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 KaYa OS: A Casual Night

Ananya was tired. She was literally panting by the time she reached her doorstep. It had been the most tiring day of her life, covering 12 back to back stories in one day and on top of that being sent to the market with such a long grocery list by her mother seemed purely cruel for her right now. For a cherry on the cake, Kabir had disappeared early from office today like a genie and Ronnie was busy preparing for a date with his newly found girlfriend, Richa, so basically there had been no one merciful enough to drop her home. Upar se the taxis’ were one strike today. Great! Just great! Though Ananya as she remembered how suffering it was to carry 6 heavy plastic bags right to the main road and then in an auto-rickshaw which almost made her fly off with all the groceries. Damn, she couldn’t even ring the doorbell.

“Ma! Main aa gayi…” she shouted.

“Ma! Ananya aa gayi!” repeated an unfamiliar voice casually, taking all the plastic bags from her hands.

“Aap yahan?” Ananya asked shocked, following him inside the house.

“Main yahan.” He repeated, placing the bags on the table and walking to the pot on the stove.

“Kabir…” she said irritated.

“Ananya say aa…” he said.

“Aaa…” Ananya said not realizing she had given in the repeat game as he made her taste the soup.

“Kaisi hai?” Kabir asked.

“Namak kam hai…” she said still irritated that he was not replying to her.

“Yeh kha kar dekho..” he said placing a spoonful of biryani in her mouth.

“Perfect hai.”

“Ma ne banaya hai…”

“Aaaah!!! Kabir kya aap thodi der Kal Ho Na Ho ke Shah Rukh Khan ki tarah behave karna band karenge?” Ananya said forming fists in both her hands.

“Okay!” he said chirpily.

“Beta kyun itna chid rahi hai?” Anita asked smiling, soothing Ananya’s hair as she was huffing. 

“Kabir toh yahan sirf tujhe surprise dene ke liye aaya hai…” she told Ananya.

“Surprise?” Ananya asked, astonished.

Anita laughed, “Haha..haan.. wo usne mujhe call karke kaha ki aaj wo humare saath dinner karna chahta hai aur dinner khud banayega apne haathon se tumhare liye…” she completed.

Ananya looked at Kabir feeling very warm by his sweet gesture of surprising her and making an effort to spend time with her family. He could have asked her out and taken her to a restaurant, that would have saved him all the effort of cooking and also he wouldn’t have to mingle with her family. But no, he did things the way she liked. He knew very well how much she enjoyed her time with her family and his sweet gesture today told her that he valued her priority.

“Ananya, shaadi ke baad week mein atleast chaar din mujhe yahin pe dinner karna hai…” he said busy tasting a syrup. “Actually…” he continued thoughtfully, “Ma! Aap aur Armaan humaare saath shift kyun nahi ho jaate shaadi ke baad?”

“Aap ko dahej mein hum chahiye jiju?” Armaan asked, laughing at his own joke, earning giggles from everyone.

Kabir laughed, “Not a bad idea saleh sahib!” he patted Armaan’s shoulder making him taste the syrup, “Dahej mein ma ur bhai aayenge toh madam mujhe kam pareshaan karengi…” he added.

“AW!” Ananya’s mouth opened an an ‘o’ shape, “Main aap ko pareshaan karti hoon?” she asked going rapidly towards him but stopped when she heard Armaan say, “Wow Jiju! Kya Rasgulla bana hai!! Didi toh saara bowl akele kha jayengi!”

Ananya processed Armaan’s word for a moment; he had made Rasgulla for her despite not liking that sweet-dish. He could have made something he liked too but he gave priority to her taste before his own. Goodness, not a single sweet-dish was as sweet as Kabir.

“Ab jaldi jaa beta, nahaa kar aaja…tab tak saara kuch pak jayega..Kabir ne aaj hum sabki eke k favorite dish banayi hai…” Anita told Ananya.

“Kya?” Ananya looked at Kabir who plainly smiled at her as if it was no big deal.

“Haan Jiju ne mere liye dal-makni, ma ke liye dum-aloo aur aapke liye biryani aur rasgulla banaya hai… sham chaar baje se lekar yeh dekhiye nau baje tak paka rahe hain…” Armaan told her proudly.

“Aap ne bulletin miss kardi khana pakaane ke liye?” Ananya asked feeling that she would die from all the shock she was receiving in one single night.

Kabir looked at her and smiled, “Not a big deal Ananya! Family comes first. Aaj maine Rohan se request kiya aur usne kaha ki who mera bulletin parh dega….aisa chalta hai kabhi kabhi…ab humare profession mein kya Sunday kya Monday? It’s a seven day job haina? Waqt milta nahi hai….nikalna padta hai…” he told her earnestly. “Ab jao jaldi se fresh hokar aa jao…” Ananya wiped her tears of happiness and rushed to her room for a quick bath, she couldn’t wait to taste the food that her man had made so lovingly for her.

The dinner was the best of what Ananya had in so many years. Tinkles of laughter jingled in the house as they enjoyed the delicious food and aftermath sat down sharing their lovely stories, looking at albums, sharing high-school stories and much more. After so many years all of them had spent a complete family evening, all thanks to Kabir.

“Thank you beta…aaj bahot dino baad itni zyada khushi mili hai mujhe…” Anita told him, expressing her gratitude.

Kabir made an upset face, “Ek taraf aap beta maanti hai aur dusri taraf paraya kar deti hain Ma! Yeh kya baat hui?” he asked Anita, hugging her.

“Acha sorry!” Anita said laughing as they all bid goodbye to Kabir.

Ananya walked to her room, feeling extremely special that Kabir had made her simple evening which was going like the worst day of life into the best day. She laughed at how he held the power to change her mood within seconds. But somewhere she felt disappointed for not being able to thank Kabir properly for this lovely night and not even hugging him goodbye, she thought sighing as she took off the outer knee length dress she was wearing above her shorts and tank top.

“You look hot!” she heard a whisper as strong hands engulfed her petite waist from behind. “Kabir!” Ananya said shocked. They had been in a relationship for two months now and hugging, kissing on the cheeks and small pecks on the lip were something that they had grown quite comfortable to but they were yet to explore the intimacy part of their relationship, and what Kabir was doing right now by moving her to one side and kissing her neck was way too intimate for Ananya to think straight. She was too overtaken by the pleasure of his lips playing havoc on her senses by nipping on the soft spot on her neck.

“Tum itni khoobsurat kyun ho Ananya?” he asked turning her around in his grasp, not breaking the proximity between them.

“Aap yahan kya kar rahein hain?” asked Ananya with quivering lips. She was not a usual shy type girl but the way Kabir was holding her right now with intense eyes, his lips barely three centimeters away, she could definitely melt.

“Maine tumhara favorite meetha banaya…magar badle mein tumne mujhe mera favorite meetha nahi diya Ananya...not fair!” he complained, tracing her face with the back of his hand.

Ananya shivered at his intimate touch, “Mujhe…mujh..mujhe…nahin pataa tha…ki..ki..” she tried speaking, her eyes closing involuntarily, as Kabir slipped the strap of the tank top and began kissing her shoulder, “ki…aap..aane waale hain warna main cake le aati…” she completed with much difficulty before she lost all her senses.

Kabir looked up for a second, “Main cake ki baat nahi kar raha tha…”

“Phir?” Ananya asked him confused.

Kabir lightly traced her lips with his thumb, “Yeh hai mera favorite meetha!” he said in such a seductive manner that Ananya gasped audibly. Saying that he did not even rush one bit, he took his time and slowly came forward looking in her eyes with passion as her eyes closed in desire, he slowly captured her lower lip in his, enduring every bit of sweetness in her lips. He was taking the kiss so slowly that she wanted to cry for she had never experienced something so beautiful as this. His kiss was making her feel weak in the knees but he had held her securely. This was the first time she was experiencing pure bliss! He was being so soft on her as if she was a delicate doll who needed to be handled with utmost care. After what seemed like eternity they both slowly broke the kiss, panting.

Both settled down on Ananya’s teeny cute little bed, sitting in each other’s arms, Kabir let Ananya breathe for a while as he knew that what just happened moments ago was a very new experience for her. She had never experienced this stage of physical intimacy and despite being so damn attracted to her, he had always given her that space. He wanted them to first be able to explore the emotional part of their relationship and begin understanding each other. Today when he saw her smiling like never before in the living room, he realized that he had finally understood her emotions and what mattered to her in life. Finally feeling content that they had a beautiful emotional journey so far he had the urge to kiss her senseless when he saw her devouring on that rasgulla. She had no idea how delicious she looked and in that one moment he knew he could spend all day every day in the kitchen just to see Ananya enjoying her favorite food looking so delicious herself.

“Aap toh hamesha control mein hote hain, phir aaj kuch khaas?” Ananya asked, as finally her breathing evened.

“Aaj tum hadh se kuch zyada hi khoobsurat lag rahi thi…agar tum roz isi tarah rasgulle khaya karogi toh roz mera saara control khidki ke baahar ud jaayega… you looked irresistible Ananya!” he told her honestly. Ananya gulped, she had not expected him to be so boldly honest about what made him lose control tonight.

She realized one thing, she should be really open about how she feels because he was being so honest and she knew he would really appreciate her honest feelings rather than meekly avoiding the topic. “Toh aap jaldi se shaadi kyun nahi karlete mujhse?” she asked looking at him lovingly.

“Jaldi toh mujhe bhi hai lekin lagta hai aap ki ma ke Pandit ji ko nahi hai…” he said smiling, “Aaj maine ma se shaadi ka date fix karne ko kaha toh unhone same time Pandit ji ko phone kiya..Chaar hafte baad ki taarik nikli hai…”

“Kya! Humari shaadi ki date fix hogayi?” Ananya almost shouted excitedly, hugging Kabir tightly. “Shhh! Sab jag jayenge!” Kabir laughed.

“Kabir…” Ananya said holding his hand, looking right into his eyes. “Thank you. Thank you so much. Aap ne humesha meri feelings ko zyada importance diya. Aap ne humare beech mein physical intimacy ko lane se pehle mujhe space diya ki main iss relationship ko samajh sakun aur handle kar sakun…phir aapne yeh step liya…” she kissed his hands simultaneously, “Main aap se kabhi nahi kehti ki aap jo karte hai mere liye wo mujhe kitna pasand hai aur mere dil ko kitna choo jata hai… You have made my life so beautiful by being there for me like a pillar. You have accepted my family whole-heartedly and have given them all the happiness in the world. Today you made me feel like a woman, a beautiful woman from within. The  way you expressed your love tonight was something new for me but I felt really special. I felt loved. Thank you for giving me the best feeling in the world…”

“I love you Ananya!” Kabir whispered kissing away the tears that had fallen from her eyes just moments ago.

“I love you Kabir, more than you can imagine…” she said hugging him goodbye as he left from the window which he had entered through.

Their relationship was the best thing they both had ever experienced. They had fought against all odds together and now they were soon going to be one, officially. Even all the trouble that had come their way, ran back-foot. It was true that time and tide waits for no man. Time had taken their greatest tests and they had emerged even stronger. Their dreams of a happily ever after had finally come true…

OS: KhushNuma!

Kabir sat on the sofa, really restless. His hands folded tightly as if he was praying, tears literally running down his eyes, he was shivering with pain. No. Not physical pain but the mental pain. His eyes were swollen as he sobbed uncontrollably and at last he screamed, “Ananya! I love you! Please don’t leave me…” he started choking while crying, “Please don’t…” he coughed choking on his words, “don…don’t…don’t lea…ve me…please…” he sobbed as memories of what had happened that had brought their beautiful world down crashing…

Everyone was sitting in the conference room when Ananya had suddenly received a message and her happy face had changed, she looked extremely shocked! Kabir was not able to concentrate once Ananya walked out of the conference room without saying anything, she never does that, he thought. He couldn’t take it anymore and walked out behind her.

“Kya hua Ananya?” Kabir asked.

She turned around with tears in her eyes, “Papa ke E-mail ID se mujhe mail aaya hai…” she said, tears forming in her eyes. “Shayad papa zinda hai…”

Her last words shook him. No. This was not possible, his mind told him. “Ananya shayad koi mazaak kar raha hai tumhare saath…” he tried to reason with her.

“Main Reporter bani hi papa ka sach jaanne ke liye thi…” she said wiping her tears, looking determined. And that determination scared Kabir, a lot.

That night Ananya replied to the email,

“Papa…

Hum aap ko bahot miss karte hain…

Aap kahan ho?”

Ananya had goosebumps when she saw there was a reply again from that ID,

“Ananya beta

Main aap se bahot door nahi hoon…

Par phasa hua hoon…

Yahan se nikal nahi sakta…

Mujhe bachalo!”

