-central words .. wouldn't that be too short ? he twitched his nose ..

Should he go down on his knees and then declare his love ? Would that be too filmy ? he furrowed his brows ..

Should he write verses and poems for her ? Nah .. it might sound so old fashioned .. and moreover he was not good at all such stuff ..

Should he give her red roses , hug and then whisper into her ears .. he sighed ..

He kept shifting and huffing in his seat trying to come up with an unique idea to woo her and admit his love for her ..

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As soon as Rey got off the airplane , he called Kria .. but she was not picking his calls .. so he called his mom ..

She informed him the situation .. and suggested that instead of waiting and collecting the baggage he should take a taxi and leave immediately as it was raining heavily and Kria was alone at home ..

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"Bhahiya thoda jaldi chaliye na .. " Rey urged the cab driver , even though he could very well see the situation ahead ... it had been more than an hour now and they had hardly crossed some 10 -12 km .. there was so much traffic jam due to the rains and the water clogging ..

"Saab aap toh dekh rahe hain na .. kitna traffic jam hai .. main kya karun ?" the driver said ..

"Hmm .. ek kaam kariye .. yahan se left le ke .. MG road se nikalte hain .. shayad wahan thoda traffic kum ho " Rey suggested hopefully ..

"Mujhe nahi lagta .. par aap kah rahe hain toh le leta hun .. " and the driver took the alternate route ..

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"Saab main iske aage nahi jaaunga .. dur dur tak mujhe bas gaadi aur pani dikh raha hai .. " the worried driver spoke ..

"What ?" Rey exclaimed .. "What do you mean ? Aap aage nahi jayenge .. main ghar kaise pahuchunga " a shocked Rey asked

"Saab .. hum already 2 ghante se yahan pha se hain .. yahan se aapko chalk eke hi jana hoga .. gaadi toh aage ja nahi sakti .. main taxi idhar hi kahin side mein laga ke chalke ghar jane wala hun " the driver replied ..

A frustrated Rey clutched his forehead to calm his nerves .. he sighed .. "Kitna hua " he asked

"Jitna aapko thik lage de dijiye kyonki main aapko beech raaste par chod raha hun "

"Nahi .. its ok .. aapko bhi toh ghar chal ke jana padega " and Rey handed him a 1000 rupee note and got down from the taxi ...

He looked around himself trying to gather his thoughts about how much time it would require for him walk back home .. if he estimated , it would be approximately 3 hours walk ..

He could already see a lot cars at standstill due to the below knee level water which was filled on the road and most of people had taken the only option left which was walking towards their destination .. .

He took a deep breath , put his jacket over his head to shelter himself from the wind and the rain which had already drenched him and started walking towards his home ..

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Rey never knew that this journey back home would be something he would never forget in his whole life.

Soaked in the cold rain water , Rey made his way brushing past everyone and everything . He could now clearly see that almost all the people were abandoning a lot of their stuff on the road as they had realized that their own lives was more important than these lifeless materialistic objects. The shopkeepers had already closed their shops and left. Even if some of the roadside stalls were open , they had been deserted by their owners long ago.

A number of vehicles were lying on the road as they were not in working condition due water clogging , moreover now people were forced to believe that only one means of transportation would be able to reach them to their destination of safety which was their own 2 legs.

Rey increased his pace , trying to avoid as much as he could the people walking ahead of him , mumbling his "excuse me" , "sorry" , so that they give him the way. But, it was not possible as everyone was in hurry just like him.

He could see fathers holding their crying children on their shoulders and walking , women supporting other women and walking , old citizens holding a stick or anything they could use for support to wade thru the water and just get away from this terrible nightmare which they all had been experiencing.

Rey never knew that he could be so selfish, he felt ashamed of himself , but he just shut his eye to the pleading looks of despair which he was receiving from the people around him , he shut his ears to the cries of help around him , his concentration only on getting home , getting to his wife , who was waiting for him alone.

He kept stumbling , faltering , hitting almost every part of his limbs below the knees on any and everything , he couldn't even imagine what his legs were being hit upon , were they stones , were open gutter lids , were they dead animals , were they things left behind by the people ? He neither had the time nor the inclination to step aside and check the excruciating pain he was undergoing.

The way he could see blood oozing out of his feet and mingling with the dirty water below him , he could see similar sights around him people getting hurt , bruised but still walking and that just made him more determined to ignore his ache and walk on.

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He had been walking for more than 2 hours now , but Rey still felt that he was nowhere near his house. Looking back , he felt as if it was just a few feet that he had walked.

As he was moving ahead, he saw a small crowd gathered on the parallel street and cries for help of a woman coming from that side. Ignoring as much as he could , he stepped further away to walk as fast as he could.

Suddenly , he felt a rough hand on his shoulder, clutching his jacket and turning him around with force . Startled he was going to cuss under his breath when he saw a man , almost his own age folding his hands before him and literally begging " Bhai saab , please meri madat karo. Meri biwi car mein phasi hai. " he cried bitterly like a small child.

Getting no reaction from Rey , he turned to the other men walking and kept beseeching for help.

Rey had no intention of stopping to help , he tried to pull his jacket from the man and walk away , when he heard "Woh pregnant hai ,usse kuch ho jayega , please help me " he yelled in defeat at no one in particular.

Rey looked at the direction from where the screams were coming , something actually beckoned him inside his heart to go , he couldn't take a step away from those please so he held the shoulders of the guy to steady him "Chalo"

Then Rey saw the most ghastly sight he had seen.

