Meant to be

Chapter 14 : Mesmerized

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Sidharth had the ability to remain still absolutely expressionless and ruminate and observe the surroundings around him. In fact that was one of the reasons why he was so successful in whatever he did, his ability to remain focused and not clam out or crowd his judgement with jerk reactions or loud exhibitions of words or bragging . He heavily underplayed himself but at the same time commanded respect and attention. And as unlikely as it seemed Shehnaaz too was so much like him. While yes she was loud and exuberant and everything about her seemed larger than life, he noticed that she too was basically a very humble person who believed in showing her worth through her work rather than her words. That was one of the things that had drawn him to her, the fact that she was a very sorted grounded girl when it came to airs about who she was or what her stature in society was.

What was unfolding before them was sad and distasteful, Paras and Asim were in a very ugly verbal fight and Paras who had done this before always brought it down to money and fame. Asim who to be fair on him never shied away from his humble beginnings stood upto Paras for a while before he stretched the argument and started pimping out his humble beginnings to use it as a pawn for gaining sympathy from the viewers.

As always no matter what happened in the house Sidharth was always super aware of where Shehnaz was and what her reaction was to the things of the house. Especially since last night there was an edge a tingle a buzz inside of him for her. He knew he was in dangerous ground but he also knew when to rein it in so for the time being decided to surrender to the sweet buzz and anticipation of whatever was happening within them. It has happened a few times before that his co actor and him were mutually attracted to each other, and he had explored and enjoyed it also but it had also gone wrong, right now Shehnaz it was good and it felt right, if he was honest with himself he would have also admitted that it was never like this with anyone else before. He shook himself out of his thoughts and looked around and she was not there, strange, surely she couldn't have retired to bed, he went towards the bedroom and was actually a bit taken aback that she was already in bed and had drawn the covers over her face.

He too went and changed and scurried into the quilt and tugged at her side of the quilt saying "moti, kya ho gaya bacha! Roz ghazeetna padtha hai sonay ke liye, aaj kya ho gaya? Tu sad kyu hai? Tere Paras ki vajah say?" Saying this he put one arms around her waist and rested his head on the other with this elbow folded looking down closely into shehnaz's face.

Shehnaz opener her eyes and felt a delightful tingle when she realized how close he was to her and she liked the warmth that was radiating towards her from his body and it's proximity. She without answering him asked him a question instead "tu Kyun sad hai???"

Sidharth was taken aback at how she asked him this? He tried to hide his feeling and did not want anyone to notice that though the fight was between Paras and Asim, it had deeply affected him. He felt bad for Asim, he felt disgust towards Paras, he felt disappointed with himself that for this game he has to hang around with the likes of Paras for whom he lost whatever little respect he had,but! How the hell did this girl figure it out! Something about the fact that she read him so well pleased him, it made him satisfied.
"Mein Kaunsa sad hoon?" He asked her " kuch bhi bakwaas kar rahi hai! Mein kyun sad hoon baba? Aur question shayad meinay pehle poocha tha!" Saying this he laid on his back a little away from her and both of them felt it acutely.
"Tu aur kar bhi kya saktha hai ?"Shehnaz quipped " tum jaisay na bohot oversmart bandhay hotay hain!" She said and turned to her side to face him.

"Acha! Tum jaisay ka matlab kya hota hai bei!" Saying this he too turned to face her. Their knees touched and their heads drew closer than before and both of them had a good look at each other with both their eyes and face smiling.
"Sidharth tu na hamesha dusron sey bulwata hain. Apni feelings aur soch ko kabhi bhi nahi share karta! Mujhay pata hai ki tu sad kyun hai!" Shehnaz laced her left hand through his hair as she said that.