Ananya looked shocked at the reply! He was alive! He was a captive somewhere! Her father was alive! Tears of joy escaped her eyes as she dialed Kabir’s number with shaking hands, “Hello Kabir! Aap mujhe abhi mil sakte hain?... Theek hai main aa rahi hoon aap ke ghar” she said excitedly kept the phone, not giving him a chance to interrogate about what happened.

She reached his house 40 minutes later, and rang the doorell. As soon as Kabir opened the door, she jumped into a hug. “Kabir papa zinda hai!! Papa zinda hai!!”

“Ananya maine tumhe kaha than a ki koi tumhare saath game khel raha hai…” he said trying to act calm.

“Nahi Kabir! Wo papa hi the!! Yeh dekho maine unhe mail kiya aur unhone mujhe reply bhi kiya…” she said almost jumping, “Papa ne kaha ki who kahin phase hue hain…hum unhein bachana hai!!” she said eagerly.

Kabir was stunned hearing this. “ Yeh nahi ho sakta Ananya!”

“Arre yeh dekhiya na aap message!!” she said trying to make him read the message.

“Maine kaha na nahin ho sakta…” he said almost losing his calm.

“Arre kyun nahi ho sakta… yeh reply toh…”

“KYUNKI TUMHARE PAPA MAR CHUKE HAIN!!” he screamed at her holding her tightly by the shoulders, “Mere aankhon ke saamne unka murder hua tha! Mere haathon mein unhone dam toda tha!!” Kabir shouted.

He left her shoulders abruptly, realizing what he had just said. He took two steps back, still in shock of what he had revealed as Ananya stood rooted at the spot not being able to believe what she had just heard. Her dad was murdered? Kabir knew this? Yet he remained quiet? He lied to her? He let her father’s killer live freely?

She took two steps back fumbling with her steps then turned back and ran out of the house. Kabir was in too much of a shock to go after her right then.

The next morning he went to office and tried to search for Ananya, he found out from Ronnie that she had taken a week’s leave. He returned to his dejected, as he sat down on his chair in frustration, something shiny caught his attention. It was Ananya engagement ring! He picked up and a lone tear escaped his eye. She had broken their engagement. He should have told her the truth earlier; he had called this on himself. If only he did not fear losing her then he could have gathered enough courage to tell her the truth but he always felt the truth would take her away from him and that is exactly what happened.

For the next five days, Kabir did not go to the office. Instead he sat the entire day in front of her house, hoping she would step out but no, she didn’t. He saw Armaan and Anita but they looked at him dejected and walked away, the hurt in their eyes all so evident. He went home disappointed and called Tarini to his house.

“Tumne kaha tha use nahi bataane ke liye…” he said broken.

She kept her hand on his shoulder, “Mujhe isi baat ko toh dar tha! Main nahi chahti thi ki tum Ananya ko kho do…” Tarini said worriedly.

“Kya karun main ab… wo ghar se bahar hi nahi aa rahi…”

“Mujhe toh laga tha ki tum bahut ziddi ho… darwaza bana hai knock karne ke liye… uske ghar ka aur dil ka…dono darwaze pe knock karo…jo hua Mr. Kashyap ke saath usme tumhari koi galati nahi thi… tumne jab sach bataya toh adhura kyun bataya? Pura kyun nahin Kabir?” she asked him angry that he didn’t tell her the entire truth when he decided to tell the truth.

“Wo situation hi aisi thi…” he replied extremely upset with himself for being so numb.

“Jao baath karo usse…samjhao use Kabir ki sach mein hua kya tha!” Tarini told him, “Phir sab theek ho jayega…” she said re-assuring him.

Kabir knocked on the door of the Kashyaps’ house. He was standing in the porch where he had so many memories with Ananya. their romance, their cute conversations, their kisses, their eye-locks and much more. He sighed, thinking about their moments. The door opened and Armaan came out.

“Armaan, Ananya hai?” Kabir asked politely.

Armaan did not react to him and walked in again, “Didi, aap se Kabir milna chahta hai…” he shouted which made Anita come near the entrance too. Then Kabir saw the love of his life walking to him. He shook with fear at the sight. She walked like she was lifeless, totally numb, her hair disheveled and her face had no expressions at all. Kabir never in his dreams had thought that his fighter Ananya would ever look like this. A totally broken and defeated girl walked to him and stood at the door.

“Kahiye,” she said abruptly. Her eyes were on him but she was lost in some other world, she looked almost mechanical.

“Ananya tumne mujhse sagai kyun tod di? Min tumse bahut pyaar karta hoon…” he said trying to bring her back to life.

“Theek hai sagai phir karlungi,” came another abrupt and lost reply. She was not fighting back at all and this was breaking his heart inside.

“Ananya tum aisa kyun kar rahi ho ek baar pura sach toh sunlo!” he shouted helplessly.

“Ji sun rahi hoon.” She replied again not fighting him, yet he knew she was still lost and not really listening to him.

“Ananya mera pyaar tumhare liye saccha hai. Bilkul sachha! Main tumse shaadi karna chahta hun aur tum bahot saari khushi dena chahta hoon.. Zindagi bhar tumhari har baat maanunga..tum jo kahogi wo karunga..jaise kahogi waise rahunga..” he pleaded.

“Aap mujhse shaadi karna chahte hain…” she said still looking through him, “Ma shaadi ki tayari kardijiye…” she said numbly.

“Ananya!” Kabir whispered in disbelief, she had become so lifeless and it was his entire fault. She was feeling betrayed by him, the man she trusted more than her life. She had supported him in every aspect of his life and always fulfilled all her promises. She had fought the world for him but he had hidden such a big truth from her in return! Tears rolled down his cheeks as he ran away from there not being able to see the sight of Ananya in such a state for even one more second.

He came back to present where he was sitting on the couch after returning from Ananya’s house. He had been crying uncontrollably but now he looked determined, really determined. He wiped his tears, thinking, “Maine Ananya ko bahot dard diya hai, ab aur nahin!”

He took out a tape recorder and spoke, he spoke his heart out and recorded the entire truth of Sudhir Kashyap case in that recorder and how much he loved Ananya and how she meant then world to him. By the time he completed the recording he was in trance of the pain that he had caused Ananya, the hurt in his heart was making him mechanical as well but in a different way. He was not as brave as Ananya.

One hour later Tarini walked to the doorstep of Kabir and rang the doorbell. When he didn’t open the door, she tried to knock but to her surprise the door was open so she went in and called out his name, “Kabir… Kahan ho tum? Kabir?” but no one answered. She checked the entire house but she didn’t find him anywhere. Coming to the living room she found that his car keys were lying on the table along his wallet and phone. “Where could have Kabir gone without his car, money, phone and license?” thought Tarini panicking and her eyes fell on the tape recorder on the sofa. She played it and her eyes widened in shock. The way Kabir had spoken; she knew he was gone, never to return.

“Shit!” Tarini said panicking, “Kabir ko Ananya ke alawa koi nahi rok sakta..mujhe khud Ananya se baat karni hogi…lagta hai Ananya ne uski baat nahi suni…” saying this she ran out and quickly went to Ananya’s house.

After ringing the bell twice Anita opened the door.

“Aunty main Tarini hoon aur mere paas waqt bahot kam hai! Please mujhe ek baar Ananya se baat karne deejiye…” looking at the trouble on her face, Anita let her in. Ananya was sitting on the couch, totally lost in some world.

“Ananya! Ananya!” Tarini screamed running to her.

“Haan boliye.” She said not listening to anything in real.

“Ananya please hosh mein aao humare paas waqt bahot kam hai!! Kabir apna wallet, keys, paise, phone aur ghar sab kuch chor ke chala gaya hai…aur chor gaya hai yeh tape recorder jismein tumhare papa ki sachai hai…” saying that Tarini played the recorder.

“Ananya…

Agar tum yeh sun rahi ho toh main tumse kuch kehna chahta hoon..

Tumhare papa bahot ache the…wo tumse bahot pyaar karte the..

Jis din main unse aakhri baar milne gaya tha..main jab uss pahaar par pahuncha meine dekha ki doh aadmi unhe maar rahe hain.. main daud kar gaya unki madad karne toh un aadmiyon ne mujhe bhi maara…bahot maara aur ek aadmi ne tumhare papa ke peeth mein chura maar diya..

Phir wo wahan se bhaag gaye… main khud zakhmi tha isiliye unhein akele nahi utha sakta tha..main aur logon ko bulane ke liye jana chahta tha ki tumhare papa ne mera haath pakad kar rokliya aur mujhse kaha ki Kabir ab bahot der ho gayi hai, main ab nahin bachunga lekin yeh log bahot khatrnak hai, maine sach ke liye apni jaan toh dedi lekin main nahin chahta ki inka saaya bhi mere chote se parivaar par pade… yeh log bahot taakatwar hai…yeh mere family ko bhi meri tarah maar denge…please yeh kissa yahin pe khatam kardo…

Yahi aakhri shabd kehke unhone meri haathon mein dam tod diya… par main unhein insaaf dilana chahta tha..main bhaagte hue Khurana ke paas gaya use lane…taaki Mr> Kashyap ki body mile toh investigation ho un logon pe…lekin jab hum wahan pahunche tab unki body gaayab thi…un logon ne body ko hi gayab kardia tha…

Main phir bhi chup nahin baitha.. mujhe threat calls aane lage..

Main phir bhi chup nahi baitha… Ek din unn logon ne mere bhaanje Monu ko kidnap karne ki dhamki di… Monu aur Anurag saath khel rahe the… jab wo log aaye…tab Anurag ne Monu ko bachane ke liye unpar attack kiya aur unhone Anurag ko maara…bahot maara…ki who phir kabhi chal na paya…

Inn sab ka zimedaar mujhe tehraate hue bhabi aur bhaiya Monu ko lekar chale gaye aur mujhe kasam di ki main phir kabhi iss case par kaam nahi karunga warna agli baar wo kisiko sach mein maar denge…

Anurag ko dekh kar main darr gaya aur mujhe majburan yeh case chorna pada…sabke safety ke liye…

Jab mujhe pata chala ki tum Mr. Kashyap ki sachai dhoond rahi ho tab maine kaha ki unhone suicide kiya hai kyunki main unse kiya hua waada nibha raha tha, tumhe in sab se door rakh kar…

Main tumse bahut pyaar karta hoon Ananya…bahot…I'm sorry ki meri wajah se aaj tumhara yeh haal hai…mujhe maaf kardena please…

…Tumhara Kabir”

Finally Ananya cried, she cried vigorously. Her emotions came back to life, he was helpless too. He hadn’t betrayed her, his hands were tied. He had to protect so many people. Anurag became a victim of this case as well. Kabir had seen so much in life yet he strong enough to fight all odds and protect everyone.

“Ananya humare paas waqt nahin hai!” Tarini said.

“Kya matlab?” Ananya said wiping her tears.

Tarini sighed deeply, gulping “Kabir sab kuch chor kar chala gaya hai!”

“KYA!?!” Ananya screamed.

“Jaldi chalo!” Tarini said taking her hand. They were outside Kabir’s house investigating all ther neighbors if they had seen Kabir going anywhere and one old lady finally said she saw Kabir walking aimlessly ad almost getting hit by a car but there was a minor accident and Kabir was hurt but he refused all help and he boarded a bus going towards right hand side of the road. The lady said it was the first time she had seen Kabir so vulnerable, he was fumbling for money for bus fare and a man had volunteered to pay for him seeing his state. They thanked the woman and stood thinking where could have Kabir gone to.

“Kabir apna sab kuch chor kar chala gaya…unhone mujhse kaha tha ek baar koi insaan aisa tabhi karta hai jab who jeene ki ummed chor deta hai…” Ananya said confused,wiping off her tears.

“Oh shit!” said Tarini, “Wo jis bus mein baitha hai who right taraf gayi aur wahan sirf ek gaon hai jahan par suicide point hai! Bahot uncha cliff hai!!!” and they both panicked. “Car chalani aati hai?” Tarini asked Ananya.

“Haan!”

“Jaldi aao mere saath!” she said taking Ananya’s hand and ran into Kabir’s house, “Yeh lo Kabir ki gaadi ki chaabi, paise aur yeh uska ek pair change…jaldi rakho..suno who gaon yahan se teen ghante door hai agar bus mein jaaye toh..aur car se jaaein toh ek ghanta door hai..tum gaadi lekar jaogi toh Kabir se ehle wahan pahonch jaaogi…magar bahut dangerous hai wahan se lautna raat ko….sadak bahot kharab hai…jaate waqt bhi apna khayal rakhna..theek hai?” Tarini quickly hugged Ananya.

