His Lost Heartbeat

Chapter 26

Baristra Babu"

A scream made them still for a moment. The name that was result of  mispronounced word, later became something significant between the couple once again echoes in the four wall, reverberating in his heart.

However soon he registered panic in her voice and sprinted towards their room followed by Batuk ,Som  Trilochan and Binoy.

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Aadhya  had opened her eyes, her eyes trying to register blur image of her surrounding. She blinked several times to adjust her eyes . Slowly surrounding starts becoming vivid .Soon her mind recalled chaos that of earlier days. Her heart stilled looking at the unfamiliar surrounding. Her mind surrounded by the thought of Anirudh.

Were they caught?

Before she could contemplate, a name escaped from her lips. She was too scared to think about the mispronounced word. She sat up ready to jump out of the bed , though she halted when she heard door slammed open, his breath uneven whether from running or from worry she didn't know.

Relief washed over her when her eyes fall on him standing in front of her intact in one piece.

"Kya hua Bo.....Aadhya?" He asked worry evident in his tone , till then rest of the male too arrived.

"Nhi wo ...anjan jagah dekhi to mujhe laga.." She trailed off unaware from the fact that how much her words had pierced his heart.

The place that was once her comfort corner ,the place where she crawled for innumerous time had become the unknown place for him.

"Iss waqt aap... tum kaisa mehsoos kar rahi ho?" Som spoke correcting himself immediately.

Question of Som brought Aadhya's attention towards her situation. Though she should answer about heaviness of her head or pain of her shoulder ,she could only think off the wetness that she felt in her lower area.Apprantely her clothes were again stained.

"Hath utha kar dekho dard ho raha hai" Som said wearing his stethoscope. Aadhya slowly raised her hand. A sharp pain shoot in her veins. She immediately put her hand down.

"Ha Dard ho raha hai" She spoke though she was contemplating of the way she could disappear.

"Ye achchi baat hai"  Said Som walking forward toward her.

"Som" Anirudh spoke ,his eyes reading the subtle reaction of Bondita" Pehle Aadhya ko fresh ho jane do tab checkup karna." 
She looked up at him , his eyes filled with understanding meeting  with hers .

"Mai kapde bhejwata hu , tum fresh ho kar change kar lo." He addressed her and she nodded slightly.

One by one everyone left .He was the last one to leave ,his eyes never leaving her till they were separated by walls .

"Tum bhi fresh ho kar  kapde badal lo. Phir hum sochenge ki kya karna hai" Binoy spoke, after Anirudh instructed Koyeli to bring clothes for Bondita

. He nodded absentmindedly. He walked slowly almost dragging himself towards Bondita's room.

He opened the door and entered it. Chime of her bangles still echoes in this wall. Jingling of her anklets are still fresh in his mind.  The day Bondita had left for London , Anirudh shifter his belongings in her room. How could he allow the silence to engulf her room when she hated it?

Dragging himself till the wardrobe,he opened the door and fetch a pair of clothes for himself. Suddenly something strikes his mind. 

May be her clothes would no longer fit her. He rummaged his clothes, looking for appropriate pair. Soon he found the one- A white Shirt , black pants. He couldn't forget to add a black blazer clearly remembering the not so little problem that Bondita had faced during her school time