AsYa SS: Light Years Away Part 6 on PG23 - Page 13

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Asad was furious. He was angry at himself for letting his feeling out of control. How could he kiss her, a mere mortal? There was no present and future for them. He was confused with the emotions bursting through him whenever her baby brown eyes collided with his. He was pacing in the adjacent room alone when Ayaan and Stephani came there.

"Asad..."

He turned back only to see his sister and Ayaan standing with an expression which screamed seriousness.

"Steph, Ayaan, what happened?"

"Do you know why we came here?"

"What a question! Are you alright Ayaan?"

"Yes, I am. But you are not."

"What the hell Ayaan, What you mean? Tell me clearly."

"I am observing you and that human girl. I doubt that you are being too much attached to her"

Stephani could see rage building up inside him as Ayaan go on speaking. She decided to intervene.

"Asad, we are not humans and she is not one among us. We can't have attachment to humans."

"I know our rules Steph. No need to explain it to me and for you kind information, I am not attracted to her."

Who is he kidding! Even though he was denying, the truth could be seen from his eyes. Being his friend for soo many years, Ayaan could see the glimpse of his feeling for her.

"But your eyes are telling otherwise Asad"

And that was the last straw for Asad.

"Ayaan, get one thing straight. I am not here to make any relations. And how could you even think that I will fall for her, a mere mortal girl like her? She is nothing but a human like others. I don't fancy her..."

"But we think she have fallen in love with you. Her eyes speak a lot..."

Asad felt his resolve again breaking into pieces as he heard that. He felt happy hearing that she loves him, but the next moment it turned into rage as he realized that he was hoping for something forbidden.

"So what? If she loves me, is that my problem? These humans are like this only. They have fascination to super natural heroes. I bet she is just another screwed up girl who wants attention. Since she is an orphan she haven't got any attention till now, so when I gave attention she would have thought I care for her. Damn it... I don't love her... I bet she also doesn't love me. She might be infatuated with me, that's what humans do... They think infatuation to be love and ruin everything. She is also no different... she is just another mortal who have fallen for me because of my looks. But I don't love her and never will... she is just a mortal to be my soul mate... "

Ayaan looked at his friend, sympathy written all over his face. Ayaan had doubt that Asad loved Zoya, but now, after whatever Asad told, his doubts were confirmed. Even though whatever Asad told was exact opposite of a man in love does, he could see right through Asad's heart and feel the pain as he said those harsh words. His heart felt for his friend.

On the other hand, Asad was furious at himself for saying such things about her, but his mind coaxed him telling that it was for her own good. He knew he had to steer clear of her; otherwise everything he believes in will be in jeopardy. He closed his eyes in agony as her face kept playing in his mind.

***(@)***

The night gave its way to the morning. The mornings which used to fill with the hustle and bustles of city, now had turned into deadly silence. The city appeared much more horrific than it appeared in the night.

Zoya stirred in her sleep as the first sun rays hit her. She tried to open her eyes but in vain. She felt as if someone had put a weight on her eye lids. She was thirsty, her head was feeling heavy. She felt really cold. She tried to wipe the sweat that had formed in her forehead with her hand, but moaned in pain as the wounds showed its effect...

Asad, who was busy getting ready to fight with the monsters, was distracted as he heard her moan. He looked at her direction and saw her lying on the floor, her body rolled up like a ball. Alarmed, he ran towards her forgetting about his earlier resolve to steer clear from her. He took her petite form in his hand and realized her body was feeling warmer than necessary. He tried waking her up,

"Zoya, open your eyes, Zoya..."

He tried shaking her. Even though she moaned in response, she couldn't open her eyes. He started panicking. By this time everyone had gathered around the duo. He looked at others helplessly. A man who was in his sixties came forward to help Asad. The man introduced himself as a doctor and started examining her. all these while Asad had held her close to him, her head resting in his chest and her back resting on his thigh and strong arms.

Doctor finished examining her and looked at Asad with concerned eyes. Asad became impatient as he saw the hesitance in doctor's eyes.

"What happened to her? Is she gonna be ok?"

"She is having high fever because of the infection"

"What infection?"