They came to the place where , the guy's car was parked near the curb. A huge branch of the tree had fallen on the car in such a way that the front portion of the car was totally damaged. His wife was sitting on the back seat so she was alive , but she was in such a position that she couldn't move. The top of the car had almost bent with the weight of the branch and the woman had to crouch a bit. The back doors of the car couldn't be opened as the guy said that they were jammed and he tried a lot and they wouldn't open. He broke the window glass , but it was not any option as the pregnant woman couldn't make it thru the window.

Rey told the guy , whose name now Rey knew was Rohit as his wife kept screaming for him , "Lets try to lift this branch off "

They both tried with all the strength they had to shift the branch , but it was not moving. Rey tried calling out to some other men who were walking past , but nobody stopped.

"Rashmi , bas thodi der aur , hum nikal lenge tumhe. Just hold on" Rey heard Rohit reassuring his wife. Rashmi kept quiet but Rey felt even with the rain he could hear her sobs. It was at that moment ,Rey saw her clearly , she was ducking , holding her hands protectively around her tummy , dripping with the rain water which had already seeped a bit in the car , tears flowing down continuously but hopefully looking at her husband and fearfully and silently mouthing the only words she could chant "Rohit humara baccha" .

Rey couldn't help but place Kria in her place , he let out a shocked gasp. He could feel hot tears trickling down his eyes too on his cold cheeks. Had it been Kria here and if no one was helping him , what would he have done ? He almost shut his eyes tight to eliminate that scene from his mind. He couldn't imagine he was just going to leave these two stranded just like all the other people. How could he be so selfish ? He was not sure what would happen , but he knew one thing , he had to try everything in his hand to save this woman.

"Rohit , ek kaam karte hain , I will try and hold the branch and try to shove it up , can you try and push the car behind. Maybe then we both can somehow break open the door. " He took a deep breath and thought of some coherent plan amidst the mayhem around.

"Thik hai" Rohit immediately got in the position to push the car from the front.

Rey tried to lift the branch with all the power he could muster , disregarding the small twigs , leaves hurling on his face due to the strong wind , his arms crumbling with the weight of the branch , the heavy pouring rain over it and his toes of his numb legs digging themselves in the ground below crushed with the amount of strain he was putting on them.

As Rohit pushed the car, the front bumper came off and it hit Rey. He felt a sharp metal object piercing thru his thigh on the side , tearing his trousers, but he could he see that the car moved an inch so he just held on to the branch . At the same time Rohit too fighting against the opposite direction of wind, pushed the car with all his might. Seeing the success Rohit was having , Rey left the branch and they both pushed the car behind.

Now the car was in such a position that the branch was no more a threat to Rashmi. Now Rohit and Rey pulled on to the back door ,in the process hurting themselves with the half broken glass of the window.

Finally as the door came off , Rohit bent forward and helped Rashmi out , he picked her up in his arms. "Tum thik ho ?" he asked Rashmi breathlessly. She simply nodded. "Agar aap nahi hote toh " she looked at Rey and started crying. "Nahi Rashmi , ab sab thik ho jayega " Rey couldn't help but caress her head. "Don't worry , your child is safe" Relief washed over Rey and he sent a silent prayer for Rashmi and her child's safety.

"Thank you .. Thank you so much " Rohit spoke with tears and gratitude in his eyes.

Rey waved his hand "Ghar kahan hai tumhara ?" he asked.

" Next block pe hai. I will take her. " Rohit said. "

"I will come with you." Rey offered.

Rey helped him by supporting Rashmi's back and they walked to their house.

As they put her on the sofa , "Aapko bahut jagah lagi hai , kafi khoon bah raha hai , aapki shirt bhi phat gayi, aap please humare ghar par ruk jayiye , barish bandh hone par chale jana " Rashmi spoke looking at Rey with concern.

"Nahi , mujhe mere ghar jaldi pahunchna hai , meri biwi ghar par akeli hai "Rey said.

"Thik hai. Aapka bahut bahut shukriya" Rashmi held Rey's hand. And Rohit hugged him " Thank you and be careful. "

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Rey could almost see his house ahead , it was not more than 100 steps which he had to take to reach , but he just couldn't lift his totally immobile legs. He had been now walking for approximately 7 hours from the time he was left by the taxi driver.

He screamed Kria's name , but no voice left his mouth. It felt so strange that his throat was completely dry even though there was so much water around.

He felt he was dragging some alien weight , but it was nothing but his battered body.

His eyes were closing and he could feel he would succumb to unconscious state anytime , only reason he could attribute his standing and still trying to make to his house , was the hard hitting cold water on his bruised body and the only name his heart was beating , the only name his mind was hammering , the only face his eyes were seeing - his KRIA.

He stood holding street lamp on the side and staring at the vision of his house helplessly trying to gain a breath or two which would help him to reach it.

Suddenly he felt a strong nudge and a shove and he fell flat on his face. He couldn't even place what happened , must have been someone's hand who was running for his own shelter , Rey started gasping for air and beating his hands to pull himself up from the knee deep water into which he was lying.

With every ounce of effort he could put , he caught hold of the street lamp to bring himself to a standing position and steady himself. Breathlessly he whispered Kria's name which his own ears couldn't listen to, he hauled one leg at a time , moving forward slower than at a snail's pace, holding on to anything his hand could find , he made it to his home.

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Seeing his Kria rush out towards him , all his anxiety about her safety drained out, Rey felt a wave of relief sweeping thru his body as he moved forward to touch her , the calm feeling of coming back home engulfed him and he fell unconscious on the ground , thanking his stars for making him one of the blessed one's amongst the many unfortunate ones.

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After writing it , I felt I got swept off into an over-emotional state with words , I made it too filmy , I guess.

(Keeping my fingers)

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Amy