The meeting: Chapter 8
Kiya received a call from KD for confirming their meeting. They decided to meet at Rustomjee Park. Kiya started getting ready to meet him. It was very cold that day so she took a woolen shawl with her. she left her house and called KD. He asked her to come at the gate of Rustomjee Park where he was waiting for her. Soon she reached the place and waved at KD, who was already waiting for her.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"We will walk a little Kiya, look at that old structure. In front of it there is a good place to sit and chat." He replied.
"This place is too shady Keshu. Isn't there any other place where we can go?"
"Trust me Kish. From last fifteen years I come at this place. It is a reputed residential complex nearby, no one will harm you."
"Are you sure?" she asked again.
"Yes mam. Don't worry."
They reached the place. It was a big slope with trees on both the sides, opposite the slope there was a concrete platform along with the slope where few couples were sitting. KD sat near staircase and asked Kiya to sit with him. Kiya gave a dirty look to the concrete platform.
"Kish sit here. It's clean don't worry." He said.
Girls are too concerned about cleanliness. They will examine the place, give bad looks to it, make weird faces and when their boyfriend cleans the place they will sit happily.
"So Kish what happened to you?" he asked her.
"Nothing Keshu." She replied.
"Something has happened Kish otherwise why did you call me all of a sudden and said I Love You, please tell me."
"Keshu I know you from so many years. I mean you became my friend a few months ago but I knew you as Ruchi's brother, when I used to come at your place during those days, you never spoke to me and ignored me too. Later I knew you as Panchi's boyfriend; even then you never spoke to me. It was me who started the conversation. We became friends and later we had to break our friendship. I came to know that you used to like me earlier, I respect you because I feel that some other guy in your place would have tried to get close to me but you did not try for any such thing. I started liking you, I liked to spend time with you, I felt I was more comfortable with you, I loved to share my secrets with you and liked the way you cared for me. However, the day we decided to stop talking to each other my mind became unstable. And today when I saw that dream, I felt God purposely put the 'feelings for you' part which was missing in my heart and I..."
"Dream. What dream?" KD cut her in between.
"I saw a dream KD. I don't know how you will react after hearing it, you will think that I am a small kid as I am believing in dreams and all."
"Kish tell me what dream you saw?" he asked
"I saw that I was standing outside some house. you opened the door, I was wearing a salwar suit and I was your wife. I mean you called me 'Wifey' so I thought. Then you came near me and... And kissed me." She said.
"Wow... how fascinating your dream is Kiya!" he teased her.
"See I told you that you won't take me seriously, that's why I didn't want to tell you." Kiya became upset.
"I'm so sorry Kish, but only because you saw me as your hubby and I kissed you, you think you love me?" he asked.
"No. I mean yes. I mean you kissed me... two three times...leave it now!"
"Do I do anything more? Tell me frankly." He asked her.
"Actually you kissed me more than once and... You...you took me in your arms." She was feeling shy saying all this.
KD was giggling after hearing all this. "Sorry jokes apart. Tell me what should we do now?" KD asked
"I don't know Keshu. I don't know what you feel about me or what I feel for ?"
"Let us forget this Kish. Let us think that this was just a beautiful dream." He said
"No Keshu, I can't overcome this feeling in me, I don't want Kiya and Keshav to end. Something is there Keshu, I am telling you." Kiya paused for a while. "Keshu can I hold your hand?"
KD agreed
Kiya took his hand and covered it with the shawl. She was holding his hand tightly with both her hands near her stomach. The way they held each other's hands was different. They were not letting their hands free even for a second after that. She laid her head over his shoulder. She felt good. She felt secured in his arms which she never felt when she was with Ranveer.
"So? What should we do then?" Kiya asked.
"kish we have two options with us. Either we can forget this day and things will get sort out much easily or..." KD took a pause. "Or if we choose to stay together you know what things we will have to face right? Kish please give yourself time. See what you exactly feel about me, do you love me or this is just infatuation.
"No it's not infatuation Keshu, believe me, the feeling is too solid. Keshu I always liked you as a friend, you understand me much better and the moment I woke after seeing that dream I couldn't control my emotions. That day when I met you and you confessed me your feelings, I decided not to talk to you ever, but after I saw this dream; I felt as if God is giving me some kind of hints." She said. She tried her best not to look like a brooding person.
