Abhi-Pragya fiction: RESTLESS (Epilogue- Page 85, Dec 29) - Page 41

Originally posted by: -Tia-

Nuha, did you read the last chapter?

Originally posted by: SaaraDON

OMGGG!!!!

CIRCUITTT WHAT IS THISSS!!!!


*gets tamatars and EGGS ready*

Originally posted by: -Tia-

You remember how I used her in my previous fic?

Originally posted by: anamika.vg

Count me in , DON JI 😡..I will supply more ...

Tia 😡...u know my feelings abt tanu ...😡

Originally posted by: -Tia-

AbhiGya story is never complete without Tannu. Have we had a day without her?😔

Chapter 10: Don't walk away

I don't want you to walk away

Abhi was aloof for a few days after that tiff. I had tried to talk to him several times but he was not countering, making me go restless. But it was my birthday a week later and he himself came to my place with a cake and that had us kiss and make up. However, the actual matter did not resolve. He did not take up his failed exams even in the next semester because he concentrated on chasing a music company. It meant he didn't even complete his bachelor's degree while I completed my masters. And I even felt he had grown a little indifferent to me, a worry that I brushed off too for he was as affectionate as ever.

By the time I had finished my master's degree I had taken up competitive exams required for teaching. Given my masters was from the most reputed institute, I got interview calls from most places I applied to for jobs. Soon, I had two job offers and I chose a teaching position at St. Joseph's college in Mumbai to start my first job. It was one of the best colleges in Mumbai and the job was well paid. I finally was standing on my own feet and felt great relief in having reduced my mother's financial burdens.

Before I started the job, I had two months free time.

I vacated my accommodation at the institute at the end of my degree and hired an apartment to stay when I start my job. I went to stay in Pune with my family before I was going to come back to Mumbai for job.

That also meant I was going away from Abhi for two months. Both of us were obviously not happy with us getting separated like this for such a long stretch of time but we both knew I needed to stay with my family too. However two weeks later I ended up making an excuse given Abhi insisted on our meeting. I told my family I needed to collect some certificate and had spent half a day with Abhi in Mumbai. The few hours we had for each other was spent in each other's arms and in carefree banters than us talking about anything substantial.

Now that I had finished my masters and secured a job too, my mother and Pandit Aunty were religiously on the look for a marriage alliance for me. I tried to stop them with several excuses but they had no ears to my pleas. I did subtly mention to Abhi over the phone about how my people are looking for a boy for me, he had said jokingly to reject any guys they found.

One alliance from our neighborhood did get to a situation where they wanted to see me but before things moved forward it turned out they wanted to see Bulbul instead of me. My mother was furious with the matter and declined the alliance itself having both Bulbul and I breath free.

Another alliance started to get into the talks and this was apparently a college teacher in Mumbai. I had to discuss the matter with Abhi clearly now given things were getting into my neck. This time I called up Abhi asking him to meet me. He was rehearsing for an event with some big celebrities and was put up in a five star hotel, preparing for the event. He told me he was very busy with that but I could go stay with him for the whole time and we can have some time for ourselves.

I was very apprehensive about going to meet him in a hotel and even making up a reason for it. But the need to talk to him about this marriage alliance and find some peace for my heart was overbearing.

I lied to my family about staying with Nikki for two days and they allowed me. I was guilty of lying to them every time I did.

"Chashmish, I missed you so much", Abhi had picked me in his arms as soon as I reached the hotel room and put me on the bed, kissing me crudely.

"Abhishek, hold on", I tried to tell him given my mind was somewhere else.

"Chashmish, I am so sorry I need to go now. We have the final rehearsals before the event in the evening. I just came here to receive you. Do you know with whom I am performing? Tannu, Tannu Mehta!", Abhi said exaggeratedly.

"Tannu Mehta, that supermodel? My sister is crazy about her. May be I should take her autograph for her", I remembered Bulbul.

"She would want her autograph? I will tell you one day she will want my autograph too", winked Abhi.

"So you are singing and dancing with her?", I questioned.

"Yes and this is a golden opportunity for me for networking. This is going to give me a lot of recognition", he explained.

"Abhishek I want to talk to you. May be after the event", I brought up the matter.

"Yes we will talk through the night. By the way, do you want to attend the event? You can even come to the after party. The only thing is we need to have you dressed up. Have you got any party clothes? Or we could buy one quickly?", Abhi wondered.

"Me and attending party? How can I, Abhishek? I don't have any clothes and I won't be comfortable in all that. It seems like a big event. And they will take pictures too na? Bulbul keeps updating herself with such events and all, I don't want to end up in pictures either, Abhishek", I worried.

"Oh dear Chashmish, you will have to get used to all this. Anyways I won't force you now more because we have no time. Or else I would get you in a gown and drag you with me. Anyways, I will send you tickets for the show with our event managers. You can watch it in the audience. Until then relax here. Food menu is here. There is a spa too in the hotel if you want to use. I will see you in the night, okay? I might be late, but don't sleep, hmm?", he kissed me on my lips again and left.

I had never been in a five star hotel and everything just overwhelmed me. I didn't order any food for myself as I felt out of place, like I didn't belong there. I did want to see Abhi perform so I decided to attend the event.

When I went to the auditorium, I did text Abhi that I had arrived there. But he didn't respond. I assumed he would be busy with the preparation for the event. I did have a special ticket that allowed me in the rows just behind the VIPs. I was absolutely underdressed compared to the people of the glitz and glam world that surrounded me. I felt all the more out of place given some eyes looked at me as if what I was doing there. But I occupied my seat and waited for the performances.

