OS : Revelations (Last Part on Pg 9) - Page 5

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No one's afraid to confess about how they feel and try again. We're all just afraid of knowing the responses and getting hurt.

Zoya heaved a sigh as she prepared herself to let out the truth.

"Because…. I love him Nazma… I love him so much…."

Unkown to the two girls, there was one silent spectator to this whole act.

It was him. It was Asad Ahmed Khan.

"U need to talk to him…"

"No Tamatar… I cant…"

"Zoee… he needs u… voh toot chuke hain…. Pls. let him know the truth.

As told by Nazma, Zoya got up and went out looking for him. She knew exactly where he would be, didn't she?

She scanned the room in which she had been for so long. It was only then she realized that she was in his room. Panic and nervousness overtook her emotions.

Would he have heard me?

What if he says a NO?

Would he be mad at me?

The final question made her laugh involuntarily. That would be a miracle if Mr. Khan was not angry at her.

She walked past the door, to the garden. only to find him sitting there and staring at nowhere.

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I love him Nazma…. I love him so much….

Humne toh socha tha ke mohabbat khoobsurat hotha hai Ammi….

Why is he so indifferent to me?

The words repeatedly played in his mind. Her face was all he could see. And those tears made him ache. He hadn't meant to do that, had he? Perhaps he had. A lone tear ran down his cheek.

Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. He knew who it was. He could tell by that very touch that sparked life in him.

"U know what Zoya…..We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction."

She heaved a sigh, trying to process whatever she had just heard him say.

At times Mr. Khan preferred to beat around the bush and this was what irritated Zoya like hell.

He paused for a second. too scared to look up at the person sitting beside him.

"This is how I am Zoya…. I cant express my feelings! Not to Ammi, not to Nazma…. Not to you… perhaps time changed me this way. Sometimes, I can't be put back together. It feels like I'm always gonna be this way forever. But sometimes, the sadness is all I have, so I don't want to be better."

Asad paused for a moment to check if she was listening and he knew she was.

She whispered under her breathe. " U don't need to be any better Asad…"

" Aap jaanti hai Zoya, people say that I am a very ruthless and arrogant person. I cant cry, I cant make people happy and all that stuff, but deep down, in here…" he said as he pointed to his heart pressing it with his index finger.

"I am a weak man Zoya… I am not that tough. I long for love, but sometimes when someone hurts you so bad that you're afraid to ever open the doors of your heart again. What if the same happens to me that happened to Ammi? What if-"

And before he could complete he was cut off.

"I'll not leave u like Rashid uncle did… I promise!"

Asad raised his head to look at her.

She shook her head assuring him.

He placed a hand on hers which was on his shoulder and pressed it hard.

"U wont leave me?"

Zoya looked at the man sitting beside her.

His eyes..

They were wet.

They showed pain.

They showed a yearning to be loved.

They portrayed the fear of being betrayed in love.

Deep down… Asad Ahmed Khan was still a child. A child that feared of being away from Love.

"No."

Came the instant reply. There was no thinking in it.

"Promise?"

Zoya hugged him. Who had thought that this arrogant man would be pleading to someone?

She felt his hold tighten on her. She felt at contempt.

He felt safe in her proximity. That feeling when she was near him made him feel good.

He could feel her warmth against his chest. he could feel her slender fingers smoothly caressing his hair and soothing him.

"Zoya… I cant bear another loss. I love u so much. The care I showed at Mangalpur was not false. U know jab tum mujhe wahan zameen main gaadi hui mili… meri toh saansein ruk gayi thi. Mujhe laga ki maine aapko kho diya…."

Zoya's heart skipped a beat when she heard what he had just said.

I cant bear another loss. I love you so much.

"Sshh… everything's gonna be fine Asad. I promise."

It was funny how life changed in an instant. She had always thought that Mr. Khan was the more matured person between them. But today, here she was… consoling THE ASAD AHMED KHAN. Who on earth would have thought that he would need to be consoled?

But no… he needed to be done more than that. He needed to be loved. And she knew that she could give him all the love.

"I love you too Asad…."

She felt him clinging closer to her like a child who had just found its mother in a crowd.

"Sshh… its okay."

She felt him pull out from the hug. She felt his gaze piercing through her eyes.

Cupping her face, Asad gently kissed her fore-head.

Zoya felt her heart at peace.

"Its funny how I am being consoled by you…." He said.

Zoya pouted and hit him.

"I know you were thinking the same Zo…" he said looking deep into her eyes.

She blushed a deep red and smiled when she realized that he could see through her so well.

And he pulled her to himself loving the effect he was having on her as Zoya rested her head on his chest.

Nazma walked to the two along Dilshad as the two joined them in a bear hug.

It was a happy family now.

And Zoya was a part of the family.

Everything had been sorted out now. The Revelations had been done.

So... that was it..

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