Chapter 2
"Urrgh! What the hell I have to go for a meeting
and this weather, Rains.I hate them." It was heavily pouring that day; the
whole city was flooded with water. Hundreds of people died and he was stuck, at
of the horrible place, stuck in a traffic jam. People were running around, trying
to save their lives. He was getting extremely late. The highly disciplined man Yash
Scindhiya getting late, impossible! Finally, after getting sick of sitting in
the car, he got out of it, to find some other way out. He was looking for cab
or some lift. He was desperately trying to find some help, when suddenly a
cloth touched his face in a flash. He stopped realizing he had come to a pitch
dark road, where anything was barely visible, but there in this too, he could
see a he saw a girl trying to help people and kids, who were stuck due to heavy
downpour, saving them from getting affected by rains. For the first time, after
Arpita's death, someone unknowingly managed to bring a smile on his face. It
was like he felt the familiarity that was emitting out of her, like he knew it
was her, his friend.Aarthi. He smiled unknowingly to himself seeing her
wearing the color which once she used to hate, Red! Red was his favorite color
and she used to hate it, come to think of it, that was not a new thing, they
had completely different views from the very beginning. Gosh! He didn't even
know that it was really her, he mentally smacked himself. But some where inside
his heart knew it was her, because the only one who can think about others
rather than herself can only be her and this irritated him to no end because
she always end up in some or the problem due to her this quality of
selflessness and admired too. To see if he is wrong or right, he was about to
call out to her and at the same time, she turned around and that was when the
branch which she was holding to save the kids, hit him right on his left side
of his head. His view blurred and he couldn't see her face all he could hear
was someone saying "Sorry, I am really sorry!" It was pitch dark, so she was
not able to see his face .But he could recognize her by her voice and he did!
Before he could say anything, someone called her and she went away to help others,
he held her hand not letting her go. But she went and left one of her belonging
with him. Her bracelet with an "A" initial.
He finally reached home and opened the door as
quietly as possible and entered, it was late at night and everybody was asleep
except her. He knew she was there waiting for him to have food, this was there
routine, him being away from all day and then looking for excuses to stay away
from her, actually staying away from confronting the reality and she as always,
taking care of his angels Payal and Palak. She was quiet, he hated it.
Aarthi and being quiet is something very hard to handle, especially for him.
Nowadays, actually, the moment he met her after these six years, he has noticed
that she is awfully quiet and distant. But then, he brushed it off saying that
maybe she got mature or it's just him, six years is a long time and maybe she
has changed, everybody does, but the he really found something fishy because
whenever he looked into her eyes, he only used to see fear, longing and pain in
them. Like she is missing someone, but no matter how much he try, he'll not be
able to ask because of this formality is their relationship, which is growing
leaps and bounds with each passing day. He didn't like it; he didn't like it at
all. This was killing him within. He finished his food and walked to his room, their
room with her.
They both lied opposite to each other. Lying down,
he started thinking back to the day when they first met, first met after 6 years.
On the other end of the bed someone was thinking the same but she slept. It
was just another day for him, after dropping Payal and Palak to school; he
reached the cafe where he had a meeting with one of his clients. He was as
usual on time, but his clients were not. He sighed; waiting and he are not
meant to be. But still, he waited, and suddenly his cell rang. His secretary
told him that the meeting has been canceled. He was already annoyed from
waiting and now the getting the news that the meeting has been cancelled, only
infuriated him further. Taking a deep breath, he started to get out of the
place.He was about to go when someone collided with him and they both fell,
she on the top of him. Her black long tresses worked as a shield on both their
faces. His hand was on her waist holding her to him and her hands on his chest.
Very slowly and hesitantly he moved his hand forward to brush her hair aside
from his face and hers. Before, he knew it; he lost himself in that beautiful
familiar face which he longed to see for so many years. She was struggling to
get out of his grip, it was getting very uncomfortable for her, his grip was
getting stronger and she was not at all feeling good, being in some random
guy's arms like this. She was so lost in her struggle that she didn't even care
to push her hair away from her face. Right now she knew that, she is in
someone's arms right now, and that was scaring her and unknown scare was
creeping up in some part of her brain. When she felt him, pushing her hair
behind, she was dumbstruck that just added fuel to her fear. She looked at him
to shout but got the shock for her life, seeing him.Yash Sindhiya, her best
buddy, her only support, her competitor, her .her, well, no not again she
brushed that feeling aside, long time ago! Suddenly his reverie broke by her
continuous struggling; feeling her getting uneasy he realized that he was
holding her, he immediately left her. To his surprise, she got up at a
lightening speed. He too got up and saw how much she has changed,she too looked
at him and he said.
Suddenly he got out of his thoughts, by a loud
scream. He turned around and saw the face of his numb wife. She looked
devastated, like she saw a bad dream, well by now he knew that a bad dream can
only come one or two times, but this happened almost every night and whenever
he asks her, she brushes it off, says sorry and goes back to sleep, well.. May
be not! This is the exact thing which she did today too!
Edited by Pearl_27 - 11 years ago
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