"Please don't leave me" he said again and tears rolled down from his eyes. I was perplexed, I had no idea what to do or say to him. "Abhay relax" I said consoling him. "Oh my God! You're drunk" I noticed while trying to disengage myself from his arms, "Abhay what happened? You need to go home okay. You just wait here while I get my car keys".
"Yes, I am drunk but I can handle myself. You don't have to worry. I came here because I wanted to talk to you, I was feeling alone. But you're like everyone else. You're throwing me away like I'm some kind of trash. I thought you were different pia, I thought you really cared about me. I can walk thanks." He said turning away. He was really drunk, he could not even walk straight.
"Abhay wait." I tried to stop him. "You're taking me wrong, I am always here for you if you need me and you know that. We can't talk like this here in the middle of the road, can we? You need to sleep now, take some rest and we'll talk in the morning."
"Sleep? You think I care about sleeping? I came all the way here just to be with you. I just want to be with you pia." he said looking into my eyes and then he held my hand and took me inside the house. We sat on the couch, he rested his head on my lap and said, "I am not a good person pia, I have done some terrible things in life."
"It's okay Abhay; we all make mistakes in life." I said while brushing my fingers through his hair.
"No" he got up, "It was not a mistake…no I knew I would regret it but still…God" he buried his face in his hands and burst into tears again.
"Abhay please, whatever has happened in the past you can't take it back. We all regret things in life but that should not make us weak."
He looked at me with guilt and remorse in his eyes and said, "I killed my own father."
"I killed my own father" these words echoed in my ears. It was like my mind couldn't comprehend this sentence. Somehow I got over the shock and gathered myself, "Abhay do you even know what you're saying?"
"I know what I am saying. I did it. I killed my dad." he said burying his face in his hands. I was confused and bewildered. I didn't know if he actually meant what he said or he was just saying it because he was drunk, "I don't know what to say! How did it happen...how...Why did you kill your father?" I asked him. "He tried to stop me...he tried to tell me that I shouldn't hang out with those people. But I never listened to him and he paid for my sins. pia I didn't mean it but I just..." and he hugged me again tightly. I was clueless. I just held him as long as I could without thinking about anything he said or did.
And then he pulled apart. He looked straight into my eyes trying to seek some answers. "Do you hate me now?" he groaned. "No." I whispered. His green eyes lit up and sparkled again. He came closer to me, his eyebrows drew together. I could feel his heartbeat returning to normal as if a heavy burden has been lifted off his shoulders. He was ready to forget everything now and surrender himself to me.
"Promise me. You'll never hate me." He whispered. I nodded.
Then he cupped my face with his hands and pressed his lips against mine; parting them, a strange desire took over me. His hands were caressing my back. He held me tightly while he kissed me. I grasped his hair tightly as he slid his tongue into my mouth. We kissed like we were waiting for this moment for centuries. It was so deep and intense. Everything felt right suddenly. Everything was forgotten in that moment of ecstasy.
A ray of light fell into my face and I opened my eyes. I quickly pulled apart from him, we were both breathless. "Stay quiet" I said to him and left to see if aunt has woken up. I quickly ran upstairs to my room and closed the door. I could hear someone's footsteps approaching my room. Then someone knocked.
"pia, honey?" It was aunt.
I opened the door. "Is there anything you need?" I asked her nervously.
"Sorry to wake you up dear but I seem to have lost my inhaler and I can't find it. I am having little difficulty breathing. Have you seen it somewhere?" she asked.
"Oh yea...um wait I kept it in the drawer." And I rushed to find it. Fortunately it didn't take long and I found it in the same place I hoped to.
"There" I handed it to her, "Are you okay? We can go to the hospital."
"No, I'll be fine. Thank you dear and sorry to bother you. Good night" She left.
I made sure she was asleep and hurried downstairs to Abhay. He was lying on the couch, half asleep. I sat beside him on the ground wondering what happened in that moment. He was looking like an angel sleeping, so blissful and so peaceful. I got the quilt from my room and spread it over him.
"I don't think I can ever be able to hate you Abhay." I said looking down at him and a tear drop fell from my eyes.
I woke up very early, actually I couldn't sleep all night. I rushed downstairs to see if Abhay has woken up. I made sure to check on Aunt before hurrying downstairs. Abhay was sleeping on the couch. I ran my hand through his hair, "Abhay wake up" I said slowly. "Abhay" I said again and this time he opened his eyes. At first he smiled at me and closed his eyes again, few seconds later he suddenly opened his eyes in shock. "pia?" he said waking up.
I couldn't help but laugh aloud. Then he wandered his eyes around the room and looked at me startled, "What am I doing here?"
"You don't remember?" I asked.
"No, hell. How did I end up here?" he got up, "Damn it's like someone hit my head with an ax" he said holding his head. "This is what happens when you fill every inch of your body with alcohol." I replied sarcastically.
"But how did I end up here?" he asked again inquisitively.
"You seriously don't remember anything?" I retorted.
