Part 17
Akshara smiled as she remembered what happened...she had just spoken to her mother about Naitik and she wanted to see him...she wasn't nervous about Naitik meeting her family...she knew he would eventually win them over...she quickly called Naitik and arranged for him to meet her family at night after their shifts are over in hospital...she got ready in a flash for the hospital and was in the car, thinking of the future impatiently, when her cell ranged.
She didn't see who called and picked it up.
"Varsha?" She was glad to hear from her friend after a very long time. And after a few moments, Varsha knew A to Z about her life.
"Tu lucky hai Akshara...2 saal baad hi sahi lekin finally Naitik and you are together," Varsha stated after she heard everything.
Akshara smiled at that. That was more than true...those 2 years were hard for her...she smiled sadly as she remembered her dad won't be there on this important day of her life...and she wanted to talk about it to Naitik because somehow sharing anything with him made her feel much better about it.
"Varsha main tujhe baad main phone karti hu," Akshara hung up as she had reached the hospital.
She called Naitik soon after reaching there...but he didn't pick up...most probably his phone was silent. Everytime he won't pick her call, he had only this one excuse...
She entered the hospital and soon got busy with her work.
It was around one hour that she was at work and till now Naitik didn't call her back. She found it strange, considering how much nervous and excited she knew he was about meeting her mother.
It was only after a very long time that she received a text from him to meet him at the canteen.
Naitik was damn nervous about meeting Akshara's family...they met him before but simply as a colleage and previously as a friend of Akshara...today will be different...He had to practice what he was going to say to them a million times...he remembered Akshara telling him a thousand times on the phone that everything will be okay...and that made him happy, how much Akshara trusts him...
He had an operation and after he came out from it, he was relieved...saving people's lives every day was a task...after he came out of the operation theatre, he messaged Akshara to meet him at the canteen if she was free within 10 minutes...
As soon as he came over at the canteen, he saw her sitting there, with a broad smile on her...her smile simply makes his worries go away...
He sat across her...few people were there but by now the whole hospital knew about them, so it was no longer a problem...
"Maine tumhe do baar call kiya that, pick kyu nahin kiya?" Akshara frowned.
"Operation tha mera...bataya to tha..."
Akshara bit her lip as she remembered...but then she caught the nervous look on Naitik's face and giggled.
"Nervous?" she raised an eyebrow.
Naitik nodded.
Akshara leaned forward to take his hands into his, "Arey baba...maine kaha na sab thik hoga...itni nervous to main bhi nahi thi tumhari family se milne se pehle."
Naitik raised his eyebrow with a smirk. "Ha mujhe yaad hai...aap bohat khush thi..."
Akshara could feel blush coming over her cheeks as she remembered that she was nervous, maybe more than him and she felt embarrassed to bring that up.
But then Naitik's family had Daddajee and that was scary. Her family had no Daddajee. But then she also remembered how much cool his family is, for no such drama was created that she came alone to meet Naitik's family, instead of with her mother because at that time, her family had no idea about them.
"Abhi main free hu...kahi chale?" Akshara changed the topic.
Naitik nodded.
Few moments later
They were at an open restaurant. Akshara filled in Naitik about how every single member of her family was and realized Naitik was beginning to calm down by now...which made her happy.
After a little while, Naitik realized Akshara had gotten quite...so he just observed her.
"I miss Bauji," she told him finally with a hoarse voice. "Mera matlab hai...aaj mera life ka ek bohat important day hai," she smiled at him. "Aur woh nahi honge..."
Naitik took her hand and kissed the top of it.
"But woh agar aaj hote toh bohat khush hote," Akshara added, bringing a smile on her face. "Kyunki unhe pata hota that tum mere liye bilkul sahi ho..."
Naitik smiled and shook his head, bringing in his hand to remove one crust of pizza stick on Akshara's lips. And while she allowed him to do that, he leaned in and kissed her on the lips.
Later that night
After spending over the dinner at Akshara's place, Naitik managed to win them over...just as Akshara predicted...both Akshara Naitik's happiness knew no bounds when Rajshri asked to finalize the wedding date as soon as possible after a meeting with Naitik's family. So all was officially settled.
After the dinner, Naitik decided to go back home and Akshara followed him to the door.
"Maine kaha tha na? Sab thik hua, right?" She smiled back at him.
Naitik nodded. "Aur tum bohat jaldi Mrs. Akshara Naitik Singhania ho jayogi."
Akshara blushed. They were now out of the house and Akshara followed Naitik to the main road, where his car was parked.
"Bye..." Akshara waved at him as she turned to go. She was over the door of her house when she heard Naitik calling her. She turned around obediently. Her house and the main road did have a fair distance. She could see Naitik jogging over up to her, possibly to tell her something else. And then she saw another car speeding up. And the next thing she knew was seeing his body still on the floor with blood surrounding him. And she never could tell what happened in that one second...
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Another short update and again after a long time...guess all of you got used to it 😆 anyway, i guess i hinted throughout the chapter that it is not going to end well...and it didn't...i will wait for the reviews from you all :))))))
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