"Infection caused due to the wound in her hand... She was late in cleaning that wound, so it is infected which caused her body temperature to go up"

Asad's heart bled hearing that. Guilty surfaced in his heart as he remembered how helpless she was with the wound the previous night. He also remembered how late he was in acknowledging her even after she helped him.

"Will... will she be okay?"

The doctor smiled at the concern Asad had.

"Yes. She will be fine as long as she is taken care of properly. We need to provide her with warmness. Sleeping in this cold floor had worsened her condition. Since there in no other warm piece of furniture like bed, I would suggest we lit a fire..."

"We can't do that. The fire will attract monsters..." Stephani butted in.

Doctor looked at Stephani and then back at Asad.

"Well... In that case, all we can do is pray for her... May God bless this poor child..."

Asad's heart broke hearing that. He looked at the girl in his arms who was sleeping like an angel, his own sleeping beauty. The each and every word the doctor said, replayed through his mind. His sister was also correct, they can't lit a fire. Never in his life had he felt soo helpless. He had though that the new morning will bring happiness, but instead what he received was sadness.

"Why are you feeling sad, Asad"

His mind asked him.

"Zoya... she is ill..."

His heart answered.

"So what?"

His mind questioned.

"don't you understand? She is critical. She is in this state only because of me."

His heart retorted.

"Don't you forget that you have specifically told her not to help you. You haven't asked help from her. Its she who is the reason for present state, not you."

Argued his mind.

"But only because of her I am fine now. She put herself through this pain so as to relieve me of my pain. How can I close my eyes at that?"

Cried out his heart.

"Come on... Don't do this. Today is an important day and you are wasting your time for this mortal. Just lay her down and tell others to look after her. she will be fine. Trust me..."

His mind tried to coax his heart.

"No. I don't trust you. I don't trust anyone with her. It's me for whom she had suffered this pain and it will be me who will take care of her."

His heart declared stubbornly which caused his mind to again go back to mute mode.

Ayaan was looking at the various emotions displaying in Asad's face. He could easily tell that a war was brewing between his heart and mind. He waited eagerly for what decision Asad had took.

Asad took a deep breath as finally his heart won over his mind. He got up picking her up in his arms. The people gave way to them as he started walking towards a closed room across the hall.

Stephani, who was perplexed by his action, stopped him before he could take further step.

"Asad, what you think you are doing?"

He looked at his sister who is blocking his way.

"Trying to save her..."

With that he ignored his sister and walked inside the room and shut the door on their face. Ayaan controlled an enraged Stephani from knocking the door down.

Asad took shut his eyes tight so as to calm down his enraged heart. He locked the room from inside as he shut the door on his sister's face. He looked at the sleeping beauty in his hand and he felt a calmness spreading in each and every fiber of his body. He slowly lowered her down on the floor careful enough to not let her wounds touch anywhere. He paused for a second. Then slowly he took of his metallic outfit and placed it on the floor. With a determined look, again he scooped her up in arms and went and sat in a corner of the room. He placed her in his lap in such a way that her cheek was on his chest. He hugged her tighter to his bare body. He could feel the heat emanating from her body due to the fever. He fingered through her hair trying to calm her down.

It was a picture perfect moment. She, all cuddled up in his lap, her cheeks pressed against his heart, his hand wrapped around his petite waist perfectly. He took hold of her hand which had bandage. He started running soothing circles on her hand while showering kisses in between. He felt he shudder under him with each touch. He gripped her more tightly and pulled her even closer to his body if it was possible. He felt her fluttering eyelashes against his chest and understood that she was trying to open her eyes. He pulled back a little and kissed her both lips and whispered in her ear;

"Go to sleep Zoya... I am here... I won't let anything happen to you..."

His soothing words filled her ears as she felt herself drowning into a deep slumber. Asad sighed in contentment as he saw her relax. By looking at her, he couldn't help but to imagine how wonderful it will be to have her always like this, in his arms, close to his body. He snapped his eyes open as he realized that his mind was wandering off to forbidden territory. He again looked at the sleeping angel, her bangs falling on her face, her lips slightly parted, her eyes drooped down like a rose petal... it took all his self-control to prevent himself from kissing her feverishly...

***(@)***

The orange and red sky showed the signs that the day was gonna end and the dawn has approached. Stephani paced in a nearby room impatiently. Her face had gone red with anger. It's been a long time and still Asad didn't open the door to that room. As she felt her last bit of patience drained away, she decided to go and confront Asad. But before she could do that Ayaan stopped her as usual. She gave him a look which clearly indicated "back off".