“Aap nahin chalegi?” Ananya asked.

“Main Anurag ko akele nahi chor sakti aur phir Kabir ko sirf tumhari zarurat hai…ab jaldi jao!”

Ananya quickly started the car and almost flew with the car, not caring about the speed limit or anything else. She had hurt Kabir a lot by not trusting him.

“Koi kisise se itna pyaar kar sakta hai ki unke liye apni jaan dede?” beamed the radio and Ananya gulped, if she didn’t make it on time then she would lose Kabir forever. Panic was rising and her heart was thudding in her chest and she was constantly praying to god to keep her Kabir safe and sound.

By the time she reached the cliff it had started raining heavily and the night had begun. Ananya ran as quickly as she could and in the nick of time she held the hand of Kabir who had put one foot in the air…

He turned around shocked to see Ananya holding his hand. She pulled him into a tight bone crashing hug. “Dobara aisa kabhi! Kabhi! Kabhi mat sochna!!!” she said crying, her heart almost stopped when she saw he almost jumped, just one nano-second late and he would have lost him forever.

“Ananya!” he said coming out of his trance.

“Haan aapki Ananya!” she said placing buttferfly kisses all over his face. Her kisses were more passionate than the heavy rain! After moments of contentment that they both were together safe and sound, Ananya realized they really could not go back home at this time.

“Chaliye mere saath!” she said taking his hand, leading him to the car. They stopped at a nearby cottage near the cliff.

“Ek room book karna hai…” Ananya told the receptionist.

“Naam madam..” he asked.

“Mr. and Mrs. Kabir Sharma.” She replied happily.

Kabir still looked a little hazed, not really coming back to reality. The state that he had seen Ananya in had shaken him to the core. That image was not leaving his eyes. He had caused that pain to her and he was not able to forgive himself for that. He followed Ananya to the room and sat quietly on a chair.

“Yeh lijiya change karlijiye…” Ananya said chirpily as she handed him the clothes that thankfully Tarini had asked her to keep. Kabir looked up at her and smiled a bit and went in quietly but she could see the state of his mind was really imbalanced, she had to bring him back and make him forget all that happened, they had to start afresh!

When Kabir came out, she looked at him and went in trance for a few seconds, his almost wet hair, turquoise blue shirt was looking elegant on him. She couldn’t help but check him out for a few seconds before wincing as she saw a few wounds on his forehead and elbow because of the minor accident that had happened outside his house.

“Hello Room Service?” Ananya spoke on the phone, “Room number 231 ka first aid box cabinet locked hai…kya matlab chaabi kho gayi…jaldi kholiye warna main glass todke kit nikaal loongi!” the sherni roared in the phone.

“Jab tak who log chaabi laa rahe hain main change kar ke aati hoon…”Ananya told Kabir trying to sound as casual as possible. She bit her finger between her lips trying to figure out what to wear. Thankfully she found a black silk robe in the cupboard.

By the time Ananya returned after changing, the staff had placed a first-aid kit on the table and left. If Kabir was in the right frame of mind he would have eaten Ananya alive or died from heart attack because she looked absolutely hot in the black silk robe which was way above her knees, wet hair and face free of make-up, she looked absolute divine.

Seeing Kabir lost Ananya realized one thing, they had had enough of emotional assurance with each other and this time it was not going to work. What they had gone through in the five days was much deeper and this time they needed a physical assurance of togetherness. Kabir was still feeling guilty for making her so lifeless and she was feeling guilty of making him giving up on life, both of them had escaped the absolute horror of life-death.

She went to Kabir slowly, “Aap ke chot par antiseptic lagana hai…” Ananya said sweetly, making Kabir look up. He smiled and nodded positively, expecting her to sit beside him but he was shocked when she sat on his lap instead. She took the cream on one finger and applied it on his forehead slowly blowing the area when he winced in pain. She seductively applied the cream to all wounded areas and gave extra care to his face. Their faces were inches apart, she slowly kissed his cheeks, his forehead, and his chin and at last his quivering lips.

After a while of passionate kissing Kabir realized what they were doing, he broke the kiss and moved her from his lap. “Yeh galat hai…” saying this went and stood near the window, looking outside.

Ananya came and turned him around, “Jise man se pati maan liya ho, use tan se pati maanne mein kya galat hai?” she asked him softly.

Kabir was touched by her words. She led him to the bed and slowly pushed him on it, coming on top of him she began kissing him. Kabir couldn’t keep himself contained in the cage of the recent past events and gave into the passion. He rolled and came on top of Ananya, placing open mouth kisses all over her neck. He moved her gown a bit and started kissing on her shoulder while Ananya buried her hand in his hair, her eyes closed with pleasure. Kabir opened the belt of her gown and his hand traveled inside her gown, feeling her washboard stomach. She is so soft, he thought.

Something in him stopped him again and he sat up, “Kya hua?” Ananya asked sitting up beside him, tying her belt, she hugged him from side.

“Abhi humaari shaadi nahi hui hai…” Kabir said worriedly. “Agar tumapna faisla badlogi.. mein nahin chahta ki tum meri wajah se pachtao…”

“Shhh!” Ananya said placing her finger on his lips. “Kuch galat nahi ho raha hai. Teen din baad humari shaadi hai… Jo bhi hua galat hua…ek miscommunication tha…ek bura sapna tha..humaare future ke liye lessons sikha gaya…who waqt galat tha…hum galat nahi the ek dusre ke liye..aap mere liye sahi ho aur main aap ke liye…jo kuch hua hum use badal nahi sakte magar usse seekh sakte hain…ek dusre ke liye behtar insaan ban sakte hain..main sirf aapki hoon…sirf aapki…”she told him kissing the tip of nose lightly.

“Ananya I love you so much!!” Kabir said turning around capturing her soft petal lips in his manly lips as he came on top of her again and then just passion sprang across the room as two beautiful soul-mates united that night…

Kabir and Ananya looked outside the French windows of their room as the rose pink light of dawn came across the sky and the hills were covered with snow. The wooden cottage hotel in the hills was so perfectly romantic as they lay they wrapped in each other’s arms comfortably with only black sheets covering them…

“Kitna khoobsurat hai na?” Ananya said still looking outside.

“Hai toh… par tumse zyada nahin…” Kabir told her kissing her hair as finally they both slowly drifted off in a much deserved peaceful sleep, dreaming of their beautiful future, together…

 KaYa OS: Jaan

Anita sat on the sofa in a secluded corner of her room. She was worried, really worried. Kabir had agreed for the engagement in the wink of an eye. But why? Was there something that Shreya had missed while telling the truth? Was there more to the story than it met her eye? Could Shreya be portraying Kabir as the faulty one in their relationship? Was Shreya actually so nice as she seemed to be? Was Kabir actually the right choice for Ananya? Was he truly in love with her?

Questions ran along the back of her mind but somehow her adamant state was not letting the logical questions surface. She didn’t want to think rationally because Shreya had spoken so softly that she felt wanted to believe her instead of Kabir. Somewhere her heart was not willing to accept that Kabir was a bad person but then her impulsive reactions as a mother didn’t want to see any reason. She just wanted to protect her daughter. She had brought her Ananya up like a flower, protecting her from anything and everything that would ruin her happiness. She had always pampered Ananya to death, not making her do any housework, cooking for her all the time, feeding her, putting her to sleep. And the worst part is that she had to do everything, but alone.

Anita sighed, if only Ananya's father had been alive then she wouldn’t have felt so lonely and she could have been stern with Anaya but being a single parent she had to be soft and extremely protective of her daughter, something a father would have done. Tears escaped her eyes, as she saw Ananya’s sunken face when she had refused to eat in the morning and left home wiping her tears off without even waving a goodbye.

“I’m only trying to protect you beta…” Anita whispered to herself.

She solemnly got up from the sofa and lay on her bed, upset with herself. She fell asleep.

“Haan Tinu? Pakka hai na doh ghante mein meeting hogi usi dhaabe pe?....theek hai… main…al…most…ouch… tay..tayyaar hoon..” Ananya struggled in her reply leaving Tinu confused, “Kya hua madam?” he asked worried.

“Kuch nahi!” Ananya replied quickly slapping Kabir’s naughty hand playing a havoc on her belly button, as he was busy nipping at her shoulder, his other hand tracing her spine. “Kabir…” Ananya whispered keeping the phone. “Hmmm…” he said kissing the soft spot on her neck, making Ananya flinch with desire.

Finally she gathered up enough courage and slightly pushed him off, giggling and half blushing she pretended to be angry, “Pata nahi maine aap ko kyun bula liya ori baandhne ke liye… apne toh baaki doh bhi khol diye…” she said looking in the mirror, trying to tie the dori again but failing.

“Tum pachta rahi ho mujhe yahan bula ke?” he asked with a sad face and Ananya felt bad for a moment before his expression again to the naughty one again, “Par tumhi ne toh kaha tha…” he said coming closer, making her look at him wide-eyed, “…ki karna toh mujhe bahot kcuh chahiye…” he smirked pulling her closer, “ Isilye main kar raha hoon..”

“Kya?..” she barely whispered, feeling his intense gaze on her.

“Bahot…kuch…” he replied, smirking and in the next instant he took two steps back and smiled at Ananya and she looked at him confused. She again made an attempt to tie her dori, only to realize all the three dori’s were already tied.

“Toh aap…” she said smiling away, realizing he was busy tying her dori while playing seductive mind games with her, making her nod her head in denial at how quick his brain was. “Bahot khoobsurat lag rahi ho Ananya.” he said softly.

She looked at him warmly, all the naughty looks were gone and he was looking at her with genuine eyes making her blush.

“Aap change kar lijiye main bahar intezaar karti hoon…” she said and sprang from his room, not wanting to show how shy she was feeling seeing his romantic side.

Kabir came out in a red Rajasthani suit, leaving Ananya in awe. He looked extremely cute and that smile adorning his face looked priceless.

“Aap bahot cute lag rahe hain..” she said giggling, making Kabir fron and look at himself consciously. “ Kya hua? Kharaab lag raha hun?” he made the cutest pout Ananya had ever seen. She was compelled to go to him and kiss that pout slowly, tasting his beautiful lips, making Kabir close his eyes at her slow and seductive touch. He was breathing hard when she broke the kiss and spoke, looking into his eyes lovingly, “… Main sach keh rahi thi..aap ka mazaak nahi uda rahi thi.. sach..”

“Thank you!” Kabir glowed, “Waise yahan aane se pehle aap ne strawberry ice-cream khaya tha madam?” he asked sweetly.

“Haan…” she replied shyly, “Kyun?”

“Remind me ki mujhe apne freezer mein bahot saara strawberry ice cream laakar rakhna hai…” he replied, holding her by the waist, as she looked confused, he continued, “Taaki jab tum aao toh main pehle tumhe ice-cream khilaunga… aur phir khud khaunga…” he said coming closer to her lips, making Ananya widen her eyes, understanding his meaning, she hit him playfully in the chest and both burst out laughing.

Kabir and Ananya reached the dhaba in disguise, where Tinu was waiting for them eagerly. He showed them the photos of the men who will come for the meeting and gave them details about their positions.

“Ek baat yaad rakhiyega sir. Unke paas guns aur kuch aur weapons bhi hai. Taaki agar kisiko unke bare mein bhanak bhi lag jaaye toh who unka khissa yahi khatam kardein…” he said worriedly, “Isilye bahot hoshiyaar rahiyega ki unhe bilkul bhi andaza na ho ki aap kaun hain…”

“Thank you Tinu!” Kabir smiled, he could see how genuinely worried Tinu was for them.

Ananya spoke to the owner of the dhaaba and he gave her the job of a helper. She gave a thumbs up to Kabir as he sat there like a customer.

Soon the 5 men arrived and began their discussion, Kabir gestured Ananya to go and take their order and place the transmitter near their seat. Ananya did as she was told and took their order, while she pretended to drop the plate, she placed a transmitter under their table. Kabir saw her repeat the order in the kitchen and the cook began cooking.

Ananya went to the side of the dhaba and took out the walkie-talkie to hear the conversation and Kabir sat two seats away from them as the recorder in his phone was connected to the transmitter and he was busy recording their conversation for evidence.

Ananya was listening intently to what the men were saying in code words. Just then the owner of the dhaaba saw her with the walkie-talkie, he was involved with the men that Ananya was listening to and he realized that Ananya was not a village girl but someone in disguise who could spoil their plan. He immediately rushed to her and snatched the walkie-talkie. Ananya gasped, trying to take a few steps back when the man pounced on her to take her away, but before he put his hand on her mouth she screamed loudly, “Kabir!!!” and the men quickly picked her up on one shoulder and started running towards the dark jungle.

