AAKHIR PYAAR HOGAYA

CHAPTER 51: cute little sneaky stuff

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AAYAT'S POV:

Right now I am at my parents' house and it has already been a week since we returned from aligarh. That place is forever going to be the best place in my memory because that is where the both of us gained the courage to accept and convey each others' feelings. yeah. Because the development of feelings had already started here, the very day when he fed me fruits on bhai's wedding. The very day when he had called to speak to me with the fake reason of my studies. The very day he had promised to help me with my studies. The very day when He had taken care of me during my mensuration. The very day I had taken care of his feelings. The very day when he had promised to respect me. The very day when we were married. The very day when we had seen each other on the engagement. The very day we were promised to each other. Yes it was always there. Because it was written on our stars. We were destined to belong to each other. And now that we both had officially confessed, we were just proving all of it to be true. 

I arrived today in the afternoon as baba was being all dramatic and saying that I forgot him after I found my husband and I knew I had only one way to calm him down and that was to visit him and spend the weekend with him. They were glad when I told them about how my in laws and everyone else in the family treats me and my baba, again, told me that he knew aman was the best for me and hence he asked me to get married to him. Well yeah, thanks to him. 

I am sitting in my room, on my bed at the moment and smiling like fool looking at my and my husbands' pictures that we clicked had clicked in aligarh and I heard the door opening. I slightly turned my gaze towards the door to see who it was and there was a sudden scream and two human faced buffaloes jumped on me.

AAYAT: bitches move! lemme breathe.

AARNA: we missed uuuuuuuuu!!

ADITI: yess we did!! a lott!

AAYAT: I missed you guys too but you'll have to move away if you want me alive.

ADITI: sheesh what has happened to you huh? You've become just like your cold husband.

AAYAT: ohh please he isn't cold.

AARNA: defending and all huh I see.

AAYAT: well look who's speaking tho. Aditi my dear, believe it or not, but you've become cheesy ever since you've started dating that cheesy boyfriend of yours. 

ADITI: ohh please he's not cheesy at all. He's sweet and cute and adorable.

AAYAT: now who's defending huh?

AARNA: and these girls told they'll never fall in love.

AAYAT AND ADITI: whatever.

We all looked at each other and started laughing.

AAYAT: ohh my god I missed this so much.

AARNA: I know right. It feels soo good.

ADITI: mhmm.. finally, it feels like old times.

AAYAT: by the way, Its 8 pm already. How come you girls are here? I know its not surprising but did your parents kick you out of your houses?

AARNA: we're here for a sleep over bish. Because we missed you and here you're wishing for us to be homeless.

AAYAT: yeah yeah whatever. 

ADITI: ahemm ok so now we want details on your aligarh trip!! what all happened?? 

AARNA: I haven't been able to sleep properly because of the curiosity! you better fill us in.

AAYAT: chill girls. Ok so listen.

TIME SKIP

AFTER 2 HOURS.

AARNA: damnnn is this some story out of novel?

ADITI: I know right! damn you used to read novels.. and you yourself are living a fictional story now.

AAYAT: it feels like a dream you know. Hayee.

AARNA: look at the time, its 10 pm already.

ADITI: damn time runs like a river, and faster when all of us are together.

AAYAT: true that.

At that very moment, my phone rang indicating that someone was calling me. I picked up my phone to check the caller id and it was none other my husband. An instant smile occurred on my face as soon as I read his name.

ADITI: ahem. someone is blushing.

AARNA: aww your lover boy can't sleep without speaking to you.

AAYAT: shut up guys.

At the same time, both of their phones rang and I looked at their faces with a smirk on mine.

AAYAT: speak for yourself bitches, now don't disturb me. shoo.

I ran near the window and sat on the tiny couch placed near it to gain some privacy. I picked up his call in urgency as I didn't want to miss it and waited for his deep soothing voice.

ASIM: bohot khush lagrahi hai aap hamare bina. Din bhar naa ek call na ek message. Yaad nahi aate hum?

(you look very happy without me. No call, no text. You didn't miss me?)

AAYAT: dopahar mei kiya toh tha message.

(I did text you in the afternoon.)

ASIM: bas ek baar kiya tha.

(it was just once.)

AAYAT: haan toh saara din aap hi se baat karte?

(then do you expect me to talk to you all day?)

ASIM: kyu nahi karna chahiye?

(why? shouldn't you?)

AAYAT: waisi baat nahi hai, lekin amma baba ke saath bhi toh baat karni thi.

(It's not that. But I wanted to spend time with amma and baba as well.)

ASIM: isiliye toh aapko jaane diya. warna aapko khudse door karna humme pasand nahi.

