She got married today.... It was a big day in her life.. Not because she was extremely happy or ecstatic about the new beginning of her life but because today she killed her own soul by getting married to him... She had died the day he left her alone, but she died a bit more today because she left his memories behind to give some peace to her parents... Her parents who were her responsibility as she was now their only child... They lost their son years back and she couldn't see them crying and worrying for her future and life always... She needed to do this to make them happy and to fulfill her duty as a daughter... She wanted to be selfish and deny the proposal but the look on her parents face stopped her... The utter look of defeat and heart break was clear on their faces when they realized that she was going to refuse once again and she wanted to cheer them up for once... She wanted to bring them some happiness after giving them pain for so long.. All her friends were married and settled in their lives and her parents wanted the same for her... She knew she had to do this for her parents if not for her...
So here she was... On her wedding night, sitting on her marital bed, dreading the moment the man she got married to will enter the room and claim his stake... How will she endure the pain and kill her soul a bit more???? How will she let another man touch her body??? Will her pain never end? Was she doomed to live this half life always???
She heard the door open and the footsteps grew closer.. She felt him standing close to the bed... He sat on the edge of the bed close to her but she kept her eyes down not wanting to look into his like she used to look into his eyes...
She kept mum when her husband started a small talk and continued talking to her but she could hear none of it... All she could hear was his voice... "Cadet Naina ah Singh"...
She kept telling herself to breath and to not break down... She kept telling herself that she could do this.. After all she fought all odds in life alone... She was a soldier.. She could face anything... But a little voice inside her contradicted her.. That voice reminded her that she fought everything bravely because he was there with her throughout as her strength....now she was alone in the truest sense of the word...she was alone like never before..
She tried to not shiver when her husband laid her down on bed and removed her dupatta... She tried not to scream when she felt his lips on the skin of her neck, on her shoulders, going down.. She was barely hanging in there when all the hell broke loose as her husband tried to claim her lips...
Just as he placed his lips on hers, she pushed him away, shocking him to the core...
Naina(crying) - Don't... I Can't... I am sorry... I can't do this..
Abhinav (worried) - what's wrong Naina??? Did I do something wrong??? Kya hua ??
Naina(crying her lungs out) - Don't touch me. I can't do this to him...I can't forget him.. I can't betray him...
Abhinav (confused) - who?? What are you talking about???
Naina (taking a deep breath) - him... I love him...only him...
And with that her marriage of few hours died a predestined death...after all when every inch of your skin and soul loves someone else, how can you let any other person claim that soul???
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After a month...
Naina's parents accepted defeat in front of their daughter's heart and destiny... It was as if they had finally realized that their daughter was not herself any more...Her life wasn't in her control... Infact her life and heart wasn't hers anymore.... She had nothing left in herself to give it to somebody else . She loved with passion whenever she did.. After all they had seen it all their life... She loved Naveen and gave up her life and dreams to prove him innocent and now when she loved that man there is no way she would forget him... They learned this the hard way....now all they could do was to be there for her and support her in whatever she did..
They were happy that Aalekh was there to spend some time with her... He didn't even bring his wife and son along because he wanted to devote all his time to his sister for few days...
Aalekh - Naina?? Kab tak chalega ye??
Naina (sadness visible in her eyes)- kya??
Aalekh- tu jaanti hai apun kya keh raha hai.....Abhinav se baat hui thi apun ki... Vo ab bhi tere baare mein pooch raha tha.
Naina- nahin Aalekh... Ek baar Maa baba ke kehne pe uske saath galat kar chuki hun... Ab aur nahin...
Aalekh(tears in his eyes) - Kyun kiya tune aisa Naina??? Kyun tod diya vo rishta?? Tu jaanti hai na vo vaapis nahin aayenge.. 5 Saal ho gaye hain unhein.... Unhein hum sab ko chod kar gaye hue... Fir Kyun khud ko iss akelepan ki saza de rahi hai??
Naina (smiled) - Maine to apne aap ko akelepan se bachaya hai Aalekh... Ab mere paas unki yaadein to hain... Unhein har waqt apne paas mehsoos kar sakti hun aur unse baat kar sakti hun.. Bina ye soche ki main Abhinav ko dhokha de rahi hun, uska dil tod rahi hun... Main akeli kahan hun??? Akeli to main unn kuch ghanto ki shaadi mein ho gayi thi .... Jab mujhe laga ki ab mere paas unhein yaad karne ki bhi ijaazat nahin rahi... Tab bhut mushkil ho gaya tha saans lena bhi... Ab main hamesha unki banke reh sakti hun... Ab bataao??? Kya galat kiya maine ??
Aalekh hugged her tight and prayed for her inner peace and lost love... He knew that she won't ever love someone again... All of them had some hope that after her marriage she would move on somehow but now there was no hope.... His sister was destined to live alone with the memories of the man who changed all their lives to an extent but became the life of his sister....Naina was destined to be Rajveer's even if it means meeting him in some ANOTHER UNIVERSE...
The end..
