บท 41: FAINTED

Kian was searching for Tara for the last one hour but she was nowhere to be found. His heart was beating like crazy, the thought that something may have happened to her was disturbing his heart.

After searching for more than one and a half hour he finally saw her silhouette sitting on a bench with a girl who apparently looked like Aisha, her head was on the girl's shoulder and she was sitting facing her back towards him.

Kian stopped for a moment, his mind was totally blank first thought that occurred in his mind was something happened to her and may be Aisha was the reason for it again. He ran towards them but when he saw her sleeping silently on her shoulder with a faint smile on her face he relaxed, but the next moment the thought that why was she with Aisha was disturbing him.

From the first day only he never liked Aisha more precisely he hated her, he knew that she was the culprit behind Tara's poisoning so he abruptly walked towards them and was going to grab Tara's hand but Aisha suddenly opened her eyes and stopped him.

She indicated him to be silent then she whispered in a low voice

"Let her sleep a bit...she always fall asleep whenever she cries a lot and today was a tough day for her so please...".

Kian was a bit reluctant but what Aisha said was also true, so he sat beside her and hold her hand. Three of them were sitting there for a long time neither Aisha nor Kian uttered a single word, everything was silent around them.

After nearly an hour Tara opened her eyes slowly she was initially confused to see Kian there but when their eyes met she smiled cheekily.

"Hey my shoulder is totally numb...your head still weights a lot" Aisha said jokingly.

"Oh please...my head is like a feather your shoulders are abnormally weak" Tara argued with a naughty smile on her face.

"Really..." both the friends started laughing.

A certain person was initially confused then shocked he can't believe that both of them were joking around like nothing ever happened between them. Tara noticed his shocked face and gently held his hands and explained everything.

Kian was not sure if he should be happy or sad, it was a good sign that Aisha was trying to become a good person but somewhere in his heart he can't accept her sudden change. Tara understood his dilemma and squeezed his hand gently and gave him a assuring look.

Three of them then discussed their plan to bring down the Das family. Aisha and Tara decided to inform about their collaboration to their closest friends only. After discussing their plans all three of them walked towards their hotel Aisha and Tara was walking hand in hand laughing and chatting about something. Kian was just observing his Sunshine's laugh with mesmerized eyes.

The scene in the hotel was totally opposite everyone was tensed Shreya and Jaggy were sitting on the sofa and waiting for Tara and Satarupa impatiently. Just at that very moment Tara entered the room with Kian, as per their plan they have decided not to reveal everything about their reconciliation to all so Aisha returned to her room.

Jaggy ran towards Tara and hugged her tightly

"Where the hell was you...huh...do you know how much worried we were for you!" Jaggy said in a loud voice.

"I was just roaming around... nothing serious...okay come on everyone let's have our breakfast first... I am very very hungry and I know you all are also" Tara said with a smile on her face. Everyone sighed in relief if she was okay then it won't take long for everything to come back to normal.

Everyone was happily walking towards the dinning area but in everyone's heart only one thing was floating that what will happen when Satarupa and Tara will meet again.

Satish was walking silently, everyone had their own ways of sharing their pain, venting out their anger but to whom would he share his anger and pain with, Shreya was already tensed same was in case of Tara and Abhi ,he sighed heavily and continued walking.Kian saw him depressed and walking with a blank expression so he approached him slowly

"Hey dude what are thinking about so seriously? Kian patted his back softly.

"Nothing just some random thoughts..." Satish said with a straight face.

"If you want to share something you can...we are friends after all" Kian said with a gentle face.

"I don't think that you will love to hear about your cousin brother's ill doings so leave it..." Satish sighed and walked past him.

Kian was very disappointed he now really wanted to know what exactly happened five years ago.

Everyone were having their breakfast , Tara and her girlfriends were chatting with each other and the boys were also discussing about something interesting at that very moment Satarupa and Sumit entered the dining hall. Satarupa was feeling very guilty. She slowly walked towards Tara and sat beside her. Everyone was happy that now both of them will reconcile but what happened next shocked everyone including Satarupa.

Tara got up from her seat abruptly and walked away from the group after walking few steps she turned around and said "I lost my appetite...you guys continue I have some work to do".

Kian who was trying to talk with her from the morning grabbed this opportunity and left behind her. Jaggy was also going to follow them but Shreya stopped her, she knew how much Kian cared for her and at this time she needs him the most.

