Ek mai aur ek tu

Chapter 31

"Ye lijiye Dr. Ritu. I hope this helps you", he said handing her the cup of coffee.

It's indeed smelling divine.

She smiled and took the cup, "I never knew you could make this good coffee Capt varna kabka aapko kam par laga chuki hoti mai".

Rajveer who is looking in his coffee didn't reacted.

"Captain....are you ok?", Ritu asked.

"Uh...han...I am ok. Just tired", he made an excuse.

She is looking at him doubtfully.

"I am sorry Dr. Ritu. It's just that I had a long day. There were drills in the morning so I was anyways a lot exhausted then this party and then the issues there. Too much happened today...right", he said with a smile, trying to make up for his in attentiveness.

"That true", Ritu replied although she is still looking sceptical.

"Vaise in this rush I failed to tell you that you were looking beautiful today", Rajveer said looking at Ritu.

"Thanks Captain. I didn't know you have noticed", Ritu said with a surprise.

"Ohh....I did. You looked very beautiful!", Rajveer replied crossing his legs.

"That's really sweat of you", she replied pleasantly.

"Can you hand give me some more sugar? I think mine is a little subtle for my taste", Rajveer asked.

"You only made the coffee Captain and now you only need sugar.....you are weird", she said rolling her eyes.

Rajveer made an apologetic expression and as Ritu moved towards kitchen, messaged someone.

Ritu came back with sugar and he added some in his coffee. They are silently drinking the coffee again when his phone rang.

He took the call and immediately replied to Ritu, "Sorry. This is urgent. I need to take it up from my room".

As he excused himself, Ritu looked disappointed.
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Rajveer closed the door behind him. He locked himself and sat near that adjoining door waiting. He is completely lost and done pretending for the day.

As per the suggestion from Choubey, it's not advisable for him to come to hospital. It would break their act completely. So he can't do anything but wait here.

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"Ali sach bata kya hua tha academy me?", Pooja asked.

"Hume nahin pata Pooja...aap humse kyu puch rahi hai?", Ali asked defensively.

"Mujhe pata hai ki tu janta hai...itni bevkuf mat samajh mujhe. Itna to mai samajh chuki hu tujhe ki tu hai to humare network me lekin teri frequency alag hai", Pooja replied, with a knowing look.

"Aap galat samajh rahi hai Pooja", Ali tried to convince her.

"Islie nahin puch rahi hu tujhe tere bare me. It's clear to me that you can't tell me that. I just want to know what happened in academy. All of us heard, gun shots and commotion", Pooja says looking sharply at him.

Ali is clueless how to handle this situation. He really doesn't want to lie to her but couldn't tell her either.

"It's ok agar tu nahin bata sakta...I am happy that atleast you are not lying", she said and left from there leaving him wondering.

"I really need some advice around this", he thought pulling his hairs.

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Rajveer is sitting taking support of the door since hours now. Sometimes he drifts into sleep and then wakes up in panic.

He is trying to connect Choubey but his network is very bad and although he is updating him but still, it's hours he didn't got any.

Around 5 am, he heard commotion in her room.

He opens the room and saw Choubey settling her in her bed. Rajveer let's his breath away which he is holding since a long time now.

Choubey nods at him before leaving.

Rajveer came towards her bed. He covered her with the blanket.

Naina is looking miserable with a lot of bandages but still her eyes are teary not because of pain.

They are looking at one another continuously.

Tere bin ye saare mausam
Berang the bemaza the
Shaamil nehi thi tu jinme
Wo saare pal bewajah the,
Woh zindagi hai hi nahi
Jo main tere bina jee liya

He sat on his knees on her bedside.

"I fucking don't care how are you going to manage it, but you have to promise me not to let me go through this again", he said in a broken voice.

She is looking unbelievably at him. What does he mean? Is this is even for real or is it her imagination? May be effects of the medicines.

"You cannot do this again...do you understand?", he asked again.

She nodded in response in a complete trance. She still can't seem to believe this. She touched him, as if he will vanish but her hands touched his face.

Dil mein ho tum
Aankhon mein tum
Pehli nazar se hi yaara
Pehli nazar se hi yaara.

He is completely in tears. There are tear streaks in his face. She can tell that he cried for the entire night, may be from the time he was informed.

"Did you...", she was unable to frame the sentence. She won't be able to give words to her hope. If he said no then how will she survive it again.

He nodded. Giving a reply to her incomplete question.

"I am still angry with you but there is nothing more important that this.....what we have, matters the most", he said chocking.

"I can't loose more", he said as tears betrayed him again, falling down continuously.

Hum...sarphira sa main musafir
Paaon kahin thehre na mere
Phir meri aawaargi ko
Aane lage khaab tere
Yeh pyaar bhi kya qaid hai
Koi hona na chaahe riha.

Naina's eyes are teared up too. She simply hold his wrist and pulled him close trying to get up when he hugged her gently enough not to hurt her.

Naina hugged him tightly not caring for her wounds. His touch is more healing anyways. She had lost the hope of his forgiveness and finally when he did, she doesn't want to let go of him.

He engulfed her in his arms as well. He wants to feel her as well. He needs assurance that she is fine and with him.

He never felt such insecurity ever in his entire life for anyone.

"What have you done to me? Why I am miserable without you.....now you see...I am not going to let you go away from me for even a second Naina....you have awakened a beast in me", he said kissing her hairs.

She chuckled and pulled him in further.

They slept in each other's arms finally. After weeks they are sleeping peacefully.

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