I witnessed some of the biggest stars of the country performing and if anything the performances were spectacular. I waited for Abhi's performance and it didn't come until the very end.

It started off with Abhi performing his self composed song and in no time super model Tannu had joined the stage having the whole auditorium hoot. What followed was something remarkable but it had me feel so nervous. It was a sensuous dance between Abhi dressed in a suit and breathtakingly beautiful Tannu wearing a strapless body hugging outfit. The moves, lifts and actions were so intimate that I was left with such unsettling feelings in my stomach. While my brain recognized it as Abhi's professional performance and understood that knowing Abhi I didn't have to feel insecure about such things, I could not digest witnessing the dance at all that I ended up walking off of the auditorium before it finished.

Getting back to the hotel room, I broke down into tears. I didn't know why I was not able to hold myself together as I felt like everything was going out of my hand. Remembering seeing Abhi with Tannu as I saw, I even felt for a moment if I really fit in, in his life.

The sensible part of my brain kept on telling me that I was overreacting and reading way into things. I drank some water and just laid on the bed. I felt cold and covered myself with a blanket.

I didn't know if I woke up from sleep or from thoughts when I felt Abhi's warm body snuggling behind me and his hand coming around my waist pulling me to him.

"Abhishek, what time it is?", I asked as I turned to him.

"It's the best time", he said leaning to kiss my neck. "I have something very very important to talk to you about", he whispered in my ear.

"Me too. Oh it's 5 am already", I told him as I moved away a little bit, looking at the clock.

"Hey come here. He pulled me to hug me. He started kissing my neck and said "ladies first, tell me what you want to talk about".

"I can't talk if you are doing this", I said holding his face as he was kissing down my neck.

"We could talk after this also", he said in an alluring tone as his hand brushed my thigh moving between my legs.

"Please Abhishek", I stopped his hand.

"What's up, well, what's off, Chashmish?" he said sitting up leaning to the headboard.

"Abhishek, I came running here because my mother is looking for a boy for me", I opened the matter as I sat up in front of him.

"So? We already talked about it na? Don't keep telling me about these other boys. I will beat them up if they fall in my sight", Abhi said sitting comfortably adjusting pillows behind him.

"I can't keep making up excuses for these alliances. My mother is very eager to get me married. Now that I have a job and have finished studies she is all the more insistent", I explained my situation.

"So? Can you not tell her you won't marry now?", he asked.

"She will ask me, when why that this and hundred questions I won't have answers to", I said looking at him directly.

"Then tell her about me", he said as if it was really a possibility.

"If I tell her about you, in the best case, she will ask for your job, your elders. She would want to talk to your Daadi and all that", I told him about my mother.

"And she wouldn't want a struggling musician as a possibility of a husband for her daughter, right?", he said sharply and I didn't know if he was mocking or not.

"Look Chashmish, this is why I am saying we need to wait. We can't get this to our elders at this moment. Even my Daadi keeps on talking about a daughter in law at the given chance. So give me some time. All this will get sorted", he furthered.

"How long do we wait, Abhishek? Do you think you can promise me a time? Do you think you can promise yourself a time frame too? You neither completed your studies, nor took up jobs even in your music field. I respect your big dreams Abhishek, but you need to be practical also, right? Not for my mother, think about me, about us, do you even want us to be together?", I tried to reason.

"I have always wanted us to be together. If you want you can move in with me and I would love that. A lot of people are in live-ins in Mumbai these days", Abhishek suggested the idea of live in that shocked me.

"Here I am talking about marriage and you talk about live-in? How is that even possible Abhishek? You just don't want to commit yourself to either a job or to me in a marriage. You just don't want any of these bonds. These days you don't even share properly what is going on with your music. Like you never told me really you were going to do a sensual dance like that with this Tannu", I didn't know why that came out of my mouth but it did.

"Sensual dance like that, means what? Tell me Chashmish", Abhi asked looking directly into my eyes.

"Whatever you were doing with Tannu, Abhishek. That is more important to you right? Those beautiful dressed women, rich people are more important. I am just here waiting for you and you come to me at 5 am, while I spend the whole night waiting for you. May be you don't want me at all, Abhishek", I said in a stretch.

"Chashmish stop this crap. I was the one who wanted to hug you and kiss you just now and you tell me I don't want you. You don't even feel how much I want you?", Abhi snapped.

"At this moment, I feel you just want to use me for bed. You want to do nothing to consolidate this relationship...", and I looked up to see Abhi's eyes filled with tears.

"I use you for bed, Chashmish?", he said looking at me in a piercing gaze that questioned my whole being. I felt blanked out.

Abhi got up from the bed and started wearing his shirt. He then threw a couple of his clothes lying here and there into his bag. He wore his shoes and got up to leave.

"Abhishek, where are you going? Look I didn't mean it that way. I am so sorry. I was just..", I tried to stop Abhishek holding his hand.

A drop of tear rolled down his eye.

"Chashmish, I have loved you the way I have felt love. I don't know any better. I can't be with you when you... good bye Chashmish", saying so he started to walk away.

"Abhishek, No.. please No.."I tried to hold him but he pushed me off as he walked out closing the door behind.

I don't want you to walk away, No, No, No, please don't walk away

Originally posted by: kirti1212

Hi amazing ff just loved it. ❤️

read it in one go. 😊