Kabir stood up at once and ran to where the shriek had come from. He could see a dark huge figure running away. Without wasting another second, he sprang behind that man. Running as fast, Kabir could feel his heart pounding, not tired from the running but the fear that his Ananya was in danger! He rushed as fast as he feet could take him, “Kabir!!!” he heard another scream.

Finally Kabir saw the man standing and what he saw made the floor beneath his feet slip! That man was pointing a gun towards Ananya. the loom on Ananya’s face, killed him. He didn’t think and just jumped onto the man, and the fire was shot in the air.

That man hit Kabir on his right cheek and it began bleeding. Another punch and Kabir almost flew and hit the tree. “Kabir!!!” Annaya shouted, looking at him so badly hurt. She immediately called Khurana who was on stand-by near the dhaaba. Just as she cut the call and turned around, she saw the man pointing the gun straight at her. Before Ananya could register anything, she heard a gunshot and she found herself on the ground. But nothing on her body pained, like a bullet would. She looked to her side and saw that Kabir had pushed her and taken the bullet instead!!! His right shoulder was bleeding badly!

Just then Khurana arrived and captured that man, Ananya screamed Kabir’s name and rushed to him. They took him to the nearby hospital. All the way to the hospital Ananya couldn’t stop crying, Kabir was unconscious and the blood flow just wouldn’t stop. The pain was evident on his face, and she could do nothing to help him. Kabir was rushed to operation theatre as soon as they reached the hospital and Khurana asked her not to worry and be brave. “Kuch nahi hoga use… Bahot strong hai Kabir!” he tried to reassure her, “Agar tumhe kisiko inform karna ho toh bulalo yahan par support karne ke liye…” Ananya nodded in between her sobbing.

Anita woke up to the annoying sound of the telephone. “Hello.” She said sleepy and irritated.

“Hello Ma!” she heard Ananya crying at the other end of the phone and all her sleep flew out of the window. She stood up scared, “Kya hua Ananya?? Tum ro kyun rahi ho?”

“Maa! Ma woh.. woh.. Kabir!...”Ananya chocked on her voice, “Kabir ne mujhe bachaane ke liye….khud goli kha li…” Ananya cried.

“Kya?” Anita asked shocked.

“Aap jaldi hospital aa jayiye…doctor ne kaha hai ki bahut.. bahut…khoon beh gaya hai aur unki haalat bahut critical hai…” Ananya begged her mother.

“Main abhi aati hoon!” Anita said worriedly. She kept the phone and rushed to wake Armaan up.

“Kya hua ma?” he asked skeptical.

Anita took her purse, putting in some money, she told him hurriedly as they rushed out of the house locking it, “Tere jiju ko goli lagi hai!! Hospital jaa rahein hain.. Ananya ko bachaate hue use goli lag gayi!” she informed him, “Bahut critical hai Kabir! Jaldi chal…” she said worried.

They rushed to the hospital. They found Ananya was crying uncontrollably sunken on the chair. Anita ran to Ananya and sat beside her, holding her shoulder, while Armaan called and informed Ronnie and Richa about the incident and asked them to come as soon as possible.

“Sab meri wajah se hua hai!” Ananya cursed herself, “Pehle uss aadmi ne Kabir ko itna maara aur phir mujhe shoot karne wala tha… Kabir ne beech mein aakar mujhe bacha liya…par khudko…” she sobbed in her mother’s lap.

“Sab theek ho jayega beta…” Anita tried to re-assure her.

After one and a half hours the operation finally ended and everyone stood up anticipating the result of the operation. Ananya’s heart was stuck in her throat. Her heart was constantly praing that Kabir was safe.

The doctor came out, “Patient is safe now but his state is still very critical. The bullet has done a lot of damage to his hand and a lot of blood has been lost. He will be kept under observation for atleast 48 hours.”

For a moment, Ananya’s heart flipped with joy hearing that he was safe but it sank as soon she heard how critical he was.

“Aap mese Ananya kaun hai?” the doctor asked.

Ananya looked up surprised, “Main hoon!”

“Patient unconscious hai aur anesthesia ke itne heavy dose ke baad bhi wo aap ka naam le rahi hain. If you want you can be with him.” The doctor told Ananya.

“Thank you!” Ananya said and ran into his room, to be by his side. She held his hand, and as if he could recognize her touch, she saw his face finally had contentment. “Iss haalat mein bhi meri zyada parwah hai!” Ananya looked at him touched, she placed a kiss on his forehead softly as Anita watched them from the glass on the door.

For the two days, everyone took extreme care of Kabir, while he remained unconscious. Finally after two days he regained consciousness, slowly opening his eyes he could see lots of bouquets and cards, fruits and balloons in an unfamiliar room. Memories of what had happened started playing in his mind as he realized that he was in the hospital. He looked around and saw Armaan smiling at him, “Goodmorning Jiju! Aap ko hosh aa gaya! Main abhi doctor ko ula kar lata hoon..” Armaan told him and rushed out.

The doctor was checking-up Kabir when Anita walked in with a tiffin and container, “Goodmorning beta!” she flashed a smile at him.

“Goodmorning aunty,” he replied smiling, as the doctor left, Anita came and sat on the chair beside his bed, “Beta mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai…”

“Ji..” Kabir urged her to continue.

“Mujhe maaf kardo. Main Shreya ki baton mein aa gayi thi.. mujhe laga tha ki tum Ananya ke liye sahi nahi ho par tumse zyada pyaar karne wala use koi mil hi nahi sakta… Tumhara pyaar sacha hai…” Anita told him as tears welled up in her eyes.

“Aunty aap please maafi mat maangiye!” Kabir told her.

“Ek shart pe!” Anita said wiping her tears, smiling at him.

“Kya?” he asked.

“Mujhe aunty nahi Ma bulao… Ananya ki tarah..mere hone waale daamaad ho tum…” she told him and hugged Kabir tightly, Kabir was more than touched by this gesture. Finally after so many years he had someone he could call mother. Ananya had brought so much happiness in his life. His eyes were dying to see her but she was nowhere in sight.

“Maa wo…” he hesitantly wanted to ask about Ananya.

Anita giggled understanding what he wanted, “Tumhari dawayian lene gayi hai..abhi bhejti hoon..”

“Thank you!” Kabir replied shyly.

Ananya entered the room, and Kabir’s eyes hungrily drank in her features, he had been dying to see her. She looked absolutely beautiful in the white floral dress and lose curls, the best part was the smile adorning her face. The smile that was only for him!

She ran to his side, and he expected to receive a warm hug from her but instead earned a slap.

“OUCH!” he looked at her shocked.

“Kya zarurat thi aapko meri jagah goli khaane ki? Kuch ho jata toh? Aap aisa kaise kar saktein hai?” she hit him in the chest angrily. Kabir held her hands firmly and pulled her into a strong hug, she hugged him back tightly. “Please dobara aisa kabhi mat karna…main aap ke bina nahi jee sakti!” she sobbed lightly.

“Shhh!” Kabir said, wiping off her tears, “Ek shart pe…”

“Kya?” she asked.

“Kiss me!” he commanded. Ananya was more than happy to oblige with his condition. She softly pressed her lips on his, but before the kiss could turn passionate, they heard, “Ahem ahem!” and they quickly broke apart getting embarrassed that everyone saw them kissing.

“Thank you so much sir! Ab mujhe bhi yakeen hogaya ki aap Ananya se bahot pyaar kartein hai…” Richa thanked him wholeheartedly.

“Aur nahi toh kya, “ Tinu said, “Aakhir Ananya madam Bhadresh Kutty ki jaan hai!! Kyun sir?” he asked Kabir while Ananya giggled.

“Bhadresh Kutty ka toh pata nahi par mere liye toh Ananya meri Jaan hai! I love you Ananya!” he told her as Ananya kissed his hand.

Everyone looked confused so Tinu began reciting the “Bhadresh Kutty” incident and everyone burst out laughing.

This was the beginning of Kabir’s journey with his Jaan…

KaYa OS: A Rain Date, After the Date!

The night was getting deeper; slowly the stars and the beautiful moon were lost beyond the clouds. Ananya shivered as the cool wind blew through the window of the car, she frowned for a second because now she couldn’t admire the moonlit long drive that she was on right now with the man of her life, the ever so sexy Kabir Sharma, looking over the top handsome today in his black and white Armani suit. Ananya stole a glance at him every few seconds, they were quiet yet the small smile playing on his lips displayed utter satisfaction and contentment while Ananya didn’t realize she too mirrored his expression, a smile plastered on her face as she kept looking at their entwined hands, with a blush creeping up every second whenever he would lightly caress her hand with his thumb. Every soft caress made the butterflies in her stomach dance excitedly.

She looked at Kabir again, drinking in his beautiful physique, her eyes tracing from hairline to his forehead, his nose, and his lips. She stopped at his lips as the memories of their first date came rushing to her raising goosebumps through her entire body. The way he had kissed her in front of everyone, not caring about anyone else, that determined passion is what ignited their kiss like a fire, and she could still feel her lips burning sweetly, with the sweetness of his love.

Kabir and Ananya were on their first date tonight, after he had spoken to her mother in the morning and gained her permission for their relationship there was nothing else and no barrier stopping him from loving his girl in front of the world. He had amazingly asked Ananya out for a date much to her pleasure, something which she had been waiting for all along, them spending time with each other. When she cutely complained why he hadn’t asked her out earlier, he had given his signature smile and replied that if they were seen publicly before Ananya’s mother came to know of their relation then ofcourse the news would have reached her quickly, but!, from others and he had wanted them to be the ones informing her mother about their love because he knew how hurt she would be if she would get to know about them from others, that is why he had been so hesitant about things till now but now that her mother had given them her blessings then no power in the world could stop him from showering his love on Ananya.

Kabir had come to pick Ananya for the date and had been mesmerized seeing her looking ever so elegant and beautiful, only when he had found Anita and Armaan had started giggling, he looked away embarrassed upon being caught checking-out his own girlfriend. Ananya’s mother had taken her hand and walked to Kabir putting Ananya’s hand in his, she had taken a promise that he will always be with Ananya and love her. Kaya left the house after taking her blessings. Kabir had made arrangements in a posh hotel restaurant for their dinner leaving Ananya all impressed by his taste. The ambience was really romantic and after a splendid dinner, to add cherry on the cake, Kabir had asked her for a dance and they had swayed to the music of their love, the dance was slow and sensuous, taking her in his arms he had confessed yet again and kissed her in front of everyone, she had realized he had meant it when he earlier said that “Kiss toh main tumhe puri duniya ke saamne kar sakta hoon…” he had meant every single word and the onl thing holding him back to declare his love publicly had been her mother’s permission, what man on earth could be such a gentleman? Ananya thought, as they drove further in the outskirts of Delhi.

Slowly the hustle bustle of the city was left behind, they were now in much quieter area and that’s when Ananya came back from her thoughts frowning again as she remembered her annoyance with the clouds for hiding the beautiful full moon and pretty stars that were accompanying them blissfully on this long drive. However, her annoyance changed to delightfulness in a split second as she saw some rain drops fall on her face, as the window glass was down.

Ananya shrieked in excitement, “Baarish!!” she put her hand outside and felt the rain drops, then turned to Kabir, “Baarish ho rahi hai!”

“I know!” Kabir said smiling and Ananya sulked, “Aap ko bearish pasand nahi hai?”

Kabir looked at her confused, “Kisne kaha?”

“Toh itna casual ‘I know’ se main aur kya sochun?” Ananya complained, making Kabir chuckle as he finally looked ahead in contentment knowing their destination had been reached, he turned the car to the right and halted the car.

Stopping the car, he freed them both from their seatbelts then turned to Ananya, “Aur agar main yeh kahun ki mujhe baarish bahot….bahot..bahot…pasand hai toh?” he asked in a an extremely husky voice, coming closer with every ‘bahot’ he said. “Aur agar main yeh kahun ki main wish kar raha tha ki baarish ho jaaye aur meri wish puri ho gayi hai toh?” he asked taking Ananya’s hand in his and kissed her knuckles slowly without breaking the eye-contact making Ananya gasp at the intensity.

“Matlab?” she asked breathlessly.

“Matlab…” he said coming closer, cupping her face, “apni girlfriend ke saath, pehli date pe, mausam ki pehli baarish mein romance karna kitna anokha hoga haina? Zindagi bhar yaadgaar rahegi!” saying that he captured her quivering lips into his manly ones. “You’re tastier than chocolate…” he said slowly breaking the kiss, making Ananya blush beet root red.

