#WeSupportKSG #Thread 2 AsYa FF: Truth to be Told Ch epilogue pg 34 - Page 6

Chapter 13: I will bring you back

Rose Day- 7^th February

"Have you ever watched a rose as it fades away; the color becomes deeper as the petals dry. That's how my love for you deepens as the days go by."

"Even if love is full of thorns, I'd still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose that's worth all the pain."

The color of roses enchanted Asad. Red, yellow, white, lavender, pink and so on. He was confused as to which one to pick. So he did the only thing which he felt to be right. He bought all the variety and colors of roses he could get. The guy who once hated roses now was mesmerized with it. He wished this could bridge the gap between him and his Zoya. He walked inside the house ignoring his Abbu's disgusted look. He held onto his breath after knocking her door.

Zoya was folding her dress when she heard the knocking. Slowly she got up and walked towards the door. As soon as she opened the door, variety of rose's smell hit her nostril hard. She breathed a lungful of air inhaling the aroma while her automatically forwarded to touch those. As her hands came in contact with a big bouquet of flowers, she gasped in surprise. An involuntary smile started forming on her lips but it soon died down as she heard Asad's voice.

"Zoya, this is for you. A bunch of the most exotic roses for my love."

Asad noticed the change in her expression as soon as he said that. The small smile he was missing to see also died down.

"Zoya, please. Please don't block out your smile. You have no idea how much you have changed for the past few months. I know I am the reason behind that. But please don't make your life miserable because of me. Please accept these flowers. Not if as a token of love, atleast as a token of apology. Please."

He thrust the flowers into her hand and started taking steps backward. He could see a sad smile tugging on her lips.

"Asad..."

He stood rooted to the spot as he heard her calling his name. She walked towards him. She tripped on the carpet and about to fall down when Asad leapt forward and caught her in his arm. He looked at Zoya with concern who had her eyes close. She separated herself from him. Taking his hand, she kept back the flower. With measured steps, she started walking backwards while Asad looked on perplexed.

"You know what is the beauty of being blind? In my world, others are blind. That's why I am far away from being miserable. Thanks for your flowers. But I don't want it..."

Asad watched her going inside the room and shutting the door with pain filled eyes. The flowers one by one fell from his hand.

***(@)***

Propose Day- 8^th February

Zoya stirred in her sleep as the morning sunrays caressed her face. Stretching out her hands she sat up and inhaled a lungful of morning air. Slowly, with calculative measures she walked towards the bathroom. After half an hour she emerged from her room out to the hall to join Dilshad.

Dilshad smiled as she saw Zoya walking towards her.

"Good morning Zoya"

She wished her dropping a kiss on her forehead. Zoya closed her eyes as Dilshad's lips came in contact with her forehead. Instantly her face lit up. This was best part of the morning. It has become a routine for her to receive such affection from Dilshad. It was only because of her Zoya was able to overcome the painful days and nights in that home. Thinking about that itself brought tears into her eyes.

Dilshad knew why there are tears in her eyes. Wiping it with the pad of her thumps, she hugged her. After an emotional session they broke off and proceeded towards the kitchen.

Soon, one by one everyone started gathering around the dining table. Picking up the dishes, Zoya walked towards the dining table gracefully. Rashid gritted his teeth in frustration having to see her every day. Ayaan's lustful eyes roamed around her drinking in her natural beauty. Tanveer's venom filled eyes shooted darts towards her. And Asad... Asad's love filled eyes watched her each and every movement proudly. He knew today was the second day in his mission. He knew, the chances of him succeeding in his mission today are very rare. But he knew he had to take the step.

As soon as Zoya set the dishes on the table, she felt a tug in her hand and the next thing she knew was hitting against a hard chest. She very well knew to whom it belongs to. Her heart started beating faster and faster with the close proximity. She squirmed in his hold trying to break away as she knew they had spectators.

The whole family stunned with the sudden turn of events. Asad, who was standing in the threshold of the dining room walked towards Zoya and yanked her into his arms. Everyone stopped what they are doing and looked at the duo in shock.

Asad knew everyone was in shock including her. But he needed to do it. It was now or never situation for him. He slightly distanced himself from her but not completely letting her go. His left hand wound around her waist holding her in place. The other hand caught hold of her palm. Caressing her palm, he pulled her closer. Her body jerked up in response. Their upper body parts almost fused together.

