Shaira's POV

For a few minutes, I let my subconscious take me wherever it wanted me to. It felt surreal. The scene in front of me was breathtaking, like a muse I was getting lost in its tranquility. It all looked so beautiful. Suddenly I was surrounded with flowers, trees, birds were chirping happily, singing their own song creating a soothing melody. The Sun was playing its own peek a boo, making weather all the more pleasant. With my hair let loose, clad in a floral dress which reached my knees I was sitting on the well trimmed grass, engrossed in a book. 

I was so captivated in my thoughts that when a hand slid through my waist, breaking my trance, I almost jumped but the familiarity of touch made me smile and I relaxed. I looked up to see Ayaan crouching by my side, holding me close. I let him pull me in his espouse. Keeping my book beside me after putting a bookmark so that I can start from where I left, we both gaze at the limitless sky, not saying anything he entangled his hand with mine, from inside I was happy with the way things were going,  nothing was messed up.

No one was perturbing us anymore, everyone was far away from us. Life was beautiful again, we were away from everything, our problems were long lost now, it didn't hover above us. It was peaceful, but then I heard the voice of distant water. I tried to let Ayaan know what I was hearing but he didn't listen to me, he was brooding over something, made be believe it is my misconception nothing else. Being a fool that I am, I believed him. In the back of my mind that voice was reaching near us, slowly making its way towards us and then it happened. When we both weren't giving much attention to our surroundings, it was when it occurred like a flash. 

A wave hovered above us, ready to entrap us in. It seemed like a death web, this is what I was afraid of all along. Ayaan's hand froze, his whole body went rigid against me, for a moment I stopped breathing, it was suffocating, it was like I was nearing to my deathbed. I didn't want to die, I want to live my life, want to grow old with Ayaan, I wanted to yell but words stuck in my throat. I was left dumbfounded with nothing to feel, to think, I was blank completely blank. Just now things were starting fall in places and now this. In a nano second it entrapped us in its grip, I tried my level best to hold onto Ayaan, but with every second it was getting difficult to stand by the freezing water. It felt like thousands of knives were stabbed right at me, it was that cold, Ayaan was trying to find a way out but he soon was losing his breath, tears started to roll of my eyes and got mixed with the ice water. I didn't want it to end like this.

I didn't want it to end like this, I repeated and then with a jolt I opened my eyes, to see it was a dream which  to some extent was about to come true. My racing heart was beating wildly, I saw blood, red thick blood all around us. Struggling with my seat belt for full two minutes, I got myself free out of it. When I looked at Ayaan, I noticed he was upside down, that was when it hit me, the car was hit so badly that it rolled to upside down. I touched his bloodied face, the smell of blood mix with the pungent smell of leaked petrol filled the inside of our car, taking hold of his seat belt, I tried to open it as Ayaan was completely stuck which made me helpless.

"Ma'am are you okay?" I heard a man's voice and snapped to my left, to see a man in his late thirties,  saying through the broken window. He carefully removed all the piercing glasses, one by one and then unlocked my side of the door.

"Help," I whispered mustering all my strength. I started to breathe heavily, perspiring profusely. My hands lost its hold on Ayaan, blackness was surrounding me, I strive to see if Ayaan was conscious or not but it was all useless. He wasn't moving at all. This made me shiver, a new fear gripped my heart.

"No this can't be true. No, no" I shouted. 

This time I yelled for help as loud as I could. That man who was there before came with one more person. They unlocked my side of door with the help of a hockey stick, till then I tried so hard to unfasten his seat belt which was choking Ayaan.

"Ma'am , you need to get out this car, the petrol is leaking anytime this car will explode. Please ma'am give us your hand." The other person said and I ignored him.

I can't leave him!

"Ayaan, baby please wake up. Please look at me once! I am sorry for today! I shouldn't have argued with you. I should have listened to you. Please don't punish me for my silly mistake. Don't you remember that we have to move in today? We need to get all your stuff and set it in our apartment..." I stopped mid sentence when I saw no movement in him. My tears which I was trying to keep at bay were now flowing freely. I cried my heart out but nothing worked.

I felt a hand tug at my waist, those people were trying to pull me out. I held onto Ayaan and by some miracle the same seat belt which was restricting Ayaan was now let loose. Ayaan fell towards the steering wheel, but before he could hit I halted him by keeping a firm hand on his forehead.

"Pull me out." I yelled when I encased Ayaan's waist in my feeble grip which was not taut as it should be.

They dragged me with all the force and Ayaan too came out in few minutes of immense struggle. Just after few minutes he will be alright, I said to myself but I was surely in my own dream land that I believed it. He still wasn't moving at all.

It was only few seconds that we were able to move to a safe distance that we heard a loud explosion. My heart stopped for a minute and I was about to faint thinking if something went wrong a few seconds ago we would have been ablaze alive in those flames. It would have been the end of our story! The voice was so loud that it momentarily deafened me. I was covered in red, my legs were full of squalid. But that didn't bother me, Ayaan's still body was knocking the air out of me...

I crouched at his level, and with my eyes full of tears, my body was betraying me by giving up suddenly, I couldn't hear his heartbeats. 

"No no nooooo, you can't leave me! You have to get up.  Please breath Ayaan, please..." I said and my own heartbeats started to flutter. I tried to give him oxygen from my mouth but nothing was working, absolutely nothing.

His head was in my lap, his eyes were closed, whole face dyed with blood. It was a horrible site to look at but seeing Ayaan in that position made it even more worst. I noticed that shattered glass of his side window has crashed into his head and blood was oozing out from that. My own wounds long forgotten, all my attention was to hear him say my name, or any movement would do.

"Help," I shouted at the top of my lungs looking at the sky. Those two men who saved us were hurrying towards us. My vision got blurred and a sudden pain shot through my skull, immediately I held my head in my hands.

When my hands touched my head, a pointed glass made its way into my hands, "Aaah" I bellowed in pain and before I knew it what was happening around me, I fell into deep slumber fearing whether I will ever wake up again or not...

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My throat felt parched, I was trying to get the words out of my mouth but I was helpless. I felt so weak that even moving my lips seemed a task for me. I tried to remember where am I but my head started to ache. I heard loud voices in my head which made my brows furrow, I was hallucinating, then again succumbed to my subconscious craving for water.

Minutes, Hours, Weeks or months I don't know for how long I just lay into that bed or anything that was happening around me, my own body weight seemed heavy to me and was becoming unbearable. A needle made its way into my arm making me yelp but it was only for a second then I couldn't feel anything. World looked annoying in dark and I was wondering how cruel it is for blind people that even after so many colors their life remains colorless.

 Before I could think something more I feel someone's hand closed on mine. The touch was soft and was overwhelming for some reason but it was comforting, it seemed familiar but I couldn't put my finger on who it was. I heard that person was sobbing, I could feel tears on my hand. I wanted to open my eyes and see who that person is but my eyes felt heavy, like stones were kept on them. I tried to sniff, maybe I can recognize that person with the help of their perfume but it wasn't working either.

I wanted to tell that I am okay, I am perfectly fine but words were betraying me, my weakness was taking a toll on me, so I let that person cry, let that person hold my hand so dearly like it was a promise to never let it go. I don't know for how much time that person stayed with me as, as soon the medicines worked I was in my deep slumber...

Hey ya guys. i know I am late this time, don't know why! I almost completed this chapter in three days but I don't why I didn't publish it. Anyway now it is here! So tell me how is it? Is this what you expected it to be? And yeah any guesses who that person might be?

Come on do some guess work until I write next chapter. Cya guys, till then VOTE, COMMENT AND SHARE ALL YOUR LOVE.

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