Battle for Love (Comp)

Struggles

A/N: The second chapter folks! Might be a bit OOC for Kabir but... I can't control my thought process in a story! I am quite an instinctual writer, I write down what I get at the moment and don't revisit it unless I need to refer so... prone to mistakes!

Warning : Auto corrects and typos are always behind my back so please forgive me for any mistakes. And please don't get mad at my attempt at typing Hindi, it is NOT my First or Second language so I am prone to make mistakes.  

The day Khalid joined the army, he knew that it was going to be a great struggle to reach the top, given his history and background. After all, he'd been facing it since the day it was announced that his abbu was a traitor to the world. Honestly speaking, he himself didn't believe that he would be able to come this far without his mother's support or her prayers.

As expected, if the others had hard work, he had double the work. People talking behind his back, often picking him out for demonstrations, all the jeering and badmouthing, the extra assignments and all those training sessions where he was told to achieve more than he could chew upon.

But he took it in his stride and bit his tongue as he completed what was given, striving to get to the top, determined not to let anything get in his way as he knew, one wrong move and he was out. And he didn't want to give the satisfaction to all those people by proving them that he was like his father.

And so he worked hard, day and night, trying to prove his worth to all the people out there, working hard to achieve the ultimate goal - to remove the dirt from his family name and bring back the honour that was lost.

And his hard work paid off when everyone, grudgingly, admitted that he was the best of their batch and was nothing like his father and he considered it as a win. But he still hadn't reached his goal - to get into the team of Major Kabir, the person he'd looked up to even before he joined the force, his inspiration.

And now he is standing there along with Colonel Sunil, waiting for Kabir to come back in order to talk about whether Kabir will take him into the team or not.

The first time he saw him approaching, he stood there, staring at him in awe like a fan would look at their star, excitement and hope surging through him. But it was suddenly dropped low when Kabir went through his file and looked at him in the eyes, asking "Main kyon team main is gaddar ke bete ko haath main hathyaar dekar leke jaaun?"

And something inside him snapped. "Permission to speak sir?" he asked the Colonel. When the permission was given, he looked into Kabir's eyes before speaking. "Mujhe bas ek chance chaahiye sir. Once chance yeh daagh mitane ke liye. Haan, mere abbu gaddar the, sabko woh nazar aa raha hai. Par main mere ammi ka bhi beta hoon. Bas mujhe ek chance dijiye please! I promise I won't let you down" he said, hope and determination in his voice.

Colonel Sunil, after looking at the two of them, dismissed Khalid, realising that Kabir needed some time and space to think about it. Khalid complied and left the place, leaving the two of them alone.

Kabir paced for a while before stopping before Sunil. "Can you please step outside while I make my decision sir? No offence par... I want to think it all out" Kabir asked curtly and he nodded, noticing the conflict on his face and left the place.

"Kuch kaha sir ne?" Khalid asked, hope in his eyes but was disappointed when he saw the Colonel shake his head. "Still making the decision. I did what I could do. The ball is in his court" he admitted and Khalid fisted his hands tightly, nails digging into his flesh as he silently prayed for his entry, for a chance to prove his worth.

His eyes glazed over at the thought of his mother, his pillar in those hard days, not letting him give up, always giving him the strength to fight, the one who believed in him even when he didn't believe himself. And the only thing she wanted from him was to bring back the family's honour, something that his father had brought down to dust. And he didn't want to let her down just because someone had rejected him for who his dad had been.