KD was listening to her too vigilantly. Her words were full of sentiments. After thinking on what she was saying he said-
"I think Kish, He purposely separated you and Ruchi, because I am sure that if you and Ruchi would have been best friends like earlier, then it was impossible for you to even be friends with me."
Kiya looked at him joyfully. She was happy as she thought he believed what she was saying.
"Kish, now tell me, let us consider God has planned this for us, so what should we do next? If we follow His plan, do you know what not we will have to bear? We will have to face innumerable obstructions and between that if we realize that we actually don't love each other then? It is very complicated Kish, we will have to answer so many questions."
Kiya's state of mind was difficult to imagine. She was in agreement to whatever KD was saying, but it had become tough to take one decision.
It was very obvious for both of them to choose their respective partners and stay with them, it would have solved the trouble easily, but in that case they should stop talking to each other completely to maintain loyalty with their partners. It was very difficult to not to talk to each other even for a minute and they were deciding not to talk forever. That was highly impossible for them to do so.
"Kish, let us leave now. It's too late." He said.
They stood from their place and started walking to the gate where they could find a taxi.
While walking, Kiya held his hand.
"I am feeling good that's why." She said.
They took a taxi and KD told that he will drop her home to which Kiya agreed. In the taxi, they were not speaking anything with each other. KD was looking out. Kiya started murmuring a song
'Yeh ladka hai allah kaisa hai deewana
Kitna mushkil hai tauba isko samjhaana
Ke dheere dheere dil beqaraar hota hai...'
"Are you teasing me?" he asked.
"Why will I tease you? I like this song that's why I was singing it." She said.
They started laughing. KD knew that she was teasing him. Kiya's house approached, KD signaled the taxi driver to stop a few miles away.
"Kish, I will from here, you enter your apartment's gate and I'll take the same taxi at my place." He said.
"OK." She said.
She tied her hair, took the shawl properly and when she was about to get down from the taxi, stopped.
"Keshu, I don't know why I am doing this but I can't stop myself."
She came closer to him and kissed him on his cheek, she left immediately after doing it. KD was stunned. He couldn't understand what was going on. He had a smile on his face, he noticed it later.
"Madam chali gayi sahib, hum nikle?" the taxi driver asked.
KD felt embarrassed in front of the taxi driver as he was sitting like a dumb. He asked him to leave. Kiya felt as if she was experiencing 'those sweet feelings of new love.'
These feelings make you feel special, you would love if these feelings would last forever. You tend to forget your daily routine, things that you have to do, at times you eat more and at times you eat less. You feel like playing your favorite song and dancing on it with joy and not to forget updating your status.
Kiya went in her room, locked the door and slept on her bed. She observed she was wearing a smile on her face. She changed her clothes and went out for dinner.
At around 10.00pm, Ranveer called Kiya. He just enquired about what she was doing and hung up the phone. At 11.30 pm, Kiya called KD.
"Ya Kish."
"Keshu, what are you doing?"
They had a long conversation that night. Kiya was someone different that night. When they used to talk earlier, her voice used to be balanced and mature. But, that night, she was behaving like a kid. She was being very mischievous.
"Kish it's 2.00 am. Let us sleep now." KD said.
"Ok. Fine. After stealing my sleep last night by coming in my dreams you expect me to sleep."
"Kish, I wonder if you are a girl; these must be my lines." He giggled.
"Oh yes. Sure. So I wait for it then."
"Good night now, let's sleep. Bye Kish."
"Good night byyyeee." She said almost singing.
"Listen Kish." KD stopped her. "Just wanted to tell you that yesterday i.e. two hours back the date was 3rd November."
He hung the phone. Kiya checked her cell phone, she felt a magical spark within her body.
It was that day when KD had seen her first.
She messaged him-
'Aren't these proofs enough?'
To which he replied-
"Good night Kish!'
She took her blanket and slept with KD's thoughts.
Next chapter soon...
P.S. Juhi, sorry. No Ranveer-Panchi in this part. I'll bring them in next parts.😊
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