A LITTLE BETTER🤍

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N E V A N

My wife loves blades, I found one more. She hides it but never succeeds, I talked to her Dad and called him here. This has to end someday.

She ran out of the closet wearing a saree and kept blabbering something on her phone.

"Evara..." I called but she didn't stop.

"EVARA!!!" I said loudly and she immediately stopped.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Shopping ja rahi hu Radhya aur Rudrika ke saath, aa jaungi 1-2 hours mein" She said and ran out.

How could she do this? She is always smiling and chattering but still I find blades from her stuff. How is that possible?

I looked at the blade and an idea popped in my mind, her father will be here any moment.
I called Parag and told him to tie a bandage around my wrist, he did so and I dropped a little bit of red paint drops on it.

"WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT NEVAN?" Here comes the mentally frustrated man.

He held my collar but left it as soon as his eyes fell on my wrist.

"Tum bhi?" He asked as tears formed in his eyes.

"Kya ho gaya hai yaar? Pagal ho rakhe ho sab? TANVI YEH DEKH!" He called out as my parents and Maa came running.

"Nevan, yeh...kya kiya yeh?" Maa Sa asked as Maa gave me a hug.

"Where is Evara?" Maa asked.

"She went shopping with Radhya and Rudrika" Maa Sa replied.

"Call her" Papa and Baba Sa spoke together.

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Evara came running as she heard about me.

"Kya...Kya hua?" She asked and Papa pointed towards me.

"Nevan...What? What have you done?" She asked kneeling infront of me and holding my hand.

"You...You cannot! W...why would you? Neev...Baby why?" She asked as her breath quickened.

"You like doing the same, don't you?" I asked and she sobbed more.

"I have reasons" She said.

"Me too" I added.

"I will make as many scars as you have, you draw one and I draw two. Now it's upon you" I said as her eyes widened.

"Yeh dono pagal ho gaye hai" Baba Sa said and just then Evara went unconscious.

"Evara....Shit! Call the doctor" I said as Baba Sa and Papa ran out.

I laid her on the bed and hugged her tightly.

"Nevan, leave her" Maa Sa said but I shook my head in a No.

The doctor arrived and checked her pulse.

"Just a sudden drop in blood pressure, she is fine" The doctor said and gave her an injection.

"Check his wrist as well" Mr. Mehra aka Papa said.

"No need, it's fake" I said.

The doctor left and again a slap landed on my cheek, it was Baba Sa this time.

"Mazak hai yeh? Kuch ho jata toh Evara ko?" He scolded.

Jabse aayi hai, thappad hi khila rahi hai.

"I needed to do this, she doesn't understand my pain. Roz khudko chot deti hai, jo aaj usne feel kiya woh mai Roz feel karta hu. Aap sabko lagta hai I don't try to stop her from doing this? Usse apple bhi kaat ke deta hu, because I don't trust her with a knife" I said as tears formed in my eyes.

"Come with us" Maa Sa and Maa both said and took me to the balcony.

"You need to do something better than just scolding her Nevan, poori zindagi aise nahi nikal sakti. Make her feel that she is needed here, she should start living for you. She wants to end this because she thinks she isn't important, make her feel the importance she holds" Maa Sa explained.

"And if you cannot, then please send her back with us. Atleast she will be infront of us" Maa said and cried more.

"No Tanvi, she is ours now. We stand together in this, we want her to live her life as much as you do" Maa Sa said.

I quietly walked back to the room and she was awake now.

"Can I have a word with her?" I asked and Baba Sa pulled Papa out with him.

I locked the door and settled infront of her.

"Dard ho raha hai?" She asked placing her hand over my cheek, the hand print might be quite evident.

"Sirf waha nahi" I replied as her eyes reached my wrist.

"I was faking it Ev, I was just trying to make you feel the pain I go through. Every time you hurt yourself, a piece of my heart breaks" I said as she looked away.

"Nevan..." She was about to speak something but I stopped her.

"This is the final time, I am giving you choices. Stay with me and stop hurting yourself or go back to your family. It's your choice now" I said and she looked into my eyes, I could feel the emotions she was going through.

"Hukum, maaf kariyega lekin ek baisa aayi hai milne" Parag informed, he was breathing heavily.

"Kyu Milne aayi hai?" I asked and he didn't speak for a minute.

"Rani Sa Hukum se milne aayi hai, keh rahi hai baat karengi toh sirf kisi stree se" He said and I sighed in defeat.

"Aap jaana chahengi?" I asked and earned a nod in return.

"Neeche bula lijiye, hum aate hai 2 minute mein" She said looking at Parag, he left closing the door. I was about to leave but she held my hand and tried to pull me.

"What do you want Nevan?" She asked and I pecked her forehead in return.

"I am not a man who would kiss someone casually, it means something to me. I cannot put it in words right now but...I would like it if you stay" I said and a small smile plastered on her face.

"Chalo mere saath, usse baat mujhse karni hai. Tum waha khade rehna mere liye" She said and I followed her.

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