Battle for Love (Comp)

Heart to Hearts

A/N: Touchy feely talkies between the lover boys! And man I seem to be a sucker for Kabir having issues... and idk if it's good or bad.

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.

Quickly turning to finish up the report as he thought about everything, he sighed, knowing that he must come to terms with it and stop avoiding things.

Kabir opens the door and silently enters the room, welcomed by the sobs and mumblings of Khalid. "Khalid, I'm sorry uske liye. Thoda pareshaan tha us samay par... I shouldn't have blown up for that..." Kabir admitted slowly as he sat down in front of Khalid.

"Maine kuch galat kiya hai kya?" Khalid asked suddenly as he snapped his head towards Kabir, showing his puffed up eyes that'd started turning red. "Tune kuch nahi kiya." Kabir said as he went to wipe off the tears, only for Khalid to flinch as he moved away from Kabir.

"Toh phir kyon? Maine kuch galat kaha aapse? Main phir wohi galti math karonga. Par yeh avoiding wala cheeze math kigiye, I can't bear it if you keep his up anymore. Aap jaante ho? Iske pehle, I didn't have anyone to call my acquaintance, let alone a friend or a lover. Gaddar ke beta hone ka side effect. Ammi ke sivaay koi nahi tha mere liye. But then this team changed everything. For the first time I'm treated as an equal, and I have these many friends... I feel like I'm wanted for once. But you doing this to me... I can't Kabir. It's just..." he said as he took in a deep breath to collect his thoughts.

"For the first time I experienced any love other than my mother's love. Iske pehle all I'd received the most were hate and indifference. Itni mili ki main suicide karne ke liye soch raha tha. But... this love I have for you is... a pleasant kind of different, the I want to live with you my whole life type of different. Aur main is pyaar ko aapke aankhon mein bhi dekh saktha hoon. But you are denying it and frankly, hurting me along with it. Either say you love me or you don't. Don't send mixed signals and get my hopes up high." he said and Kabir wanted to say something to stop Khalid from spiralling down when Khalid just put a finger over his lips.

"Let me finish it. Maybe I'm overstepping the line but... we all are worried about you sir. Me, Aditi, Saurabh, Prateek, Colonel Sunil... everyone are worried about when you'll succumb or explode from all the pain and trauma you've gone through and whether you will recover from it so please! And I can't see you suffer. You have a lot of pain you've buried inside you and now, it's asking for its freedom. As ammi said, burying the past leads to more pain. Aur baantne se woh bojh halka ho jati hai. I just want to help you but..." he trailed off, breathing heavily and shuddering from the outburst.

Kabir slowly approached Khalid and hesitantly pulled him into a hug, hoping that it would calm him down. He didn't know that his actions had bothered everyone to this extent. Had it always been like this? Had the notion of him bottling up his emotions always had people worried this much?

He looked down at Khalid, who'd started to calm down a little. But was facing his demons worth burdening people he was close with? Was he worth it for them?  Was this the right thing to do?

Khalid, as if looking at Kabir's conflict, gently cupped his face and said "Kabir, tumhara dard baantne se kisi ko kuch nahi hoga. We are ready to share your burden with open arms if it will help you. Yeh bojh nahi hai humare liye. And you deserve it, no matter what you think about yourself." Khalid said softly and Kabir took a deep breath, contemplating on what he should do.

"Do you really want me to go there? You might not like where it's going" Kabir asked, his resolve crumbling and his walls coming down, giving a chance for Khalid to back down.