She's gone! For her own good..That's what I wanted right? So what if she got a little hurt in the process? Yeah.. That's what I'm good at... hurting people. I'm sorry Bhavya...for not turning out to be the forever and ever kinda guy you took me as. But there are two people in a relationship, right? Was it just me who broke your heart? Didn't you do the same to me? Sidharth let out a huge smoke cloud and waved it away with his hand. Throughout their way, from the hospital to Megamart to back home, he was extremely quiet. 

After getting changed from her place, Shehnaaz came to his place with an amazing idea to loosen him up. Alcohol! Something that really helps to make you feel light, says the experienced. Motivated to execute her mini mission, she looked around for him. He was in the balcony, leaning against the railing, lost in thoughts and fagging mindlessly. 

He crushed the tip of the cigarette when two short hands encircled him in a hug from behind. "Kab tak us bare me sochta rahega? Hmmm?" she asked, placing her cheek against his back. He honestly didn't have any answer to that so he kept mum and slowly turned around, when she tugged his hand. 

"Here.. Isse thodi der ke liye behtar lagega.." She handed him a beer bottle. 

"Yeh mere liye layi ya tujhe khud peene ka mann tha?" he asked, looking at her opening the bottle. 

"Tu na zyada mat bol.." she chided at his joke. 

Both stood side by side for a while before he broke the silence, "You really don't want to ask me anything about today's mishap?" he questioned, wondering how she could stay okay with whatever she saw in the evening. 

"Umm.. Nahi.. Jo bhi hua vo tere aur uske beech ki baat hai.. So.. I'm kind of okay.." she shrugged. No! I'm not okay.. I wanna know what made you sad when she was leaving? Her insides screamed but she maintained a composed state. 

"Shehnaaz..Jhoot mat bol.." he caught her, he knew her enough to see that she was so confused. 

"Toh kya karu? Mai nahi chahti hum phir se lade.. I don't know what to say yaar.. Ek taraf tune baat nahi karni usse related.. Aur upar se bolta hai puch!" she replied. 

"Dekh Sidharth.. Pyar vyar ke bare me mujhe zyada pata nahi hai.. But you should tell me if you still love her.. Movies me dekha hai maine people are not able to move on even after years.." she straight away spoke her fear out. The thing that had struck her mind since the first time she saw Bhvaya's eyes longing for Sidharth. 

"Wha..what the heck did you just say?" he barked. What rubbish! 

"Sabse pehle to tu apni bakwas movies dekhna band kar aur apne dimag se ye kachra nikal! Kisi se baat karli toh..pyar?" He ridiculed her words. 

"Acha sorry.. Meko bas laga.." she was quick to apologize and move close to him. 

"Laga! Toh? Tujhe laga mai usse pyar karta hu?" he spat. 

"Karta toh tha na? Tabhi toh itna hurt hua pada hai.." she replied. Dammit! She just hit the right spot. He looked away, left speechless now. 

"Sorry.." she apologized again, thinking she shouldn't have said that. 

"Do saal.. We dated for two long years.. Shayad pyar hi tha.." he sighed. She straightened her back and shifted a little closer to listen. 

"Monsoon medical camp.. We met there in 2017 and hit it off.." he added and sipped his drink, taking a pause. 

"Oh.." she nodded, encouraging him. 

"I didn't realize when Bhavya became a habit of mine.. We were together all the 24/7.. Kaam, khana, peena, rehna.. sab sath me.. things were falling in place mostly because she was from the same profession as mine.. So we used to talk about work.. Our patients.. Yaha tak ki friend circle bhi same hi ban gaya.. Ek compatibility thi.." he elaborated. 

Shehnaaz's heart started to sink, she wanted him to feel light but she didn't know that listening about his love life someone else could feel so bad. About the live-in especially. 

"But we were pretty different people.. She loved parties and hanging out in groups but I wasn't very fond of gatherings.. To me it didn't bother until she'd ask me to tag along.. Ek saal ke baad jab vo Delhi wapas shift hogayi to look after her parents.. And I couldn't because Mom yaha thi.. Then Bhavya wanted me to attend her family dinners.. And I tried to mingle with them as much as I could.. Lekin Mumbai se Delhi kitna up down karta yaar.." he sighed. Family? Were they so sure about their relationship to break the news to their families?

