Vira ran to tell everyone that kabir was up. By the time everyone came to his room he had already composed himself and even his the tear marks.
Vasundra rushed to him and sat by his side asking him about his health. He gave a small smile to her and told her that he was OK. After asking him about his health and asking him to take care everyone retired to their rooms, only vasundra stayed their to give kabir his medicines.
"arre yeh kya jug toh khali hai hum abhi pani leke aate hain"
Kabir nodded while vasundra went out. Making sure no one is there kabir hid the medicine under his pillow and waited for vasundra to come back.
As vasundra came back with water she forwarded the glass to kabir, kabir still had his fist closed in which he held the medicines before vasundra went out. He faked gulping the medicines and handed the glass back to vasundra. Vasundra smiled and helped him lying down and laid the blanket over him. Switching off the lights, vasundra walked out closing the door behind her.
After waiting for a good ten minutes kabir removed the medicines from under the pillow and flushed them. When he returned from the washroom he heard a beeping sound. He rushed towards his bed and raised mattress a little to take out a secret communication device.
Nisha was sitting on the terrace, looking at the sky which today was just blank as her expect the moon, no stars were seen today, only the lonely moon was visible. She wiped her tears as she heard someone coming towards her, she very well knew that it would be kriti and sourav and she did not want them to be upset on their engagement day because of her.
"nisha" kriti called
"hey, u two here i thought you both would be romancing somewhere." Answered Nisha pretending to be cheerful
"stop pretending Nisha, at least in front of us" said sourav
Nisha gave a small smile and again returned to her sky watching.
Sourav and kriti settled next to her giving her silent company knowing that if they speak then she will get drown in tears and they don't have the power of saving her then.
After sometime Nisha spoke
"u remember kriti i and kabir got engaged in the same venue, we too got engaged here only, in this place, u know that night too we both had came up here and were lying in each others arms and watching the sky. That day the night sky was filled with stars and a brightly shinning moon coz my life's light was there with me by my side, holding me tight in his arms, protecting me from every hurdle but today when he is not there see the stars too not there neither the moon is shining, its so dull, so colorless, so pale without him. He is my everything kriti, my light, my color, my life kriti. I want him back by my side, i want to be in his arms, i want him to protect me, i want him kriti , i want him"
Nisha broke into tears while kriti hugged her dear sister, while Nisha kept repeating that she wants her kabir back.
Sighing sourav got up from the there and then spotting a corner far away from them he took out a phone like device used by STF for communication instead of mobile to avid any kind of record of the conservation and even to avoid tracking of their phones which might reveal some important and confidential information to the enemies.
He pressed a button which connected him to someone. As soon as the person received the call he started speaking
"see this is going too far, leave everything and come back, its four months now. If something was there to find it would have already been found, i am telling you, you are just running behind nothing and punishing everyone" spoke sourav in a angry tone but still making sure no one hears him.
"are you done" asked the voice
"kabir why don't you understand, its worthless staying there and trying to solve the case, come back, we and the team together will solve it and kabir Nisha, Nisha needs you here, plz kabir"
"sourav i am not on a holiday that you are assuming that i am enjoying a lot here that i don't want to come back that you are saying all this to me...and as far as that four months have passed and i have not done anything, mind you not even four weeks have passed since i regained my memory and one more thing i still haven't regained it completely, i still don't know what happened that i land up here and that too with out my memory, i hope you have not forgotten that." Replied kabir with equal anger in his voice.
