Twinj: My Lifeline

Chapter 23

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Twinkle watched the chaos in the wings increase by the minute curiously, realising how she had absolutely no idea of the amount of work that goes into a show of this scale. She was standing right outside Kunj's green room where he was occupied with getting ready, a number of people buzzing around him, helping him, resolving last minute issues and what not. She could see the crowd beginning to gather and wished she could go and grab a place for herself, but she also wanted to see him before he went on stage. The wait was making her restless, the loneliness that she felt even among so many people troubling her incessantly, when she saw the costume designer and her team leave. She entered quickly, hoping there weren't too many people inside. "Hi!" Kunj greeted her, spotting her reflection in the mirror in front of him. She smiled at him and nodded, watching him glance down appreciatively at her in her simple gown as she walked nervously towards him, swooning over how great he looked and trying not to show it on her face.

He stood up and turned to her, reminding her to stay safe and come back there as soon as the concert ends and she nodded impatiently. He had already told her that several times earlier that day, and she knew it was only out of concern, but she didn't want him to think of her a careless little girl. He giggled at her, knowing he was annoying her now, enjoying the way she cringed at it. "All the best!" She said finally, hoping he wouldn't think she was too clingy, but he smiled warmly at her and acknowledged it, telling her that it did mean a lot to him.

Twinkle had then literally run outside, wanting to be as close to the stage as possible, but could only manage to get to the tenth row or so, disappointing her. She could hear excited hushed conversations of people around her, each one trying to guess the songs that Kunj would perform that evening, the colour he would be wearing and so on. She smiled to herself for she knew the answers to all the questions in their minds, and felt extremely lucky that she did. She recalled hearing Kunj sing on the night of their wedding and wondered if it would be the same dreamy experience, if he would look for her in the crowd, but immediately shook off the latter thought, not wanting to burden herself with expectations. She felt her heart beat quicken when his voice was first heard, she could feel the winds begin to blow slowly as she spotted him walk to the centre of the stage with his first song and then the crowd went crazy. There was hooting and clapping all around her as he thanked people for showing up in huge numbers and told the crowd that that concert was a really special one to him. Twinkle's heart skipped a beat at the thought that it could be because she was out there, listening to him, but her mind dissuaded it, supposing that it was something he probably said every time.

Twinkle found herself getting lost in his soothing voice as the show proceeded, surprised when she realised that she had been swaying along to the tunes of the romantic number he had been singing, when he looked right at her, secretly glad to have found her after looking for her since he had stepped on stage. He quickly scrutinised the place she was standing, relieved that there were only decent looking girls around her which meant she was safe. He knew his eyes would come back to look at her repeatedly post that, his heart finding solace in the fact there was someone out there who was his own. She blinked her eyes rapidly to make sure she wasn't dreaming, her happiness knew no bounds when she realised it was yet another of her dreams coming true. He grinned at her with a slight nod before he looked away, making her want to scream like the other girls had when he had walked to the front end of the stage. She realised that she had probably looked like a dork to him, not even smiling back, and cursed herself mentally, even as she figured that he probably wouldn't even remember when so many other things were happening around him. She was amazed that she wasn't aware of how three hours had passed by when Kunj wrapped up the show. She caught him glancing at her one last time right before he walked into the wings; she smiled back this time around, sighing as she watched people begin to leave.