"Hmm.. Phir?" she asked, trying to normalise her palpitating heart. 

"Vo bhi milne aati thi but it was me who was mostly busy.. Kabhi work stress itna hota tha.. we would vent it out on one another.. Shouting.. She would doubt if I was meeting Varsha or am I tired of her that I'm not able to take out time for her.. Baad me sort out bhi kar lete the.." he paused for a sip. 

Varsha! The omnipresent creature, Shehnaaz thought. 

"We completed 2 years soon and were again arguing over my habit of shouting and hers of interfering.. Usko mere se baat karne me bhi problem hone lagi.. She didn't like me asking about her day and I didn't like when she'd ask if I was free.. Tabhi Bhavya ke cousin ki shaadi thi and I was invited too.. Mai nahi gaya.. I wasn't interested in that big fat fancy wedding.. Also because I was so pissed over our last argument.. I couldn't pretend to be happy for her family when I was actually mad at her.. Mai chahta tha usko bhi bura lage and.." he was revealing it in a go but stopped suddenly. 

"She broke up with you for that?" Shehnaaz impatiently jumped. Sidharth nodded. 

"Bas? I mean.. Phir dono me se kisi ne try bhi nahi kiya baat karne ka?" she asked again, letting a long relationship go just like that wasn't her thing. 

"Nahi.. We had reached a point jaha baate nahi seedha behes hone lagi thi.. I tried calling her after a couple of days, but she had shut me out completely.. we once had a conversation though and parted ways mutually.." he answered. 

"I agree I was at fault majorly.. Maine efforts nahi diye.. Time kam diya.." he finished his drink with that and continued, "But I couldn't take it when she'd say.. Mai shak kar raha hu.. Usse rokta hu.. I ask her where she has been and with whom.. But trust me I never did any of that with a wrong intention.." he reasoned out why he was mad and looked at Shehnaaz to see how much she agreed. 

While she simply hugged him, hugged him tight. "So where were you majorly at fault in this? Dono ki taraf se huyi na baate.." she said, raising her head to find him looking at the sky. 

"Idhar dekh.." she cupped his face and asked, "Phir tere se baat kya karni thi usko?" 

Sidharth took a deep breath and answered, "She wanted to know if we stood a chance again.. Goa me bhi bol diya tha aur yaha bhi.. I made it clear that I cannot be with her.. Itna kuch hua uske baad and moreover.. When I'm with someone.." he wrapped his hands around her, to keep her in place. 

"Shehnaaz.. Tujhe Akbar ki birthday party yaad hai?" he asked. Why that suddenly? 

"Han.." she nodded anyway. 

"You were dancing with Akbar and I was talking with my friends.." he said, making her nod again. "We were just catching up.. Life me kya chal raha and all.. And then Varsha asked me if I was seeing anyone.. Jawab toh nahi diya tha but I was looking at you but then you went to the washroom with Akbar and I.." he stopped there, embarrassed by the scene he himself created. 

"Uske baad tune pi ke tamasha kiya tha?" she chuckled, adding more to his state. 

"Sorry.. I couldn't bear seeing you with anybody else sweetheart.." he revealed. 

"Yeh nahi bolungi.. It's okay kyuki hurt toh mai bahut huyi thi.. Lekin tune uske liye mujhe mana liya.. Toh abhi vo sab yaad nahi karte.. Okay?" she smiled. 

He too smiled at her generosity and leaned forward to kiss her. Nothing very passionate but slow and filled with contentment and love. Her left side of the tooth did ache slightly, distracting her from their moment but she bore with it for a few minutes and decided to tell him about it later. Comfortably caged between the railing and her guy, she was glad that he told her everything and wished if he did that more often, the talking. 

"Thanks.." he said and pecked her lips once again and walked in with that towards the bedroom. 

 "Ice cream khayegi?" he asked. 

"Nahi yaar.. Mere dant me dard hota hai.." she pouted, sitting at the corner of the bed. 