(That was the reason I let you go. Or else I don't like keeping you away from me.)

AAYAT: humme bhi aapse door rehna nahi pasand.

(I don't like staying away from you as well.)

ASIM: humme toh neend bhi nahi aarahi hai aapke bina.

(I am not able to fall asleep without you.)

AAYAT: humme bhi.

(even me.)

ASIM: kya kehti hain? aajayen aapke paas?

(what do you say? should I come to you?)

AAYAT: itni raat ko? kya kahenge sabse?

(so late? what will you tell to everyone?)

ASIM: kya kehna hai, sab sochuke honge ghar pe, hum aa bhi gaye toh idhar kisiko pata nahi chalega.

(there's nothing to say. Everyone is asleep at home. They wouldn't know even If I come there.)

AAYAT: lekin hamare yahan toh jaage huye hain na sab. humme sharam aati hai.

(but everyone is awake at my place. and I will feel shy.)

ASIM: toh aapki khidki se andar aajayenge. win-win case.

(then I'll come through your window.)

AAYAT: aman aap bhi na, pagal jaisi baatein karte hain.

(aman you naa, you speak like crazy people sometimes.)

ASIM: pagal toh banadiya hai aapne, apni mohobbat mei.

(you've made me crazy in your love.)

AAYAT: bas kijiye abb. humme sharam aarahi hai.

(stop it now, I am feeling shy.)

ASIM: toh sharmaaiye, aap sharmaate huye behad haseen aur pyaari lagti hain.

(then please feel shy, you look beautiful as well as cute when you're shy.)

AAYAT: besharam hochuke hain aap.

(you've become shameless.)

ASIM: aapke ishq mei.

(in your love.)

AAYAT: accha woh sab chodiye, khaana khaaya aapne?

(ok leave that, did you have dinner?)

ASIM: aap nahi thi khilaane ke liye, kaise khaate?

(you weren't there to feed me, how could i eat?)

AAYAT: asim, mazak wagera iss maamle mei nahi. aapne khaana kyu nahi khaaya?

(asim, no jokes in this matter. Why didn't you have dinner?)

ASIM: arre khaaliya tha begum sahiba. Aapse daant khaane ka iraada thodi hai.

(I had eaten dear wife. I had no intention of getting scolded by you.)

AAYAT: toh kya karne ka iraada hai?

(then what intentions do you have?)

ASIM: bohot kuch. Lekin filhaal pyaar bhari baaton se kaam chaljaayega.

(I have a lot of other intentions, but your lovely talks would do for now.)

AAYAT: aap bhi na, nahi sudhrenge.

(you'll never learn.)

We spoke for another hour about how we spent our days and I looked at the time, it was already midnight.

AAYAT: accha, abb bohot der hochuki hai.

(ok, it's too late now.)

ASIM: yaar, aapki bohot yaad aarahi hai noori.

(I am missing you a lot noori.)

AAYAT: humme bhi aman.

(I am missing you too aman.)

ASIM: abb toh aa hi jaate hain. baaki sab dekha jaayega.

(Its better I come there. We'll deal with the consequences later.)

AAYAT: accha, aajaiye phir, hum bhi dekhte hain.

(really, ok then, come here, even I'll see.)

ASIM: aap apni khidki ke neeche toh dekhiye huzoor.

(look down from your window, my love.)

I was utterly confused when he asked me to do that but I looked down nevertheless. My heart beats started racing when I found him there waving at me with that gorgeous smile of his. But he was here. At midnight. What the hell! I turned back to look at aarna and aditi and found them sleeping and I felt a little relaxed.

AAYAT: aman aap yahan kya kar rahe hai?? woh bhi itni der raat.

(aman, what are you doing here? and that too so late at night?)

ASIM: aapko dekhne ka mann kar raha tha.

(I wanted to see you.)

AAYAT: toh abhi dekhliya na, jaaiye. *teasing*

(you've seen me now, you may leave.)

ASIM: kitni patthar dil biwi hain aap. Aapka shohar itni raat ko aapse milne aaya hai aur aap darwaaze se hi waapas bhejrahi hain.

(you're such a stone hearted wife. Your husband has come to meet you soo late at night and you're asking me to return from the door itself.)

AAYAT: arre hum toh bas mazak kar rahe the, aap rukiye hum aarahe hain neeche.

(I was just joking, you wait I am coming down.)

With that I excitedly went down the stairs and made sure not to make much noise as I didn't want to get caught. I slowly opened the door and looked at him standing there with a huge smile on his face. I ran to him and he engulfed me in a hug. I was finally feeling happy, peace and comfortable. He was my home. His embrace was the place where I belonged the most.

