Destiny or Coincidence?

Athira Patel

"Baby…" called Abhi from the bedroom while i was calling my dad standing inside the bathroom. It has been almost two days that I spoke to my dad and I really miss him. God knows what he is doing that he didn't have time for me to pick up the call. 

"Hold on Abhi, I am calling dad," I said a little frustrated because of my dad's unanswered calls. 

There was silence for a moment on the other side of the door that I thought he might have gotten hurt because of my words but then i listened to his footsteps approaching near to the door of the bathroom letting me know that he coming this way.

"Is everything ok baby?" asked Abhi entering into the bathroom and looking at me with concerned eyes.

"No, dad is not lifting the call from the morning and it's making me anxious," I said with a tired and worried voice that he took my hand and pulled me to him by hugging me. I placed my head near to his heart and hugged him in return by keeping both of my hands around his waist. 

I felt relaxed in his arms and all my worries were gone out of the window because it felt like he was there to keep me safe from whatever it is. 

"Shh baby…. Don't worry too much. I think he might be busy with his work. He will definitely call you after seeing his princess missed calls on his mobile" he said placing a kiss on the crown of my head making me sigh with relief and believe in his words. I don't know what is it with him and his words but I immediately get cooled down around him. He always knows what to say that makes me cool down. 

I just nodded my head in acceptance and enjoyed the feel of being in his arms and the way my heart feels content and completed by being in his arms. 

"Good, common on now," He said trying to break away from the hug but I whined in return by hugging him even more tightly that he chuckled looking at me. 

"Just a little more, please. It feels good to be like this in your arms" I said getting even more comfortable by hugging him tightly.

"Ok love, as you wish," he said hugging me again and placing his head on top of mine.

"Why do you call me with so many nicknames?" I asked looking at him by raising my head.

He chuckled at my question before placing a kiss on my forehead. "Because I feel so," he said making me even more confused at his answer.

"Common let's get you to the bed." He said picking me up in his arms that I squealed in surprise not expecting it and placed my hands around his neck to catch hold of it from not falling down.

"Abhi… Let me down. I can walk" I said laughing at him but him being him just winked at me and started walking towards the bedroom.

"I know baby but i feel like to pamper you today. So enjoy it without complaining" he said making me go red while blushing that I hugged him by placing my head at the crook of his neck to cover my tomato face. But still, he chuckled at my reaction. 

"You make me feel like a teenager Abhi," I said still hiding my face from him.

"Is that a bad thing dear?" he asked with a hint of a tease to his tone that I smacked his head and glared at him.

"Ok Ok. My baby doesn't like teasing then" he said with a teasing tone that I immediately smiled while he placed me down on the bed and sat beside me at the headrest. 

"No, she doesn't," I said huffing like a child in front of him that he laughed and hugged me from the side by making me fall on the bed with him on top of me. 

"You are so cute when you look like that darling," he said looking into my eyes that suddenly my heart started beating faster. 

All of a sudden atmosphere around us became hot and our heartbeats raised from being normal. He is very close to me that I can feel his hot breath on my face which is making me go crazy with all the dirty thoughts in my mind.

He slowly pulled my hair away from my face which has fallen when we fell onto the bed and was looking into my eyes with so much emotion in them that I felt myself getting hypnotized by them like always.

"Beautiful," he said looking at my face by placing a lingering kiss on my cheek that I closed my eyes to relish in that feeling. 

He slowly started placing kisses on the cheek that I closed my eyes again by keeping my hands around his neck because he didn't stop there itself but was slowly travelling down towards my chin and then came to my neck that I shuddered in anticipation.

I can feel myself getting hot due to his sweet torture and the places where he touched were on fire making me even hotter and bothered. 

He started placing open mouth kisses at the crook of my neck and then blew air on it that i moaned shivering due to the impact of it. He then kissed my earlobe and pulled it with his teeth by making me tug his hair in return to his sweet torture. 

But the minute he sucked at the crook of my neck, I lost it by moaning loudly and tugged his hair hardly. I can feel myself getting turned on by his kisses but still, i want to continue it with him. 

It's like I am currently in a whole new world where we are the only ones left with nothing but our love and passion for each other. 

He is making me feel all the forbidden feelings and darkest desires to arise from the depth of my core by making me want him even more but still i dont mind him to continue like this and drown me in his sweet torture that i even want to forget my name and existence except for him. 

"Abhi…." I moaned his name when he slightly grazed my waist with his thumb by touching my flesh and sucking my neck leisurely making my eyes roll to the back of my head. 

"Woah," he said resting his forehead on mine by looking at my flushed face with a satisfied look that I hid my face by hugging him again.

He grinned looking at my reaction and kissed my forehead affectionately that I melted in his love like a puddle. 

"I love you Athira," he said sincerely looking into my eyes that i can see the love he has for me in his eyes. I became emotional knowing that he loves me more than I can imagine and how lucky I am to meet him and be the one for him.

I never thought that I would feel this way but the truth is i can do anything for him and sacrifice anything for him. He is my life and i know very well that I cannot live without him now. The feelings I have for him are so deep that I got scared at first but now i realised the importance of him. It's like I feel suffocated if i won't be around him. 

"You know i never thought that you would love me back" he whispered looking into my eyes with pain in his eyes that it tugged my heart in return.

"Hell i didn't even think that I would see you again at the pub on that day," he said getting up and sitting beside me. I too sat up and hugged him from behind, letting him know that I am here with him at present. 

I know that he is going to let it out now, so i just let him speak without interrupting him in the middle. He turned towards me with a look of excitement by taking my face into his hands.

"You know baby, i was very happy the moment I saw you in that pub. But what made me even happier is to see that you were already watching me," he said chuckling and shaking his head as if it was just a dream. 

