From colleagues to soulmates❤️

The End?!

Two horrified faces turned towards Ashu. The mother daughter duo shared a terrified glance. Aai broke the silence, "Ashu, tu unn dono ko baitha.. Main abhi aayi.." He left the room and she tried to calm her down by saying, "Dekh kya huliya bana k rakha hai.?! Vikasji to tujhe dekh k hi darr k bhaag jaayenge!" Shilpa gave her a teary smile. She couldn't help herself, cuz her mother's cute and naive tactics left her with no choice. She headed out to give a warm greeting to their guests, while Shilpa rushed to the washroom to wipe her tears. Aai nd Ashu greeted him well and indirectly expressed their support to him in the entire problem, when he claimed that he had come just to return Shilpa's phone, take back his car and have a word with her... If he could! He was quite uncertain about being allowed to do that by her family.. He thought that why would they want her to get hurt any further! But to his surprise, Aai herself told him to go and have a word with her! She escorted him to her room and whispered in his ears, "Zara dhyaan se.. Bahut naraaz hai vo! Magar mujhe pura bharosa hai ki aap use mana loge!!" she patted his back, while he got emotional for a second that how supportive could someone be? For him, he was actually prepared to face a never ending list of queries, but none of that happened. While mingling in his thoughts, he passively opened the door and stepped in. He gulped hard after rolling his eyes throughout the room. He had foreseen his fate! He knew that it was going to be really hard nd he won't be forgiven easily at all.! His eyes landed on a beautiful on a beautiful snapshot, her photograph! He admired his love and hated himself for landing her into such situation. "What have I done?? Will she ever forgive me? Will she ever be able to get over it nd trust me again?" These thoughts flushed into his mind again nd again. He himself was uncertain about the answers. He thought that she might be able to forgive him.. But she will never trust him again! That's how she is!! For a moment he felt frustrated about it, but the very next moment.. He found himself smiling... Smiling at the thought that how well he had known her. But it didn't last long as he again became grief stricken for ruining it all for them.

She splashed water on her face yet again.. She herself had forgotten how many times she had done that, she just wanted to get normal for she couldn't afford him to see her in such a situation, dripping with vulnerability nd heartache! Though passively, but her heart sank at the idea of him seeing her, just not in this condition.. But how would he feel? Would he start blaming himself? What would he do next? What if he punishes himself? Even in this condition, she couldn't help but think about him, about his wellbeing and the thought pinched her even harder! She heard the door open and she took a towel, wiping off her face. She faced herself in the mirror yet again and thought, "Shilpa, you are strong nd independent! You can do this! No one has the audacity to hurt you! That's who u are...Strong! Strong! Strong!" She took a deep breath, framed a smile on her face and opened the door.. Ready to face everything.. Her everything!

