chapter 47
Tales of the Heart
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Chapter start
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The first golden rays of the morning fall on the walls of the Mehra house, enter the rooms through the windows and make everyone feel a beautiful morning.
Amidst all this we can see a newly married couple resting in their room, and despite both of them being morning people, they are still in bed today because last night all the distance between them was erased and the fatigue of that love-making is now there in both of them.
Ansh is sleeping on his stomach with half of his face hidden in the pillow, his upper body is bare and he is wearing only pants on his lower body.
Advaita's eyes are open and she is wearing nothing at this time except Ansh's white shirt which adds to her beauty.
And she is staring at this beautiful person who's very close to her on the bed, who made her feel extremely beautiful last night by touching every inch of her body with the softness of his lips.
Lying next to him, where the lower half of both their bodies are covered in the quilt, She caresses his hair gently with her fingers without disturbing his sleep.
Her gaze goes to Ansh's back where her nail marks bear testimony to their intense night, so there, on her body too, the hickey marks he gave her are enhancing her beauty and making her feel more his. Till yesterday, the glow of marrying him was visible on her face, today the feeling of being completely his is enhancing her glow.
As Advaita went back to her home yesterday for the Pagphera ceremony, Ansh missed her the whole day and when he brings her back home at night, he ends the distance of the entire day in such a way where there is no distance left between them.
With each other's consent, both consummate their marriage and obviously: now why should both of them wait to express their love to each other completely when they have immense love for each other.
" Good morning, doctor." Advaita wishes him when she sees his eyes opening and Ansh sees her face.
" Good morning, cherie." Ansh wishes her while kissing her forehead to which Advaita takes a deep breath when in this act he comes so close to her that his masculine fragrance hits her nostril.
" By the way Cherie, now I understand the meaning of you drinking cherry juice every morning." Ansh says hovering over her to which Advaita looks at him confused.
" Every inch of you taste so sweet, just like a cherry." His words instantly make her cheeks turn red and she pushes him off of her at which he chuckled and before Advaita can get off the bed and move away from him, Ansh pulls her back close to himself and hovers over her, pressing her down with his weight.
" Where do you think you are going?" he asks, to which she looks at him
" To get ready." She replies
" hmm, By the way, we talked a few days ago, after marriage we will get ready together every day, so shall we?" On this question of his, Advaita also looks at him with the same mischievous mood as his.
" So when did I say no, let's go." She says in a mischievous yet shy tone to which Ansh smiles.
But then a smile comes on his face when
instead of getting ready to go together, Ansh who was hovering over her, relaxes completely and falls asleep with his head on her chest.
" Arre, What happened?"
"I am feeling sleepy." She smiles at his words but then thinks of teasing him
"Wow, the person who is a morning person, is feeling sleepy today?" she says
" hmm, because his wife is very romantic, she did not let the poor husband sleep the whole night." He says clinging to her chest to which her eyes widen, she ?, he was the one who didn't let her sleep.
" And now this is going to be a daily routine, we will be late every morning." His words only bring a blush on her face.
But then both of them do nothing but continue this beautiful moment of this beautiful morning with their sweet conversation.
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At the Khanna house.
The family is sitting at the breakfast table, Neil is all set to leave for his office but before that, he gets ready a little before his office time to drop his daughter to college, which is his usual routine.
" Mannat, are you ready, shall we leave?" Neil asks Aaira, who comes to the breakfast table but to this question of her father, she gives a different answer.
" Papa, I want to ask you something." Aaira says
"Yes, say it." Neil says, to which Aaira takes a breath
" Can I go to college with Reyansh from today?" Neil, who is about to take a last bite of his breakfast, stops his hand on hearing this.
And Avni also looks at Aaira on hearing this but then she looks at Neil who was already looking at her with those eyes where his pain is clearly visible indicating that : look, I am not wrong when I am saying that because of Reyansh, his daughter will go away from him.
And there seeing him like this, Avni understands what must be going on inside Neil after hearing this, what he feared is happening again.
He doesn't like the fact that Aaira is unknowingly getting away from him.
First Aaira's closeness with Vishal and Priyal at Ansh's wedding disturb him and now this.
His dropping her to college and bringing her back home is not something that he is doing since today or yesterday, he has been doing this for her since her childhood, from her school days, keeping all his other work behind, so obviously today suddenly this thing will hurt him and that too when someone else will take his place.
