"Kya matlab Guddan mere kamre mein kab aayi? Woh itni der tak kamre mein nehi thi aur tujhe pata bhi nehi chala?" Dadi asked her son as he placed her on the bed.
"Kaam kar raha tha main, dhyaan nehi diya. Sofe pe parte hi ghore bechkar soti hain, aaj achanak se uthkar aapke paas aa jayegi yeh mujhe kaisa pata hoga? Anyways, Durga Bahu, check her." Akshat said, looking at her.
"Main? Par kyun?" Durga asked, earning a glare from him. Sighing, she complied, checking for her pulse.
"Pulse rate kaafi high hain, I guess she got a panic attack." Durga informed.
"Par aise achanak kyun?" Dadi asked.
"Achanak hi hota hain yeh Dadi, kuch baatein un ghavon ko taza kar dete hain jo kabhi bhare hi nehi the..." Durga replied, lost in a trance of emotions.
"Toh ab kya kare hum?" Dadi asked, anxious.
"Woh ispe depend karta hain ki yeh ho kabse raha hain, jab tak wajah pata nehi chal jata tab tak toh kuch nehi kar sakte. Filhal Guddan ko aaram karne dena hi sahi rahega."
"Pata nehi baate karte karte kya ho gaya meri gudiya ko." Dadi stroke her hairs affectionately.
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"Panic attack kyun aaya tha tumhe?" Akshat asked, and the water spluttered out of her mouth.
"Pata nehi.. Aise hi aa gaya hoga." She averted her eyes.
"I need the reason, right now, without any beating around the bush." He demanded, leaving no room for excuses.
"I..I have he..hemophobia!"
"Khoon kaha se dekh liya tumne itni raat ko?"
"Dekha nehi, kuch..kuch yaad aagaya tha.."
"You need to share it!"
"Hume koi baat nehi karni is bare mein."
"Guddan it will har.."
"Kaha na nehi, please hume akela chor dijiye."
"Fine, leave me to myself from now onwards, don't come for me!" He was about to storm out but she caught his wrist.
"Hum nehi karna chahte woh sab yaad... Hum..hum sambhaal nehi payenge khudko.. Hum aise hi theek hain.." She whispered, those horrid memories throttling her.
His eyes softened at her helpless whisper, they tear your soul mercilessly yet you can't let them out, and he knew it. Fear of fragility, the soul cannot endure such delicacy, and imprisoning them is all your could do sometimes.
I do understand, but your silence cannot conceal it. I will find out what's bothering you to this extent.
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"Guddan, tu theek hain na gudiya?" Dadi asked.
"Haan Dadi, bilkul theek hain hum." She plastered a smile, devoid of the usual warmth.
"Zara si behosh kya ho gayi, Dadi ne toh poora ghar sar pe le liya! Roz raat ko kuch na kuch drama hota hain is ghar mein!" Saraswati muttered, closing her lips around the spoon.
"Hume aap logon se kuch baat karni thi Lakshmi ji ke baare mein... Humne Lakshmi ji ke liye ek private tutor appoint ki hain, woh aaj se hi unko padhane aayengi. Lakshmi ji, aapko English mein honours karni thi na, toh filhal aap english ke zaruri fundamentals private tutoring ke zariye seekhiye, phir hum aapka college mein admission kara denge." Guddan informed.
"Par college mein admission ke liye qualification zaruri hain, aur Lakshmi toh sirf daswi tak hi padhi hain. Aur Papa ke izazat ke bina.." Vardaan trailed.
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Forbidden To Love
RomanceMistakes were a curse to her! She kept running from them, stumbling upon his Dark World. She loved to live in present but found herself with a man occupied with past. His heart was a deep abyss and she descended in. At the far down depth, she found...
