Niti couldn't sleep. The Instagram incident kept revolving in her mind. How could Parth just do that ? How could he like his ex's fanclub's pic inspite of being in a relationship with someone else ? Did he still have feelings for Disha? Niti was scared.
No Niti. A voice echoed in her mind. He can't .. Her mind traveled few hours back, precisely when she had spoken to his mom..
"You're the first girl he has made me meet..he's going to be there with you for a long long time." His mom was saying all this to her ! His mom. She could believe his Mom at least. His emotions...couldn't be false.. The way he looked at her...he gave her those feels..which no one did.. Being with him made her feel complete.. And she knew she wanted to be with him. Only him.. He too seemed that he wanted the same.. After all that had happened between them , this couldn't be just a time pass.. He couldn't do this !
"Go with the evidence Niti. Too much trust is injurious." Her brain broke in.
"Ughh.." She hugged her pillow tightly. It was all so complicated ! She was so exasperated, and out of mere exasperation she started crying and there was no one to wipe her tears. Not even Parth. She wished she hadn't seen that.
"Niti.." She looked at the direction of the voice.
"Parth! What are you doing here ?" She walked up to him .
"No crying now.." He said, with a smile on his face. "Things aren't always the way they look like. PaNi is for humesha. "
"Parth....tum.." She went further to touch him.
He wasn't there. She was hallucinating. Had she driven herself to that point where she had begun to hallucinate about him? Seriously? She facepalmed. His imaginary figure vanished into thin air , while her tears just didn't stop . She needed him. She wanted to talk to him and get to know about his reason of doing that. She knew there was some other reason that had made him do that... All those emotions he had for her...couldn't be fake..they were real...the love she saw in his eyes...was real..it was for humesha..they were together..for humesha..
Next morning, Niti didn't go for shoot. She had taken an off for half day because Parth was getting discharged. She wanted to be with him that day.. Around 10am she reached the hospital... His mom was completing all the formalities and by god's grace the doctor signed the discharged papers in a matter of few minutes. Just the final reports were supposed to arrive. Niti, Parth and Parth's mom were there in the room.
Niti actually wanted to talk to him...but not in the presence of his mom. Like she didn't want his mom to think that she was pissed at him or something like that. As it is he was going to go to Pune for the next two days.. And she wasn't going to see his face..but she wanted to talk to him personally.. Not in front of his mom or anyone else.
She hadnt spoken a word since she had come to the hospital that day. She was silent. She didn't even greet him good morning or anything. She was just there. Physically present. But Parth noticed something bugging her. The thing was that he didn't want to ask her that in his mom's presence either..
Niti and his mom surprisingly communicated well though. How? Parth didn't know. Yesterday Niti seemed a bit unhappy with him making her meet his mom but today she was all happy and nicely talking to his mom. He tried to barge into their conversation but neither his mom nor Niti paid any heed to him . Niti and Parth's mom talked a lot for 15 minutes. They spoke about acting life, Mumbai, how Niti wanted to come to Pune so bad, and how Parth's mom reckoned that Parth would bring her to Pune soon, food , kitchen, how she loved shopping , Bollywood and all other women-kinda topics. Parth was bored. Literally bored. Two women who were there at the hospital for him but weren't even speaking to him . Aisa kaise ?? He was feeling lethargic though. He was on the bed most of the times since the past seven days now, and now he didn't want to get up.
"Parth.." His mom said after some time. "Chalo, doctor has signed discharge papers. Let's go." Niti looked at him and gave a face which clearly indicated that they needed to talk .
"Now?" Parth signalled through his eyes.
"Yes." She nodded and a tear escaped her eye as she recollected last night's events. She quickly wiped it.
Parth's eyes widened in shock to see that. He wanted to know what had made her cry.
"Parth chalo." His mom nudged him, causing him to look somewhere else.
"Kaha chalo?"
"Pune..Chalo. Forgot?"
Parth looked at his mom in disbelief , as if he had totally forgotten about going to Pune and then looked back at Niti, giving her a helpless look.
Niti had made it a point to wash her face properly in the morning. All the crying had made her eyes red, and she didn't want to go in front of him like that. But she needed to talk to him. But...his health was important too.. Maybe she could talk to him tomorrow after he was back? Maybe..
She knew it was going to be difficult for both of them to stay away from each other for two complete days, but that's how it was. Niti had managed an off for him after a lot of negotiation with the production.. But she wanted to be with him during his discharge. She just couldn't see him off like that.
"Chalo Niti. Bye. He will be back tomorrow." Parth's mom said.
"Aai !" He didn't want to go away from her. "Can I stay here?"
"Parth.. You havent recovered fully. Who will give you medicines on time?" His mom asked.
"I will ! Please let me stay back." He protested.
"Aunty is right Parth." Niti added. "She can take care of you better than anyone else can."
For the first time in the entire day Niti had directly spoken to Parth. He felt relieved. Finally after 13 long hours she had taken his name.
"See ! Niti is also saying the same. Stop being a bad boy and chalo. You need to get well soon . " His mom said, and Parth had no option but to go with her. Helplessly. Niti accompanied them till the exit of the hospital .
Parth was standing there, waiting for the cab beside his mom. Niti was standing right next to his mom ! Something was definitely weird. Why was she not standing next to him? He wanted to go to her and kiss her to compensate for the two days he was going to be away from her, but she seemed nonchalant. She didn't seem like she wanted to speak to him..how he wished to stay back and ask her what the matter was. Her face looked perfect, but there was still something latent that she didn't want to reveal...or maybe she didn't have the chance to reveal.
"Chalo Parth." His mom said as a cab halted in front of them. "Bye Niti. " His mom said . "It was good meeting you dear. Come to Pune soon."
"I surely will aunty." Niti said and shook hands with her.
Parth's mom sat in the car asking Parth to sit too. He couldn't go just like that. If not kiss in front of his mom, he could at least hug her tightly before going. Whatever was pinging her, he knew she would tell it to him on his own whenever she felt like..maybe it just wasn't the right time.
His mom wasn't looking. He quickly went to her and engulfed her in a bone crashing hug. Niti didn't quite want to reciprocate. But it happened. Just the way she lost her senses when he came to her.. She started rubbing concentric circles on his back , and another lone tear trickled from her eye.
She had decided , to talk to him ... But after he was back. She didn't want him to not go to Pune because she was upset at him. His health mattered more and somewhere she knew that arguing with her and seeing her sad face would only make him sadder and take a toll on his health too.
Parth hugged her with all the love in the world. As if he didn't want to let her go.. He dug her face in the crook of her neck and planted a soft kiss.
"I'll miss you. " he heard her soft voice.
"I'll miss you too.." Parth said, and Niti unwillingly broke the hug.
"Now jaao. Your mom is waiting." She said, one final time before he left for Pune.
Okay so I managed another chapter ! The reason being I am thinking of winding this ff soonish since lots of work is pending and padhaiiiii too...so will write probably every important instance which will finally lead to Pani revelation on social media !
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