"I am not going to back off Stephani."

"What the hell Ayaan? Why are you always hell bent on stopping me? Why don't you stop him?"

"Steph... please... try to understand..."

"No. you understand Ayaan. I am not letting this away quickly. I am gonna go to him. I suggest you back off. If not, I won't mind using my powers on you..."

And Ayaan knew what she was capable of. So he abandoned the idea of coaxing her and backed off.

To that scene Asad came. He was looking lost. As soon as he saw his sister, his head snapped up and he masked his emotions behind his cold demeanor. He just avoided her and went and slumped in the chair. Stephanie, on the other hand was fuming at his indifference attitude.

"Asad..."

He stopped in his heart as he understood the anger in her voice. He slowly turned to face his sister expecting the whiplash with her venomous tongue.

"What was that?"

"What was what?"

His reply enraged her even more. He was speaking as if it was not a big deal.

"How could you do that? To me? To us? To our mission?"

Asad rolled his eyes at his sister's accusatory tone.

"What you mean?"

"You know what I mean. What was that with the human girl? Why did you do that? I am not asking you what you had done in the room with her. But how can you put our mission at stake just for a girl?"

He clenched his fist in anger as he understood that his sister had misunderstood him, can't blame her though as he himself was doubtful about his own sanity with Zoya soo close to him.

"Asad... Do you have any idea what your actions caused? Today would have been the D'day to fight those monsters. Now because of you, we have to wait for one more day. Don't you feel to go home back? Or do you wanna stuck up in here with your so called relation? Have you become soo blind that you forget about our family back home? How can you do that? Or did you become soo blind in her magic that you decided to abandon your own kind?", spat a furious Stephanie.

That was the last straw for Asad. He knew whatever accusation is throwing at him is correct in its own special way, he does love Zoya. But being a stubborn ass, he was not ready to accept what his heart told. Instead he chose to go with his head as he retorted back to his sister.

"ENOUGH... you have said a lot... what you think, I am soo weak that I will lose my self -control if I am with a mortal in a closed room? How could you even think that way? My soul and my body are only for my soul mate. And why would you assume unnecessary things? I cared for her because she had fallen while trying to help me. It was not my love towards her, but it was my guilt consciousness which forced me to take care of her. Do you think I am happy being all cuddling up to her? NO... I just feel pity for her. That's it. I have told you this before also. She may be infatuated to me with my looks, but I am not infatuated with her. She is just a passing cloud. She is of no meaning to me. Do you understand?"

He threw a side glance at his sister. He knew if he looked her squarely in her eyes, his eyes will give away the pain and feelings he was hiding in his heart. So he chose the easy path, mask his emotions behind his anger. He felt relieved as he saw his sister look convinced. He looked at his hand where he could still feel her petite body. He sighed in contentment.

But unknown to him and his sister, a pair of brown eyes were witnessing their entire conversation, Asad's each and every sentence breaking her already broken heart as tears flowed freely from her eyes...

Kash Humari Bhi Parwah Kisi Ne Ki Hoti,

To Ye Duniya Humse Ruswa Na Hoti,

Agar Aata Aap Jaisa Muskurana Humein,

To Humse Bhi Kisi Ne Mohbbat Ki Hoti...

😃Now its time for your comments. Only one more chapter left to go...😉😭

VEry well written dear...

ASad z soo concerned fr zoe...u show it sooo beautifully. ..

Nice update

amazing update...

N I may actually kill his sister Stephanie!! Seriously!! Instead of trying to help her brother reach a conclusion by conversing calmly she goes all ballistics over him!!

Poor Zoya!! She has heard enough!! I want her to give him a peace of her mind!! The guy can't even understand what he really wants but keeps on saying he is supernatural, all powerful n what not!!

Please update soon dear... :)

it's sad that only 1 part is left 😭

plz cont soon

Asad monologue was gr8...bt he is stubborn, isnt he?? how on earth cud he say such hurtful words when he doesnot mean it??!!!😡

n poor zoya had to hear all that crap!!!😭

Oh stephanie!!! how can u be so cruel?!!!😡