" Why ? Don't you want me to drop you to college anymore?" Neil asks her
" It's not like that...wo....ab, main... Aaira is unable to find the right answer to her father's question, it is not that she does not want to go with him but she also wants to spend time with Reyansh: And it is not like that both of them will not be able to meet in college, both of them will meet there but they will not be able to talk between classes much.
And now this thing is also because after her confession, today both of them are going to meet properly after all the commotion. From today, she wants to spend with him all the time and moments that she wasted due to her useless stubbornness.
Meanwhile, Neil seeing her faltering over his question understands that she will not be able to clearly say that she does not want to go with him from now on.
" Ok." While giving her permission to go with Reyansh, Neil says just this much which brings a smile on Aaira's face
"Really?" Aaira confirms
" Yes." Neil replies this with a heavy heart, making her happy.
And there, Avni is not at all surprised by his reply, he will do anything for her happiness. She shakes her head in disbelief. He himself will be sad but will make her happy.
And there, before Aaira could say anything or come close to her father and hug him and thank him for this thing, Neil gets up from there and heads towards his room, upon which Avni sighs while closing her eyes but Aaira gets a little confused.
But there, Avni too gets up from the breakfast table and is about to follow Neil but Aaira stops her
" Mom, What happened ? Papa... Before Aaira can say further what happened to her father, Avni cuts her off
" Aaira, just because he doesn't say no to you for anything doesn't mean that you will ask him for anything.
you would have met Reyansh in college, right ? then what was the need for this?"
Avni questions Aaira as she knows Neil will never complain their daughter that he felt bad about anything she said but she will have to explain this thing to Aaira that she cannot do this every time.
" But, mom...
" No, you have done wrong.
What do you think? Why does your father leave all his work for later and go to drop you to college first?
Why does he leave his most important work and come to pick you up on time whenever your college is over? Is it his duty just because of that?" Avni asks her, upon which Aaira sees her
" No, he does this because for him you are first, he likes doing these things for you, it gives him happiness but today suddenly you have stopped him from doing this for you..." Avni says this
And somewhere Aaira feels that she might have made a mistake, Reyansh had also explained the same thing to her that maybe her father might not like this thing but she did not listen to him that time with the thought that her father would not say no to her and that is what happened, her father did not say no to her wish but her mother is also not wrong, maybe she is taking wrong advantage of her father's love now, he does not say no to her that is why she does not think before doing or saying anything.
And at the same time, after saying all this, Avni doesn't stop there and goes to Neil because she knows, she has to handle him too.
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Avni comes into the room where she sees Neil sitting on the bed, lost, But as she comes close to him, Neil sees her and immediately holds her by the waist and hugs her waist, hiding his face in her stomach, on which her hand automatically goes on his shoulder and hair.
" Avni, ab main sch me roo dunga, he is taking away all my rights over my Mannat." He says this to which Avni caresses his shoulder while consoling him but then she separates him from herself and sits in front of him on the bed, whereupon he looks at her, upon which Avni cups his face.
" It's nothing like that. He would never do that to you." she says to which he looks at her
" Neil, they both are kids. This is all new for them, that is why they might want to spend some time together, where does this issue of snatching rights come into this ? it's ok, It's all normal." Avni tells him this even though she knows that this thing is not normal for him.
And although Avni makes Aaira realize her mistake but she also knows that she will have to explain a few things to Neil as well.
And she doesn't need to explain anything to Neil everytime but yes, in Mannat's case, he gets a little more emotional in which he doesn't not see or understand anything, so she just needs to bring him out of that mode a little bit everytime.
" It has hardly been a week since they became friends, and it is no hidden from anyone how their relationship has always been, Aaira has always fought with him." Avni says upon which Neil sees her
" So now she just wants to make things right by spending time with him, so there is nothing wrong in this.
And you will see that after a few days she will come back to you and tell you that Papa, drop me to college." She says this to which Neil looks at her while thinking something
" It is a matter of a few days, please do not get sad about this thing
And do not think too much, Reyansh will never take your Mannat away from you." Avni says this on which Neil sees her.
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Neil comes downstairs where he sees Aaira who is sitting in the hall, but, seeing her father, she stands up and before Neil could say anything to her or ask her why she hasn't gone to college yet, Aaira says
" Papa hurry up, we will get late, drop me to college." Aaira says to which Neil looks at her
And Avni also comes down the stairs behind Neil and hears Aaira saying this.
