Violent love | Adiya

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What can I say, baby, what can I do?
The monster in me loves
the monster in you

Zoya yawns loudly rubbing her eye with one hand as the other is busy tossing eggs. She is making scrambled eggs, she thinks. She really doesn't care what she is making. To say the morning after last night has been rough would be an understatement. And her head hurts to even think about anymore possibilities and fears at this point.

Well, after waiting for him the entire night and having no result only to get the message that she won't be seeing him anytime soon did no good to her.

She jumps in fear screaming loudly at the voice beside her calling her rather loudly and almost in her ear. She stares wide eyed not able to form words before sighing at a very cheerful Arjun. She is not ready for this.

She simply turns after telling him he scared her.

Its a moments silence before Arjun sighs sitting on the barstool near the island  watching her cook from across him, " I take it Bhai didn't come home last night"

Zoya stays silent having no words to defend her husband. She cant probably tellong him her predicament. Its more like she doesn't want to. She is still on her journey of hoping its her mind playing games about Aditya and S...That witch, she thinks thinking in her mind.

"Dont get me wrong Zoya. I love my brother. He is my older brother,my Bhai. And there was a time when I could have done anything for him. But now I just don't understand him. I don't understand why can't he just be happy. He just tends to be veil and doesn't treat you right. He is like a monster for the lack of better word"

And Zoya smiles , she likes the fact that Arjun does really cares for her because
as long as she has known Arjun loves Aditya to pieces. And the same goes for Aditya. They are like each other's life lines. And so far Arjun to say this ... she knows that he cares. But she doesnt like the way he paints Aditya.

It is same as the rest of the world paints him to be. But she knows the reality or atleast she has seen the reality a long long time ago when they were young. And she has seen glimpses of it throughout the past years.

She plates the food bringing it to Arjun setting infront of both of them as thw other goes on about the way he hates the way his older brother treats everyone around him as if they are not worth anything , apologizing on his behalfs.

"He is not as veil as you think " Zoya says cutting him off in mid-sentence while taking her seat as she digs into her somewhat overcooked eggs.

"What do you mean?" Arjun asks amazed by her yet again but curious at the same time. It amazes him how she is ready to defend him even now ,after all these years. She has always done this since their childhood and he never got the reason not matter how many times he has asked but he still gave it shot.

Zoya looks at him as with a smile that slowly slips away as their past , his past flashes infront of her eyes. The one Arjun has no idea about, has never ever fully understood and unshedded tears appear as the pain runs through her veins at the memories.

And words slip through her lips for the very first time. The anger from the past few days vapourizing in thin air for the moment "He is angry. Dark. He doesn't, never feels safe and has no idea what to do about it. He wishes could control his demons instead of having his demons control him"

She stares Arjun in the eyes as she says " He was lost. And I think he still is"

And then flashes him a sad smile as she finishes "Alone"

She looks down at her plate going back to eat not noticing Aditya on the stairs, eyes sparkling with unsheded tears having heard each and every word.