AN INEQUITABLE LOVE

My Moti and her chokeslam

"The peace that I have now is worth everything that I lost".

Waking up after a sound sleep was what Shehnaaz had experienced almost after an eternity. He wasn't there anymore! The house felt home. Though the thought of Rishabh getting out of the jail was still stuck at the back of her mind, she decided to shut that door down for all she wanted was to live the freedom.

"Good Morning Sidharth :)"
She texted sipping her Morning tea. Shrey wasn't up yet. Moreover, Shehnaaz wanted him to sleep well for the child wasn't in a better condition. She couldn't imagine herself in Shrey's place ever. He really was wiser for his age.

"Morning.", was the text.
Was he upset?
Texting the word with a fullstop, Sidharth was offline again.

"Sidharth?"

"WHAT?!"

Uff! She still had to make up for the last time. He wasn't less of an attention seeker.

"5 baje! Mere ghar pe..Chai pilaati hoon"

Shehnaaz knew what he wanted. She was also known to the fact of Sidharth being a bigger attention seeker than her.

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It was quite disappointing for Sidharth to know about the recent series of events from somebody else but Shehnaaz. Her behavior towards him had been quite strange the other day and to add to the burning fire, neither his messages nor his calls were answered. He felt distraught to know about the huge fight between Shehnaaz and Rishabh for if he knew then, Sidharth wouldn't have let that idiot even touch Shehnaaz and her son. Even if Shehnaaz wished to deal with things herself, she could have atleast informed him so that he could be there for her rescue anytime. Not that he wasn't proud of her! Had it been a woman who belonged to his family, he would have wanted her to fight the same way and here Shehnaaz was one of the bravest women he had ever come across. He just could not wait to see her but would also make her compensate for all the unanswered calls and ignorant text messages.

" She never cared for the crown,
she preferred a sword."

That was Shehnaaz! His Shehnaaz. Sidharth glanced at the beauty who opened the door and kept gazing looking for that one glint of emotion on her face that stood out just like a particular star in the constellation. The constellation itself is nothing less than a masterpiece but there's always a better in the best. Shehnaaz wasn't even comparable for she was par the beauty that surrounded us, somebody who was so perfectly made in solace. Her face felt like the fresh gush of air. Sidharth embraced her in a hug, kissing her temple numerous times.

"How are you, darling?", he asked. Nuzzling more into his chest, answered Shehnaaz," theek hoon mai. Tum kaise ho? Gussa ho?" She asked him whether he was still mad at her replying to which he just hummed.

"Why didn't you tell me, Shehnaaz? Tumne mereko bataana bhi zaroori nahi samjha?", spoke a disappointed Sidharth. As much as Shehnaaz wanted to not talk about the incident, she also did not want any misunderstandings between them. Sighing, she tried explaining how she wanted things to just be about her. It was not anybody else's fight. It was hers and she had to come through it for she was not doing this for anybody but herself. " Sidharth this was my fight. How could I let anybody else fight on my behalf. He had done bad to me and I had to show his place. Upar se I can't be prouder. It was tough for me lekin abhi jo feeling hai na, it's worth everything". Yet again, she was absolutely right. Just as Shehnaaz had realised back then, there was no prince charming coming to her rescue so she had become her own prince protecting herself from all the troubles.

They stood there hugging for some odd five minutes when Shehnaaz tightened the hold on his t-shirt. Patting her back said Sidharth," Sab theek hai Shehnaaz. Don't worry. I am so proud of you babe! Shrey is so proud of you". She hummed.

"Ab andar leke jaogi ya mujhe phir se bhaga dogi. Waise bhi aapse toh bach ke rehna padega mohtarma, warna khade khade hi chokeslam de dena hai aapne"

"Sidhaaaarthhh", she warned while he bowed infront of her, joining his hands, "Maaf karein maate"

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" tum dono yeh band karoge ya dono ko bahar pheku mai ab", Shehnaaz screamed pulling her hair. It had not been even an hour since Sidharth arrived and the house was a mess already. The first thing he did was to wake Shrey up who in return started to throw fits and they ended up making a mess out of her room.

And BAAMMM! The pillow and her face! Shrey looked a Sidharth and so did Sidharth. They were fighting and the pillow ended up on Shehnaaz's face. The aag mei ghee was that pillow Sidharth ne maara tha and then what? There was Shehnaaz jumping on the big man and yes! Pillow attack mode was on!

Shrey was no less! There where Shehnaaz almost sat on him, hitting him left and right with the pillow,Shrey started to tickle the two of them. Either you could hear their screams, or "Sidharrthhhh" or all you could hear was Sidharth complaining about the torture the maa beta did to him.

" Tum dono ko bataunga m-aaahhh! Shreyy mat karrrr", he laughed and in a second were the things completely opposite. Sidharth was on Shehnaaz while she wriggled under his hold as the latter kept admiring the beauty his eyes were blessed with. Sidharth thanked the hair that fell on her face every second for she laughed feeling ticklish. "Sidharth chod na yaar", complained Shehnaaz , " Kitna mota hai tu kutte". Absolutely ignoring the second sentence said he, "Kabhi. Nahi.", with a surety like never. That was when her sight broke when se caught him gazing at her. They gazed and gazed. Looking at each other, complimenting their features with their eyes, speaking nothing but a thousand words. Sidharth traced her face with his fingers. His coarse fingers on her cotton soft skin felt different. He was tracing something, "M",she whispered while he smirked. He looked into her eyes more, as if reading her soul. "O", she whispered yet again, this time coming closer. She had mischief in her eyes but still managed to blush. Her face looked like a flushed tomato. "tamatar lag rahi ho", he said while getting a strong hit on his shoulder. "Sidharthhh yaar pura likh na ", whined Shehnaaz yet again rubbing her nose as her hair fell upon her face again. "T', she whispered again, closer than the previous time, "I", he whispered the letter himself. Shehnaaz couldnot help but blush at his voice which at that moment was creating a havoc in her but a second and she realised what it was! "Kutte tereko moti lagti hoon mai?!" Shehnaaz fisted his hair and pulled them so hard that Sidharth jumped down the bed screaming again. Shrey as always was sleeping again. "Kya kumbhkaran bacha hai bey tera! phir so gaya!"

"Sidharth ab chokeslam padega", she warned.

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Hello ji! Some nice 1200 words. Do vote and comment.

So this chapter is for Diyamittal12 , one of my best friends from school. Happy Birthday Diya❤

My only friend from school who knows about my love for SidNaaz and has never failed to appreciate my writing! Love You 🌹