Kabir got off the car and opened the door for Ananya. He offered his hand; she took it and came out of the car. Still holding her hand he lead her through the small dark forest and suddenly they were in a beautifully lit place, as Ananya removed her eyes from Kabir finally and had a look around, her mouth hung open. They were standing in front of a heavenly waterfall and the waterfall was not dark because of the many florescent lights kept on every step of the waterfall and also all around the waterfall’s lake. A small shed decorated with white and red combination material with a place to lie comfortably. Luminous light wires spread across the trees made the place look ethereal. Saying that Ananya was shocked would be an understatement!

She looked at Kabir speechless, making him smile widely, “Saare lights waterproof hai… kyunki main chahta tha ki baarish ho…” Ananya literally jumped into his arms taking him into a bone crashing hug, giving him butterfly kisses all over his face, tears of happiness streaming down her cheeks.

“Tum ro kyun rahi ho?” Kabir asked gently wiping her tears.

She looked at him with sheer affection, “Aap ne mere liye itna sab kuch… kya main yeh deserve bhi kar…” and Kabir did not let her complete her sentence, placing a finger on her lips, nodding negatively.

“Nahi Ananya… yeh toh bahot kam yeh… tum sirf itna nahi… isse bahot bahot zyada deserve karti ho… tumhe pata nahi hai… meri life mein aake tumne mere liye kya kiya hai… main sirf zinda tha..jee nahi raha tha…tumhare aane se maine jeena shuru kiya… mere saare khaamiyon ko accept karke tumne mujhe apne life mein sabse important jagah di hai.. to be your better half… tumne mere liye itna kiya hai…uske mukaable yeh sab toh kuch bhi nahi hai… aur main vaada karta hoon ki zindagi bhar tumse itna pyaar karunga…”he told her softly, taking her into another embrace, kissing her hair.

Slowly Ananya broke the hug and moved around touching the flowers and having a good look around with a smile on her face, as Kabir stood looking at her adoringly.

Ananya turned around, looked at Kabir and blushed deeply and Kabir gulped knowing something was on her mind. He saw Ananya take off her heels and step into the lake of the waterfall. When she reached the middle of the lake, she pointed at Kabir then gestured from her finger asking him to come to her. For the first time Kabir blushed, as if being wet from the rain was not attractive enough that now she was standing in the middle to the pool looking so damn sizzling and to top that she actually had the guts to call him to join her so seductively, this girl really didn’t know she was waking the lion in him. If this lion woke up the only passion would flow across, breaking all barriers and he would love her till the end of earth. He slowly took of his jacket and shoes and walked towards the pool slowly, looking straight into her eyes. Ananya’s breath hitched, Kabir was looking a sexy Greek God right now and his intense gaze on her as he stepped into the pool and came closer wasn’t helping her either.

He came and stood right in front of her, their faces merely a few inches apart, both were completely drenched not only by the rain and the water in the pool but drenched in each other’s love, drenched in passion, drenched in desire. It was as if the line “Tip tip barsa paani, paani ne aag lagayi…” was made exceptionally for them because right now standing in the middle of the lake, under the heavy rain, both were burning, the sparks due to the proximity and their intense eye-lock were flying really high. Suddenly Kabir pulled Ananya with full force right onto his chest, making her gasp and that gave him her the chance to enter her mouth and kiss her deeply. Ananya held his shirt and pulled him even closer, not leaving even one centimeter gap between them.

He picked her up in his arms without breaking the kiss and walked to the waterfall part of the lake and placed her on the first step of the waterfall, breaking the kiss he pulled her hair ardently and gave open mouthed kisses on her neck, all Ananya could do was close her eyes and enjoy his over-powering passion. As soon as, Kabir broke apart for a nano-second to regain his breath, Ananya pulled him hard, making him lay on the step, coming on top of him, this time she took charge. Kissing his eyes, cheeks, nose, jaw-line, chin she teased him endlessly, till he couldn’t take it anymore and whispered her name breathlessly, “Ananya…” she smirked and took his lips in hers nibbling on his lower lip while his hand moved on her back opening the zipper of her dress. He made her lie beside him, so that her back was facing him and began kissing her bare back. She had the most gorgeous skin in the world and Kabir was cherishing every part of her skin with his kisses.

Ananya turned around and hugged him tightly. His passion was driving her crazy. She kissed his neck and nipped on his collar bone as her hands involuntarily opened the buttons of his shirt. She kissed every part of his chiseled chest, making Kabir close his eyes and breathe deeply. Her desire reflecting in the fervent kisses, he knew if she continued, he would lose sanity and they would cross the barrier. He pulled her up and smashed his lips with hers. Both under the waterfall, with the vivid flow of fresh water on them had ignited the passion to such a great level that both could see nothing but each other, want nothing but each other.

Breaking the kiss, Kabir pulled them up to a sitting position as both sat panting from their extremely intimate encounter. The rain had not stopped and Kabir knew if the rain continued, it would not be safe to drive thus he had a plan b ready for the date too. He picked up Ananya in his arms again and walked out of the pool. He walked to the shed and made Ananya stand up, he reached out behind the bed and pulled out a bag. He took out one white kurta which would be upto Ananya’s knee and a towel, and handed it to her pulling the curtains in the shed.

“Tum change karlo main bahar wait karta hoon…” he said and turned around to leave but Ananya held his arm and stopped him. “Aap bhi change karlo… yahin pe…uss corner mein… hum ek dusre ko nahi dekhenge..” she smiled.

Kabir was really touched by her implicit faith in him, he was upset with himself for letting passion overpower him so much that he almost crossed the line but her smile re-assured him that what happened was mutual and she was anything but upset with him.

He went to the other corner and both began changing, they didn’t know why but they felt there was something extremely intimate about changing clothes near each other, although both were not looking at each other, Kabir and Ananya could feel the atmosphere heating up. When both had changed, Ananya sat on the small bed Kabir had arranged with large comfy cushions and comforters. Kabir took out a box from the bag and put it on the bed as he sat beside Ananya. He opened the box and Ananya looked at him shocked, the box had sandwiches and two bottles of hot chocolate, some fruits, snacks and water.

“Aap ne yeh sab bhi arrange kiya tha?” she asked him, her voice displaying surprise.

He smiled a bit looking down, not meeting her gaze, “Haan who actually plan tha thora sa romance in the rain aur phir yahan par baith kar ek dusre ke saath waqt bitana. I'm sorry main hadh se thora aage…”

“Yeh aap kya keh rahe hain,” she said cupping his face, “Aapne kuch galat nahi kiya.. balki jo kuch bhi hua main use khush hoon… hum pyaar karte hain ek dusre se…” she looked at him affectionately and he hugged her emotionally.

After a while both sat down gulping down the hot chocolate as they shivered with the cool wind blowing on their already cold body from being wet for so long and they hungrily ate the sandwiches laughing, the romance had surely made them famished.

After eating both lay down in each other’s arms, playing with each other’s fingers, entwining them and talking about their present and their future…together… slowly sleep engulfing the two beautiful souls, who slept with contentment crystal clear on their faces, displaying the happiness of being together.

KaYa OS: A Happily Ever After!

A luxurious apartment was located in the beautiful and happening part of New Your City, United States. The apartment had a beautiful view of the George Washington Bridge as the lights of the very much awake city enlightened the French windows of the living room, it was a dream apartment, white in color it contained anything and everything anyone could have ever asked for. A posh living room with a home theatre system and all the modern furniture, a humble and sophisticated kitchen and three extremely large bedrooms each customized with elegance and class. While two rooms were set aside to be guest rooms, the third room belonged to the very much in love couple who were fast asleep right now cuddled into each other’s arms.

Kabir and Ananya had been married for almost a year and half now. Both of them had gained popularity when they began working as a team, cracking all difficult cases and after refusing many offers they had finally received their dream offer to work in Al Jazeera, Kabir had received the position of an editor in chief and Ananya received the position of a senior reporter who reported directly to Kabir. After Ananya’s mother had accepted their relationship they both promised to get married once they achieved their career goal and as soon as they signed a contract with Al Jazeera they tied the knot. Kabir insisted Ananya’s mom to shift with them to US but she had refused laughing that what would she do there and here she wanted to be in the house where Ananya’s dad’s memories remained, they had to agree reluctantly but they took a promise that Ananya’s mother and Armaan would come to US every year to spend the holidays with them and Anita had gladly agreed.

After tying the knot, Kabir and Ananya migrated to USA and began working for Al Jazeera and soon they had received this beautiful luxurious apartment and they were practically living their dream and the many photo frames hung on the walls of the living room with beautiful clicks of Kabir and Ananya laughing, Kabir having picked up Ananya on his back, Anita, Armaan with Kabir and Ananya spending their first anniversary together, the entire family playing in snow celebrating Christmas together, wedding pictures and a lot more photos present were the evidence of all the lovely moments of Kaya’s togetherness and beautiful life.

Right now it was 3.00am in the morning and Kabir and Ananya were fast asleep, suddenly Ananya’s phone rang much to her annoyance, she reached and turned on the light yellowish slightly dim table lamp, then reached the other side table on Kabir’s side leaning on him. She was annoyed for a moment only but she knew who exactly called her at that hour; Ananya smiled and answered the phone in half sleepy state.

“Good morning Ma…”she said in her husky sleepy voice adjusting her pillow and settling to a half sitting position, “Kaisi ho aap? Lunch karlia aapne?”

“Main theek hoon beta… Aur haan bas abhi khaya… tera mann-pasand kadhi chawal banaya tha aaj…” she replied smiling.

“Sach! Yeh toh cheating hai ma… Aap mere bina meri favorite dishes kha rahi ho…” Ananya cutely complained.

“Areh beta… main wahan aaungi ya tum log yahan aana toh sab teri favorite dishes banaungi pakka!” she promised.

Ananya giggled, “Theek hai!” she replied while looking at Kabir who stirred in his sleep, looking as gorgeous as mankind could in his plain crisp white t-shirt, she tried to get up and go to the living room so that she does not disturb his sleep, only to be pulled back by him as he snuggled closer. She ruffled his hair and he smiled eyes still closed.

“Kabir kahan hai?” Ananya heard her mom ask.

“So rahein hai…” she replied smiling as she traced his hairline lightly. She heard her mom gasp, “Dhat teri ki! Main phir bhool gayi… wahan toh…”

“Subah ke teen baje hain…” Ananya completed her mom’s sentence, smiling at her mom’s forgetfulness.  

If anyone would get a call this late at night, they would be shell shocked and so was Ananya but one and half year ago when her mom had called for the first time at around 3:00am, both Ananya and Kabir had jumped out of bed panicking as they answered the call thinking it was an emergency and something had happened to someone in India only to realize that Anita had called casually as it was daytime in India, the 9 hours’ time difference was oblivious to her, however, Kabir had assured her that she could call anytime that she felt like talking to Ananya, even in the middle of the night. Ever since, it had become a routine, once a week Anita would call Ananya at 3:00am and both Kabir and Ananya were gladly accustomed to that routine. Ananya was more than happy to have such an understanding husband who knew she missed her mother a lot, so he had asked her never to hesitate to call her mother or receiving her call as he didn’t mind, Ananya’s peace of mind and contentment was more important than his sleep for him.

“Good morning Ma…” Kabir said in an extremely sleepy voice as he began waking up slowly.

Anita nodded her head, giving herself a facepalm, “I'm sorry beta. Meri wajah se tumhari neend kharaab ho gayi…Aur Ananya agar Kabir so raha that oh beta tu wahan se uth kar chali jati… dekh ab use disturb kardia na humne…”she scolded Ananya, worriedly.

Ananya giggled as Kabir pulled her even closer when her mom said she should have gotten up and left the room, “Ma main toh jaa hi rahi thi par inhone jane hi nahi diya….neend mein bhi mujhe khud se door nahi hone dete…”she told her mother, earning a wide eyed amazed expression from Kabir that she had actually told her mom the truth.

Embarrassed Kabir told her mom, “Nahi ma wo… actually… abhi zyada thand pad rahi hai na isilye…” while Ananya laughed at his lame excuse and Anita blushed at her kids romance! As a punishment for telling her mother the truth Kabir took Ananya’s lips in his for a brief moment kissing her passionately making her moan loudly, “Kya hua beta?” Anita asked concerned, and Kabir gave Ananya a “Take that! Now tell the truth!” look to her in victory while Ananya looked angrily at him slapping his shoulder lightly, “Kuch nahi ma!” she quickly replied, “Machar ne kaat liya…” she showed her tongue to Kabir, while he looked shocked and pretended to be annoyed, making Ananya pull his cheeks.

