Adiya's destiny

UNENDING MISERIES

"Zoya, I am so sorry...", saying this he tightly hugged her, letting the tears in his eyes fall

"Aahh...", she flinched due to the injuries that man had caused her

"kya hua? dekhao", he slowly tried to remove her coat

"nahi please bohot dard...dard ho raha hai", sobbingly she said

"chalo...chalo yaha se", supporting her by her shoulder he took her to a bench nearby and made her sit

There was a medical shop in front, he went there and bought something...

"Zoya chalo... yaha se jaana hoga police aagayi toh phas jayenge", he said as he helped her to stand

Zoya somewhere in the running for shelter had forgotten the pain that was caused to her hardly an hour back

They kept walking in the woods until they found a cottage, they had chosen to walk through the woods because there were men all over searching for Aditya Hooda

Zoya knew Aditya's life was at stake and also knew that there was a whirlwind of emotions going through his mind, because, often she would find him mindlessly walking through...whatever Rajveer said had definitely affected his mind but but Aditya hardly expressed his emotions...even after Pooja's death he had masked his pain as anger and had broken down in his room all alone after reading the diary 

"koi hai?", he asked as they approached the cottage

The door was open...a bit apprehensive Adi entered, finding no one inside he was about to call again but found a note on the table near the door

"this is a rest house, for the travelers, anybody passing through can rest here if needed, food needs to be arranged by themselves

~owner"

"Zoya andar aajao safe hai...yeh rest house hi hai hum reh sakte hai yaha", he said bringing Zoya inside

"Zoya bed bhi hai so bhi payenge humlog", he jumped on the bed and laid over it, making Zoya chuckle

'haye mera pyaara sa bachha', Zoya thought as she smilingly looked towards Aditya who was doing all childish antics just to make her smile and she knew that, she knew her husband better than anyone else, he would be dying inside but will never let her know that, if she was in pain...that was her man and she was proud of him

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"lagega haan thorasa...",saying this he put the cotton dipped in antiseptic on her arms that was scratched 

"aahh...", she placed her head on his shoulder due to the pain and held onto him tightly

after completing with the hands he went closer to her to apply medicine on her back that too was scratched when he had thrown her on the floor

"Aditya...", she hugged him tightly as he touched the cotton to the bruised skin

He softly placed his one hand at the back of her head and slowly patted it while applying

Her hold grew stronger, they were hugging each other as he completed the first aid

After completing he held her closely and let her stay like that because he knew the tears that were flowing out of her eyes were not due to the pain that her body felt now it was due to the pain that her soul was going through because of that bastard 

"Zoya", he called out as softly as possible

"hmmm", she hummed still hugging him and holding him close to her body as if trying to get rid of those dirty touches by feeling his skin

"bhukh lagi hai?", she was no longer feeling the hunger and wanted to stay like that for hours but she also knew how big a foodie he was and he could give up anything but not food, thinking how cute he looks when he eats after starving, she just smiled and broke the hug

"ha, lagi hai...aapko?", placing a hand on his cheek she asked

He smiled looking at her, "main leke aata hoon", seeing him not getting excited for food  was the most heartbreaking thing 

'was the kid in him finally giving up to this evil world', Zoya thought as she called him out, "Aditya"

and  without speaking, the words were conveyed, he held her hand and they moved out to buy some food

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"they sat on the sofa, as he fed her

"Zoya thora  aur...muh kholo aaaa", Zoya chuckled seeing him making that sound

"aaaa...", she reciprocated making him laugh and he stuffed her mouth with food

"aap khayiye..."

"bhukh nahi hai mujhe, sote hai chalo", she looked at him disappointed

"aap bure hai...hume thus thus ke khila diya aur ab apni bari aayi toh mukad gaye", she cutely said

"hume baat hi nahi karni aapse", saying this she pouted and looked the other side

"acchha baba sorry ab tum khilao...aaaaa...", he made that same sound again making her laugh louder this time

"hmmm...smart hubby...panga hi nahi lena chahiye biwi se haina?", saying this she made him eat with her hands

laughing, joking and teasing each other,  they had forgotten all their miseries 

playing with the cushions and running all over the room chasing each other they had become the children that they were, it was probably a deliberate attempt by Zoya to keep the child in him alive

They have always been like this, helping each other out of their darkness without letting the other one even know that

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"Aditya...", she jerked up from her sleep, maybe a bad dream

Aditya was wide awake he had not dropped his eyes even once, staring blankly at the ceiling letting the entire day sink in he had caressed her to sleep , once she was asleep he kept thinking of whatever was happening in their life

"kya hua?", he held her arm as she was panting

"Aditya aap thik hai...aap thik hai...", she touched his face making sure he was fine and was with her

"main thik hoon Zoya...kuch nahi hua hai...bura sapna dekha hai tumne bas...shhh", he cupped her face and kissed her forehead trying to calm her down

"aap nahi jayenge na chhodke hume?", she hugged him tightly as he leaned to the back rest letting her lean onto him keeping her head on his chest

"main hoon Zoya...kahi nahi jaunga tumhe chhodkar...I promise", he kept stroking her hair and back, as a tear drop escaped his eyes

She sobbed for sometime and then quietened letting her tears flow silently wetting his shirt, he knew she was crying but couldn't say anything, because if he spoke she would know that he was crying too and he had to be her strength, he couldn't fall weak

She knew he was crying, but didn't say anything because she on the other hand knew that Aditya Hooda felt himself weak if somebody found him crying so it was always either anger or sarcasm...but how much she wanted to tell her that crying is not weakness and he has her...maybe he was afraid of judgement, she thought, therefore, not intruding his personal space she quietly held him giving her warmth to the wounded man 

They stayed awake for the rest of the night, but, none spoke, they lay quietly letting the silence do it's talking

PRECAP: "pagal hogayi ho kya Zoya?"

"isme pagal hone wali konsi baat hai Aditya?"

"really Zoya, humare paas na rehne ko ghar hai na khane ko khana aur tum " 

"toh hum bhi toh sure nahi hai na Aditya...agar sach mein ho gaya hoga toh kya karenge"

"humare paas aur koi option nahi hai"

"shayad Pooja sahi thi..."