Precious Soul 💫

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(Sorry for the grammatical errors 🙏)

Haseena turned back and saw a tall, handsome man standing with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. She was not able to see his face, as he was holding the bouquet in front of his face.

“Aqib?” Haseena mumbled.

“Yes my love" the person answered, handing over the bouquet to her.

“Haseena dekh Aqib, itne saal baad aaya hain , tusse milne. Acha ek kaam karo, tum dono baith ke baat karo..hum chale soone.” Ammi left saying this. She knows that they need some time together, to sort things out.

They both sat on the sofa. There was a complete silence in the room.

Aqib gathered courage, and asked fumbling “ Aap kaise hain?”

“ Hum ache hain, aur aap ?” Haseena said softly

“Hum bhi achei hain”

“what about Shreya? How is she?”

Aqib looked at Haseena blankly, then he bowed his head low.  There was again silence in the room.

Haseena slowly stood up, and came in front of Aqib and sat on her knees. She held his hand and made him look at her.

“baat kya hain ?” Haseena asked softly.

“Shreya is no more.” He said fumbling

“What?”

“Yes ,..she is  no more…she committed suicide…” Aqib bursted out crying. He was crying hysterically…

“ Aap ko pata hain Haseena , woh humari wajese…sirf aur sirf humari wajese..iss duniya mein nhi hain" he said in between his sobs.

Haseena hugged him in order to calm him down. Aqib held Haseena tightly, he was almost shivering. Haseena too had tears in her eyes. After sometime,  when he was little normal. They broke the hug. Haseena gave him a glass of water,  which he gulp down in one go. Haseena once again held his hand.

“ Why did Shreya commit suicide?” she asked in a soft tone.

“Haseena,  aapko toh pata hain…Shreya was madly in love with me?”

Haseena nodded positively, Aqib continued

“ We were  in a relationship,  but everything was not right between  us. Hume acha nhi lagta ta, jab woh humare kareeb aati thi. But why? I didn’t know that. Everything was becoming worse day by day.  May be because I was not able to give her the love, she deserve. Onenight, when she forced me on her, that very moment I realized that I was already in love with someone else. Hum nhi chahate thein Shreya ko iss baat, ka pata kissi aur se chale. I don’t want to fake it to her. So I decided to tell her, that it’s not working. It would be better , if we part our ways. I don’t know Haseena…what happened to Shreya…she was perfectly all right, she also understood the situation. We finally parted our ways…after two days, I heard  she  committed suicide.” his eyes were again filled with tears, he continued in his broken voice

“I don’t  know what to do? I felt helpless , frustrated at the same time.  That’s why I came here! I know no matter what you will stand by me"

He looked at Haseena , she gave him assurance through his eyes.

“If you don’t mind, can I know who is the girl  whom you love?”Haseena asked

Aqib expression changed to a tensed one. He bowed his head low and started fidgeting with his fingers. Haseena kept her head on his shoulder, and again repeated the question in soft tone.