Current track, current state of mind!
As soon as he saw her coming, he leaned into the other woman, as if for a kiss. Struggling with her tears she turned her face and ran away. Mumbling an apology he straightened himself and walked towards where she was. Making garlands once again!
It wasn't the first time he had won. He had won them all, Sahil's custody, snatching away her previous job, getting her to plan his wedding again. It was few among the hundreds little victories he had made over her to break her confidence. But little did he know that she was already a broken mess.
He walked into room that had been allotted to her for work. Not seeing her, he walked around, a piece of paper catching his attention.
"Challi Ja rahi hu, apke zindagi se
Iss Duniya se hamesha ke liye"
A pang passed through his heart, the feeling he got every time she was in danger. He ignored it, he couldn't afford to let her play with his emotions again.
Shivaay couldn't anymore hide the dread that was filling in his heart from spreading onto his face. The place was surrounded by the rescue service, police and the media. He staggered back when her little pale figure was lifted up from the riverside, dressed in the same white suit. Memories. How he had held her close and she had blushed red!
As he was led into the ambulance, he heard people say how rich boys broke the hearts of poor girls and forced them to end their lives. He mumbled to himself that she was too strong and she wouldn't go away like this.
In the hospital, the doctors tried to convince him that there was too little hope and he should accept fate. He wanted to shout at them saying his Anika wouldn't leave him like that but the words dried up in his throat. Yes his, she was still only his.
As the doctors tried to put life back into her, he felt his only world crashing. The pain scrawling up from his back had reached his heart and was crumbling it. His tears failed him as they refused come out. Emptiness filled within as he felt her drift away,
He had loved her all the time and when he realised it she had broken his heart mercilessly, he hated it. When he couldn't fall asleep without her sleeping at an arm's distance, he hated it. He hated that his hate for her will never be able to win over his love for her.
He hated that she was his strength, weakness and need all rolled into one. He hated that when he thought she didn't feel as miserable as he felt without her.
Omkara ran into the hospital as soon as he got the news. He prayed to make it false. When he had seen Shivaay sitting all emotionless on the cold marble floor, he knew that his prayers had went unanswered.
Om felt his heartbreak when he heard what his brother said in between his choked sobs.
"Just tell her to come back to me, I'll forgive her for all she has done. I'll ask forgiveness too, I'll never hurt her till I die. I'll keep her safe. Just tell her to come back I'll die without her"
The machines started beeping in Anika's room and the doctors ran in as she started sinking. Om felt Shivaay's pulses die down too.
Some love stories are like this. They are beyond right and wrong, truth and lie. They are eternal!