“Aazmana chah rahi hain aap hume?" he said through his eyes, bloodshot and red.
(Are you trying to test me?)
I knew this was coming, but I never expected it this way.
“Aazmaya toh aapne tha… mere ishq ka jashn toh poora desh mana raha hai!” The words flew from my heart, pointing towards the sky lit with bursting crackers.
(It was you who tested me… now the whole country is celebrating my love!)
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It’s raining again—the season of romance—but it feels different now. I still remember how excited she was… for our bond, for this relationship, for us. Yet, I couldn’t do anything to save her.
“Aap kyun chali gayi hume chhod kar?”I picked up her photograph, but it suddenly slipped from my hands.
*(Why did you leave me and go?)*
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“Oye, math ke bhoot, idhar aao na!” she called him from her room.
(Hey, you math ghost, come here!)
“Aaya, madam ji!” he replied loudly, enough for her to hear.
(Coming, madam!)
“Rishhhhh… main hi aati hoon… jhoom ke chali… idhar chali… udhar chali…” she sang as she stepped onto the first stair—
(Rish… I’ll come myself… swaying along… here I go… there I go…)
And she almost fell down the staircase.
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“What if they judge you for choosing me, Rish?”
“You’re not a thing for me to choose, love. You’re the blessing I never prayed for. You’re my goddess, Ishqi—you’re heaven to this hell-like life of mine. And you think I’d still care about what others think or say?”
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“Will you stand by my side till the end of the world?”
“I’ll stand by your side even if you push me away, even if you ask me not to. I’ll stand by your side till the end of us. I can’t promise you the moon and stars, but I’ll never let a single tear fall from your eyes.”
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"what exactly do you admire in me?"
"your whole existence, and I wanna admire you as much as I can."
Posting the chapters super soon!!❤️
Tata, seeya
Love uh all!!❤️
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