As the door opened, his attention shifted from the portrait to his lady love. He was in awe for a few moments Nd couldn't find the right words to initiate the conversation. The sight of her was the reason! She could hide her tears from him, but how could she hide her swollen eyes. Those eyes spoke a million words even though there was an awkward silence between the two! "Ummm Hi Vikas...Ji.!" She tried. Oh God!! Why am I stuttering? Calm down girl.!! You are an actress! Nail it with ur best performance! She thought. He still couldn't gather the right words while she continued, "Aapko agar koi baat karni hai to jaldi kijiye.. Mujhe abhi bahar jana hai thodi der mein friends k saath... Ummm, Ek party pe!" Saying so, she tried to avoid any eye contact with him, so she tried to keep her busy and started to clean the room, or all that was left unaffected by her rage. For the beginning, she bended to pick up a pillow from the floor, while she thought, "Ye kya bol diya? Chal koi baat nhi.!" He finally came back into his senses. "Waaah! Shilpaji, to aap jhooth bolna bhi seekh gyi.? Aur actress to aap pehle se hi behtreen hai.!" She faced him out of irritation of being outsmarted and wanted to lash out at him for affecting her so much, but rather.. She kept calm, gave a forceful short, yet sarcastic smile and said, "Aapse hi to seekha hai.." These words just ripped off his heart. He did not see that coming, for him.. He expected her to shout and scream and confront him and he was even prepared for it. Just as if he had an entire script ready, if anything like that happened, but none of that happened! He started, "Listen Shilpu.." She threw a deadly glare at him and he identified for what it was. He continued, "I mean SHILPA..." The emphasis on her name made her heart skip a beat. Wait a minute, didn't she herself wanted that? No she actually didn't! "Mujhe pata hai ki tumne Ekta aur meri sari baatein suni aur iss wajah se tum mujhse naraaz ho! Magar mera point of view jaane bina hi tum koi faisla nahi le sakti.." She again stared at him. "Mera matlab, tumhe nahi lena chahiye.." Deep down at this moment, she felt so proud that her man has known her so well that just a glare is enough for both of them to communicate, but she immediately shrugged off that idea and returned back to the angry zone. "Dekho, tumne jo kuchh suna, vo sab ek galat fehmi hai... Jo kuchh bhi hua tha, vo past tha! Ab sab kuchh badal gya hai.! Ab tum mere saath ho! More like main Tumhare saath hu..." She looked at him again, but this time he stopped talking. Both looked blankly at each other, standing on the either side of the bed and in just a few milliseconds, her eyes were brimming with tears. He stepped towards her, but she raised her hand to stop him. Irritated by her action, he continued, "Shilpa! Tumhe meri baat sunni padegi.!! Sarah k time bhi tumne..." She gathered the courage and spoke out loudly, just like a threat or a warning, "Meri hi to galti hai.!! Agar maine tab aapke vo stupid se bahane aur explanations nhi mani hoti to aaj ye din nhi dekhna padta! Sarah ko aapne USE kiya apne matlab k liye! She actually had feelings for u..... What if she still has those feelings, but just going to marry Sid cuz there is no other option?! Kabhi socha bhi hai aapne!?" She paused... He couldn't meet her gaze and continued to look down at the floor. "Ohh! Ab mujhe samajh aaya ki aap media mein apni relationship ko announce kyu nhi karna chahte the.." He looked up at her! Oh no! She is going on the completely opposite track! He thought. "Aapka to drama fail ho jata na! Waah!! Mr. Mastermind.. Aap to bahut achhe actor nikle! Actress hone k baad bhi itna drama main to nhi kar sakti.. Hats off to you!" She gave him a salute with teary eyes! She knew that she was going to break down any moment now, but she continued with her voice full of disgust this time.. "Achha use kiya aapne mera.. Ya ye kahu.. Ki mera BHI..Main soch bhi nhi sakti thi ki Aap logo ko aise use karne k baare mein soch bhi sakte ho! Aur aata hi kya aapko??" She demanded! There prevailed dead silence in the room for a few moments. He thought that with all this outburst, she might actually feel good so he tried to explain, "Dekho Shilpa, jo ho gya so ho gya.. Ab hum ek nayi shuruwaat kar sakte hai.! Why don't you understand that I LOVE YOU!" He had barely finished when she argued, almost screaming, "How do I know that you're not lying?? Wait a minute, I know! This is not your LOVE! This is just your L....!" She didn't complete when she realised what she was actually going to say. It all just came out blabbering with her anger, but it didn't go well with him! Frustrated, as he already was, this made him go NUTS! "Ruk kyu gyi? Bolo na!! Ya main madad kru... LUST! Right? Yahi bolne wali thi na!? You know what, tumhari problem hi yahi hai.! Theek kehti hai Arshi.! Tumhe na to rishte nibhane aate hai aur na hi unki kadar hai.!! Tum mujhe mere past pe judge kar rhi ho.. But kya kabhi maine tumhe jadge kiya? Kabhi tumse puchha ki ab tak tumne shaadi kyu nhi ki ya tumhari shaadi kyu toot gyi ya aaj tak shaadi se bhaagti kyu aayi ho and all.. Nahi na?! Tumhari soch sach mein chhoti hai aur chhoti hi rahegi.!" He breathed in with a sigh of anger. She was shocked on hearing it all.. The processing speed of her mind had already decreased to zero and she stood there, with eyes wide open. She finally said in her sobbing voice, "Aap kisi ka pyaar deserve hi nhi karte.. Na mera.. Aur naa hi apne past ki kisi aur ladki ka!" He clenched his fists, unable to take in all the fury, he finally said, "FINE!! So you're saying that You don't want this relationship to continue... Very well then! Have it your way!!" He walked thumpingly out of the house, fuming in anger and drove back home! He didn't know that he had done.. What he had broken... What he had left behind...