“Aise hi reh thodi der” he said embracing her live form in his arms. Nothing was as important as this hug right now. The enfoldment making him go back to their very first moments of closeness, how he would want to hold her close to himself always keeping the very nonchalant attitude intact for the people to see. Only he knows of what it felt then and now that she is here with him all for himself, he is still in daze… how lucky he got with her by his side, for life. Yes! for a lifetime, he is so sure of that. Taking all the warmth she can give, in her much petite form now but still soaring his heart with the very same intensity as always, he made his hold stronger squeezing her into him.
“Sidharth..! Kya hua hai terko?” asked Shehnaaz.
“Bolega bhi kuch!”
“Hmm..Kuch nahi!” he hummed in response.
His probing mind taking over. Why does she have to pay for his mistakes? Why can’t they be in peace for a little longer? She deserves nothing but love. Giving an intense thought to his fallacies, few memories flashing in front of his eyes as he pulled back placing a quick kiss to the side of her head. He asked, “Kab nikal rahi hai?”
“Kab nikal rahi hai matlab? Tu nahi aa ra sath?” asked Shehnaaz.
“Nahi vaise bhi she has to stay here only no? To tu leke aaegi tab hi mil lunga”
“Achanak kyu? Tu to aane wala tha sath phr ab?”
“I am worked up sweetheart, you know that right?”
“Haan par tune aaj ka din free rakha tha na…”
“Ab nahi hu na free to tu chali ja, take Rohit along” he said implying her to take their other driver with her, reaching out for his phone he dialed up Rohit to inform him about the same.
“Ek minute, phone idhar de pehle..” She moved towards him grabbing his phone out of his grip, conversing “ Bhaiyya me aapko thodi der me details batati hun” disconnecting right after.
Turning around she held him, framing his face ever so softly and asked “ Ab bata sachi, kya soch raha hai?”
“Nothing my love…go get ready or you will get late” he said again trying to escape the topic.
“Haan to konsi meri train nikal rahi hai ki maine time pe pochna hai, Baaz hai na vo dekh lega thodi der” she informed.
“Hmm…”
“Yarr tu na ye attitude matt diya kar merko” her hands trailing down blowing a soft punch at his chest.
“Maine kya attitude diya be?” he asked slightly surprised, his own arms trailing down locking at the small back of her.
“Ye jo tu kar raha hai na..samajh rahi hu me sab…ab tu bata raha hai ya me bolun?”
“Kya bolegi?” he asked raising eyebrows in anticipation.
“Yahi ki tu ye soch raha hai ki tu mummy ko kaise face karega after whatever happened over some stupid social media thing hai na?” she asked, like always diving into his mind and understanding everything without him saying a word.
He was not surprised or shocked, he was well-aware of her ability to read him inside out.
“Kyun har bar ye hota hai? Mera intension tu smjhti hai na? I always intend to safeguard us, you and me. I would never want you to be dragged into something like this, ever! What if she is upset too?” He was exhausted, depressed about how she was being constantly badmouthed by few of his so-called fans when she was not even a part of the project in run that too not released yet.
“Bebu…terko pata hai na ki me tere intensions samajhti hun aur jaanti bhi hun? Phr kya hua agar fans kuch kar rahe hain? Vo bhi kuch log…tu srf unhe dekh jo humari chhoti badi har achievement ko celebrate krte hain..acha dekho aur khush raho bas! Isme teri baat kaha se aayi? Ab logo ke dimaag me ghus ke to hum control nahi na kar skte? Aur Mummy meri hai ya unki?” She tried to uplift his sullen mood.
“I know but I also know how it works. Dragging you, in fact trying to pull you down at things wherever I am involved is not what I like or would ever like for that matter, specially when it is about work. Why do others have to know about everything personal even?” He replied.
“Kardi na logic-less baat…jisko hum nahi control kar skte uske baare sochna hi kyun? ” She giggled saying so.
He looked at her pretty smiling face which had an added glow today. Her delightful eyes looking at him. She was happy today and he had no heart to make it any different for her. Her mother was on the way to Mumbai to be with her for some time.
“ Yes baby” he replied biting her cheeks smiling himself.
“Aahh Kutta!! “
“Chalein ab?” she asked wiping off her cheek.
“Haan ruk! Give me few minutes” replying he pulled out of the serene hug and went to get ready for he has to be by her side when she receives her mother at Shehbaaz’s place.
Different people, different perspective. You can never keep everyone happy at once. Rather you should only focus on things that makes you happy!
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-Sakshi♥️
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Everlasting : SidNaaz OS Collection
FanfictionCollection of short fictitious stories, imagined and written based on SidNaaz.