"For a moment I couldn't believe my eyes you know. I still remember that you were wearing a black top on that night which suited you pretty perfectly. You looked like an angel to me dear" he said still looking into my eyes with so much love and excitement in his eyes that I was eager to know his version of the story. Of course, I knew it by Omisha but still i want to listen to it from him. 

Call me selfish, but I like to see his happiness and pain with my own eyes. I want to see how much he loved me and i want to see how much pain I have really caused without realising it. 

"But then you suddenly stopped looking at me by making my hopes shatter again." He said with a pained voice that I placed my hand on his cheek to assure him that I am here. 

"But again it came out as a surprise when you bumped into me and then we both started flirting with each other. I was on cloud nine all the time I was talking to you" he said with his same excited tone again. 

"It was my first time to see you and talk with you that closely after all those years. Trust me, babe, I was very happy to steal your kiss on that day but was unhappy to let you go again from my fingertips. I was depressed and sad baby" he said with a sad smile and continued "I was really on the verge of breaking down when you came back into my life as a trainee in our company." He said with a love-filled smile by kissing my forehead again. 

"I was thanking every god for making you come into my life again. I was so happy and excited to have you in my life and that too in our company where I can see you anytime. But it took a lot of effort for me to not capture you in my arms every time I see you." He said chuckling to himself that I too smiled at him in return seeing his excited face. 

"It was torture you know. It felt like hell and at the same time heaven by having you in front of me. I was literally dancing when you were getting close to me. And all the credit goes to Adi because he was the one to push me to you" he said grinning like a child that I too laughed thinking about the brother. He and his antics. I have to admit that he played a key role in getting us together. 

"But you know, I was so scared that I might lose you after facing and hoping everything when Omisha revealed it to you. I was literally crying when you left me on that road and went inside" he said with tear-filled eyes that I immediately hugged him because I cannot see him in pain again. And knowing that I was the cause is making me even more angry at myself. 

"I am so sorry Abhi. I really am sorry" I said crying into his shoulders that he chuckled and looked into my eyes by wiping away my tears. 

"Don't cry, baby. I am fine now and everything is fine between us. I am the luckiest person when you proposed to me. And trust me darling when I say that I am never going to leave you again and I am not going to let you leave me too" he said with a smirk on his face that I laughed and nodded my head in agreement. 

"Good because you are stuck with me forever my love," he said capturing my lips in a short but sweet kiss. 

"Come. Let's sleep. We have a long day ahead tomorrow" he said dragging me with him into the middle of the bed by hugging me that I placed my head on his heart while his both hands embraced me in a comfortable hug. 

"You said that you will tell me about the plan for tomorrow Abhi," I said whining like a small kid after remembering that he didn't yet tell me the story. 

"Oh yeah. I forgot" he said with a cheeky grin that I chuckled looking at him. 

He explained the plan while cuddling with me on the bed that I drifted off into a deep slumber in the middle of the plan itself because of his heartbeat which acted like a lullaby to my ears. 

I felt a kiss on my forehead when I was drifting off and cuddled even more into him and slept like a peaceful baby. 

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I woke up to the sound of mobile ringing at the bedside table that I groaned and got up by picking up the mobile. But immediately my drowsiness went away after seeing the caller id and I excitedly lifted the call. 

"Dad….." I squealed excitedly onto the phone after picking up.

"I missed you so much, dad. Where were you all the time? I was trying to reach you from yesterday and you were not lifting my call. Do you know how worried I was since yesterday?" I was speaking non-stop by firing questions at him without listening to his answer. 

"Let your dad speak babe," Abhi said with a groggy voice that i found it sexy and then realised what he said which made me chuckle at myself and concentrated on my dad again. 

"Sorry, dad. Tell me now" I said laughing into the phone by placing a kiss on his cheek before getting up from the bed and sitting on the sofa comfortably. 

"How are you princess," asked dad from the other end of the call. Immediately I found that something was off in his voice. It was not as it used to be. Or maybe i am overthinking it

"I am awesome dad. How about you?" I asked with the same enthusiastic voice. 

"Good beta. And how is Abhi?" asked dad with the same tone which made me think again if everything is alright.

"He is fine dad. But why didn't you lift the call?" I asked looking at my boyfriend who was coming near to my couch.

"I was busy working beta. Sorry that i didn't check my mobile" he said sounding apologetically that I smiled forgiving him. After all who can be angry at their father. 

Abhi wrapped his arms around me by sitting beside me and making me sit on his lap.

"Forgiven my father." I used my teasing voice to which he chuckled lightly that is not so him again. This has me getting worried about him.

"Dad, is everything alright? Your voice is not the same as it used to be and I can feel that you are hiding something from me. And from when you started working your ass off? I warned you to keep a check on your health after the last time you behaved like ..." I suddenly realised today's date which made me froze on the spot making Abhi look at me in concern.

"Dad ... is that why you are…? I could complete my sentence because now i knew the reason behind his lack of answering the calls and his pain behind the voice which he was trying to cover because of me.  

"Yes, princess…." He said making me gulp the pain which is trying to come out of my heart with so much force. 

"Take care dad. I will talk to you later" I said hanging up the call because I cannot handle talking to him any more than that. 

All of a sudden I felt like suffocating and there is no oxygen left for me to intake making it heavy to breathe. I can hear Abhi calling me and saying something but I was unable to concentrate on anything. Suddenly I heard his voice somewhere clearly than before. 

"Breathe Athira breathe. Breathe in and breathe out" said Abhi rubbing my back and instructing me with a concerned look that I followed the instructions and repeated it until I became normal. Slowly I got back my breathing and I uttered the word which was haunting me from the past five years in my dreams and life.

"Mom…" I said with a sob and clutched onto Abhi's chest for my dear life. 

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