...Kabir...

"KABIRRRRR..." I heard a scream before a loud shattering noise.
I picked myself up as I was pushed away and looked back.
I was stunned as I saw her lying lifeless on the ground.
"Preet." I screamed.

Both me and Aryan made our run towards her but we were pretty late, her body had made contact with the glass of the chandelier.
Thankfully she wasn't completely beneath the it but her right side was pretty hurt. We heard glass pieces breaking as we picked her up.
I picked her up instantly in my arms. I could feel blood oozing out from ger back and her right hand and shoulder as I held her from her waist.

"Preet." I called again.

"I'll get the car." Aryan announced before running to fetch his car while I picked up a lifeless Preet in my arms.

All the way to the hospital I kept on shaking her and tried talking to her but the chatter box that couldn't shut up never spoke.

I could feel myself tearing up.
I couldn't loose her.
She was my everything. I would die if anything happened to her.
We reached the hospital rather soon.
Abhi was already there ready with all the facilities.
I signed in as the authority and placed her on the medical stretcher.

They immediately took her to the operation theatre.
Within minutes the area outside the operation theatre was filled.
Everyone was here. I sat lifeless on a chair with my head in my hands. Aryan kept pacing here and there, while Tara tried settling him.

"Preet, please be okay, please be okay Preet." Was all I kept enchanting when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned to find Ananya sitting next to me.

"It's okay Kabir, I am here if anything happens to her."
This got my blood to boil.

"Can you just shut the fu*k up?" I shouted getting up.

"I am just being here for you baby. It's hard for her to make it." She shouted back.
I saw Aryan falling on one of the chair lifelessly.
It was obvious Preet was his everything too.
I held Ananya's shoulder and shouted.

"She.Will.be.fine." I told her leaving her harshly and was about to go when she said.

"You sure can try."

"What did you do?" I asked her with anger.

"Ohh, nothing much. Even God doesn't want her between us see."

"What did you do?" I asked my voice getting louder and harsher every minute.

"Ohh, I just wanted to show everyone that if I can't have you then no body else can, atleast not that slut. But no she wanted to be great again and so she pushed you away and see where that got her."
This was it Kavya got up and slapped Ananya hard.

"You fucking bitch, don't you dare say a word about her." She shouted.

"What does she have that I don't?" Ananya questioned looking at me.

"You wanna know?" I asked

"She is everything, my everything.
Jaan hai meri, pyaar hai mera, chaahat hai meri, Ibadat hai meri, zarurat hai meri, hasrat hai meri, meri kamzori meri taqat hai woh. Zindagi hai woh meri. Zindagi."
(She is my soul, my love, my likeness. She is my prayer my need, my want. She is my weakness and my strength. She is my life.)
I pushed her and moved towards the operation theatre.
While Lavanya held her hand and dragged her out.

While I placed my head on the cold door of the operation theatre.

I slowly glided down on my knees holding my head in my hand.
Aryan knelt next to me and hugged me.

"It's all my fault, Aryan. I couldn't protect her."

"No, Kabir it's not your fault. She loves you even more than she loves herself."
He explained hugging me tighter.

"I cannot live without her. I cannot loose her." I accepted.
"Me too." He replied letting his tears flow free.
Soon everyone joined our hug.
Preet's and my parents were weeping silently trying to be our strength.
I looked around and that is the moment I understood that all of us were so dependant on that one soul that held all of us together.
Never did she complain or demand.
Never did she even ask for anything, all that mattered for her was her family.

I looked up as the light of the operation switched off and Abhi walked out.
I can't even imagine how hard would it have been for him.
Preet was like his sister too.

We all looked up at him.
I wanted to ask a million question but words were ditching me.

"Guys, she is totally out of danger. She had rolled her self out too so her wounds aren't that bad. We have removed all the glass pieces.
The wound on her head is also minor, it is just because of the shock that she fell unconscious. But her right shoulder and arms have deep cuts. We just have to be a bit careful about them. Apart from that she is absolutely fine and is gaining consciousness too. We can meet her once she is shifted to the normal ward."
He completed.

We all heaved a breath of relief.

Soon Preet was shifted to another ward and slowly everyone started meeting her 2 at a time.
First was Aryan himself even before her parents.
Mine and her parents followed and then our friends but all this while I just couldn't get the courage to face her.
It was all because of me that she was lying on a hospital bed.
Aryan came and sat next to me.

"Why don't you go inside?"he asked.

"I cannot." I replied still looking down as tears streamed down my face.

"You should, you know the first question she asked me was, is Kabir fine?" He said as I looked at him.

"Kabir if it wasn't your love she wouldn't have made it alive, you and me both know that. You know she isn't ready to postpone your marriage either." He continued.

"What the hell, we can't stress her. I will talk to her. We have to postpone the wedding." I said getting up.

"No we don't." Abhi and answered from behind.

"Her reports are all clear and she will be discharged within and hour. We just need to be a bit more careful." He elaborated.

"I still need to talk to her." I announced as I walked into her room.
She was sitting currently and laughing at some silly joke of Kavya.
As soon as the others saw me they went out giving us our much required privacy while she was checking me out with a smirk.

The nerves of this girl. She scared the shit out of every one and is now checking me out sitting on a hospital bed.

"Had your view?" I asked her taking a seat next to her.

"You thought I would die?"
She asked as she rubbed the area beneath my eyes which was now swollen.
I instantly pulled her in my embrace being gentle so that I do not hurt her wounds.
"Never ever pull this stunt on me." I said breaking the hug.

"Whether you like it or not, you are now fixed with this problem for life." She said lightening our moods.

"Preet let's postpone our wedding till you are totally fine." I said as I entangled our hands.

"Ohh please I am not dressing up all again for the functions." She replied and I let a low chuckle.

"And apart from that I still have 14 hours. I'll be fine." She said kissing the back of my hand.

"It is not the heavy dresses, it's the fact that you know I cannot wait to get married to you." I answered looking down.
She placed her left hand beneath my chin making me look up and then instantly claimed my lips.

"It's not you, it's me."she said breaking the kiss, placing her forehead on mine.

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