Benaam Rishta:An Invisible String

Chapter23

And the name of the castle is ANIDITA love nest. 

She let a chuckle reading the name, turned to behold the man beside her with a small smile and rain of tears in eyes. She was speechless, way overwhelmed to voice out her exact feelings at that moment. thus, kept staring at him feebly. What on earth has she done to get such an amazing man! Does she really deserve so much love?

She couldn't think of anything else. The rushes of emotions inside her made her daze. she came back to senses feeling his loving touch as he gently wiped off her tears and nodded in negation, pleading her not to waste her precious tears. She gave in. threw her arms around his neck and hid herself in his warm embrace like a turtle. he patted her head in comfort.

"Why Pati Babu? Why do you love so much? Do I deserve it? Do I deserve you? I'm just an ordinary girl'.."

He remained silent for a few seconds. A subtle smile on his lips. few drops of tears escaped from his eyes too as he rested his cheeks on her head. pulling her closer, spoke softly "I don't know what the world think of you. Maybe the world is filled with extraordinary people but my whole world is you. You are the only one for me. You are the one I found myself in. You are the one I was born with, born to grow with, live with and die with. And to cherish you and love along that journey. I don't have any reason to love you. Just know, I love you...that's the beginning and ending of everything..."

She puffed out a long breath, holding him tighter. He pressed a gentle kiss on her hair and caressed her back to console her as he knew she was tearing silently.

"I don't know what to say...." He heard her mild voice, waited for her to say further. After a while of silence she started again.." For ten years you lived here as an exile, away from family. You did everything for the world but tortured yourself. and I'm so angry with you for that. But....." She took a pause. rubbed her nose in his chest sniffing. "I can't ignore the fact that you did this for your love...for me. Still, who asked you to do like this? to stay apart was our mutual decision, so who asked you to be Devdas?huhh? Didn't I request you to take care of yourself? Then why did you do that?why?"

She started hitting him on his chest with her tiny cottony palms making him giggle instead. holding her palms he placed that on the outer surface of his heart. Her movment stopped feeling his rythmic heartbeat. She could hear each one of them were chanting her name.

"Bondita, I said sorry multiple times yesterday too. Sorry again. Believe me, I didn't torture myself at all. this is the place where I would found a little peace. Feel the tranquility prevailed everywhere. In this Hut only I felt like I was with you...even from far. See it was true to an extent, you too were living a hard life there with our children. And I promised that I will always be with you...as shield or shade. No matter how life goes, no matter what the world says. so, how could I leave you alone in this..? Yo........"

He stopped feeling something wet in his chest. She was crying again! He huffed helplessly . Why she would have to shed tears for such small things? he pulled her face up from his chest. rubbing away her tears, spoke gently...

"Bondita, let bygones be bygones. Enjoy the present. See,how is the nest of our love?"

"It's bewitching. It feels like I'm in heaven " she smiled brightly. Joining their forehead together, looked in his eyes " your love is great. don't know how to return the amount of love you are showering on me"

He shook his head smiling ingenuously at her words. "And your love have turned my life into peace of heaven... which I..." His voice became husky as he leaned down to capture her enticing plumpy lips but Sudden thunderbolt interrupted them. 

Both ran outside to enjoy the rain. She squealed joyfully "See like the rain, I'm back to you.."

They danced in the rain and their moment became intense with the intensity of rain increasing.
His pleasing toothy grin and dark brown eyes were composing a melody, winds and rain adding sequence of the chord tones to create a soulful music in cloudy rainy atmosphere.