Chapter 12

Tia

@Tiaraa

Tu he bata zindagi,

Jo bhi hua kyu hua?

Khoyi hai kyu har khushi

Kiski lagi bad dua..

Asad watched her leaving from the room. She dint say anything, no words at all were exchanged just silence and her whimper. Can he now ever forgive himself for making her suffer? Can he ever forget her lifeless face through out his life ever? Can she ever forgive him now, after seeing him like this? The questions were many, but answers to them were none. And as it is the damage was done. He had pushed her far, so much far that he cannot come back to her again, even if he wanted to. He lost her! She would now probably not wish to see his face again. This is his punishment for letting this happen. Asad cursed himself watching her disappearing from the corridor. He walked up to the place where, she had been standing few minute ago. Kneeling on the floor, he took her duppata in his hand , bringing up close to his chest he finally let his heart and emotions take over him.

"ZOYA!!!!!!!!!! AAH...AHAAA! ZOYAA!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled her name letting the sky hear the pain he felt. He cried so loudly making the sky shiver with lightning, the sky broke in to two with a silver knife in air and soon the clouds started to shed tears with this beautiful souls.

Tu he bata zindagi jo bhi hua kyu hua?

Khoi hai kyu, har khushi

Kiski lagi bad dua..

Kise kise jawaab do

Bhuja bhuja hai dil hai kyu

Kya main kahu bikhra kyu sapna mera...

She walked of the premises distraught and totally broken. Her feet shaked beneathe she as her knee now refused for any pressure on them. She closed her eyes letting a small whimper escape from her lips. Why is life playing this game with her? The only dream she ever dreamt off is now in ashes. Why has god gifted from life long empitness to her" what mistake really did she do to deserve this? She walked along the street, unaware of anything that passed by. Dragging the body with a bruised soul she walked to her home with her broken dream. All the time the event of him played in her mind, making her shiver by reminding their golden time. It was not been far when she met him after years; she clearly remembered the holy place where she fell in his arm. She smiles on the far memory of their first meet as her feet made their mark on unknown path. Where she was going she herself did not know and the best part no one was there to ask?

Tu he bata zindagi

Jo bhi hua, kyu huwa

Khoyi hai kyu har khushi

Kiski lagi bad dua...

A stone in the road made her tremble upon her feet, the ground shook a little and zoya fell on the street. A soft cry let out from her dry lips, there were no tears left in her to shed for the cut on her feet, everything drained in her in attempt to heal the wound he had given her.

Like the sky could not see the pain anymore, he covered her misery adding the water in her orbs. Soon the floor smelled with fresh mud and water, nothing now matter her with the pain she felt in her heart.

The way ahead was not easy she could not see a thing nor a light. Just like what was the situation with her shattered soul. The stars to run away for their life.

"Bheegi bheegi din kaali raatein

Aansuon ki jaise barsaatein

Puchein mujhse jo dil ki baatein

Kya main kahu dard kyu dil ko mila"

God tried to soothe her pain I guess, coz the breeze were added to it , giving her soul some bless. But nothing worked now on her injured soul. It added to her memory burning her emotions more.

She still remembered the first dance she had with him; it was a rainy night when he had first expressed his feelings for her. It just another rainy night here as well, she is alone in dark , downing in the emptiness well.

Asad got up from his place lifting her duppata to search for her before it gets too late. As he was about to make a move towards door a wet spot in red grabbed his attention. It was fresh and wet, it dint took him a long to realize that while the vase crashed on floor it gave a cut on her body. He died in concern as shiver ran down in his body thinking about the pain she must be feeling coz of the freely flowing blood. He followed step by step in the direction where the drop of blood took him to. Soon he found standing at the entrance of the hotel and the later path had been washed by the rain.

Here, the see through water droplets fell on her head and slipping to her body they kissed the ground turning it red. Her hands dripped blood getting it mixed with the water gathered on her feet. Pushing the waves by her feet she finally managed to reach her home.

She marked the entrance with the print of her feet; it turned out the blood as the beautifully carved painting as she walked to her room. Soon asad too reached home and following the print of her feet on white tiles, he succesfully made a walk to her bedroom.

He cursed horrendous words under his breathe as his eyes laid upon the flustered face of zoya who is on her back on bed, her eyes constantly flowing tears while her face holds an expression of pain in them. Her injured feet turned the white blankets in to color of crimson red. Her bleeding fingers made an anonymous painting on the place beside her.

He could not help but walk inside as he could not bear seeing her bleeding. As she heard foot steps she immediately knew it was his.

She got up and turned her back on him.

"asad... ye nikah ab nai ho sakta."

Asad stood on his feet frozen on hearing her say. No matter how hard he trained his heart preparing to face this moment but when it came it blown him off.

"zo..zoya"

"haan asad...main nai keh paungi yeh...tum sab se kahoge ke ye nikah ki kismat me adhurapan kyu aya hai..."

"zoya..." he said softly as if asking consent to talk. but she dint stop afraid to show him how affected she is now and what damage he has done to her! before she would give up she wanted to just finish what she started and so she continued.

"asad..everything is finished now. You broke me!" with this she took her bleeding hand cover her face and wept hard in them.

Asad seeing her in so much could not help but walk out of her room. He hided himself behind a pillar as he heard her sniffs and weeps outside.

He smiled as the last drop of tear fell from his eyes. No more crying' he promised himself.

Wiping the stain below his eyes with a thumb he managed to tug a small smile on his lips.

Promising him to maintain this smile forever no matter how thorny the path gets on his way.

Suna suna hai ab ye man

Dubi dubi si hai ab dharkan

Jayun kaha ab yehi uljhan

Kya main kahun khoya kyu rasta mera

Tu he bata zindagi...