Part 1
It was a Sunday evening for everyone but he sat wholly frenzied in his cabin gazing at the red file kept in front of him on the wooden table. The file declaimed in sizable black bold letters Ananya Kashyap - Missing since 16/12/2014'. It had been unerringly six months since her tacit disappearance from his life and KKN. Kabir Sharma had made innumerable botched attempts to unearth the reason of her departure from her friends, family and everyone he could think of being allied to her in any form. Although, they strictly spurned knowing anything about her but he could unmistakably spot the same look in all of their eyes which was encumbering him more with each passing day. Everyone considered him responsible for all the emotional struggles that she had endured including her withdrawal on that indispensable night of 16th December.
Ananya being a light-hearted and ebullient mademoiselle intrigued Kabir Sharma from the first day of his work as an editor-in-chief in KKN channel. He brilliantly managed to fulfill all his responsibilities regarding the operations and policies of KKN channel but failed miserably at personal level. He could never assemble the guts to convey about his concealed feelings to her.
There she was on the night of 16th December standing a step away from him with her arms wide open and heart full of unconditional love for him. And all he had to do was take a step forward and hold her but instead he just froze. Right from the beginning he was oblivious of their feelings for each other but that night he did not have the strength to accept it in front of the entire world. Was he scared of admitting his emotions openly? No, he never felt scared of admitting his love for her - neither to himself nor to the entire world! She could have given him a chance of explaining his actions that night but instead she just left without hearing what his helpless slightly teary eyes were trying to convey her.
Memories of that night which filled darkness in his life endlessly were still unobstructed in his mind. He clearly remembered how enthralled he was to see her dressed exquisitely in a red shimmer mid-length dress that embraced her curves seamlessly. His eyes followed her without fail the entire time while she was unwillingly jammed by her friends from work. He laughed slightly at her as her eyes pleaded him to come to her rescue that time. Fortunately at that moment the music started playing and he secured an excuse to save her from her friends jabbering. He adjusted his black coat in style and marched towards her while she stood there in awe with a pounding heart.
He extended his hand and asked her to accompany for a dance. She could not control her exhilaration while she received mixed responses of disbelief and envy from the gathered people. Those envious looks continued as they swayed gently in each other's arms and what followed later was pure magic and symphony. Ananya held on to him dreamily, afraid to let go of him, scared to let the moment slip by, heedless of what was about the befall them.
Anupamaa
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