secrets woven in moonlight

chapter 21

The darkness thickened but was completely swept over by the shimmering of the stars in the night sky. The silence of the night seeped into the room along with the moonlight through the window. Ishita and Dushyant separated from the hug as ishita held onto his hand, looking deep into his eyes. 

"dushyant...woh...ek baat puchni thi..." hesitated ishita, as she somehow found it in her to utter those words, making him raise his brow at her before letting out an awkward smile, while she looked down. 

"aapne kaha tha main, bas jia ki maa hoon aapke liye...par...ab kya? humare beech...kya hai?" asked ishita, as she looked up to him anxiously, biting her tongue immediately, while dushyant pursed his lips, making her squeeze her eyes shut and bite her lower lip shut completely.

Dushyant now held both of her hands, lifting them to end up against his chest, as she now looked him in the eye. 

"ishita main jaanta hoon maine kaha tha ki mere dil mein aur zindagi mein tumhe bas jia ki maa ki hi jagah milegi...par, yeh sach nahi hai puri tarah...humare beech hai, kuch toh....pata nahi kya...mujhe samajh nahi aa raha tha kya...isliye shayad manna nahi chahta tha par...joh bhi hai humare beech, shayad waqt ke saath samajh aa jayega...agar tum mauka do?" offered dushyant, as a smile crept up on ishita's face. 

She was quick to embrace him for a hug, as she grabbed hold of his shoulders and buried her head into his chest, and he was left surprised, making wrap his arms around her waist, tightening his embrace. He closed his eyes as the feeling of her closeness took over him, and he took a moment to give a quick on her forehead. She giggled slightly feeling it,  turning slightly red, as he couldn't help but smile too. 

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Kavin took a long sigh, as he got out of the elevator and ended up in front of the door to his house. He rang the bell unwillingly. Only to end up finding purvi in front of his sight when the door opened. 

"hey..." greeted purvi awkwardly, with a tight lipped smile that kavin reciprocated averting his gaze from her. 

She gave him the way to enter the house as kavin took a few steps inside, only to end up standing just an inch away from her, the distance between them oddly felt it way less though, when their glances met. 

"Purvi! kavin hai kya!" yelled kavin's mother from her room, cutting the tension right through, as kavin just quickly got inside, making his way to his mother's room. 

Purvi took a deep breath as she still felt the exasperation she felt when she saw him, but she knew it had to stop, with no way of how to do it. 

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Kavin was taking off his shoes, as he sat on the bed, when he heard a knock on the door. The door opened to purvi in front of him, as she had a glass of water placed neatly on the tray she had held with both of her hands. 

"paani...." stated purvi, as she carried it to him, while he just put on a polite smile. 

He graciously took the glass and took a sip, which he was quick to gulp down and avert his gaze from her. Purvi just stood motionless, holding onto the tray tightly, looking anywhere but at kavin. 

Kavin stood up, getting in front of her as he placed the glass on the tray, and looked purvi right in the eye, making her look too. 

"uhh...kal joh hua..." attempted kavin to say, but purvi interrupted him. 

"galti tha...hojata hai...it's completely fine..." stated purvi with an awkward smile, as kavin chuckled slightly. 

"nahi..main chahta tha yeh ho...haan, hum dono ne pi na rakhi hoti toh acha hota...par...joh hua woh galat nahi tha..." assured kavin, as purvi remained surprised. 

"hum mauka dene waale the na, apne rishte ko?" asked kavin in confirmation, as he looked at her face. 

"haan, par....thoda jaldi nahi hogaya...." expressed purvi her apprehensions, as kavin nodded. 

"i see, tumhe time chahiye...." stated kavin, as purvi couldn't help but nod in agreement. 

Kavin, who was earlier still holding onto the glass he had placed on the tray she was holding, let go of it, and took three steps back with his hands behind his back. 

"toh abse main itna door khada honga tumse...theek hai?" asked kavin jokingly with a smile, that made purvi chuckle. 

"pehle jitna door the, utna bhi chalega..." remarked purvi, as kavin in one quick prance ended up standing so close to her, the only distance between them being of the tray she held. 

"itna chalega...bas thoda sa zyada hai..." stated kavin, as he was smiling, looking into her eyes, as she was too while nodding in agreement.

They shared a gaze, where they were lost deep into each other's eye, only for purvi to break it when she gave kavin a quick peck on the cheek. 

"galat baat hai...itne handsome aadmi ko cute bhi nahi hona chahiye itna...logon ka dil chura loge aur woh kuch kar hi nahi payenge..." remarked purvi, as a wide smile crept up on kavin's lips, as purvi just chuckled, before leaving the room, while kavin turned slightly red, ruffling his hair with his hand at the back of his head, thinking of what just happened.