Never let me go Ever

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Bijoy was looking at Mishti and Sid for so long when they didn't care about their surroundings and we're busy chatting. He couldn't stop himself for long as he went there interrupting them.

"Mishku" Bijoy pulled his daughter away from Siddharth.

"Pops. It's Siddharth. Shruthi's friend. Back then, I was just pulling his legs." Mishty cleared it before the equation between them worsened more.

"Does it matter to me?" Bijoy grabbed Mishti and started leaving, showing his displeasure towards Siddharth.

"Uncle relax. I don't know what I did wrong for you to get mad at me like this? I mean look at yourself. Who will believe that you are a don?" Sid asked and bites his tongue instantly. His words made Bijoy madder.

"Put some filter in your mouth before opening it" Mishth mumbled and controlled her laughter seeing their eye war.

"I mean sir. Your decent looks and that frameless costly glasses with your fully shaved face. You are more like a professor in a prestigious college." He spoke honestly and lowered his lids. He just wants him not to be angry at him.

"By the way, what's your name?" The change in Bijoy's voice made him lift his gaze towards him. Bijoy is just smiling at Sid.

"My pops childhood dream was to become a professor. You have hit his emotional nerve." Mishty whispered near him as Sid smiled broadly and shook hands with Bijoy.

Bijoy and Siddharth talked for some time and both liked each other too much. Even Mishty gets jealous as to how Sid mingled with her parents and they are laughing with him very easily.

*****

"Guess it's Suraj's mobile phone. I took his phone and missed mine with him" Arjun voiced out once he was inside the car.

"Let me give this to him and take mine back." Arjun left the car and entered the hotel again. He climbed up the stairs once he got information about Suraj's room number. There were three rooms booked under his name. Arjun knocked on the first room and waited for a few seconds. The door unlocked and he entered gently to see the backside of some girl.

"Why did it take you so long to reach me?" The girl spoke as Arjun stood on, shocked by the voice. His eyes welled up immediately recognising the owner of the voice. His ishu was standing there showing her backside to him. He came forward in slow steps.

"Ishu" he called her in a hoarse voice which can't be audible to anyone around but Ishu's body stiffened hearing his voice. She gripped the bag tightly and didn't turn to his side for some seconds.

Ishiita Stood there all paralysed hearing her name from the voice which she was desperate to hear for years. Tears started rolling down her cheeks realising that he was there just behind her and even identified her.

"Look at me Ishu" he begged in his shaky voice as her knees went numb. What will she do now? His voice clearly shows that he is crying. She could take anything but tears in his eyes.

She turned at once and everything froze in its place for both of them.

They both just looked at each other without blinking, without talking, without moving an inch. They scanned each other with their eyes. 25 years is a long gap. Still, they look as if they look like yesterday. A broad smile appeared on their lips as tears rolled down their cheeks in sync.

Arjun and Ishu took baby steps and reached the right place without blinking. He touched her cheeks to see if she was real or not. She closed her eyes letting his touch spread all along her face. He grabbed her for a bear hug as she didn't waste any time resting herself in his arms tightly. He wanted her to say many things. How was he searching for her? How does he miss her every second? How is he doing? Everything. On top of that, he wanted to apologise to her for everything he said that day. If he didn't ask her that, she wouldn't have left him.

It's been more than 15 minutes since they didn't let go of the hug. They didn't even loosen their hug both their breaths mingled in sync as sobs escaped their lips.

****

"So? Friends?" Siddharth forwards his hands to Mishty.

"Just now we have met. Long way for friendship" mishty smirked at him.

"That's so mean" He replied and caressed his heart.

'But yeah, I won't mind giving my number" her words brought a bright smile to his lips.

"Just met, to exchange numbers, we have to go a long way" now it's time for Sid to smirk at her.

"Just think before you decide. This offer is valid for only one minute" Mishty can't let him win even in an argument.

"But before that, I have to get permission from my girlfriend. She is a little possessive about me" Sid spoke and tried calling her from his phone while Mishtt got irked with his words. She widened her eyes soon when her phone started ringing. He eyed her to pick it up.

"Hello jaan. Here I met someone cute and very sweet. Can I get her number?" Siddharth asked on the phone as Mishty blushed with his comments.

"If she is cute, you should get it," Mishty replied in the call.

"But I guess she is very desperate to get my number," Sid commented with a smirk.

"Not more than you may be" Mishty raised her eyebrows as Sid threw his hands up in defeat.

"Okay then, we shall meet tomorrow" Sid gets happy with her reply as she gets ready to join them to enjoy Mumbai city.

"But on one condition. That you won't slap me if I flirt with Ishu" Sid closed his cheeks as if protecting it from her. Mishty started laughing out loud. This guy is too funny and lively. She just likes to spend more time with him.

"Gotta go" she waves his bye as she leaves the place. Sid ran to check on his mom. Why did she leave the party without even informing him?

*****

"Arjun" She mumbled as she snuggled more in his arms. How much she missed this in these years. Arjun on the other hand clutched her more tightly as if he is not ready to let her go at any time.

"How are you?" He asked cupping her cheeks.

"Why didn't you come back?" He asked, adding to the question. Maybe it's his fault that he made her go away from his life. But she chose to stay hidden and didn't come in front of him these years.

"How did you manage to live without me?" He asked, adding so many questions. But ishu is all concerned with only one thing as to how she will tell him about Sid. Will he be happy? Will he be angry? She just couldn't predict his reaction.

"I want to tell you something" Ishu spoke after a long gap of Arjun's questioning sessions.

"Anything. But don't stop talking" Arjun replied, keeping his head over hers.

Ishu just closed her eyes and was wondering where to start and how to start. Should she tell him that she was pregnant when she left him? She opened her eyes and Arjun could sense something off from her stare. He could see that she was withdrawing her eyes from his.

He made several calculations and reasons for her guilt spread orbs. And only one answer he could get and that was maybe she has someone in her life and she is trying to tell him that. He doesn't want to hear those. Even though he has no right to feel that way, he just couldn't help it. Imaging Ishu with another man would be his worst nightmare.

He wanted to scream to her about his marriage secret that it was just for his namesake. But he couldn't do so.

Before Ishu could say anything, both were startled by a loud noise from the entrance. Ishu and Arjun looked at the door where Sid was standing with his eyes filled with red tears and the way he is staring at both it is evident that he heard their conversation.

"Mom. Who is he?" Sid asked, controlling his emotions. He doesn't want to yell at his mom for whatever reason. But he feared for the answer she was about to give.

Ishu straightened herself and detached herself from Arjun's hold. Sid's eyes were scanning every movement of her and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"I asked you something. What is he doing here? Why? What?" He panicked and asked his mom whereas Arjun was stoned in his position to her mom from the guy. Is he her son?