“Shayad na samjha paau aur na yaqeen dila paau lekin… zaroorat hai mujhe tumhari, Ishqi!”
“Agar zaroorat hoti to iss case ke baare me mujhe aapse pata chalta. Na ki newspaper se!”
“Main batana chahta tha lekin ilzaam itna bada tha-“
“Ki aapko laga uske samne mera yaqeen chota pad jayega?”
“Aisa nahi hai but -“
“But what, Mr. Malhotra? But what? I am infuriated to know that you even considered that someone will just accuse of molestation and that would make me leave your side? Really, Ahaan? Dost kehte hai na mujhe apni? Kaash mante bhi hote…”
When he wordlessly sat on his bed, her heart began drowning itself in the ocean of self blame and guilt.
She plopped down beside him. “Sorry. Aap already stressed honge aur main bekar jhagda karke aapko aur pareshan kar rahi hoon.”
“Tumhe haq hai naraaz hone ka, Ishqi!”
A mere statement from him made a deep crack in her self control and she couldn’t do anything about the tears that trickled down her cheeks. “I… I…”
“Got scared. Darr lag raha hai mere liye. Pareshaan ho mere liye. Fiqr ho rahi hai meri. Main jaanta hoon, Ishqi!” He completed her words when her choked throat didn’t let her speak.
“Wo aisa kaise kar sakti hai!” She screamed, kicking the stool in front of her.
“Aaram se. Lag jayegi!” He placed his palm on her leg, and pushed the stool away from her reach.
“Maine tumhe bataya nahi. Rhea ne mujhe propose kiya tha. Ek hafte pehle. Maine mana kiya to -“
“To usne ye kiya. Bloody -” She swallowed her words and anger, both when he stood in front of her, scooping her face in his palms.
“Ro kyun rahi ho? Usne sirf case kiya hai. Hai to jhootha hi. Main mera sach saamne le aaunga.”
She pushed his hands down her cheeks, turning her face away. “Uss se, jitni taqleef se aapko jana hoga wo to kam nahi ho jayegi. Sach to samne aa hi jayega lekin uss undikhe ghav ka kya jo aapke dil par laga hai?”
“Agar tumhe dikh gaya to undikha kaise hua?”
He enveloped her anxious self in his arms, letting her head rest on his chest. “Pata nahi kaise aur kyun… thode time ke liye laga tha ke tum shayad… nahi yaqeen kar paogi mujh par lekin tumne mujhe apna yaqeen dekar mere toot rahe dil ko sukoon de diya!”
This is a random piece of fiction. Absolute imagination. Kind of a random mini tale based on the picture on the characters named Ishqi and Aahan from the show Ishk Par Zor Nahi.