Merry Christmas to you all and your families...
I hope you are celebrating well...
We are at the end of this year..
So just leave every negative thoughts and worry behind and enjoy the last week of this year to the fullest...

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Hemal took a warm bath and changed herself into her comfortable blue and white bunny printed PJs and over size angry bird tee..
She walked herself to the mirror of the dressing table and looked at her reflection..
"You have to apologize for your deeds, Hemal.. If Dhruv scolds your or get mad at you then just bare everything.. Cause this time YOU ARE at fault.. Dhruv planed a lot of things for us.. And you just messed up every damn thing.. Upon that you hurt him so much..
Just do whatever you need to do but make Dhruv happy at any cost.. If he doesn't forgive then that's fine.. But no matter what you have to make him smile a real one.." Hemal self motivated herself and left the room...

Coming to the living room she saw him still standing in the balcony.. She took a deep breath and neared him..
Dhruv could see her standing beside him but he chose to ignore her..
They stood there in silence for a few minutes.. Hemal was thinking how to start the conversation where Dhruv was ignoring her presence as if she was invisible to him..
After sometime gathering some courage Hemal began.. "Umm.. Dhruv.."
But stopped getting distracted as he fished out his phone from the pocket of his tract pants..
She closed eyes and reopened them after inhaling sharply and again tried to talk to him.. "Dhruv please listen to me for once.. I'm sorr.." she again stopped as Dhruv plugged his headphones in his ears and started moving his head slowly and tapping his feet on the beats of the music..
Tears clogged her eyes as she wasn't habituated with his ignorance..
But she can't blame him for anything.. She only helped herself to get his ignorance..

She came in front of him after removing her tears from the corner of her eyes and unplugged headphones from his ears..
Till now he wasn't even looking at her.. But after doing this Hemal got Dhruv's reaction for the first time after coming home..
"What the fuck.." Dhruv yelled at her.. She trembled hearing his yell.. But she didn't let his anger over power she determination.. And his anger was expected.. After all she can't expect that he would worship her after her mean words..
But what he did next was totally unexpected for her..
"Dhruv.. Please listen to m.." she started to speak and cupped his face.. As her soft palm came in contact of his cheeks Dhruv's next action left her bewildered..
He pushed her against the railing of the balcony hard and twisted her hands behind her back..
Hemal gasped as he pushed her and it got replaced by a painful wince as her both hand experienced a sharped pain..

"DON'T. YOU. DARE. TO TOUCH. ME. AGAIN..." he chipped in a dangerously cold voice..
"Your touch makes me feel disgusted.." he added..
Hemal's breath got hitched in her throat as those words slipped out from his mouth.. She could see extreme anger pain and hatred in his iris..
*hatred??* she wasn't able to degust that fact that with all those other emotions his eyes were reflecting 'Hatred' for her now.. "Did I speak that much mean that now he hates me??" she questioned herself in mind..
Suddenly she felt the air around her got thick.. And she wasn't able to breathe..
A harsh shake brought her senses back..
"Do you hear me..?? DO NOT touch me and try to come closer to me.. You will see my worse if anything happen of that sort..
And what you want me to listen.. huh??" his grip to around Hemal's wrist got more tightened but she hardly could feel any ache..
She just kept standing all numb pressed between the railing and Dhruv...
And warm tear drops kept wetting her pale cheeks..
"That you are sorry.. You didn't mean anything.. Those shitty word slipped from your tongue without your consent.. You didn't want to hurt me or disrespecting our friendship??
You were going to say all these thing only.. right??
Then listen to me very carefully.. I'm not at all interested in these excuses of yours..
You know what.. You intended or no it's doesn't matter.. What matters for me is I. AM. HURT.." Hemal heard him yelling all this..

