The Proposal
It was a dark night. Nehmat waited impatiently for Advait in their room. It was a long day for both of them as it was the day of the verdict of Fatejo's murder case.
Flashback Nehmat remembered how Advait confessed in the court all the crimes of his father and how he too was always a part of those crimes. When the court forgave Advait as a pardoned-witness for confessing all his crimes and sentenced Shamsher for life-long imprisonment, Advait held Nehmat's hand tightly with tears rolling down his cheeks. Flashback ends.
Nehmat gets thinking, it would have been really difficult for him to go against his own father. After all, he has been like a shadow to his father. But why did he do that? Why did he go against his own father for me?
Just as Nehmat keeps thinking, the door bangs open. Advait in a drunken state enters their room. Nehmat was shocked to see Advait in that state and rushes forward to hold him. Advait puts forth his hand and signs Nehmat that he doesn't need any help. However, as he moves forward, he trips and lands onto Nehmat's arms indirectly hugging her with his head resting on her shoulder. Nehmat finds him heavy and is unable to catch him for long. She asks him, "So this is why you said that you don't need help?" Advait lifts his head from Nehmat's shoulder and stares into Nehmat's eyes. Nehmat reciprocates and gets looking into his grey colored eyeballs. She could sense that there is something that Advait wanted to tell her. Finally, Nehmat breaks their eyelock by looking elsewhere as she could no longer bear Advait's weight on her skinny arms. She takes Advait's left arm and puts it around her shoulder and slowly takes Advait towards the bed balancing his weight onto her body. However, as they reach near the bed, Nehmat is no longer able to carry Advait's weight on her underweight body and puts Advait onto the bed with a thud. Advait falls onto the bed in the sitting posture.
Nehmat tells him, "Please lie down Advait, it had been a really long day for you, you must be tired!" She then looks at the jug placed on the night table and finds it empty. She takes it and tells Advait, "I will get some water". But as she turns around, Advait catches her hand and pulls her. Nehmat twirls around in frenzy and lands right on Advait's lap with eyes tightly closed and the jug clutched onto her chest fearing a fall. As she opens her eyes, she finds herself safely seated on Advait's lap. She then gazes at his face and sees those grey colored eyeballs staring cautiously at her. Advait slowly moves his hand and adjusts the two fringes of hair popping onto Nehmat's forehead towards the back of her ears. Nehmat feels a cold chill run down her spine as Advait touches the back of her ears. She nervously asks him, "What are you doing Advait?" Advait asks her, "What am I doing? Can't you see what am I doing?" Nehmat gets confused and shakes her head in puzzlement. Advait takes a deep long breath while tears fill his eyes and blurts out, "I went against my own Dad. My dad who was always my biggest strength and support all throughout my life for YOU! I went against my whole family and charged the case of your parents murder on my father for YOU! I even sent my father for lifelong imprisonment for the crime of killing your parents only for YOU, YOU, YOU!!!
Nehmat still couldn't understand Advait's words and asks him in a shaky voice, "But..but...why did you do all this and hurt yourself all for me?" Advait shouts out, "Because I love you, goddammit!!!" Nehmat's eyes widen in shock on hearing it.
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To be continued.
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Love or Compromise?
RomanceAdvait and Nehmat were forced to marry each other because of their families. Their loveless marriage results in frequent turmoils between the two. However what will happen when the two actually fall in love with each other?