" But you were going with Reyansh?" Neil asks her, understanding things. well it's not difficult for him to understand his daughter changing mood and he also knows, while his wife has explained things to him, she has also explained it to their daughter and that is why his daughter's decision has changed.
He looks at Avni and gives her a look that why did she need to do this ? to which Avni just gives him the same look that it is her regular routine to make both the crazy father and the daughter understand things.
And seeing her this things Neil slightly smiles to which Avni too smiles.
And there, after seeing this things between her parents, Aaira answers his father question :
" No Papa, I have overdone it. I will go with you, let's go now." She says but Neil doesn't say anything further but takes his phone and calls someone.
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On the other hand, Reyansh, who was about to leave for Khanna house to pick up Aaira for college but a few minutes ago when Aaira refused him saying that now she will meet him directly in the college : so first he questions her what happened suddenly but Aaira tells him that she will tell him everything in college so then there is nothing further but Reyansh accepts her words and leaves for college and he is on his way but suddenly he stops his bike on the side of the road when his phone rings.
Reyansh checks his phone but is shocked to see Neil calling him, though earlier he never thought so much but today he wonders why is Neil calling him? He picks up the phone with a little fear
" Don't you have any such thing as responsibility? If you have taken responsibility then learn to come on time." Reyansh is shocked when Neil says all this to him without even saying hi/hello.
" Come home quickly to pick up Mannat, otherwise she will be late for college which I don't want." Neil tells Reyansh which shocks Reyansh, he cannot believe that Neil himself is calling him to take Aaira to college.
If this would have been any other day, he would have started dancing with joy when Neil said this, but today
He removes the phone from his ear and looks at the screen where "Neil Uncle" is showing on screen and he is sure that it is Neil on the other side of the phone.
He immediately pinch himself to make sure it is not a dream.
" Hello...Will you say something..." Reyansh hears Neil's voice from the other side and comes to his senses
" Uncle, I am on my way, I will be there in 5 minutes." He says and Neil disconnects the call from the other side.
But seeing her father doing this, Aaira gets emotional, why is her father like this? Even after she hurts him unknowingly, he does all this for her.
Her eyes well up and she comes straight to him and hugs him, putting her head on his chest.
" You felt bad na, then why did you do this, I would have met him in college." She says and Avni standing behind them sees this thing between them.
" Yes, this is right but Papa is a little tired now, that is why he thought that he should give this responsibility to someone else, and who would be better than him." Neil says and Avni gets surprised by his words. He is calling Reyansh better.
But at this word, Aaira takes her face out from his chest and looks at him.
" I know, for me, you can never get tired." She says to which Neil smiles and kisses the top of her head.
" Hmm, But you yourself said that he is like me.
so papa will have to see whether he is really like me or not, does he take care of my Mannat like me or not...and for this first of all he will have to become your driver just like me." He says jokingly, to which Aaira smiles.
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" You are 1 minute late." Reyansh gulps on this statement of Neil, when Neil tells him that he said 5 minutes but came after 6 minutes.
But on seeing this act of Neil, Avni sees poor Reyansh who stands in front of Neil with his eyes slightly lowered. All four of them are standing in the garden.
" Sorry uncle, I will not be late again." He just says this and Aaira sees him
" Hmm, From tomorrow if there is even half a minute delay then all this will stop and I will again start dropping my daughter to college because I don't like delays." Neil says to which Reyansh just nods in ok but seeing him like this, Avni comes to his rescue.
" Aaira, Reyansh you both should go now, otherwise both of you will really get late because of Neil's talks." Avni says while glaring at Neil to which Reyansh looks at Avni who gives him a smile.
There is only this sweet woman who loves him, and never says anything to him. Reyansh thinks while looking at her who's looking at him smile.
And then after saying bye to her parents, Aaira comes out of the gate with Reyansh where Reyansh had parked his bike.
But as soon as they comes out, Reyansh first hugs Aaira without saying anything, which surprises her
" What happened?" she says, placing her hand on his back, hugging him back.
" "Nothing, just stay like this for a while." he says but Aaira whose head is pressed against his chest can feel his fast beating heart.
" Why is your heart beating so fast...?" she asks.
however, he was composed in front of Neil but nowadays he is really scared to stand in front of Neil and that is why his heart is beating fast, which was beating inside too, in front of Neil but he somehow kept himself composed inside but as soon as he comes out wish Aaira, he hugs her to calm himself.