By now both of them were fully awake and lay comfortably as Ananya continued speaking, “Ronnie kaisa hai ma?” Ananya asked entwining her hand with Kabir’s. “Wo bahot acha hai beta…” she replied gladly. “Aur Richa, aur Rinnie?” she asked as Kabir kissed her palm. Her mother replied, “Richa bhi bilkul theek hai. Rinnie ab doh saal ki hogayi hai aur aur zyada cute ho gayi hai… Ronnie aur Richa ki duniya hai wo… Dono uske bina reh hi nahi sakte…” her mother laughed, “Acha hua tha ki dono ne shaadi karke  humare pados mein apartment le liya tha… unki wajah se mera bhi waqt khushi khushi guzar jata hai…” Ananya listened to her mother with a smile as Kabir came slightly on top of her and buried his face in the crook of her neck, placing small kisses on her collar bone. Closing her eyes with pleasure, Ananya buried her hand in the sea of his hair. Kabir is such a tease, she thought, although she loved every bit of his attention. This man never failed to surprise her, everytime that her mother called instead of trying to sleep he would wake up and romance her or simply sit with her while she talked. He never left any chance to show his affection for her, be it physically or emotionally. Ananya smiled as Kabir’s hand travelled under her white top and he caressed her stomach while nuzzling her neck. He was equally attracted to her as much as he was the first time her met her. He was a hopeless lover, when it came to Ananya he could give up anything just to love her and be loved back by her.

“Rinnie ne baat karna shuru kia?” Ananya asked happily, she was really fond of Ronnie and Richa’s daughter Rinnie.

They had gotten married two years ago and purchased an apartment right next to Ananya’s house. In just a few weeks, Richa had given the good news that she was pregnant. Six months after their marriage, Kabir and Ananya tied the knot and had shifted to US but Kabir had made sure that he let Ananya come and support Richa in her delivery moth and he too had come one week before to morally support Ronnie who kept having nervous breakdowns on how he will be a good father. Eventually, Richa had realized all the goodness in Kabir and had apologized to Kabir and Ananya for being so typical and judgmental about Kabir earlier, she had finally admitted that a man being a divorcee does not mean he is a womanizer or selfish. Richa finally delivered a beautiful baby girl whom they named from the mixture of their name “Ri” from Richa and “nnie” from Ronnie. Apart from the parents one more person was happier and that was Ananya’s mother because now she could babysit Rinnie and that way she would spend her time happily and without constantly missing Ananya.

“Haan haan… bahut smart hai… kamsekam chaar nursery rhymes seekh liye hai usne…” Anita gladly informed her, “Aur jisse pehle tu pooche, Armaan bhi bilkul theek hai, college mein bhi mann lagaane laga hai…”

“Yeh toh bahut achi baat hai… mera chota bhai ab dheere dheere badaa hone laga hai…” Ananya smiled. Kabir continued his sweet assault kissing her eyes, nose, cheeks, lips and neck giving her a hard time trying to concentrate on the conversation, Ananya’s mother continued talking about Afrmaan when finally Ananya gave up and pushed Kabir, she had had enough, she came on top of him and kissed him eagerly with full passion, he was being such a tease and finally she had to have things the way she wanted and that was with full on passion, his sweet torture was too much for her to bear. After a while they both lay panting and Ananya’s attention went back to her conversation. Her mom had finished telling her all about how annoying the other neighboring woman was who never even said hello properly having such a big ego and one day she suddenly turned sweet and began talking to her nicely because that woman needed one cup sugar, her mom’s cute banter made Ananya giggle.

Suddenly Anita’s voice changed from joyfulness to concern, “Beta….” She paused for a while, “… tu khush toh hai na?” she asked hesitantly.

“Ma!” Ananya said now annoyed, this was one question that she hated but her mother would ask her every single time she called, “Main bahot bahot bahot zyada khush hoon… Kabir mujhe khud se zyada pyaar karte hain…”

Kabir looked up now, he knew that she had asked “the” question again, this time he decided he would interrupt, he wanted to assure her mother that he would love her daughter always, no matter what. He silently gestured Ananya to put the phone on speaker, and he heard Anita say, “Pata hai beta. Par ma hoon na… Tum dono saath ho na? Khush ho na saath?” she asked unaware that Kabir too heard her question and this time Kabir replied.

“Ma…” Kabir bearly whispered, Ananya could feel how deeply hurt he was, while Anita’s visible gasp displayed how shocked she was that Kabir had heard her, Kabir continued, “Ma mujhe pata hai… Aapko apni beti ki fikr hai..main aapko galat nahi samjhunga… apko yeh dar hai ki jis aadmi ki pehli shaadi nahi chal payi…uski kya doosri shaadi kaamyaab hogi… aapko dar hai ki kahin mera pyaar Ananya ke liye kam na ho jaye… wo mere saath anjaan desh mein akele hai..mere bharose hai…” he paused for a while, he was trying his best not to sound broken, Ananya cupped his face gesturing that he didn’t have to justify himself but he just kissed her hand and spoke again, “Magar main…mere liye… Ananya meri duniya hai…usi pe meri zindagi shuru hoti hai aur usi pe khatam…” he breathed hard and smiled, “Aur pata hai…aapne ise itne achi parvarish di hai ki yeh mujhpar aankh band karke vishwas karti hai…meri saari khaamiyon ko samajhti hai aur mujhe sahi raah dikhati hai… mein Ananya ke bina nahi reh sakta… uske bina meri zindagi khaali hai…main aapse vaada karta hoon main Ananya se zindagi bhar isi tarah beintehaa pyaar karunga…waada…pakka waada…”he said, his voice breaking as a sob escaped his lips, Ananya quickly wrapped her arms around him and kissed his hair, while he sobbed for a while burying his face in her chest, Ananya too cried with him and on the phone they could hear that Anita was trying to suppress her sniffles.

Ananya told her mom, “Ma aap roiye mat… pata hai.. Kabir khamakhaa meri taarif kar rahe hain… balki sach toh yeh hai ki main chahe jitna bhi inke sar pe chadh jaun, inpe gussa karun, inhe pareshaan karun yeh kabhi mujhse pyaar karna band nahi karte… meri har nadaani pe mujhe pyaar se bitha kar samjhate hain… hare k subah mujhe itne pyaar bhare nazron se dekhte hain jaise pehli baar dekha tha… inki aankhon mein who pyaar kam hi nahi hua…ulta aur zyada badhta jar aha hai…” she gulped hard, drinking her cries, “Mere liye ye apna sab kuch daaw par laga sakte hain..aur pata hai.. inpe itni saari ladkiyan marti hain par who mujhse jalti hai…isliye nahi ki main inki patni hoon par isliye kyuki inki nazar mujhse hat-thi hi nahi…Mujhe duniya mein shaayad hi itna pyaar koi de pata…” Kabir looked at Ananya all touched by her beautiful words.

Ananya continued, “Ek naakamyab rishte ki wajah se aap inke aaj tak ke saare achi baton ko kaise bhool jaati ho ma? Humesha divorce mein aadmi ki galati nahi hoti… Aur aap batao kya guarantee hai ki agar aap meri shaadi kisi single ladke se karti toh who mujhe pyaar karta aur satata nahi? Koi aur hasi khushi se mere saare nakhre sehta? Mujhe khana banana nahi aata par aaj tak kabhi Kabir ne mujhe na iss baat ko lekar daanta aur na taana maara…roz mujhe apni haathon se khana bana kar khilaatein hain…”

‘I'm sorry beta… I'm so…sorry…” Anita cried, “Pata nahi mujhe kya ho jata hai…tu sach keh rahi hai… Kabir se zyada pyaar karne wala tujhe koi nahi milta… main vaada karti hoon ki yeh aakhri baar tha jab maine Kabir par shaq kiya… mujhe maaf kardena beta…”she apologized, finally her sobs subsiding.

“Please ma aap sorry mat boliye…” Kabir told her earnestly, “Aap badi hai.. aap ka haq hai…”

“Nahi beta…” Anita had a kind of new trust in her heart that came across through her voice, “Mujhe ya kisi aur ko koi haq nahi hai tumhare upar ungli uthane ka…yeh humare society ki soch hai jo hume badalni chahiye…tum kitna kuch sehte aaye ho…” she told him lovingly.

Finally, they had ended the insecurity of Ananya’s mother. After a few minutes all that could be heard was laughter as Kabir and Ananya told Anita about their hilarious news reporting events while they were in India, how Kabir had become Bhadresh Kutty for Ananya and Anita was even more pleased to hear how he has been protecting her all along, even by manipulating Manav and going for the baaghi interview with her. Opening up these stories in front of Anita had allowed her to understand the unconditional love Kabir has for Ananya. At around 6:00am when they finally hung up, Kabir stretched and Ananya yawned, both looked at each other and cuddled together.

“I love you!” both ended up saying together and burst out laughing, as they slowly went back to sleep, secure in each other’s arms, feeling the warmth of love in the cold and foggy morning, in their beautiful home full of love, as the sun began peeking out a bit from the clouds hovering over the George Washington bridge, shining its light through the French windows of their living room, blessing the beautiful couple sleeping peacefully, snuggled together.

"Pure is the love, love that is unconditional, love that is selfless, love that lasts forever and pure are the souls that know how to love." 

KaYa OS: Happy Holi!

 

“Love is like fire, a fire that rages through the hearts of two people burning their souls in the craving for each other, craving for togetherness.”

“Kabir, where are you?” asked Khalid desperately, “I told you this is not only a simple Holi party but an attempt to impress foreign investors to our culture so that we can expand KKN to foreign countries.”

“Yes Khalid, I know! It’s just that I got caught up with new leads. I will be there soon don’t worry!” Kabir reassured him, keeping the phone.

Khalid had organized a Holi party at his house; he believed it would be an incentive for his staff who worked really hard and also an opportunity to attract more foreign investors to expand their business. He knew foreigners loved the Indian culture, a culture so uniting and colorful. The uniqueness and authenticity was already evident but Khalid needed Kabir to elaborate more on that, but Kabir was late! Khalid looked around and saw Malvika; he could see she was pretending to improve after she was exposed by Ananya and friends but somehow he knew that she was upto something, the cruel determined face that she had. Khalid shook his head in shame, this woman was a complete shame to his channel.

Kabir walked in and Khalid laughed, looking at all the girls reactions to the hunk in a simple white kurta-pajama and he could tell the girls were ready to lay their hearts in his feet but he saw Kabir’s eyes searching. Searching for a special someone! Khalid chuckled and mumbled, “Love! Love! Love! Who knew love could make this serious and professional editor-in-chief a person full of emotions!”

“Hi Khalid!” Kabir walked upto him and smiled.

Khalid laughed and said in his usual flirty tone, “Oh Kabir! Aaj hi nahi Happy Holi kehna hai…” saying that they hugged and Kabir went with him to greet the foreign investors. They seemed quite impressed by Kabir, suddenly his phone rang. It was Laxman, he wanted to give information about the lead Kabir was working on but due to the noise and all songs being played loudly, he couldn’t hear anything so he excused himself and walked into Khalid’s posh house. He walked through the corridors to find a secluded place to talk and as he passed by one open room, one second later he returned to re-look at what he had seen while passing by. Kabir was left stumped, rooted to his spot. He saw Ananya standing in front of the mirror trying to tie the bandhan of her blouse, while her sari was scattered on the floor. It hit him, she was in a petticoat and blouse only!

Kabir was left stumped by the strikingly gorgeous beauty in front of him! His phone slipped from his hand, and the noise made Ananya look up in surprise! She gasped when she saw Kabir staring at her in amazement. Hearing her gasp, Kabir came back to reality, picking up his phone he told Laxman he would call later as he something more important to do and saying that came  in and closed the door, locking it securely.

He walked up to Ananya slowly, he could see her getting shy and his heart was beating fast. As he stood in front of her she turned around, “Aap yeh baandh denge please? Bahot der se koshish kar rahi hoon…”

Kabir removed her hair and placed it on one side, in the process caressing her back, making Ananya closing her eyes, breathing hard. She was not a usual shy type girl but right now, in this situation she felt extremely nervous. Kabir slowly took the dori from her hands and tied it. Having tied the dori, he traced from her neck to her waistline and Ananya shivered. He held her by the shoulders and pulled her closer, and whispered in her ears, “Yakeen hi nahi hota… Ki tum meri ho…” Ananya blushed and moved away getting shy from the proximity.

