'You're my other half,
the better one.'
Karan's POV:
Her fingers traced the 'fakira' tattoo for the nth time, I gazed at her, attempting to conceal the hint of amusement in my eyes as she looked at me, sheepishly.
"You know I'm obsessed with it.", She whined, like a kid.
"Dikh raha hai woh teri harkato se.", I teased.
"I can't believe you hid its meaning from me for so long.", She mumbled, looking at me.
I chuckled, remembering the day when I finally told her the meaning behind this tattoo. It wasn't like she couldn't search it's meaning up, she just wanted to hear it from me, claiming she doesn't just want the meaning but also the story behind it. I just wanted to annoy her, hence kept delaying the talk about this one topic.
[Flashback:]
"What's the meaning of this?", Her voice startled me.
Averting my eyes from the movie, I looked at her only to find her gazing intently at my tattoo.
"It means a person who wanders aimlessly, is alone. I got this way back when I had come from Punjab to Mumbai. While traveling to places, I would see many people enjoying their lives, some would be with their partners and some with their friends, whilst I would be all alone. I didn't think I was ever gonna that special someone in my life. So, this happened.", I explained, gesturing to the design engraved in my skin.
"Wanna know one thing?", She asked.
"Uhh yes.", I said, the anticipation of hearing her answer left me a bit restless.
"We might not go to all places together, but you'll have me..hamesha, you can't be alone as long as you have me. We'll visit all our favorite places, and sing our favorite songs there, together.", She said, gazing in my eyes.
"A--Ajeeb Dastaan?", I stuttered, a bit overwhelmed.
"Ohh that. Obviously. I mean it's our song, yeh toh hamari shaadi mein bhi bajega.", She squealed in the end.
'SO FUCKING ADORABLE!!' I thought, looking at her.
'Really, Kundrra? So cringe.' My subconscious mumbled.
[Flashback ends.]
Memories from that time reeled themselves in my head, making me smile.
I looked at her who was engrossed in watching her show, her lips curved up slightly and she raised her hand to cover my eyes and said, "Don't distract me, I wanna watch this."
Wanting to have all her attention for myself, I wrapped my fingers around her hand which was covering my eyes, and brought it closer to my lips, placing a little kiss there. Her smile widened and she looked at me.
"Kitna kamina hai na tu?", She said.
"Leave that. I wanted to say something..like kinda confess karna tha.", She continued, without letting me speak.
"Bol bol.", I spoke, pretending she'll stop speaking if I don't give her the permission.
"Once, I asked aai, 'What's love like? What's it about?', so she replied, 'It's all about that one person.' Aai didn't say anything much. I didn't understand the meaning behind her words. I found myself thinking about this time and again, only to understand its meaning when I fell for you. I understood that Love is all about that one person, and you're that person for me. You're love, Sunny. My love.", Her words sounded so endearing, and warmed my heart.
She leaned in my chest and snuggled there as if she didn't just dropped a bomb on me.
The feelings she evoked in me, they were treasure in itself. And, the best part was, she did it so effortlessly, she made it seem so easy. Like, loving me was easy when all my life I had been proved otherwise.
"Laddoo?", I called.
She didn't reply, and I peeked downwards only to find her asleep.
Kissing her forehead and pulling her closet to me, I muttered, "Teri Ajeeb Dastaan ne iss fakir ko jeena sikha diya." before closing my eyes.
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