"I am fine now." After hugging her for almost 5 minutes, he breaks away from her saying this to which Aaira looks at him but then smiles after thinking something.
" Are you scared of Papa?" She asks to which he shakes his head in no, laying, to which Aaira smiles.
" Shall we go now?" he asks her
But now suddenly her heart beats faster,
Well she boldly told him on the phone that she wants to go with him on his bike but today, just the thought of sitting so close to him makes her heart beat fast.
Reyansh sits on the bike and signals her to sit behind him to which she nods.
" By the way, you know this is my first time today, on a bike with someone like this." She says to which he smiles.
" And I will make sure that this first moment of yours becomes a memorable one for you." He says to which she smiles and then without any delay sits behind him on the bike.
But Reyansh gets a little confused when she sits with a good amount of space between them and then, neither holds him.
" What happened?" Reyansh asks her while slightly turning his head back to which she looks at him
" What happened? Nothing at all." she says with a mischievous smile as she somehow understands his words.
" Am I a stranger?" he asks
"No, not at all, you are my sweet love." she says while touching his face to which Reyansh looks at her
" Then hold me, my speed is very fast..." he says
" Oh, but I know how to handle myself..." She says this to which Reyansh looks at her but then starts the bike without saying anything but suddenly he applies a hard brake due to which Aaira slides forward and her front hits his back due to which she gets shocked.
" You are so bad." She tells him on which he chuckled and then before she moves away from him Reyansh pulls her hand which was on his waist, places it forward on his stomach and holding her with one of his hands, starts the bike and heads towards the college.
" Leave my hand and ride the bike with both hands, Mr. Romeo." she says, against his shoulder.
" I will never leave this hand now, but yes, for now I am leaving it and don't you dare to remove your hand from me." he warns her to which she smiles.
" As you say, my sunshine." Saying this, she lovingly caresses his stomach over his t-shirt with both her hands and rests her head on his shoulder.
" I don't know why but this moment is giving me a lot of peace." With her head on his shoulder, she speaks close to his ear.
" Me too baby. And I feel like taking you somewhere else instead of college, to a place where there is only you and me." he says
" So let's bunk college today." Aaira says
"No, we have already been absent for many days, not today, but yes, some other time for sure." He says and grabs her hand which was near her stomach, bringing it close to his lips and kisses it: instantly giving her a happy-shy smile on her face.
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" By the way class, you all get ready, your first internship is going to start soon. You all will go to some other city for this." The professor of Aaira and Reyansh's class makes this announcement at the end of the class, hearing which a smile comes on the student's face.
" Wow, I hope we both get internships at the same place." Aaira says turning to Reyansh who is sitting next to her and Reyansh smiles at her words.
" And what if we don't go to the same place? What if we get separated?" Reyansh teases her to which she glares at him
" We should not speak bad things like this, we should always speak good things then everything goes well." She says
And at the same time she sees that the professor is going out of the class and after the class is over, all the students are also going out.
" Well, you mean saying good things makes things good ?" Asks Reyansh continuing their conversation to which Aaira nods.
" Ok so then, God, do something nice for me, get me a kiss from my girlfriend which she is refusing to give." He closes his eyes and looks up and prays to God because in reality this girl is not giving him a single kiss, ok lip kiss may happen in the rain but she is not even kissing him on the cheek.
And there she smiles at his words and his antics
"Your wish has come true Sunshine." She says to which he opens his eyes but before he can receive the reward for his wish, he feels Aaira's teeth on his biceps again as she bites him again leaning towards him.
" What the.... he starts but gets cuts off by her
" Oh how much I love my sunshine and to bites him." Immediately after biting him she says this to him and before he can say or do anything, Aaira takes her bag and runs away from there, upon which Reyansh runs after her.
And before Aaira can run too far, Reyansh catches her from behind and brings her back to the classroom where the two are alone and he pins her to the wall near the classroom door.
" Leave me." She says looking at him, well she knows, now he will not leave her after what she did.
" Not today, today I will take revenge of the biting by biting." He says looking into her eyes and then in no time he leans towards her, making her and his heartbeat fast and Aaira closes her eyes in a different kind of ecstasy when suddenly she feels his soft lips on her neck for the first time.
To be continued.......