With You!!
Neel wandered accross the streets, feeling numb as usual! But strangely, he felt few other feelings this time, those which defied explanation.
Swayed by his uncertain feelings, he ended up infront of a building which looked like a haunted house! No hints of human or at least any living existence.
The building stood high enough for a human to raise head, its walls conveying a silenced history that was yet to know, the ground contrast to the any mere evidence of a living. The aura breathtakingly ominous!!
Neel's steps were slow, each busy grasping the memories that were on the verge of being forgotten yet unforgettable.
His hands which halted at first now quietly opened the door, letting a creaking sound escape.
A moment of silence swaying around as he recalled distant memories, those which he sealed within.
'Have a safe journey until the home, Mr.Neel!' words from an unknown source suddenly striked him until he realised whom did they belong to, a sigh escaping him.
As if aware of each individual corner, he walked further, darkness not at all his bother. Reaching a specific room, crossing all the others, he stood, his hand again, halting for a moment!
With a heavy sigh, he dared open the door, the door that threatened him of things he willingly, hardly, managed to seal!!
Another creaking sound followed, momentarily slaying the silence, his steps meticulously measured as he made through the way, finally standing infront of the wall which barely had any evidence of cleanliness.
However, that didn't matter, all of the focus his eyes could offer was targetting the photograph that hung to the wall, almost on the verge of falling, the one which barely could provide any clear view, yet it was clear enough to portray a family! Their smiles fading into the darkness, the darkness that stirred something deep within Neel, his eyes sparkling in a purple-black, resembling his inexplicable feelings!!
He stood there for time at uncertain, his gaze unwavered, his heart feeling a familiar sting repeatedly by each passing second, the family reminding him the burdening past, the past that weighed happiness and sorrows combined, both evolving from each!!
He suddenly chuckled at the ironical thought - time whether flies too fast or too slow?!
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Tara stood near the window, taking in the look of passing clouds, uncertain whether them being the veil for a bright light or just the darkness again!!
The silence unsure out of calmness, she felt till now suddenly echoed briefly with her ringing phone.
Her till now messy feelings wavered when she heard what the person otherside said, "Are you certain of what you are implying?!" her voice sceptical.
A brief silence assured her surrounding again as she focused on what the man was informing her. his assurance of the subject still doubtful. "Would you wish me to get deeper into it?!" he softly asked knowing how complicated the situation was.
Tara pondered over it, "Don't get yourself identified!!" she finally answered after moments of silence.
"Rest assured!!" he said, ending the call!
Tara stood dazed, 'London!!' Deep's voice reverberated, 'I need to meet them directly to make the deal....!'.
The man wouldn't lie to her, but then, why would he....?
It's the first time she felt of being at an end where things were kept unknown to her.
Her thoughts were still, weighing her capability to grasp things until they were swayed away by an unexpected knock on her door!
During this late hours, she knew who it would be, a soft yet audible "Come in" escaping her without her turning towards the entrance!
She remained still, observing the night sky, a view that welcomed Aryan's eyes as soon as he made his way in. He stood there, watching her, as though it was a peaceful dream of his which was threatened of being vanished with a single step, or just a mere movement! Even his eyes not daring a blink.
"Couldn't find sleep?!" she asked, reminding him the night they both couldn't find sleep and exchanged the similar question. To be specific, the night when he denied her reading his diary with a 'That's personal!!'. And to be more specific, the day when she didn't stop him from the slip and fall, despite having the knowledge of the event through vision. Intentions!!
"Could not!!" he whispered. Silence took over until she broke it, "Till when are you going to stay far?"
Aryan couldn't help but smile for that, her always demanding nature seems to never change for sure. Reaching her, his hands instantly found their way to hold her, him hugging her from behind.
Tara took a deep breath, her hands instantly resting on his while his head rested at the space between her neck and shoulder.
"Were you thinking about something again?" he asked casually by the way she stood nearby the window, an act that she usually carries out when there's a lot going in her mind.
Tara chuckled, "Explains why you couldn't sleep!!"
Aryan sighed, this woman, always able to see through things straight, "I was just feeling something uncertain!!"
Yeah, that uncertain feeling was a PART of her mixed feelings.
"We just need to find balance in our life to remove that 'un', Aryan!"
He slightly nodded in the embrace with a smile, while she suddenly changed the subject, "She seems to like you!"
Aryan took a second to grasp it, "She.....who?"
"My aunt!!"
"Oh...she does!!" he announced proudly which made her chuckle again, an act that reverberated through his chin for few seconds.
"No wonder if she would suggest of a marriage out of blue!!" he added with a light chuckle.
Marriage?
Too far sight!!
"Deep and Aarohi's would definitely be one to be sooner!!" she said instead.
Aryan pondered over it, "I am yet to have a proper meet with Aarohi!!"
Tara smiled, "I will definitely get to, in future!!" he added.
She nodded before taking a deep breath, "Did you acknowledge it yet?"
"Acknowledge.....what?"
"I once asked you, that, how do you wish to live like?"
'How do you wish to live like then?!' he remembered her asking in the past.
'I will let you know once I acknowledge it myself!' His response back then was uncertain, just as his feelings.
"So....did you.... acknowledge it yet?!" she repeated!
Aryan with a smile nodded again, "I did!!"
"I want to live with no reasons to live!! To live peacefully!" he answered.
"To.....have a family!"
A moment of silence followed.
"With you!!" he added.
An addition which widened the silence, a silence that was a language their conversation had always chose to speak in, with.
Tara's head gently leaned against to his, completely falling into his embrace, "Repeat it!" she whispered with closed eyes.
Aryan smiled, his eyes shutting as he tightened the embrace, "With you!" he repeated.
"And only you!!"
Tara smiled, "Good"
A chuckle escaped him.
"Won't you ask me?"
That indeed made him wonder, making him pull his face slightly away to look at her, their eyes meeting. "How do you....wish to live like?"
She stared at him for a moment before words began to flow out of her thoughts,."With a family!!"
"A.... peaceful one!!"
Aryan watched her as she continued, "With you! Uncle and aunt! Deep! His family! Grandparents!!"
"And...parents!!"
Silence followed again, this time uncertainty lingering in it!
Tara turned still being in his embrace, facing him, her hands cupping his face, "I....sense it Aryan!! They are....alive!"
"Alive!!" she repeated.
"As days pass by, the belief in me is just.... strengthening!! The belief that...they are alive! The hope that.... I can have them again!!"
Her gaze lowered, "I want them....back!!" she whispered before her gaze travelled up to his again, her hands falling, sliding slowly only to rest against his chest, "I want them back, Aryan!!"
Aryan watched her in silence, unable to find any words to say, to console her, or even to assure her. He just stood there in silence, holding her gaze.
With no words for response, his body reacted, embracing her, providing her the warmth she needed and wanted, "If that is what you want," his hand stroked her back, "It will happen for sure!!"
"I promise to do everything in my hands to bring them back!!"
"Everything!!" he assured her with a kiss on her hair.