Broken

Only if she knew

It was around midnight. The weather outside indicated the  possibility of heavy rain frequent in the monsoon month of August in Lucknow.
In the ICU room of the city hospital, Zoya was still asleep on the couch in a now empty room. It had been around half an hour  since Sahir had left. The hospital environment was suffocating  him and when he could no longer bear it, he decided to leave. He got up from the bed and dressed himself in the same tux that he was brought into. Before leaving, he took a glimpse of the sleeping beauty on the couch. She indeed was very beautiful. However, Sahir's heart was as cold as ice to see and interpret anything beautiful around him. The doors of emotions had forever been closed. His world had lost colours a long time ago. It was all grey for him now, just like the sky outside. Sahir got out the room with an excruciating pain in his hand but no matter how unbearable it was, it still ached less than his heart. Normally, doctors would not have allowed him to leave but he managed to convince them.After having quick words with them, he approached the hospital reception and asked the attendant, "I need the account details of the woman who paid my bills here."
"Sorry sir, its confidential and I cannot do that." The attendant replied.
Sahir was not used to a 'NO'. He gave a cold stare to the attendant that sent a shiver down her spine. He coldly said, "Atleast give me her phone number, I need to pay her back." This time the attendant could'nt gather the courage to say no. She quickly wrote it on a piece of paper and passed it to him.
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It had been an hour since Sahir had left the hospital. He now was on a deserted road. It seemed as if he had already reached the outskirts of the city. It was all dark around with no signs of settlement around. Sahir was too lost in thoughts to realise where his feets have brought him. It has been more than 5 years since Sahir had shifted to Lucknow from Mumbai. However, he still could'nt remember the paths. Lucknow had been Aarzoo's place. She was the one who compelled Sahir to fall in love with this place. It was when Sahir married Aarzoo he decided to shift 'SAIYAARA' clothing brand's head office to the city. Aarzoo was no less than shocked to hear his decision. She had made her mind to leave her favourite place and shift to Mumbai. However, Sahir gave her the biggest surprise on their engagement. Only if Aarzoo knew how much Sahir loved her!
With a loud sound of thunder, it started raining. The rain drops hitting his face brought him out of his thoughts. He looked at the sky and closed his eyes.
Flashback
Aarzoo was all dressed in a yellow salwar kameez looking like a pretty young girl of college and was sipping coffee, admiring Sahir who was working on some important designs that had urgent need to be looked after. A loud sound of thunder and rain hitting the pavement made Aarzoo run towards the door. She quickly  opened it and stepped out.
" please aap bhi aaeye na!" Aarzoo looked at Sahir and asked playfully.
"Abhi nii Aarzoo, mai busy hun. " Sahir replied without shifting his gaze from the laptop screen. Though not intended, his reply came rather rude than expected. This made Aarzoo frown. She turned around and said,"theek hai,aap apna kaam kariye aur hum jaa rahe kisi aur ke paas jise baarish pasand ho aur jo humse pyaar se baat kare."
These words of her made him leave his seat. He encircled her waist from behind and said, "tumhare liye mai kuch bhi kar sakta hun aur haan ek baat aur, tum Aarzoo ho, Sahir ki Aarzoo. Aur kisi ke baare mein sochna bhi mat.Aur tum kabhi bhi nahi jaogi Sahir se door." He planted a soft kiss on her cheek and a smile played on her lips.
Flashbacks ends.
"Kyu Aarzoo, kyu?" Sahir screamed his voice shaking. His tears mixed with rain and trickled down his face.
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Zoya woke up in the room and looked around only to find the man missing. She was hurt at his cold behaviour. He could have atleast told her before leaving.
"People nowadays lack basic courtesy." Zoya murmered rather frustrated. She got up to leave. As she turned around, her face gave a terrified expression with fear filling her eyes.
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It had still not stopped raining and Sahir was now tired of walking. His wound now all wet, was just adding to his pain. However, he didnt know which route to take or where to go. He had no idea which route will take him back to the city. He was all engrossed in contemplating paths when someone crashed against him leaving him all shocked. The woman fainted as soon as she hit against Sahir and fell on the ground with Sahir trying to hold her. Her  clothes were torn at some places and she was bleeding at few places. Sahir tried to look at the woman's face in the dark.
'"AYESHA!!!" he said almost screaming.
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Ok guys so like I promised I am here with an update. I know its been long but now that I am free, I promise frequent updates. I had already given a flashback of Zoya's life so I thought it was important to give one to Sahir as well. So here it is. The Zoya Sahir story will begin now. ❤Ok there is one thing, this story is really close to my heart and I would love if you would let me know honestly, if its turning boring or something. I really want you all to love this one. Do comment and let me know did you like it? :)
Love
Shivja