AAYAT: I missed you so much.

ASIM: me too noori.

AAYAT: now? what to do?

ASIM: I don't know, its your house. You tell. 

I sighed and shook my head at his tantrums. I took his hand in mine and started walking towards the back side of our house where we had a huge swing. He followed me as I settled down on the swing and he sat beside me. Suddenly, he turned to face me and pressed his back to the side of the swing and pulled me towards himself making my back touch his chest. He then hugged me from behind and pulled me closer with his embrace tightened and I leaned my back comfortably against his chest.

ASIM: much better.

AAYAT: yes, really, much better.

We sat there for some time in silence when he suddenly spoke.

ASIM: oh I completely forgot, I got something for you.

He slightly moved forward to take out something from his pocket and forwarded his palm towards me. It was a chocolate. I giggled a little at his thoughtfulness and accepted it.

AAYAT: you're the best husband!

ASIM: tell me something I don't know.

AAYAT: you're old.

ASIM: what- take that back right now! I look much more handsome and well built compared to those lean college boys these days.

AAYAT: alright alright I was joking. You are much more handsome and well built. 

We both looked at each other's faces and bursted out laughing. This is what I liked about us, even small moments felt soo damn special.

ASIM: umm, I got you a gift, shouldn't I get one in return as well?

I slightly turned towards him and asked him to close his eyes to which he gladly obeyed. I leaned closer to his cheek and pecked it before turning my back towards him once again.

ASIM: wow, if that's what I get in return then I am going to to get you chocolates everyday. 

I giggled at his statement and the silence engulfed us once again. 

I always wanted to ask him something but I never had the courage. I wanted to know why he was cold during the initial days of our marriage, and judging by what ammi had told me, he wasn't cold from the start. Today, I felt it was the right moment to get answers to all my questions.

AAYAT: aman, can I ask you something? If you are comfortable.

ASIM: you can ask whatever you want my love, I won't ever not be comfortable.

AAYAT: umm, why did you tell me that you didn't believe in relationships on the first day of our marriage?

ASIM: *sigh* that's a long story love.

AAYAT: and we have the whole night.

ASIM: ok so, I was in college, and I had two friends who were very close to me, even before I befriended sathya. One of them was rehan and the other was Ahil. We were the most famous trio of our college. Not only because of our money, but also because of looks. We were good at studies as well and girls used to throw themselves at us.

AAYAT: ohh girls huh, we'll come to that later, now you may continue.

He giggled slightly at my hollow warning and continued telling.

ASIM: we were never interested in dating and minded our own business most of the times. My friend rehan was from a business background just like me, but ahil, he was from business background as well, but slightly different.

AAYAT: different?

He gulped before continuing.

ASIM: yes. He came from the mafia background. They were the normal business tycoons in front of the entire world but only they knew what they did in the underground. But ahil never seemed dangerous. He was always cheerful and funny around us and we became instantly comfortable with him. Our days as friends were truly something to remember. So memorable.

AAYAT: then? what happened?

ASIM: then, a girl named ruksaar, entered in our lives. She was a quite girl. Minding her own business. Never engaging with anyone. Always drowned in her books and lost in her own world. She was beautiful but I never payed attention because I didn't have any intentions of dating anyone. But the case wasn't the same for rehan and ahil. They both seemed to have started liking the same girl. Initially, when we discussed it, all of us were cool about it. Both of them swore that they wouldn't let a girl come in between our friendship and everything was going smooth until that day when professor paired ahil and ruksaar for a project. Ahil looked very happy about it and I was happy for him too, but the rehan didn't seem too happy. He tried to hide it with a smile but his dislike was clearly visible.

I didn't want to elongate the matter so I let go of it. Eventually, as time passed, ahil and ruksaar started getting closer to each other. I could see how happy ahil was when he was with her. And same goes for her. She looked lively when she was with him. And I was genuinely happy looking at the development between them, but we sensed rehan drifting away from us. He started hanging out with the wrong guys and stopped spending more time with us. When I confronted him about this, he told me that he had fallen in love with ruksaar and he couldn't take it when he saw both of them close to each other. He told that he wanted some time to adjust and will be back to normal. I wasn't satisfied with his reason but decided to give him time.

And soon that day arrived when ahil confessed his feelings to ruksaar and she gladly accepted him. Their happiness knew no bounds that day and I was happy too. But rehan was devastated. He became aggressive and started drowning himself in alcohol. Sathya had become our friend by that time and both of us tried to bring him to the right path. We didn't tell ahil about this change in him as we didn't want to ruin his happiness. But that night, everything changed..

