"I don't know what makes me scared; talking to you or not talking to you!"

Continuation...

~~~

Next morning,

Mohsin landed at Singapore and immediately dropped a text to Shivangi.

"Good morning! Landed safe!🧡"

He was waiting for her wish eagerly. He couldn't control himself to hear her sweet voice wishing him. But he got busy with family. Meanwhile Shivangi woke up a little late and saw his text. She replied,

"Good morning! Happyyy birthday momo!🧡"

She immediately called him, but couldn't reach him as he just reached the hotel. He didn't notice his mobile. Soon she got ready for the work and she felt so weird shooting without him. Just then he called her back, he desperately wanted to hear that one voice despite receiving infinite no of wishes from people all around. She immediately responded.

"Hello!"

"Hi! Many many many more happy returns of the day Mohsin! ✨🌸🎊

"Thank you so much Shivangi", he smiled and she felt her lips curve up automatically feeling through.

"What's the plan? Going for sightseeing?", she randomly asked, not knowing what to speak.

"Yes! We are leaving right away!"

"Enjoy your birthday!"

"Huh-uh! Okay! Bye gotta go now, Sajjad's calling me!", he replied not knowing what to speak.

"Bye"

They hung up the call. Both felt so contented in that few minutes call aswell as felt awkward. Both know they want to be together on the day, but they can't..

~~~

After a while,

In excitement, she uploaded birthday pics on Instagram story. Captioning, "Happy birthday. Wish you all success!". When she wanted to celebrate his important day in person, here she's virtually wishing him. That's how their fate played with them.

It's been sometime, and still she didn't receive a reply from him for the stories and thought maybe he's busy. She was excited to post so many pics and thought he will be so happy, but he reposted a pic from her story with a mere 'Thank you'! Just a plain reply clutched her heart, upsetting her badly. She felt hurt, for everyone else he wished so good, but for her it's just a Thank you!

"Thank you! Bade aaye.. wapas aane do usse! Dekhungi usse", she convinced her broken heart but unknowingly even her tears accompanied her sarrow.

Can't say whether she was jealous, but sure she was hurt and deleted the stories in a while! This created a big buzz everywhere, even Mohsin got confused with this. That is when he noticed, few fans commenting that 'Mohsin didn't even feed Shivangi the cake during the celebration at the set' and so on.

It then striked him, "oh shit! Could this be a possible reason?". It's not easy for the stars to find articles pointing their mistakes as a big blunder, especially when these small minute things create a rift between two individuals.

He tried to call her but her number was out of reach and he dropped a text to her asking "How's you? Call back soon!". But there wasn't any reply. This created restlessness, which in turn developed a fear in himself. Later, the circumstances didnt let him speak to her. He came out on a trip with his family, where he has to enjoy with them, but his mind was filled only with her thoughts.

~~~

In the evening,

The family enjoyed the outing and throughout the day, Mohsin's Ammijaan noticed her son keenly and she understood how desperate and how helpless he is to talk to Shivangi. She obviously knows his movements and so on,

"I knew it! I knew there's something wrong between these two. Now it's clear, this trip is surely related!".

Sometime back, Ammijaan came to know from Abbajaan that, shivangi wished mohsin with so many posts. Both got so happy seeing the pics filled with love. But now Abbajaan informed that Shivangi deleted the posts, and from Mohsin's restlessness, it was evident that both are having differences.

"Ab Mujhe hi kuch karna padega, mere bachon ke galat fami dur karna hoga!".

She said with a determination to bring her kids back to normal.

~~~

Night at the Lawn,

After roaming around the city for the whole day, from becoming a 5 year old kid to his Abbajaan & Ammijaan to being a part of Sajjad's Vlog, he thoroughly enjoyed the first day of his family trip on his birthday and made numerous good memories. #Family!✨❣️

But one thing was constantly struck in his mind i.e., Shivangi. His tweety, His Shivi. He missed her, he missed celebrating with her, he missed to hear weird wishes from her. At one time, he even felt bad for pouring water on her excitement as always that she has to celebrate his day!

"Why didn't she call me yet? Did I take a good decision of taking a break from her? Why do I feel so void without her? The purpose of coming on a trip to refresh myself and clear my mind is totally failing without her presence." He was lost in his thoughts fearfully, when he felt a pat on his shoulder and turned around to find his Ammijaan standing with a smile.

"Ufff! Ammijaan aapke yeh beautiful smile meri saare pareshan ko dur kar deti hai", he hugged her reciprocating the same.

"Pareshan? Kis baat pe pareshan ho beta?", she asked hiding her smile at her son.

"Woh.. kuch nhi bas aese hi. Humare family trip after a long time. Aap khush ho na, mei bhi khush hu!"

"Haan haan! Mei toh khush hu! Par tum thik ho? Kya hua beta?", she saw his expression changing in a fraction of second. "Call her!"

"Jii kon?", he asked confused

"Call Shivangi and talk to her. I know it's the reason behind your restlessness. I have been noticing it. Mere buddhu beta, baat karlo apni shivi se. Zyada hero banne ji zaroorat nhi", she came to the point straightly twirling his ear.

"Uhh! Mei call karne hi wala hu. It's paining ammi, leave my ear Ammi. Ahh",

"Yeh hui na baat! I am going bye. Take your own time!"

He smiled and dialled her number once again hoping she would attend. But she didn't. He ain't gonna give up. He tried again and again and in 3rd time, she picked up.

"Hello mohsin? Sab thik hai na.. itne saare calls. kya hua?", she asked worriedly.

He took a deep breath, "I..I..", he trailed, "I kinda miss you!". He confessed.

It came out as a blow and she didn't know how to feel happy. She melted initially, but she didn't know she was affected by certain things. So she chose not to speak anything wrong.

"Hmmm! The surrounding felt so void at set today!", she said controlling her emotions.

Mohsin sensed her indirect 'Miss you too' and smiled. But something was hitting him hard, "what's that? Her voice? She sounds so weak!"

"Shivangi? Did you cry today?"

That's it, she felt caught red-handedly. But she can't tell him how emotional she feels for the last few days. "N..no. I didn't".

"Sach batao!", He interrogated. Somehow she managed to convince him, though he wasn't completely convinced. They continued to exchange few more minutes of conversation.

Mohsin was describing everything that happened the whole day, how much he wants her to be here on the trip with him, how much the things around reminded him of her, when shivangi interrupted,

"Uh... Mohsin I am feeling very tired and sleepy. So can we talk later? Good night. Enjoy your holiday and don't miss me much". She said playfully as she wanted him to concentrate on his family now and not on her. She was hurt, but she can't be selfish for her happiness, while his family must be expecting him to be with them.

Mohsin got a bit flabbergasted, as she has never broke a conversation in between. She can hear him do Tar Tar all night long and this is the first time in 3 years, she actually cut him off from a call. "Didn't she want to talk to me as much as I wanted?".

Even in the last few days after they took a break, she has never been this silent or non-reactant. But now it's not even 10 mins of their convo, and she's already off! He too hid good night and felt very hurt. No no, he felt something else. "The Fear of Losing her!". He felt like the thought itself pierced him hard.

"No there's nothing like that, you are thinking too much Mohsin! She's mine. I can't let her slip away. I have to face the fear. I have to take control of the situation and find a way to make it less frightening!".❣️🌸

He said with determination moving towards fixing everything between them.

~~~

To escape fear,
you have to go through it,
not around.

~~~

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