"Does it look like I am in a position of joking with you?" he asked sarcastically.
"Well, you came here last night. You were drunk and kind of...um...emotionally overcharged." I said hesitatingly.
"Whoa! What?" he asked.
"Well you called me last night and said you wanted to talk, you were outside my house and we talked." I said editing the appropriate details.
"What exactly did we talk about?"
"Um...Well, about lot of things you know. Anyway, umm you better leave before Aunt sees you."
"No, first answer my question." he said annoyingly and advanced towards me, "What did we talk about or should I ask what did I tell you?" he asked with a stern face.
"You told me...you told me about your dad." I replied hesitatingly.
"What about him?" he asked without blinking.
"You were all drunk and you were out of your senses. You were blabbing things, I know what you said was out of sheer stupidity and you didn't actually mean anything."
"What the nonsence did I say?" he shouted in anger.
"You said you killed your Dad." I said looking down.
He was pale all of a sudden. He was startled. He looked at me with suspicion and sat down on the couch.
"So I finally said it, huh?" he appeared to be petrified and looked at me.
"I know you were drunk. I know you didn't mean a single word you said." I said sitting beside him.
"I've been meaning to tell you this for quite some time now. I always wanted to tell you the truth about myself, the true me. Last night, I was going through emotional upheaval. I was upset and furious because you said you're regretting being friends with me at alina's party and then things of the past came crawling back again and the only way to remain sane was to drink as much as I could. I guess I came to you because I had nowhere else to go." He said looking at me. I stayed silent.
"I know you have lot of questions in your mind right now. I know you are mad at me for creating a scene in your house and most of all; you must be shocked to hear what I confessed to you. You must be thinking that I'm some kind of a psychopath and you have every right to think that." He smiled.
"I just want some answers, if you could..." I said interrupting him.
"No, pia. I am sorry. I don't want to talk about it. I just wanted to tell you the truth and I am glad I got drunk otherwise I wouldn't have been able to tell you that myself. I was in dilemma whether to tell you or not. But I am glad that you're aware of the reality now. The decision is up to you now and I'll respect any decision you'll make." He said with watery eyes.
"Abhay I don't know what to say." So many questions were hovering my mind.
"It's okay you can take your time. I should leave now. Damn, I hope your Aunt doesn't know a thing about this." he got up.
"No, she doesn't know anything." I assured him.
"Thank God. I better get going before she wakes up. And pia thanks for handling all this so well. I must have been quite a mess last night. You took care of me, thanks." he said hugging me.
"Umm... you don't remember anything at all? I mean you have no memory of last night?" I said pulling apart. One part of my heart wished he didn't remember the kiss and other wanted him to remember that beautiful moment.
"Aah no, nothing. You see whenever I get drunk I forget the mess I made while being drunk. I hope I didn't get you into any trouble?" he asked.
"No, of course not. Bye." I said disappointingly and he left.
After dropping aunt at the hospital, I decided to meet Abhay. I went to the cafe to find him but he was not there. I looked around the lake to find him and suddenly everything went black. He was there, but not alone. He was with a girl and they were smiling and hugging each other and before I could think anything they kissed. After witnessing all this, I felt insulted. Then the girl left. I stood there dumb. Suddenly I heard a voice, "hey pia" it was Abhay waving his hand. He came running towards me.
"So good to see you here." He said smilingly.
I stood there in silence. "Hey, what happened?" he asked observing me.
"I...I should leave now." I said turning away.
"No, wait. What happened?" he asked catching up with me.
"I have to go."
"pia what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You don't look fine, what's wrong? Hey, are you crying?" he asked grabbing my arm.
"No, just let me go okay." I said freeing my arm.
"God! He was such a jerk. How could he do this to you?" asked misha.
"He was just living up to his reputation." pia replied sarcastically.
"You must be heartbroken. I mean I know you; you will never kiss anyone just for the heck of it. You must have felt something for him and he didn't even care. Such a loser he was. He broke your heart." She put her hand on pia's shoulder to console her.
"Huh! What? I was not heartbroken or anything. I was just shocked to see that a guy who was so depressed last night is now making out with a girl. I mean he didn't even look a bit depressed or shaken from last night's events."
The truth is pia cried! She was shattered seeing Abhay kissing that girl. She laid on her bed crying, thinking last night she had Abhay all by herself. He surrendered himself to her. He shared his deepest secret with her and that kiss, that divine kiss through which he entered her soul. Was it all a lie? Was it just a result of over consumption of liquor? Didn't he connect with her emotionally last night? The way he held her, caressed her, she thought he would never leave her and will love her till eternity but it was evident that she was wrong. May be everyone was right, he was nothing but a player whose chose her to play with last night.
"What happened then?" asked misha inquisitively.
"Well, I was at home reading when the door bell rang. I opened the door, it was Abhay. I looked at him questionably. I couldn't believe he had the guts to come here again after everything that he did. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "I remember now, I remember everything about last night."
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Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
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