Ishq bulava...

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A girl is standing near the window gazing at the stars....The bright moonlight is falling on her already beautiful face making her the brightest star...The radiance,the gleam that she is emitting seems to rival that of every bright thing ever known to the mankind..She looks back to find the most serene thing in the entire universe...In her universe...Her love of life....The guy with whom she wouldn't mind spending her nights being the last thing to look at and her mornings , that face being the first thing to wake up with...Her "Rahul" who is sleeping clutching the pillow peacefully and with a smile on his lips...She looked at him with utmost love and slowly walks towards him...She sat beside him with a brightly lit smile,caresses his hair and kisses his forehead moving a bit close...Inspite of sensing the familiar touch and fragrance he just moved a bit smiling but didn't open his eyes...She whispered near his ears "I love you sweetheart...Now be a good boy...Get up na...I will always be there for you..." and moved away a bit...

He woke up at once with a jerk and started looking for her everywhere...His eyes are blood red indicating he has been crying for a longtime before he slept...He looked everywhere and found nothing but darkness...Darkness   which she had left him with...Not only in his room but also in his life and heart....

He stumbled onto the floor looking down and managed to utter a word...One single word he is capable of uttering at that moment..."Aashi"....

And a single tear drop fell onto the ground ...

Andheron sa tha mera rishta bada

Tu ne hi ujalon mein waakif kiya

Ab lauta mein hu inn andheron mein phir

Tho paaya hai khudko beigana yaha

Tanhayi bhi mujhse khafa hogayi

Banjaron ne bhi tukra diya

Mein adhoora jee raha hu

Khud par hi ek saza hu

Mujhe teri zaroorat hai...

Mujhe teri zaroorat hai...

(P.S:One of my most fav songs)

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By the time jasprit reached the house,cherry and Dev were already waiting for him in the living area  talking something lying on the couch..Passing them  a strained smile,he showed 10 min with his hand..

After 10 min:

Seeing jassi coming down the steps,dev went and hugged him at once saying"Jassi bhaiyya"...This brought a full-fledged wali smile on jassi's face ..He thought that this part,this little part of affection from this kid and other kiddos literally makes up for everything he had to go through since the morning...

Jassi ruffled the kid's hair saying Hey kiddo and drifted to his thoughts where he thought how similar this is to something which he had few years back where he was at the receiving end and his cheeku bhai at  the end where he is now...This kid reminds him of everything about cheeku bhaiyya,the way he behaves,the way he runs between the wickets,the way he walks and last but not the least the way he is consistent...Within a very short span he and shubhi proved themselves to be the best and the most destructive opening pair India had ever got even supressing Viru pa and Gauti bhai, Ro  bhai and Shikhi pa too..The left right combo working wonders...

Dev shaked jassi asking"kaha kho gaye ho aap"..Chuckling fondly at the kid's innocent question and an even more generous heart,he thought that this guy is definitely a God send to them,to him especially.... Contrary to the popular belief Dev and Rah got together like a house on fire after few initial apprehensions partly due to their love,affection,protectiveness and care towards virat bhaiyya being the main reason and having the same mindset being the other...He knew...He also knew that the  kid is stubborn and mature enough to show it exteriorly that nothing of this is hurting him at all but the fact being this is breaking him or actually broke into pieces ....But still Dev chose to rise above all of these,making him,his family and virat bhaiyya proud..He had seen Dev going through the archives in his mobile many times chup ke chup ke when he (dev) felt there is no one around him and shedding tears or sobbing alone..