"Ha?.. Since when?" he asked, sitting next to her. 

"2-3 din se.. Thandi cheeze khane se ho raha hai shayad.." she replied. 

"Oh.. Tabhi mai sochu tune beer nahi pi.. I was shocked!" he joked to earn a spat of her hand and chuckled.

 He then fished out his phone, switching on the flashlight, "Mu khol.." he instructed.  She did as told. 

"Wait a sec.." he excused himself, walked towards his closet and came back with his glasses. 

"Tujhe chashma kab laga?" she laughed, he looked so different in a pair of frameless specs. 

"Isme hasne wali kya baat hai? Sirf reading glasses hai.." he chided. 

"Sorry doc.. Carry on.. Left side me.." she said and shifted closer, letting him analyse her tooth. She was enjoying their proximity while he closely observed her tooth, it looked like a typical tooth decay developed from a plague. 

"You floss your teeth?" he asked. 

"Nahi.. Kyu?" she asked quizzically. 

"Kyuki usse dant saaf hote hai.. Aur dant me dard hota hai ya gums me bhi..?" he quired. 

"Kabhi kabhi gums me bhi.. I think sensitive hai vo vala dant.. Haina?" she hopefully asked. 

"Nope.. Decay ho raha hai.. Kitni careless hai tu! Why didn't you tell me about this earlier.. Idiot? Swelling bhi ho rakhi hai!" he scolded, admonishing her. 

"Aaj batane wali thi.." she replied, keeping a palm on her left cheek. 

"I'll get you an appointment with a dentist tomorrow.. Kal shaam ko hospital aana.." he announced. 

"Kal shaam ko.. Mujhe.." she was saying something when he interrupted. 

"Chup chap pahuch jana hospital.. You're not going to ignore this and now let's sleep.." he said, yet again taking hold of her hands and making her lay down. The next day, they embraced themselves with work, delighted with last night's conversation. 

As per his word, Sidharth got her an appointment in his hospital at sharp 6. She didn't like the timing because she had to take leave from her academy but didn't protest either. 

"Sidharth kaha hai tu.. Mai 7th floor pe hu aaja jaldi.." she had called him before seeing the dentist. 

"Tu jana baby.. I'll talk to Dr. Ankit later.. I'm busy.." he replied, shuffling through the pages of a patient's medical report, he was just finishing his work to be with her. 

Huh! Busy guy! Stay busy! She went in when her number came and sat on the huge chair and complained to the dentist of a terrible toothache and sensitivity. Dr.Ankit, a middle aged man pulled up his mask and gloves and switched on the lights.

"Open your mouth wide.. I need to see swelling kitni hai.." he said. With his big lens, he checked her swollen gums and touched it with his spoon excavator. 

"Aaah.." she screamed, it was a long, thin and sharp looking tool. It didn't hurt but scared her enough to make the doctor flinch. 

"It's okay.. I'm just checking.." he asked her to stay still and then suggested getting an X-ray done for a clear picture. 

Sidharth joined her on the way, "Koi zarurat nahi hai apki.. Aap jaiye.." she forced a smile at him but he quietly followed her towards the radiology section and back to the dentist's cabin.

"Hello Dr.Ankit.. Here are the X-rays.." Sidharth shook hands with him and discussed the X-ray. Shehnaaz was listening to the duo intently and tried to figure out the cavities in the image. 

"Idhar.. Ye grayish shade hai.. That's the cavity in your teeth.. Tooth decay ho gaya hai.." Sidharth told her. 

"Toh abhi kya karenge?" she asked back, biting the corner of her lips, nervously. 

"Root canal.." Dr.Ankit replied. She swallowed a lump, what next? 

"We need to clean the cavities and then fill and seal it.." he added. 

"Okay.. When can you get it scheduled then?" Sidharth asked. 

"Umm.. This friday.." Dr. Ankit answered, checking his timetable. 

'Okay.. Thank you doctor.." Shehnaaz politely said, getting up and carrying her X-ray image. 

"Isme dard hota hai?" was the first thing she asked Sidharth. 