"no i have not forgoten any of these and i even know that our by chance meeting is the reason for you to regain your memory but it seems you only regained your memories related to your work and nothing related to Nisha" blamed sourav
Kabir closed his eyes tight, he knew he was hurting her in some way but duty comes first
"do you even know how she is, what she has become, Nisha the cheerful, chirpy, ever talkative girl has become total silent she doesn't speak anything and if she does it is either for recording, concerts or to cry because of you or to shut mouths of people talking wrong about you, but alas poor girl she doesn't even know that you, her hero, her life doesn't give a damm about her" continued sourav
Tears were freely flowing from kabir's eyes now and he made to move to stop them as he deserved them, deserved them for making Nisha cry, for leaving her alone, for not being there with her. He did not say anything but it was not difficult for sourav to realize that kabir was crying, he was a friend to both of them. He had met kabir during their training days and have been together with other since then, he was like a brother to him, they both did not have anyone of their own before they met each other, they were each others only family. When kabir introduced him to Nisha, at first he didn't like her as he felt she was not perfect for kabir, but later he realised that they were made for each other. Soon he and Nisha too grew close. For him Nisha is someone whom he can share all his feeling and emotions. It was Nisha only whom he first told about his secret liking for her sister kriti and that's how his love story started. He was close to both of them and could understand both of them well. He knew kabir was not wrong in gibing importance to his duty as a officer but he also knew and this distance between Nisha and kabir is not only giving pain to them but killing them. One hand is Nisha who is fighting everyone, telling everyone that kabir is there, he will come back and on the other hand is kabir, who shows that work is his utmost priority but he knows that he too is dying every single day knowing that Nisha is unhappy that Nisha is crying and reason is him.
"kabir i know u too miss her, you do care for her and you love her and it is hurting you too to give her so much pain then why kabir why are you doing this, just forget this case and come back kabir" as a tear escaped from his eyes too
"i cant sourav, i am not trained to leave anything in middle, i cant sourav"in the calmest voice he could controlling his sniffs
"you are so stubborn kabir"said sourav sighing
Kabir gave a small chuckle "i know"
"but sourav you will put me in danger, i had strictly told you that i will call you, not you"said kabir again drifting his mind and even the direction of the conservation
Sourav sighed knowing why is he doing so "ya i know but seeing Nisha i couldn't just stop myself"
"hmmm"
"i have a news for you after which you will stop questioning my reasons to stay here" informed kabir
"ok shoot"
"the family held a party today to introduce me to their business associates and guess what no media , even the guess were not allowed to clicks photos"
"what... but why"
"simple answer, they are hiding me from the world. Either i know something that is useful to them or something which could destroy the" reasoned kabir
"but what is it kabir"
"i don't know, i still have not regained that"
"ahh i know... something else"
"ya had another visuals and fainted n the party"
"woah u are alright"
"hmm"
"you saw something more in your visuals"
"nothing much the usual under construction building i keep seeing them all blank and dark and ya i saw a pair of eyes today"
"only eyes"
"no i saw someone but that someone was totally dressed in black and only the eyes were visible"
"hmmm but listen don't stress yourself much, it might harm you"
"hmmm"
"hope you listen to me this time unlike last time"
"ya only if i had listened to you then i guess i too would have been there with all of you and not this rathode family"
"ya but when does ACP Kabir Kumar listen to anyone"
"stop it sourav, you know i work on instincts"
"ya"
"ok bye and take care of everyone there"
"why don't u saw take care of Nisha directly??"
"you understood know"
"ya bye take care kabir"
"hmm bye and DONT CALL, i don't want to get caught because of you"
Sighing kabir returned to his bed for another sleepless night while sourav went back towards Nisha and kriti only to find that Nisha has kept crying in kriti's arms while kriti was still patting her head.
He touched kriti's shoulder to make her turn
"where have you being sourav?"
"ahh smoke and i wanted to leave you two alone so" said sourav shrugging his shoulders
Kriti nodded. Sourav picked Nisha in his arms and took her down to her room, kriti made the bed for her while sourav laid her carefully o the bed, kriti pulled the blanket over her and kissed her forehead wishing her good night settling besides her, while sourav wished kriti good night and retired to his room.
Vo mohabbat hi kya jis main dard na ho, dard hi toh mohabbat ki pehchaan hai... Jo dard main zindagi jeena seekh le vahi sacha aashiq hai, jaan dena toh bohut hi asaan hai!
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