Manzilein

3. Hurt

Hlo darlings

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The hall fell silent as all the pairs of eyes looked at Shivaay accusingly. Could he fall so low to get his work done ? He manipulated a girl to marry him. What would have been her state of mind right now ?

"That's how you asked 'help' from her, by leaving no option for her but to agree to your demand ?" Om shouted at Shivaay and Shivaay stood there, feeling guilty deep down his heart.

"Shivaay how could you do this ? Just to protect your own sister you ruined another girl's life. How could you forget, that she is also someone's sister and daughter ?" Janvi asked from Shivaay in a calm voice but her eyes had anger for him. Pinky and Priyanka stood beside Anika who was silent all the time. Her tears that were yet to be spilled were visible to both of them.

"It all happened because of me." Anika's heart started beating fast due to fear as she heard her baby brother's voice. She turned her face to look at Sahil who was already crying which means he heard everything.

He walked towards Shivaay with difficulty as he was still in pain due to his leg. Shivaay felt himself as a beast after seeing the little boy. "How could he be so cruel, to use someone's pain as a pawn ?" He thought. He didn't feel the pain as Sahil was hitting him with his crutch. His own guilt was painful enough to not let him feel more pain.

Anika ran towards a crying and angry Sahil. She knelt in front of him and hugged him. She asked him not to behave like a bad boy but he cried and cried like never before.

"I'm a burden on my Anika didi. Had I not been there, she would have never been blackmailed by anyone. I'm the reason of her pain. I don't deserve to live.." Sahil cried as he kept hitting Shivaay. Before he could speak further, Anika interrupted him and stopped him from hitting Shivaay.

"Shut up. Shut. Up. I'll slap you if you spoke like that again. You can never be a burden on me. You are my reason to live. Then how can you be a burden on me ?" Anika spoke as she tried to stop him and herself from crying.

"Shhh.. don't cry my bacha. No. You love me, right ? So please stop crying. I want you to smile, for me. Come with me." Anika wiped Sahil's tears and took him away from all the tension filled atmosphere. She can die thousand deaths in a second but cannot see her baby in pain.

Everyone looked at Anika and Sahil's retreating figures. The bond between them reminded all of them of Obros. But the question "How are they related to each other ?" Kept nagging them. Once again, their mind and heart started their debate about who the real Anika was. The one who they met a year ago, who was arrogant and proud over her royal blood ? Or, the one they are now living with, who is ready to sacrifice her happiness for someone who is not even related to her by blood ?

Shivaay tried to talk to his family, to his brothers, to his sister, but they left from there without giving a chance to him to explain. What would he explain ? He has nothing.

He went to see where Anika and Sahil were. That is all he could do. He found both of them in his/their room. Anika was sitting on the couch and Sahil was laying and sobbing. Sahil's head was on her lap and she was trying to suppress her sobs but couldn't stop her tears from flowing.

"I hate SSO. He is so bad. How could he give you so much of pain. He is bad." Sahil spoke angrily and she caressed his hair to calm him down.

"Nobody is bad Sahil. Only circumstances are bad, which make us do things that we can't even imagine. Sometimes, we have to be bad in other's eyes to stop something bad from happening." Said Anika, staring nothing at particular. Her heart aching as if someone scratched an old wound that wasn't even healed properly.