[She held on to the wall behind her, her mind still trying to understand what was in front of her.

"'Maine baat, yeh tumse kehni hai...
Tera pyaar, khushi ki tehni hai..."

He stood in front of her, bruised and battered, but alive.]

Zoya: A-A-Ad...A-Aditya...A-Aditya!!

[She pulled him ever so closely to her, and almost engulfed him in her arms, while he held on to her and cried on her shoulder, endlessly.]

Aditya: (Crying) Z-Zoya...

Zoya: (Crying) Mere khuda ki bhi ajeeb taakat hain! Meri fariyaad sunn Li aapne allah miyaan! Sunn Li aapne!

[Carefully, whilst supporting Aditya, she took him to his room, and made him sit on the bed, whilst she took a step back and noticed how injured he was, but he still managed to come back, to her.]

Zoya: (Crying) Kahaan gaye thay aap! Phone bhi nahi kiya 6 hafto ke liye! Nabbe dinn Ho gaye hai! Aur Humne ek hafte pehle news dekha tha, ki kissi Air Force pilot ki maut Ho gayi hain, aur...

Aditya: Tumhe laga Main hoon?

Zoya: Haan! Aditya, aap...aap ko andaaza nahi hai humaara kya haal tha...

Aditya: Hum jung jeet gaye, Zoya

Zoya: Jeete ya haare, Hume koi Matlab nahi, Matlab toh sirf aapke jaan se!

Aditya: Woh Air Force pilot jo Mara...Woh humaara nahi, dushmano ka tha...Jung ke naam par na jaane kitne log qurbaan hote hain...

[Zoya simply sat in front of him and began crying, again, until her hands reached his face, and she began closely inspecting his wounds.]

Zoya: (Caressing his face) Itni chot...

Aditya: Jung toh ek hafte pehle khatam Ho gayi thi, lekin mein aspataal mein tha, aur Jab tak Puri tarah se theek nahi tha, tab tak woh Log Mujhe Ghar jaane nahi dete

Zoya: (Crying) Itni gande khyaalaat aa rahe thay humein, pata nahi kaisa intezaar aur imtehaan tha...

Aditya: (Caressing Zoya's cheeks) Lekin Main waapis aa gaya——Arre? Yeh Kya? Yeh wohi jhumke hain na?

Zoya: (Shyly) H-Haan...Wohi hain...

[Aditya smiled and maybe even blushed a little upon seeing her finally wear the jhumka's and rather gradually, he pushed her hair behind her ears, before slightly leaning in, and Zoya leaned in as well.

Rather shyly, she closed her eyes, and Aditya gently placed a peck on her rather dry lips, before he slowly locked his lips with hers, and she gently held on to the collar of his shirt.

The kiss was so unexpected, yet somehow, this sudden act of intimacy felt so peaceful, for the both of them.

They broke from the kiss, with their foreheads touching each other's, and they just kept silence.]

Aditya: Mujhe lag raha hai ki Mujhe apni zindagi waapis mil gayi hain...

Zoya: Aaj lag raha hai jaise Iss jaan mein saansein aa gayi hain...

Aditya: Ishq-Vishq Ho Gaya hai Kya Mrs. Zoya Hooda?

Zoya: N-Nahi toh...Accha, bahut tang kar liya hai apne humein, chale so jaayein, Hume laga koi chor aaya tha, isliye apne room ko lock karwaaya hai...Arre! Aapko pata hai ki Aaj...Aaj Tara ne humein mummy bulaaya tha!

Aditya: Kya? Sach?

Zoya: Haan! Aur woh Itna ro rahi thi...Kal Aapko dekhegi, toh Itna khush Ho jaayegi, kasam se!

Aditya: Accha? Chalo Mujhe bhi dekhna hai apni beti ko, Mujhe le Chalo

Zoya: Iss haal mein toh nahi, aapne aaraam kar na hai, Aditya, filhaal so jaayein, phir Kal Tara toh aapke paas hi hogi, nahi?

Aditya: Haan, Haan

Zoya: (Smiling) Good Night

Aditya: (Smiling) Good Night

*The next morning, in Aditya's room*

Tara: (Excited) Dita! Dita! Mummy, Papa aa gaye! Aa gaye! Aa gaye!

Zoya: Ahista, Tara, Warna aapne gir jaana hai!

Aditya: (Waking up) Tara, Kya kaha tumne abhi?

Tara: (Hugging Aditya) Papa! Papa!

[Tears formed around Aditya's eyes, and Zoya instantly noticed it, and smiled at him reassuringly.]

Zoya:Accha Tara ji, ab chalein, school jaayein?

Tara: Haan! Aaj Tara bahut khush hai! Aaj woh school jaayegi!

Zoya: Shabaash, Chalo, bus aa rahi hogi tumhaari

[Soon, Tara left for school, and Zoya and Aditya were left alone, again.]

Aditya: Pata hai, Jabse Yahaan say gaya hum, tabse maine chai nahi pi hai

Zoya: Sach? Humne bhi! Chai Bilqul nahi pi hai! Hum bana lein?

Aditya: Neki Aur puch puch?

[Zoya returned to Aditya's room with some food and 2 cups of chai, and Aditya had come to realise that Zoya was home to him.]

Zoya: Jaldi se kha lein, phir aapke zakhm par dawa bhi lagaana hai na?

Aditya: Aaj mandir chalein?

Zoya:Neki Aur puch puch? Humne bhi dargah jaana hai, shukriyada karne ke liye...

Aditya: Tumne Kya haal bana ke rakha hai apna, Zoya...Apna khyaal nahi rakh rahi Ho?

Zoya: Ab aap gaye hain, toh khyaal bhi rakh lenge...Accha chai kaisi hai?

Aditya: Jannat jaisi...

Zoya: (Smiling) Humne elaichi daali hai Iss mein, isliye...

Aditya: Zoya, woh Kal raat...Hum Dono ke beech, I mean woh——

Zoya: Woh...Hum dono Bass behak gaye honge...Bhula dein woh Sab...

Aditya: Sahi kaha hai tumne...Pata Nahi Kya Ho Gaya tha Mujhe, I'm sorry

Zoya: I-It's okay...Khair, Aapko pata hai Aapke kehne par Humne woh naye tuition centre mein Naukri le Li hai?

Aditya: Kya baat hai, aakhir intelligent biwi hai kisski?

Zoya: (Smiling) Kabhi kabhi lagta hai ki aap allah miyaan ke koi farishte hain...Ya kissi shiddhat se ki gayi dua ka nateeja...

Aditya: Meri ghalib, ab Itni bhi taareef na karna, khamakha egoistic bann jaaonga

Zoya: (Smiling) Accha, Bass bhi karein...

Aditya: Chalo tumhaare hi lafzo mein tumhaari bhi taareef kar hi leta hun...Zoya, tum meri zehnaseeb Ho...Mera Accha naseeb...tum mein Main apna Ghar dekhta hun, apna...apna sukoon dekhta hun...Ek dinn nahi guzra hai sarhad par, Zoya, Jab maine tumhe yaad nahi kiya...Chaand ko tumhaara aks samajh kar dekhta tha, pata hai?

Zoya: Itne bhi filmy nahi hai aap! Aapko toh Bollywood mein try kar lena chahiye tha, nahi?

Aditya: Accha, toh ab chaand mein tumhe dekhun, toh issmein bhi mera qusoor?

Zoya: Bahut zyaada masska maarne lag gaye hai aap, Aditya Hooda!

Aditya: Aapka Asar hoga!

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