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SORRY FOR POSTING THIS SUPER LATE BUT THIS IS THE TOUGHEST CHAPTER FOR ME TO WRITE AND TO COMPENSATE LATE UPDATE I HAVE A DOUBLE UPDATE TODAY. ENJOY! AND LEAVE YOUR PRECIOUS VOTES AND COMMENTS.

ILAHI'S P.O.V

9 FEBRUARY 20xx,

I SIGH, SITTING ON THE BED TIREDLY. WELL, WHO NEEDS A GUY, WHEN YOUR GYM SESSIONS ARE ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR LEGS GO WEAK. THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT CAN FIX MY MOOD RIGHT NOW, EITHER BLACK COFFEE OR CHOCOLATES. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I'M PROHIBITED TO BOTH. I HAVE AN ALLERGY FROM CHOCOLATES AND MY MUMMY DON'T ALLOW ME TO HAVE BLACK COFFEE MUCH. "IT WILL INCREASE HEAT IN YOUR BODY AND CAN HARM YOUR LEFTOVER BRAIN CELLS" IS WHAT SHE SAYS. NOW YOU KNOW WHERE MY SARCASM COMES FROM.

BUT I'M FEELING A BIT LIGHT SEEING HER COMING BACK TO HER NORMAL SELF. SHE HAD BEEN THROUGH A LOT. THIS LAST 3 MONTHS CHANGED OUR LIFES UPSIDE DOWN. I CAN'T SEE HER DEPRESSED AS SHE WAS AFTER THAT INCIDENT, AFTER THE MOST DREADFUL DAY OF OUR LIVES. BUT SHE IS TRYING TO COME BACK FOR ME BY TAKING BABY STEPS, I CAN'T EVEN EXPRESS HOW PROUD OF HER I'M. WE ARE TRYING TO COP UP WITH THE LOSE, I'M TRYING TO TAKE BABY STEPS AS WELL BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WILL I ABLE BE FILL THAT GAP. THE LOSS OF MY-

"ILAHI! DO YOU WANT SOME TEA?" MUMMY INTERRUPED MY THOUGHTS AND I'M GLAD SHE DID BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT DAY. LIFE IS ALL ABOUT MOVING ON. SINCE THAT DAY I'M IGNORING THIS FEELING AND I GUESS THIS IS THE BEST WAY.

"MUMMY I WILL MAKE IT." I REPLIED LOOKING HER WAY. SHE IS SITTING ON THE BED WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE CHAIR KEPT BESIDE THE BED. YOU CAN CALL IT MY CHAIR AS I ALWAYS SAT THERE. I WALK TO THE KITCHEN AND START PREPARING TEA. WELL, MY MUMMY LOVES THE TASTE OF THE TEA I MAKE. I'M NOT MUCH INTO COOKING BUT WHAT I MAKE, EVERYONE LOVES IT. I LIKE TO WORK IN SPACIOUS KITCHENS AS THEY PROVIDE ENOUGH SPACE FOR ME TO DANCE AND SING WHILE COOKING. OUR KITCHEN IS SMALL BUT STILL I HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR ME TO SWAY MY HIPS ON THE SONGS I SING. I LOVE SINGING VERY MUCH, IT IS MY SOUL HEALER. I ALWAYS SING WHENEVER I'M HAPPY, SAD, MOTIVATED EVEN NOW TO CONTROL MY ANGER. BEING A SINGER WAS MY DREAM WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND EVEN, I GOT SELECTED IN INDIAN IDIOL JUNIOR BUT UNFORTUNATLY MY FAMILY DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT DREAM SO, I HAD TO DROP IT. BUT EVENTUALLY BEACAUSE OF THAT DECISION I FOUND THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MY LIFE AND SURELY, I'M WORKING ON IT AS WELL. BUT IT'S STILL MY DREAM TO ATLEAST SING ONCE IN FRONT OF AUDIENCE. HOPE I WILL GET THAT CONFIDENCE SOME DAY.

POURING THE TEA INTO MY FAVORUITE SET OF CUPS, I TOOK SOME COOKIES WITH ME AS WELL. MY MUMMY IS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE TEA ALONE AS IT CAN CAUSE HER SOME SERIOUS ACIDITY ISSUES.

"HERE! DO YOU WANT ANYTHING ELSE THEN COOKIES?" I GIVE HER TEA AND COOKIES AND MOVE TO KEEP MY CUP ON THE DRESSER BESIDE MY CHAIR.

"NA THEY ARE ALL I NEED" SHE SAID WITH A SMILE. GOD, I LOVE TO SEE HER SMILE GETTING BACK. (THANK YOU BABAJI JUST HELP HER HEAL LIKE THIS) I SMILED TO MYSELF THINKING THE SAME.

"DID YOU GET ANY TEXT FROM NITIN? HAS HE LANDED YET?" SHE ASKED KEEPING HER PHONE DOWN WHILE TURNING TO ME.

"YES, MUMMY HE LANDED AT ALMOST 8 IN THE MORNING AND REACHED HIS RELATIVES" CURRENTLY IT'S 6 IN THE EVENING. I DIDN'T TELL MUMMY ABOUT MY LAST ENCOUNTER WITH HIM WAS THAT HORRIBLE. HE TEXTED ME THIS MORNING APOLOZISING FOR HIS BEHAVOIR AND TOLD ME HE LANDED SAFETLY.

"GOOD, I HOPE HE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND STAY HAPPY" SHE SAID.

"I HOPE THE SAME" I SAID A BIT LOST.

"WHAT IS WRONG?" SHE ASKED WITH CONCERN WHILE SIPPING HER TEA AND I REALISED I NEVER TOUCHED MY CUP. I PICK THAT UP AND TOOK A SIP (JUST PERFECT NOT TOO HOT NOT TOO COLD) I PRAISED MYSELF IN MIND.

"NOTHING I WAS JUST THINKING, I WILL MISS HIM." I REPLIED WITH A SAD SMILE.

"WHEN ARE WE GOING TO MAMMIS HOUSE. I WANT TO MEET SAURAV AND SMRITI. MASSI IS ALSO COMING RIGHT?" I CHANGED THE TOPIC BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE I MISS MY COUSINS.

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