"Nope.. Not at all darling.." he chuckled, replying to her quiry. 

 "Chill maar.. Bas simple khana khana hai friday tak.." he added, enveloping a hand around her shoulder and walking out with her. Post dinner they were cuddling together, he held her close to his heart, feeling the warmth of her body and giving away the same to her. 

After that day, especially after telling her everything about his baggage, he realised he had never felt so light and relaxed. Also, that talking helped and she did understand him! He recalled his mother's words, that he should give her a fair chance to know him before deciding if they're compatible for eachother or not. Thank you Mom! Aur Akbar mere bhai.. tujhe bhi thank you.. You've helped too.. 

"Ahem.. Kiski yaad me itna smile kar raha hai?" Shehnaaz tore him out of his thoughts. 

"Huh? Nothing baby.." Sidharth chuckled, couldn't she think of anything else? 

"Bata! Tu kabhi aise smile nahi karta sote time! Bata kya soch raha tha?" she intrigued. Here we go again! He thought and looked down to her pouty face. 

"Soch raha tha kisi ke bare me.." he shrugged. 

"Mere bare me?" she blushed, asking and sensuously placing her hand over his chest. 

"Um-hmm.." he shook his head, biting his cheek inside. 

"Bata kiske bare me soch raha tha? I'll kill you.. Kasam lage teri jaan le lungi kisi aur ke bare me socha hoga toh.." she spat and bunched his hair in her fist. Having enough of the scene that took place in the evening with his ex, she was in no mood to tolerate another one. Even if it's a joke, I hate such jokes! 

"Oww.. Baal chhod.. Shehnaaz!" he yelped. 

"Bol pehle.. varna tere vaha marungi.. Sari hoshiyari nikal jayegi.." she warned one last time, eyeing towards his privates. He was quick to guard himself when she hiked up her knee. 

"Abey! Pagal ho gayi kya?" he was scared, shocked scandalously. Was she actually planning to hit me in the balls? 

"Mazak kar raha tha meri Maa.. Tere alava nhi sochta kisi ke bare me! Khush?" he said, making her release his hair. 

"Mujhe khush karne ke liye mat bol! Sach bol aur Dil se bol.." she demanded. 

"Ha dil se hi bola.. Mai jo bolta hu sach bolta hu.. Sach ke siva kuch nahi bolta.." he pinched the middle of his throat, making her giggle. 

"Abhi hasi aa rahi hai.. Mera poora vansh kharab karne vali thi abhi.." he commented, pulling her closer. Her giggles were such a treat to his ears, he slammed his lips against her skin the next moment, nibbling over her sweet ticklish spot and rolled her over him.

She grabbed his face to kiss him when he paused for a moment to ask, "Tere dant me dard nahi hoga?" and she laughed in response. 

"Nahi.. Lekin tu bolega to dard pe dhyan jayega mera.." she said, claiming his mouth and straddling him. Making out with him in bed was even better than it had been against the door. Now he knew what she liked, the moves that made her moan and gasp and sink into ecstasy. Discarding away their Tshirts, they changed positions and soon she was under him and it seemed her whole body grew pink, flushed and the nipples of her mounds looked as hard as if they were tiny stones. He could not resist cherishing them. He bit at them with his teeth, playfully, not hurting her. He licked them with his tongue, and then he licked her feminine too, and as she struggled, and blushed and moaned beneath him, receiving the most toe curling pleasure ever. Again she arched her back, while her assets were suffused with red. And as he drove his organ into her, an awful cry was muffled by the hand over her mouth, she was shuddering. He was indeed huge, not that she couldn't handle but needed a moment of adjustment before the real act of pleasure began. By kissing, caressing, touching everything and cherishing her by dominating the act and showing he had taken control of her gift. It's his now and his alone to have and savour. Then praised her by giving himself in return. 

"You are gorgeous baby.. And.. Mine!" he grunted. She shuddered against him, her legs quaking and when he finally slowed to look up at her, he saw her hair was a wild tumble and her face was glowing.

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ps; the intimate scene, the description especially has been inspired from a book I read a couple of months ago..