I could feel him stiffening behind me and I gently held his palm and started rubbing my thumb finger on the back side of it to calm him down.

AAYAT: what happened that night aman?

ASIM: that night, rehan called me. He was drunk. He was crying hysterically saying he was waiting for ruksaar outside the orphanage where she used to volunteer. He told me that he would prove his love to her and make her his. He told that he would show her that he was way more better than ahil. I asked him to gain his senses but he had cut the call. I hurriedly rushed towards the orphanage and I was shocked by what I saw.

AAYAT: what did you see?

ASIM: h-he h-he was t-trying t-to force ruksaar and she was telling him to stop. She was crying but he didn't listen. I rushed towards him and pulled him from behind but he pushed me back and fell on her once again. She mustered up all the courage she had in her and pushed him away and slapped him. He couldn't take it. He was drunk and he didn't know what was doing. He pulled her by her hair and shouted. "IF YOU CAN'T BE MINE, THEN I WON'T LET YOU BE WITH ANYONE ELSE." he stabbed her. He stabbed her again and again. He stabbed her until she fell on the ground with blood all around her. I stood there, frozen. I wasn't able to comprehend what had happened. When I came to reality, I pushed him away and bent down towards ruksaar. Her breathing had slowed down utterly and I turned back to look at rehan. He looked shocked as well. Regret was clearly visible on his face but what had happened had happened. I landed a few punches on his face but he didn't even react he just dropped the knife there and I pushed him away and hurried towards her once again.

She was chanting ahil's name again and again and I was trying to dail the ambulance. I turned back to look at rehan and he wasn't there. He ran away. bastard. I was trying to rub her palm to give warmth to her body but soon I heard someone shouting her name from a distance. It was ahil. Tears were instantly flowing from his face. He ran towards her and cupped her face. He was telling her to keep breathing and that ambulance would be here any moment. But she lost it. She lost her life. She had stopped breathing. But before she died, she muttered my name.

I looked at ahil and kept my hand on his shoulder in order to comfort him but what he said next broke my heart. H-He a-accused me of k-killing her. H-He accused me of killing her only because she had taken my name before dying. He accused me of killing her just because he saw the knife lying near me and my clothes covered with her blood. He pushed me to the wall and punched me on my face, on my gut and everywhere else. He belonged from the mafia and he was trained well. I wasn't able to take the blows and fell down with no energy left in me. My eyes started closing as I was losing conscience. I still remember the last words he muttered before I closed my eyes.

AAYAT: w-what d-did h-he s-say?

ASIM: he said he would make me pay. He said he would kill my loved ones just the way I killed her. He promised to make my life hell. And the next time when I opened my eyes, I was in the hospital with sathya beside me. He had told my family that I had undergone an accident. But the asim that came out of that hospital that day, was the different one. He was cold and didn't believe in any relation anymore. And I had promised to remain the same until you came in my life and changed everything.

AAYAT: what happened to rehan and ahil?

ASIM: I do not know. I don't know where they are now. That was the last time I saw him and then they disappeared. And by the looks of it, it looks like they've forgotten each other. It looks like the memories that we made in college have faded. But I guess its better that way.

AAYAT: was that why you didn't want any serious relationship? because you thought even I would lose trust in you just the way ahil did?

He slightly nodded his head.

AAYAT: And why did you tell me to not expect love from you?

ASIM: because I had seen the pain in ahil's eyes that night. I shivered just at the look of what pain looked like. I didn't want to experience it. I didn't want to experience the pain of losing my loved one. But I couldn't help and fell for you. And now, I promise to protect you noori. I promise to protect you until my last breath and I won't spare anyone who would make you cry.

I slowly turned around to face him and my heart pained looking at the tears in his eyes. I moved closer to his face and kissed his tears away and slowly leaned closer to capture his lips in mine. He let out a shaky breath and pulled me closer by my waist and I shifted on his lap. I pulled out after some time and placed my forehead on his.

AAYAT: you are everything and more than what I could ever ask for aman, And I too promise to protect you from this world. 

He chuckled and pulled me closer to him and I placed my head on his chest. The slow pattern of his heartbeats calmed me down and we spent some more time sitting on the swing.

ASIM: it's late now, my love. You should go in and sleep.

AAYAT: you too should go and sleep well.

ASIM: mhmm. Go in first. I'll leave after you go in.

I just nodded and got away from him to enter the house from back door. But before I could enter, i turned back and ran to his embrace once again. He gently pecked my forehead and asked me to go in once again. 

I bid him farewell and finally went it. My man had been through a lot and I will treat him way better in future. I will treat him like a king. Because he was a king.

MY KING. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. MY AMAN.

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