VeeBhav SS : Lethal Captivation...(Ch 5 & 6 -17) - Page 9

Veer just stood dumbfounded by the girl in front of him... what the hell... perhaps this phrase was repeated for a thousand times in his head...

He silently followed her into the tiny house... a cute humble home... yes it was a home... not a house...

"Apna hi ghar samjho... ab tum weak ho... toh basically do din ke liye you can stay here... phir jo kaam karna hai woh karo!" she cheekily grinned...

"What makes you think ki main yaha rehne waala hoon?" he gritted... though catching his throbbing head...

"Point one... you are weak... point two... main tumhari jaise duffer nahi hoon..." she smiled and walked into her room...

Veer just cursed and looked at the soft flower curtains... "Eegh!" he muttered... he looked around at the pastel colored walls... the small notebooks here and there... and caught his head... why the hell did he need to have this damned infection!

But then he grinned... he took his phone and checked the video...

He smiled further... a certain Miss. Vaibhavi Singh would just learn on how to control her moves!

As Vaibhavi came to take her clothes she felt his piercing gaze... "What?" she snapped at him...

"Apne aap ko samajti kya ho? Ek minute main saara reputation tarnish kar dunga main? Tumhe pata hai meri pohoch kaha tak hai?" he blabbered on while Vaibhavi just put her palms on her ears and rolled her eyes...

"Veer... tumhara problem hai ki tum bhokte zyaada ho par kaam karte ho..." Vaibhavi smirked and was about to leave when she feels a tight tug on her dainty arm... his lips brushing over her ears... sending up shooting sensations up their spines...

"Smartness is cool Miss Vaibhavi.. par agar woh off limit ho jaye... then it won't be good for you..." he growled...

"Veer... time for reality check..." she smirked and switched on the television.. where it was telecasting about the papers leak...

Veer just gaped at the screen... what the hell!

"Abhi abhi khabar aaye hai ki third term ki papers leak hue hai... issi cheez pe parda faash karne ke liye Miss Vaibhavi Singh ne khud ek paper khareedi taki woh jaan jaye ke iss ghinone kaam main haath kiska tha..." the reported said...

Vaibhavi winked at Veer... "So baby... ab tum araam se rest kar lo do din ke liye... ab main apni baat ki pakki hoon... Nats ke liye I will see what can be done..." she muttered when she got a call from Natasha...

"Yep... what! Poori college ko pata chal gaya! Sh*t!" Vaibhavi closed her eyes in distress and looked at the man in front...

"Tum itne ghatiya kaise ho sakte ho Veer! Apne doston se baat feladi right that Nats is expecting!" Vaibhavi glared at him...

"Shut up... mera badla tumse hai... tumhare dosto se nahi! I didn't do anything!" Veer told her...

"Acha... jab main baar baar keh rahi thi ki I didn't send the footage to media tumne toh bharosa kiya hi nahi... ab main tumhare iss baat pe bharosa kyun karoon?" Vaibhavi crossed her arms across her waist and looked at him...

Veer just noticed her face... as if it aged immediately... exhaustion written all over... her vision became tipsy...

"Aye..." he shook her... but she dropped and fell off the chair...

"Sh*t... yeh kya hai... yah toh main faint hota hoon ya phir yeh ladki..." Veer mused and sprinkled water on her face...

She got up... "Soyi nahi kal raat se..." she mumbled and walked to another room... "Kamaal hai... maine toh kabhi poocha hi nahi." he thought...

"Theek hai.. ab gaadi main aao... let's go back right now..." Veer said...

"Yeah right... baat kya karne lage apne aap ko Hero hiralal samjhne lage kya?" a tired Vaibhavi snapped at him...

"Toh yaha issi ghar main jamai raja banke beithoon!" he growled at her...

"Eek... mere din itne bhi kharaab nahi aaye... aur tumhare din itne ache ki tum mujhse shadi karo... lol!" Vaibhavi chuckled at her own joke...

As Veer was about to leave he hit against a middle aged women... "Arrey beta dhyaan se..." a motherly voice said...

Beta...

He looked at the woman wearing a pale blue saree... looking at him in utter confusion... then her face flooded with recognition... oh... perhaps she knew him... through Vaibhavi's point of view... obviously...

"Sorry Aunty..." he muttered...

She could sense the rift amidst her daughter and Veer... oh she well did know him... but why did he look lost... and troubled?

"Umm... tum dono kha ke niklo..." she said and served food before either could reply...

Veer hesitantly sat at the table... helping himself with a piece of toast... when he saw Vaibhavi glaring at her mother for inviting him to eat...

"Agar firse faint ho gaya toh tumko hi sambhalna padega..." Veer chuckled sarcastically and helped himself to a bite...

Vaibhavi was indeed surprised by his gentle behaviour and left for college...

Veer's mind racked on the case... he had seen her father's picture somewhere... oh yes! Hadn't he been the one involved in the scam?

Ab toh hissa baraabar ka hoga!

He grinned at his wicked mind...

Vaibhavi came to college the next day to find people whispering here and there... wait... what was the reason?

Natasha smiled a bit... so did Kabir.. they both seemed tensed...

"Kya hua guys?" she asked softly...

"Well Vaibhavi... we're sticking on.. so that's a good news... par pata nahi yaar... there's something going on about you..." Kabir said softly...

Vaibhavi nodded and walked through... obviously it might be about her and Veer... so she had thickened her skin... prepared for anything...

When one of the "chela" of Veer sneered...

"Toh tu... Rani Lakshmibai humare bhai ko justice ke baare main bhaashan de rahi thi... SUNO SUNO..." he yelled and gathered a crowd...

Vaibhavi clasped her bag tightly... she didn't know what to do...