She wanted to stop him.. She wanted to apologize to him.. She wanted to tell him that she really didn't mean any of her words.. She wanted to tell him that she could do anything to gain his forgiveness.. She wanted to tell him she would do anything to erase the pain which was caused by her..
But alas..!!
She felt light headed..
She wasn't able to find her voice..
She felt like her surrounding was spinning..
She was feeling difficulty in opening her eyes and standing on her own legs..
"Now just leave from here and let me be alone.. Then only I'll get some peace.." she heard Dhruv's rage filled yell yet again followed by another harsh push..
She stumbled back and hit the railing again..
She immediately grabbed the railing with one hand to prevent herself from slamming down on the hard floor..
Her another hand automatically reached till her head and clutch it lightly..
She was feeling dizzy..
Her legs were shaking..
Her eyelids were dropping..
She was struggling to stand straight..

"Oh please.. Now don't do this drama of not feeling well to gain my sympathy..
I'm not in a mood to bare your drama.." - this was the last thing Hemal heard before giving up..
Dhruv's mind alerted him as he noticed her grip was loosening over the railing..
"Hemal.." he called her.. But by that time she was already passed out and her unconscious body was ready to hit the floor..
"Shit.." chipped and rushed to catch her before she touch the floor..
"Hemal.. Hemal..
Open your eyes...
Stop your drama and open your eyes dammit.." placing her head on his lap he patted her cheeks...
"Oh no.. She really got fainted.." he told himself and headed towards their bedroom lifting Hemal in his arms..
He made her lie on the bed and covered her with a quilt till her waist..
He took the jug from the night stand and sprinkled water on her face..
"Hemal.. Get up, Hemal.." he chipped to her unconscious figure and sprinkled some more water..
After a few minutes she stirred a bit and mumbled something slowly which wasn't enough audible for Dhruv to hear.. But he notices her lips were moving a bit..
"Hemal... Open your eyes, Hemal.." he again patted her cheeks..
"You.. You want to say something?? Hemal.. You want something?? You want water?? Hemal.." Dhruv try to hear what she was mumbling but couldn't..
"Dhruv.." finally he could hear her at least one word and he responded immediately..
"Yes.. I'm here only, Hemal.. Open your eyes and talk to me.." he gripped her palm..
He leaned on her and brought his ear near her lips to hear her fully..

"I'm.. I'm sorry..
Dhruv.. I'm sorry..
I.. hurt you..
Sorry..
Ple.. please forgive me.." Dhruv heard her rants...
He realized she was indeed sorry for her words..
Now it was time for him to feel guilty..
He got angry on himself and gripped her palm more tightly caused her to wince in pain in her unconsciousness..
He immediately let go her palm and something caught his attention..
And that was Hemal's hand..
Her wrist had red marks with was caused by Dhruv's iron grip along with few scratches.. He looked her another wrist and it's condition was the same like other one..

"Wow mahn.. It was great.. She hurt you mentally and you took revenge on her by hurting her physically..
Congratulations for your pretty much inhuman behaviour, dude..
You did a great job.." his ashamed and guilty heart mocked him..
"She was genuinely guilty and came to apologize for the same..
And there I treated like an animal..
This feeling of guilty is like a slow poison.. It kills you front inside bit by bit.. I can feel it.. Hemal must be going through the same pain.. And upon that I gave her more pain..
I ignored her.. I yelled at her.. I spoke all those shits which was enough to make her miserable..
And she bare everything.. She didn't even snap at me for once..
I hurt her like hell both mentally and physically..
(looked at his palms) I'm feeling like burning my hand.. I tortured my Hemal by these filthy hands.." he banged his palm on the night stand hard..
The sound which caused by his this act made her stir again..

Dhruv gazed her pale tear stained cheeks and drown more in guilt.. He kissed her forehead and mumbled a sorry..
Hemal smiled feeling his touch and in a minute or two she started breathing evenly indicating that she dozed off..
"She must got exhausted by all this events.. And she must be starving also..
That's why she fainted.." Dhruv concluded...
"I think I should prepare dinner.. She need to eat something.." he stood up and adjusted her quilt and pillows properly..
"You sleep.. I'll be back soon.." Dhruv again kissed her forehead lovingly and went out..

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