A sudden realization dawned on Kabir, “Ananya why are you in such a state here? And why didn’t you lock the door? What if someone else had seen you like this? You should have worn the sari from home!” he was angry but she understood it was because he was scared about her, and yes looking at her disheveled state he was bound to confused and angry.

She turned around and pouted at him cutely complaining, “Main sari ghar se hi pehen kar aayi thi! Magar wo Malvika she stepped on my sari and it almost opened, so I came running to find an empty room to avoid any embarrassment, and while running I bumped into a vase and my dori opened…. I got so scared that I absolutely forgot to close the door! I am sorry…” she concluded apologetically.

Kabir looked at her sensitively, she always had to go through so much because of Malvika, yet she stood strong every single time. Even today, she wasn’t cursing Malvika or anything; it seemed Ananya had already forgiven her. He smiled as he saw her biting her finger, while she looked at the sari in her other, trying to figure out from where to wear it. Cuteness overloaded, his mind told him!

“Ab main kya karungi?” she looked at him horrified, “Mujhe toh sari pehenni aati hi nahi! Ghar pe ma ne pehna diya tha par yahan? Richa ka phone bhi nahi lag raha hai aur usne kaha tha ki wo aaj late aayegi… ab kya?” she whined.

Kabir hesitated but spoke up, “Uh main pehnaun?”

“Kya? Aap? Aap ko sari pehenni aati hai??” she looked at him wide eyed.

“Haan wo ek baar sting operation ka disguise tha.” He told her, a bit embarrassed and he was right the next instant she began laughing. “Ananya agar tum hasogi toh main jar aha hoon..” he said annoyed and turned around to leave but she caught his hand and smiled turning him around, “Acha sorry!” she held her ears.

Kabir smiled and picked up her sari from the ground, finding the end of her sari, he brought it to her navel and tucked it in. Ananya gasped loudly and her eyes widened, making Kabir realize what he had done. He stood there frozen, his hand still tucked in her petticoat touching waistline. He gulped hard, “ I am sorry… Did i?”

Her eyes shot up, “No! it’s okay it’s my waistline… thankfully…” she told him in a low voice looking away, blushing.

“I am so sorry!” Kabir apologized again, “ I didn’t realize what I was doing.” He told Ananya earnestly.

She looked at him and smiled, then took a step forward, “It’s okay Kabir! Nothing as such happened for which you have to apologize. Plus you have the right to touch me. Aap ka haq hai…” she nodded her head asking him if he was assured and Kabir just smiled in response, too spellbound by her complete faith in him.

Kabir went down on his knees and began tucking the sari around her waist, asking her to keep turning slowly. After completing one circle, Ananya was standing really close to Kabir, her navel in line with his lips. Kabir looked at her, she was still blushing. He held her waist softly and placed a kiss on her bellybutton, Ananya grasped his shoulder tightly, eyes closed her head shot up at this soft yet very intimate contact with him, and he began placing butterfly kisses all over stomach. Ananya buried her other hand in his hair, breathing hard at his sweet assault. Kabir looked up at her with tender eyes, she was divine. So pure and heavenly.

Kabir got up slowly while Ananya opened her eyes and looked at him lovingly, he held her sari and took four steps back, never breaking their beautiful eyes contact. He began plating her sari and walked slowly toward her with each plait he created. After completing the plaits, he looked at her silently as if asking for her permission. Ananya looked at him in awe, he was such a gentleman! What had she done to deserve, such a pure guy like him? she thought. Smiling, she nodded her head in agreement and he tucked it in gently, all the while their eyes gazing into each other’s lovingly.

 He created her pallu and pinned it to her blouse, having done so, he two steps back and had a good look at her, being satisfied with his work, he walked upto her and kissed her forehead, “Aisa lag raha hai jaise seedhe aasmaan se utar kar aayi ho Ananya… Mujhe marne ka irada hai kya?” he complimented her genuinely.

“Haan… Irada toh hai…” Ananya said winding her arms around his neck, as his hands automatically wind around her waist, “Par…” she said coming closer to his lips, making him close his eyes, “Aapko rang lagaane ka…” and she ran away laughing, Kabir opened his eyes only to find Ananya standing outside the room, showing her tongue to him, she ran away leaving a smiling Kabir behind.

Ananya joined Ronnie and Richa while Kabir walked back to Khalid after speaking to Laxman. The Holi party began in full swing and everyone was enjoying. Ananya looked at Kabir, he was busy talking to the foreign clients, and he is so damn hot! like God sent him to conquer the entire female fraternity, thought Ananya. She still didn’t believe this belonged to her and loved her more than he loved himself! She looked around and saw admiring eyes, checking Kabir out and she felt jealous.

Ananya instantly texted him, “Enjoying all the female attention sir?”

“Matlab?” came the reply.

“Look around!” she texted back and saw him have a look around.

A few seconds later her phone beeped, “I can only see guys admiring the woman I love, least do they know she is mine!” and Ananya had to smile, realization dawned onto her that he was equally jealous, just like she noticed girls around him reacting to Kabir and didn’t notice guys checking her out, similarly Kabir didn’t notice his female fan following but noticed the guys who checked her out, he was so sweet!

Everyone was playing colors, while Kabir stood aside and watched, Malvika walked upto him and tried to apply color on his cheek when Kabir stopped her, he nodded negatively, “Nahi Malvika! Thank you!” he told her, Malvika tried to argue but he told her to excuse him, Ananya smiled looking at this. Although they were standing far away, she could still tell Kabir was irritated with Malvika.

Kabir looked at Ananya. She was having a soft drink while she laughed with Ronnie and Rica. He saw Manav approach her and asked her if he could apply color on her, Ananya refused politely and he went away sulking, Ananya sighed in relief while her friends laughed at Manav. After a few minutes, Ronnie and Richa were dragged by Baby and Trisha to play colors. They refused but Trisha had insisted saying Khalid sir had given her a special invitation to be able to enjoy with them the last time, Ananya promised to join them in a while.

“Kabir tum nahi khel rahe?” asked Khalid approaching Kabir with a soft drink in his hand for both of them.

“Thanks.” Kabir thanked him for the soft drink, “ Nahi abhi mera mann nahi hai…” he said sipping the drink. He looked at Ananya again, only to find her missing from where she was standing, he assumed she went to play with her friends. A pang of disappointment came to his heart, he wanted them to be the first to apply the colors to each other as this was their first Holi together!

Khalid excused himself and Kabir stood alone for a while.

“Kabir sir, aapko Khalid sir ne andar bulaya hai…” the peon told him.

“Abhi toh baat kit hi, ab kya kaam aagaya?” asked Kabir.

“Pata nahi…par wo bula rahe hain…” he told Kabir.

“Theek hai.” Kabir walked inside the house, he was passing through the corridor when suddenly he was pulled inside a room and pinned to the wall.

“Hi Handsome!” Ananya smiled mischievously, raising her eyebrows.

Kabir sighed, “Kya kar rahi ho… dara diya mujhe…” he smiled leaning his head on the wall, sighing in relief.

Ananya brought her hand forward and he saw handful of pink color, “Humari pehli Holi hai. Toh ek dusre ko rang pehla rang lagane ka haq hai humara…” she told him excitedly, and he smiled, she was such a sweetheart!

They both took a bit of color and applied it lightly to each other’s left cheek. Kabir kissed her right cheek and said, “Happy Holi, Ananya. may spend every Holi together.” Ananya kissed his right cheek too, “Happy Holi Kabir. Hum dono humesha ek dusre isi tarah beintehaa pyaar karein…”

“Waada!” promised Kabir.

“Waada!” reciprocated Ananya.

Ananya insisted Kabir to play Holi with the staff, as it was one day no decorum needed to be maintained. He gladly agreed, she was successfully breaking all the walls that he had created around himself. Everyone was enjoying themselves dancing to Balam Pickari. Everyone and most of all Ananya was shocked to see Kabir dancing to the beat so perfectly, he looked delicious half drenched with colors as he danced. Colors were flying high and so were the sparks between Kabir and Ananya, Malvika fumed looking at them dancing together happily. She had a plan on her mind and she smirked as she mixed some bhang with the thandai. She gave it to random people to go and offer it to Kabir and Ananya.

“Kabir nashe mein hoga toh main usko kamrein mein lekar jaungi aur pretend karungi ki humare beech kuch hua hai, he will be compelled to be with me. Aur agar Ananya nashe mein hogi toh Kabir ko bachaegi kaise…” she smirked, thinking of her plan.

As per Malvika’s plan both Kabir and Ananya were drunk, she dragged Kabir somehow to an empty room saying that Khalid was calling them. Upon reaching the room Kabir collapsed on the bed and Malvika smirked. Just then Trisha was passing by and she felt something was wrong when she saw Kabir completely unconscious and Malvika smiling evilly standing beside the bed then Trisha saw Ananya stumbling while walking. Trisha’s mind clouded with doubt, neither Kabir nor Ananya had bhang then how come both of them were drunk and she understood instantly it was Malvika’s plan. She quickly went in the room, “Malvika!” Trisha shouted.

“Kya hua??” Malvika asked shocked!

“Wo Manav sir aapko bula rahe hain. Wo ro rahe hain… Please jaldi chaliye…” she used Manav’s name because he was actually doing drama after getting drunk but he hadn’t called for Malvika.

“Abhi?” she didn’t want to let this golden opportunity slip from her hand.

“Haan jaldi chaliye please warna humare channel ki reputation kharaab ho jayegi…” Trisha said pulling her hand dragging her, “Aap ko toh pata hai kitne saare foreign investors aaye huwe hain…” Trisha sent Malvika out of the house and ran to Ananya, she thought for a few moments what to do then an idea struck her mind!

She took Ananya and made her lie on the other side of the bed in which Kabir was already sleping. Then before moving out she locked the door to refain Malvika or anyone else from entering and seeing them like this. After that Trisha ran to Khalid, “Sir, lagta hai Malvika ne Kabir sir aur Ananya ko bhang pila diya hai.. Both are unconscious… Aur jis room mein Malvika Kabir sir ko lekar gayi thi maine wahin par Ananya ko bhi sula kar room lock kardia hai… Please aaj wo room mat kholiyega.. log unhe saath dekhenge toh galat samjhenge…. Unka naam bewajah kharaab…. Let them be your guests till they rehain consciousness sir… Please!” Trisha pleaded in front of Khalid.

“Ofcourse Trisha don’t worry!” Khalid re-assured her that nothing will happen.

Ananya was still trying to get up with a heavy head, when she saw Kabir lying beside her. She looked at him affectionately; he looked so cute while sleeping. She pulled his cheeks and he stirred, Ananya pulled the blankets over them and slept snuggling into him while as if he acknowledging her presence wrapped his arm around her.

As the sun rays hit their eyes, both Kabir and Ananya opened their eyes. “Ouch!” Ananya said her head feeling very heavy. They both looked at their surroundings and found that they were in each other’s arms and in an unfamiliar place.

“Hum yahan? Aise?” Ananya asked Kabir skeptically, finding it difficult to get up. Kabir held his head, trying to remember what had happened, but he couldn’t, he could just feel his head being heavy, “Pata nahi Ananya…”

Just then Ananya’s phone rang, it was Trisha. She answered and Trisha asked her to put the phone on speaker. Upon doing that she narrated the entire story to Kabir and Ananya, and they both were extremely thankful to Trisha for saving them. He had done it again; she had become their savior for the second time. Their personal cupid! They couldn’t be thankful enough and Kabir promised he would throw another dinner party for her soon, earning a giggle from Trisha who said all was cool and thanked him for the kind gesture again.

Ananya and Kabir laid down again, sighing in relief that they had been saved from Malvika again. A thought struck in Ananya’s mind, “Waise humne kal nashe mein kuch…” she left the sentence hanging not sure how to complete it.

“Nahi Ananya! jaise Trisha ne bataya main already behosh ho chukka tha…” he re-assured her, then a question popped up in his mind, Kabir turned around and was slightly on top of Ananya, “Agar kuch hua hota toh aaj tum mujhse gussa hoti aur regret karti?” he asked softly yet his voice vulnerable.

“Nahi…” she said cupping his cheek with her right hand, smiling she told him, “Par haan thora disappoint hoti… kyunki main chahti hoon ki jab hum apne pyaar ko agle kadam mein leke jayein tab hum pure hosh-o-hawaaz mein ho… taaki humara first time special ho… aur hume yaad rahe zindagi bhar… yun nashe ke halat mein nahi…” she pouted.

Kabir was touched by her innocence, “Aur main bhi chahta hoon ki humara agla kadam pure rasmon riwazon ke baad ho…. Humare zindagi ka sabse special moment!” he told her sincerely kissing her forehead.