Vaibhavi

I felt scared... for the first time... I didn't like the tone this guy raised... after the entire college came in front... he laughed again...

When I found the monster of my life... Veer literally prowling towards me...

"Toh tum humain lecture de rahi thi? About what's right and what's wrong... islie itni asaani se press conference bula li na... scene banana toh khandaani hai!" he sneered...

Veer

I grinned at her shocked face... I saw the blood drain away from her face... she literally turned angel white...

Her voice rasped out... "What do you mean Veer?"

I could see her white knuckles as she stared at me... in fact the arteries and veins stood out in tension as her eyes locked into mine...

And for a minute I felt apprehension... was I doing the right thing?

Wait... she hadn't been merciful towards me... why should I be? I mused... and then I continued with the sentence that would probably break her goddamn ego for once and for all...

"Jiska baap desh ko dhoka deke itna bada scam main shamil ho... toh iski beti kiski hogi!" I shouted loud... to find the entire college stunned...

Vaibhavi...

I felt a rod hit my spine...

My brain froze... my vision blurred... I looked at the animal manifested in the name of Veer grin in front of me...

My throat went dry... cold sweat broke out... "Nahi..." I tried to scream.. but my voice failed me...

I tried to shake myself into consciousness... "No.. my dad wasn't guilty..." I screamed...

"Papa was trapped... he wasn't at fault.. trust me Veer..." I looked at him... my eyes flooding...

"Sweetheart har gunegaar ka family yehi bolta hai... please... woh gunegaar nahi hai' par sach toh kya hai yeh hum sab ki pata hai... sur name adha badalne se kuch nahi hone waala... get that? Bada shauq tha na..." his voice trailed off...

I heard the swirl of voices in my head.. "Chi chi... oh sh*t yeh toh uska beti hai... corrupted..."

And then I looked around... at the monstrous faces of people...

I gulped... and tears fell...

Alas I chose the escapist way... I ran away... from the people... from the curses... from the gossips... from everybody...

Veer

I expected a repartee or a snarling debate in her defense... but to my utter surprise I saw tears dripping from her eyes... her vision blurred and I saw her failed attempts to shake her head and breathe in deeply...

I saw her weakly protesting... then I saw the anger and hatred in her eyes for me... a kind of fire that would have burned down every piece of evidence against her father...

Giving me a last look she did something that I would never expect...

She fled...

"Kaun?" A 29 year old celebrity asked...

"Sir... aapse milne ek aurat aayi hai... pichle 2 saal se aapse milna chaa rahi hai... ek chota bacha bhi hai... kehti hai ki shayad aapko jaanti hai... aapke college ke samay se..." The peon answered...

He stood up... "Usko andar bulao..." he said...

A married woman came in... years had changed her appearance indeed... she was wearing a soft pink kurti... a mangalsutra dangled on her neck... her spiky hair now tied into a loose plat... her face had maturity set in...

"Natasha..." he said vaguely...

"Ji... umm... sir..." she said hesitatingly... looking at the sculpted man in front... wearing an expensive suit with a slight stubble set in... it was indeed a far cry from the college ruffian...

"Please call me Veer..." he said softly...

It was 8 years since that incident... Veer had left college and finally done what he desired to be... a singer... now the world rotated on the rhythm of his voice... he was off with his shabby looks... rather now he had classy hair... and a much more pumped up figure...

"Pehle keh deti tumhara naam... I am sure that you wouldn't have had so much of difficulty in getting through then..." he spoke gently... looking at her slightly swollen stomach...

"Meherbaani dikhani ki zaroorat nahi hai Mr. Veer... I am just trying to find Vaibhavi... it's been 8 years since she's gone... and you're the last help that I can turn to..." she said emotionally... sniffing a bit...

"Nats... agar ho gaya ho toh bata dena..." A known voice growled from outside...

"Just a minute Kabir... so Mr. Veer... tumhe koi idea hai woh hai kaha?" Natasha asked expectantly...

Veer gulped and looked at her... "Main khud usse dhund raha hoon Natasha... I know I have done a blo*dy mistake..." he gritted his teeth...

Natasha gave him an icy look... "had you not done that Veer toh shayad Vaibhavi apne papa ko justice de paati... you just ruined her..." she was on the verge of tears...

"Natasha... I am sorry... really..." he looked aside guiltily...

"That really wouldn't help Mr. Veer... that really wouldn't help... hell she could even be dead!" Natasha yelled at him...

A broad man walked in... he was clean shaven... wearing an overcoat... a small girl held his hand... he walked upto Natasha and held her shoulders... "calm down Nats... just calm down... kitne baar kaha hai not to take stress... and Mr. Veer... sorry for wasting your time..." Kabir said quickly and left...

"Uske maa se poocha?" Veer tried to ask... trying to fend off his pangs of guilt...

"Kis duniya main ho Veer? After her public shaming and with her running away her mom died in a heart attack..." Kabir looked at him disgusted and walked off with a slightly sobbing Natasha and the little child...

Veer looked at the family in shock... he had been the cause of her disappearance... he had been the cause of her mother's death...

He felt like as if he was stabbed with a knife...

He slumped on the chair... and closed his eyes... he took his phone and swiped out through her photos... she had indeed been beautiful... and he wouldn't lie to say that he was captivated by her ire against him...

"Kaha ho tum Vaibhavi... kaha ho..."he said... and determined to find her... to reduce his guilt... to perhaps rectify the irreparable damage...

Precap :

"Sir ji... maine iss ladki ko dekha hai... Siliguri... waha rehti hai... shayad..." Veer cut the call...

"Vaibhavi... do forgive me..." Veer thought as he packed his bags... and slipped on the aviators...

"I am coming..." he said determined...