Kian walked past her and grabbed her hands.

"Why are you behaving like this Tara?" Kian asked in gentle voice.

"I don't know... I am just not ready to accept Ryan so suddenly.... I can't forgot that night five years ago till now Kian... I can't" Tara said in a low voice.

She doesnot wanted to hide anything from Kian because she knew that whatever she says he won't judge her.

"Okay don't accept him then....but think about Satarupa she is your best friend...why are you behaving like that with her?" Kian patted her head softly as if calming her down.

"I am a very bad person Kian...I create problems everywhere I can't accept everything with ease like everyone does...see just now I don't know what happened to me but I was just not ready to talk with her...." Tara said in a dangerously low voice.

"You are not troublesome Tara...what nonsense are you speaking...you always solve everyone's problems there is nothing you can't solve ....Abhi was telling me that you are like a problem solving machine to them who can solve anything...Tara don't force your heart to do something that your heart doesn't wants to...open up a bit Tara" Kian said and hugged her lightly.

Tara was leaning on his chest but suddenly she lost her senses and fainted. Kian who was hugging her noticed that she was not moving, so he casually looked down but her pale face horrified him.Kian lift her up and rushed towards her room, he then called Satish and informed him about her condition.

Everyone were a bit tensed when Tara left the hall but when Kian followed her they were relaxed as they knew that both of them have some strange kind of connections. Satish and Shreya were talking about something when his phone rang suddenly he picked up the call without even seeing the caller's name. When he heard Tara's condition from Kian mouth his face became horrified he rushed out of the hall. Everyone present in the hall were momentarily shocked but immediately regained their senses and followed him.

In her room Tara was still unconscious Kian was holding her hands tightly and rubbing them. He can't believe that she fainted just before him , her pale face was again triggering the memories of her poisoned body, he was horrified.

Satish rushed in the room, he checked her whole body but to his surprise nothing was wrong with her body. He then made her drink some sugar solution and some sweet syrups.

He then looked towards the shocked faces of everyone and smiled briefly.

"Nothing is wrong...her sugar level just got down a bit so she fainted as her body is still weak...let her rest for sometime she will regain her consciousness" Satish then patted Kian's shoulder firmly.

Kian who was nervous a few minutes ago was now relieved. Everyone in the room waited for her to regain consciousness.

Tara in her dreams was experiencing a horrifying scene someone had stabbed her from behind and was laughing sinisterly. She was running endlessly but the shadow was also following her, she was begging him to leave her but he was stabbing her continuously. Tara's whole body was shaking she was sweating profusely, her whole face had became pale, she was shivering in her dreams. Kian and everyone were startled to see her like this, Kian hugged her tightly and was patting her head with his large palms.

Suddenly she opened her eyes and gasped for air, the similar faces and that similar warmth was calming her heart down.

"What happened Tara...Tara?" Kian was scared to see her like that.

Tara was too scared to utter a single word only she hugged him tightly as if she wanted to merge her body with him.

"Someone.... someone stabbed me...it was scary...very scary" she sobbed like a little child in his embrace.

Kian was patting her back softly and was hugging her tightly

"Nothing happened see...Tara everything is alright...see everyone is here nothing happened to you..." He said in a gentle tone.

"No...no someone stabbed me very cruelly...very cruelly" Tara said and started crying in his embrace.

Everyone in the room were shocked not because she had a nightmare but because of her behavior, they had never seen her like this before she was behaving as if they don't exist only. Shreya was accustomed to this types of scenes in the hospital so she just smiled a little looking at their shocked faces, she was happy that atlast Tara can act normally atleast in front of someone and she was glad that, that someone was Kian not Dhruva.

After calming her down Kian made her sleep, she slept in his embrace peacefully. Everyone then left the room for the couple.

But someone was not happy after seeing all this his heart was aching for some strange reasons, the scene of Tara in someone else's embrace was disturbing him he was non other than Dhruva. Dhruva decided to research a bit on this Kian, so he reluctantly left the room, Aisha saw his expression and smirked a bit....Tara was way too good in acting.

Tara knew that Dhruva was also present in the room. so after waking up from the nightmare she was scared but she knows well, how to control her emotions, her hugging Kian and behaving like a spoiled child was just a part of her and Aisha's plan to make Dhruva jealous and moreover she really wanted to hug Kian at that moment so why not achieve both the goals in a single attempt.