“I love you!” said Ananya, hugging him.

“I love you too!” he said feeling on top of the world!

With that they walked down together to thank Khalid for his hospitality.

 KaYa OS: A Fresh Start the Better Way!

 

Kabir looked up from his file and saw Ananya working on her computer and jolting down some notes. She looked fully engrossed in her work when Ronnie came and sat beside her and for a few moments she was laughing with him and Richa, she looked so cute while laughing, he thought. He tried reading the file again, only to be occupied by her thoughts again. He was not at fault, who could concentrate on work after such a passionate encounter on their first date last night that is why he was confused why she was not looking at him and blushing from time to time.

He looked up at her again and there she was busy with her work again, the lines on her forehead told him she was working seriously and was figuring something out. He sighed, she showed no signs that she too was still hazed by their first intimate moments yesterday. Barely 10 minutes had passed and he looked at her again, hoping she would be smiling at him atleast if not blushing but no! She was on a phone-call and her actions told him that she was talking to Tinu.

Finally he gave up, if she was ignoring him then he would make her drop the act and admit that she too was remembering their moments from yesterday, just like him. He picked up his phone and told the peon, “Send Ms. Kashyap in my cabin. Right Now!”

A few moments later she walked in with a notepad and pen, “Yes sir!”

“Goodmorning!” he said in a very husky voice and she flashed him a formal smile, “Morning sir. Koi nayi lead?” she asked with a polite yet formal tone. He looked at her for a second, was she even serious? She wants to talk about a lead when he was in a freaking romantic mood?

Nevertheless, he got up from his seat and walked slowly to the front of his desk and leaned on it slightly, “Yes Ms Kashyap. This lead is about a guy who falls in love with a beautiful girl, he really cannot get her off her mind.” He read her face while speaking, for the first few moments she was listening intently and then she looked at him confused, “Sir, ismein lead kya hai? This sound like an entertainment story to me, I think Baby here handles that, I handle only politics and crime.”

He looked a bit shocked that she still wasn’t getting his hint but he wasn’t going to give up, “Then the guy tells the girl that he loves her and she loves him too. They go on their first date and…” while continuing he starts walking towards her, “They kiss and it starts raining. The girl gets drenched and the guy is spell bound seeing her. He goes really close to her…” Kabir slides the back of his fingers from her elbow to her wrists softly.

Ananya instantly gets alarmed and takes one step back, “Sir! Physical interaction with employees is not allowed.” She stated plainly.

He looked at her with a “You must be joking!” expression! “Ananya, why are you behaving like this? Are you still angry because I scolded you in front of everyone but I thought I had apologized for that already?”

“Why would I be angry sir?” she still looked skeptical.

She is unbelievable!

“Oh please Ananya! Don’t pretend you don’t remember what happened between us yesterday. I refuse to believe that you are not in the dreamland of our love, when here I haven’t been able to think about anything apart from you since morning! You are not leaving my mind even for a second!”

He saw her blush for a second and shake her head, “Sir agar sach mein koi lead nahi hai then may I leave?” she asked politely.

She left his cabin and he was furious! Why was she doing this to him? Why was she being so ignorant? Why was she punishing him? With unanswered questions and a frustrated mind he tried to concentrate on his work. At 1.30 his phone beeped, it was a message from her.

“Lunch hour hai. Bahar chale for lunch?” his screen displayed.

“My place?” he replied. He had to talk to her and he couldn’t in a restaurant.

“Sure J .” Came a quick reply.

They reached his place with some food which they ordered for takeaway as they wouldn’t have time to cook and eat. His mind was clouded, she behaved so normally with him right now.

Kabir went to the kitchen to get plates when he felt her hug him from behind. Placing her head on his back, Ananya sighed, “Kal was magical! It was the best moment of my life. Thank you!” Kabir smiled for a moment then remembered her ignorant behavior in the office, “Oh, so your memory is back now?” he asked sarcastically.

“What had happened to my memory?” she asked confused, as he turned around to face Ananya.

He crossed his arms to his chest, “Toh wo office mein kya drama tha?”

She smiled again and shook her head, “Aap hi ne toh kal kaha than a ki aap chahatein hai ki office mein humara rishta ekdum professional ho haina? Kal humne ek doosre se apne expectations bataye aur mein apni taraf se koshish kar rahi hoon, to fulfill your expectaions because…” she uncrossed his arms and placed them around her waist and she placed her hands on his chest, “I want us to work. Aur uske liye hume mehnat karni hogi to balance everything. And if it makes you feel better I will tell you, mere liye bilkul aasan nahi hai kaam pe concentrate karna kyunki jaise aank uthati hoon aapko dekhti hoon. Aur kal raat se mein srf humare moments ke bare mein hi soch kar pagal ho rahi hoon. Par jab maine aathe hi aaj subah aapko dekha toh main khud ko samjhaya ki agar main focus karungi toh aap khush rahenge aur aap ki khushi mere liye bahut matter karta hai!” she lightly kissed his lower lip, “isiliye jaise lunch hour hua maine first thing aap ko message kiya to spend time with my boyfriend because I can’t romance my editor-in-chief but I can romance my boyfriend na?” she asked him cutely.

He looked astonished, impressed and slightly disappointed at the same time.

“Toh you are not angry with me?” in response she kissed from the corner of his lips to the other placing butterfly kisses on his lips, “Does this answer your question?”

Kabir nodded then pouted, “Par Ananya…” he said pulling her closer, “Kya ab hum office mein thora bahut chup chup ke romance nahi kar sakte? I miss our moments.”

She stood on her toes to reach his forehead and kissed it, “Theek hai. We can. Aur main promise karti hoon ki I won’t let it go overboard and mix our professional and personal life.”Kabir looked at Ananya with eyes full of love, “You are allowing me to romance you despite me scolding you before about this and cherry on the cake you are promising to keep in the boundaries?”

She laughed, “wo isliye kyunki aap toh shuru se limit mein the na. you always made sure we stole some moments of love in the office despite the work but I was the one who kept messing up and mixed stuff. Isiliye yahan par I need to improve aur kisi bhi relationship ko successful karne ke liye dono ko apni galati ka ehsaas hona aur maafi maang kar khud ko improve karna bahot important hai. Ab khana khayein warna saara luch yahin nikal jayega!” Ananya told him taking the plates to the table.

Kabir smiled and sat down, just two weeks ago they had been sitting right at the same spot really quiet with Anurag doing all the talking, they were so awkward back then, nervous of the proximity and stealing glances and today here she was smiling at him coaxing him cutely to open his mouth while she fed him. They enjoyed their lunch and headed back to KKN, as Ananya got off the car she walked to Kabir’s side, “Aaj I will get the proof that Malvika was behind that chip.”

“Kaise?” he asked confused.

“Bharosa hai?” she asked him smiling and Kabir simply pecked her smiling lips, “Khud se bhi zyada!”

Ananya smiled and teased him, “Ek din mein kitna baar kiss karenge?” and Kabir held her waist with his right hand and pulled her closer, “Meri galati nahi hai…” he said tracing her lips with his left hand, “Main kitna bhi control karne ki koshish karun. Tumhare lips mujhe attract kar hi lete hein and  lose the battle of control and give in. your lips are really tempting.” She gasped at his reply and ran off, showing him her tongue like a kid.

Ananya gathered her friends and asked them to listen carefully, “Sab samajh gaye na plan ko?” and everyone agreed. Sunny ran up to Malvika’s cabin and placed five spy cameras from all angles, he came out and gave a thumbs up. Ronnie came out of the PCR and gave a thumbs up as he walked to Ananya and Richa. It was a green signal that Malvika was coming out of the PCR and they should be prepared. As soon as Malvika walked out, Ronnie spoke, “Yaar Ananya. Wo aaj tere paas jo phone aaya than a underworld se uss chip ko unke hawaale karne ke liye. Humein police ko inform karna chahiye!”

“Par police toh khud bhi chip dhund rahi hai na?” Richa replied.

Ananya pretended to be scared, “ Mujhe life mein first time darr lag raha hai. Jab mein sting ke liye gayi thi tab unhone mujhpe gun point kardia tha par I escaped somehow. Iss baar nahi bachungi…” she said to Richa and Ronnie.

“Tujhe kisi pe shaq hai toh uska naam bata de! Keh de tere paas chip nahi hai aur jispe shaq hai uska naam bata de…” Ronnie suggested.

“Kisko police ko ya underworld ko?”Richa asked.

“Dono ko…” said Ronnie.

“Matlab?” the girls asked pretending to be confused while Malvika listened intently.

“Areh matlab, police ko bata chip yahan office mein hi misplace hui hai toh who yahan aakar search karenge. Aur underworld ko suspect ka naam bata de taaki who uska…” Ronnie whistled as he gestured cutting neck “Kaam tamaam” action to both.

“Great Idea!” Ananya beamed.

Malvika almost ran to her cabin and took out the chip, “Iss chip ko kya chura liya merit oh puri life barbaad ho gayi hai! Police aur underworld dono se panga ho jayega! Iss chip ko hi jala deti hoon! Yahan jalaungi toh sab ko shaq hoga, ghar jaakar karungi!” saying that she hastly put it in her bag.

Sunny who was hiding behind the sofa, sent a message to Ananya, “Confess kardia bhutni ne, ab jaldi se neeche bulao taaki main camera’s nikaal sakun!”

Ananya sent the peon to call Malvika and say that Ronnie needs her immediately in the PCR. Malvika went to the PCR and sunny took all the camera’s out and went to Ananya and they all waited for Malvika to go back to her cabin. As she walked out, Ronnie gestured them to come in the PCR and they checked the footage giving a Hi-5 to each other!

Ananya knocked on Khalid’s door, “Sir may I come in?”

“Yes Ananya.” He said smiling, wearing his glasses.

“Sir that day you supported me although the reputation of your channel had been risked. Today sir I have the proof of my innocence and I also promise I won’t let you down in the future ever again! Can you please come with me downstairs and call Kabir sir and Malvika as well!”

“Yeah sure!” he beamed at her.

Everyone gathered and Ananya switched on the TV, it had Malvika with the chip in her hand confessing her crime! Malvika was left stumped! Ananya stood there noticing Kabir’s reactions to the video, he was angry at first then he was looking down smiling shaking his head! Then he looked at her and smiled, the smile which told her that he was proud of her!

Khalid was impressed with Ananya and he walked to Malvika, “How dare you! You think running this channel is a joke? Stealing a chip like a school girl out of jealousy! What are you in kindergarten? And you ask others to grow up! Sick Malvika! You are absolutely sick!” he shouted.

“Khalid I don’t owe anybody any explanations! This is my channel!” Malvika shouted in ignorance.

Kabir walked up to Malvika, “So Malvika you can keep your channel and I will walk out of it. Find a new Editor-in-chief!” he threatened.

“Not just him! All of us will quit and go together and create our own channel. You can keep this sick channel of yours!” Khalid added almost shouting.

Malvika was at loss of words, “Okay! Okay! I will do anything to cover up for this mistake…”

“Three things!” Kabir roared!

“Number three! Apologize to Ms Kashyap in front of everyone and keep apologizing till she forgives you. And when she forgives you, apologize to every single staff personally for playing games in the office and putting blame on others!”

“Number two…”

“But Kabir…” Malvika tried to interrupt.

“I'm not done yet!” he warned, shouting at her.

“Number two. Make Ms Kashyap a permanent reporter here and stop looking for her replacement!”

“Number one! Remove Clause 6A from everyone’s contract! And make everyone sign a new one without any such clause about their personal life!”

“But…”

“You have exactly thirty seconds to get started…”

“But…”

“Twenty nine seconds…”

“Kab…”

“Twenty eight sec..onds!”

Malvika gulped and called her lawyer, “Mr. Pradhaan please come immediately I need to get some changes done in the contract of my employees…” then she walked up to Ananya, “I am sorry Ananya!” she said ignorantly.

“Kya kaha? Shayad maine theek se suna nahi…”Ananya replied.

“I am sorry…”

“What?”

“I AM SORRY! I AM SORRY! I AM SORRY!” she shouted as she burst into tears.

“It’s okay…. ma’am… I think you just need to GROW UP!” Ananya said politely and walked away leaving Malvika apologizing to everyone else.

Kabir went to his office and gathered his stuff, he walked out and gave Khalid a knowing look and Khalid nodded understanding that he had to make sure Malvika did the contract amendment. He smiled at Ananya and she gathered her stuff, thanking and hugging her friends she left with Kabir while Ronnie, Richa, Sunny, Khalid and the others enjoyed Malvika’s state.