"Zoya"

He breathed in her hair. She closed her eyes as his husky voice sent shivers through her body.

"You may be thinking that it was easy for me to let you go... that I always was seeking a chance to betray you. I want you to know that it is not correct. Each and every feeling I had towards you was true. But I did do mistakes, the mistakes which cost me your love. All I am asking is one more chance in your love. For once again let me fulfill my promise of catching you whenever you fall... I know you are far away from being miserable. But my life is miserable without you. I am breathing through everyday in hope that you will forgive me. If today also you dindt forgive me, its okay. I have rest of my life to seek forgiveness from you. I am not ready to let go of the feeling we once shared and still cherish in our hearts. If you don't want to fight for us, its fine, I will fight for both of us. Miss Zoya Farooqui, I am deeply, madly and irrevocably in love with you and no one can change that, not even you. I hope you will cherish what I am giving to you and one day you will wear this for me..."

With that he slowly separated himself from her. Taking in everyone's shocked face, he left the scene in hurry so as to hide his tears.

As he left, she opened her palm allowing everyone to see the object of attention. Everyone gasped in shock. Rashid, Ayaan and Tanveer were livid in anger. Dilshad thanked the heavens. Zoya stood rooted to spot, tears making way through her eyes. Those tears fell on her palm making the diamond ring in it shine beautifully...

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Chocolate Day- 9^th February

The next day even before sun rose, Zoya was up and ready. Her heart told Asad will come up with something again thus making her wavering in her decision. She decided to venture out of the house for the full day so that he won't be getting any chances to get to her.

Having informed Dilshad, she sat in the park listening to the kids. The musical sound of their

Laughter lifted up her spirit. She was soo engrossed in her happy bubble that she failed to feel Asad's presence near her.

She jumped up a little as she felt something hard fall on her. She took it and realized that it was a chocolate. She was perplexed. But she was caught off guard when showers of chocolate fall upon her. She could hear the kids' excited voice and clapping. Not understanding what was happening she squealed in delight as more and more chocolates fall upon her. A heap of chocolate formed around her feet. Kids ran towards her to take the chocolate. She stumbled backwards as the crazy kids started coming in. before she could fall down Asad's strong arms made her steady. With his one touch she realized that it was all his doing.

"Happy Chocolate Day Zoya. I hope you will like the chocolates I got for you..."

Asad took her hand and guided towards a big wrapper he was holding.

He was sure he saw a small smile tugging on her lips. And that gave him hope...

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Teddy Day- 10^th February

The next morning welcomed her with warmth. She snuggled deeper into her blanket taking in the warmth. Her eyes suddenly shot up as her hands came across a fluffy object. Sitting up straight, she gathered the object of her attention in her hand. She gasped as she realized it was a life size teddy bear. She didn't need to guess who kept it there. Only one man will do such things for her and that was Asad.

She frowned as she came across a piece of paper. She opened it only to be surprise to feel the braille language etched in that. It read,

"Happy Teddy day Zoya. Even though I wish it was me instead of this Teddy, nevertheless it will keep you company and it will keep you warm. A beautiful teddy for my beautiful woman..."

A tear drop fell down from her eyes to the note. Asad, who was standing near her door held up his hand in air wanting to wipe those tears away.

"I promise you Zoya, you will only shed a few more tears now and I will never let you cry in the future"

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Promise Day- 11^th February

Zoya was excited from the morning as Dilshad promised to take herr to the nearby mall. Having some time alone with her was a promising idea for Zoya. As Zoya and Dilsha walked through the mall, Zoya's hand firmly enclosed Dilshad's protective ones, Zoya couldn't help but to become a little teary eyed. Soon brushing the tears out of her eyes, she started enjoying the beautiful moment. They went to shops after shops, gossiped, had wonderful lunch and ice creams.

They were walking through the atrium of the mall and suddenly they stopped in their track. From the speaker in the mall, Asad's sound flowed.

"Zoya..."

She felt her breath hitch. She couldn't help but to feel tingling sensation in her body. Her name sounded heavenly from his mouth.

"Zoya, I know you can hear me. You are somewhere here. Do you know what day is today? It is promise day. The day lovers will give their promise to each other. I know I have given you many broken promises before. I promised you, I will always be there to catch you when you fall and I broke it. I promised you, I will never leave you and I broke it. But in this promise day I promise you that I will never break my promises to you...I..."

She felt tears stung in her eyes as she could hear the honesty in his voice. The shakiness in his voice indicated her that he was also fighting his own tears.

"I... I love you Zoya... I always will... even if you decided to not love me back ever, I will love you still. Before I met you, my life was a mess and incomplete. I left you for love. But it's after I stayed away from you, I realized that, it's your love which made my life complete, not anyone else's. So I want to revive the promises I had made to you. I promise you that I will you forever, even if you do not love me. I promise you to fight for our love, even you do not wish. I promise you to make you mine again, but this time only with you whole heart. I promise you Zoya, I will always be there for you, in you tears, in your smile and in your heart..."

A moment silence was followed by a loud round of applause by the shoppers in the mall. Everybody awed at the Asad and Zoya's love. Girls swooned over how lucky Zoya was while guys felt jealous and angry towards Asad for putting them in tight spot. Elderly couples sent silent prayers to God to keep their love strong forever. Zoya broke down in Dilshad's embrace while she patted her back understanding the emotional turmoil Zoya going through.

***(@)***

Hug Day- 12^th February

She stood in the threshold of the balcony looking outside. It was almost 11 PM. She knew the significance of that day. From the morning she was dreading for Asad's action. As the day turned into night, a part of her felt happy, and the other part was disappointed.

A cool wind blew in the atmosphere making her shudder. Instinctively she drew her hand closer to her chest in a self-hugging way so as to get some warmth.

After a minute or so she suddenly felt warmer than before. She was confused but got her answer in the next moment as a pair of hands snaked up from behind, hugging her closer. A small of her felt happy while the dominant part of her screamed to break away from him. Don't know why, but at that moment she decided to listen to the small part of her as she stood in his arms silently, without any movement. After some minute's perfect silence, Asad slowly broke the hug and went inside but not before wishing her,

"Happy hug day Zoya..."

He was gone but the warmth was still there. She touched the jacket which he has put on her while hugging her from back. She drew it closer inhaling his scent. She had to admit, she missed it badly...

***(@)***

Kiss Day- 13^th February

Her insides were exploding in anticipation of what Asad was going to do. She knew it was a kiss day. Over the past few days she has become a nervous mix. She could feel her resolves breaking. She shook her head violently as if to clear all those feeling which were resurfacing in her heart again even after everything. In the immediate need of fresh air and distraction, she walked towards the same park in which Asad showered chocolates on her. She sat in the same bench, lost in her thoughts. Soon she was broken out of her revere by a kid's voice.

"Didi...didi... you are the same didi na because of whom we got lots of chocolates on that day?"

Zoya smiled at the kid's innocent question and nodded her head. The kids squealed in delight. Soon she found herself playing with the kids, laughing in merry, forgetting about all her worries. After nearly an hour's playing everyone sat down, feeling tired.

"Didi... aap bahot achi ho..."

She gave a genuine smile in reply.

"Didi... kya hum aapko kissie doon?"

She was caught off guard with that sudden question. After a moments silence she smiled and showed her cheeks. One by one kids came and kissed her cheeks. She sat there smiling giving them kisses back in return.

She was returning the kiss to a kid. As her lips pressed to kid's cheek, her hand automatically came in contact with the cheek. And that's when she realized, it was no kid, it was Asad. She just froze in her action while Asad leaned onto her touch. How much he missed her touch, he only knew. With that touch a lot of memory flooded through both of their minds, the memory about their first kiss and their first love making. Her fingers trembled as the memory of whatever happened after that night hit her hard. Sensing the sudden change in her, he moved his face from her touch and looked at her. One look at her, and he realized what went wrong. He fisted his hand wanting to take away all her pain. He just bent down and slightly pecked on her lips bringing her back to reality. Her eyes widened at his gesture.

"Happy kiss day Zoya..."

As Asad walked away, Zoya couldn't help but to wonder what is the next day has in stores for her. After all it is Valentine's Day next day...