6 # Birthday gift

6 # 

Rizwan's POV 

The words erected out of her mouth were stabbing my heart at once. Whom he wanted to kill, at first sight, he plunges for her. 

Akki's words are hard to hear......

"She.... i....s Ke....yyyaaaa... Keya Gujral." 

After her words, the stream of questions we're flowing in my mind. I calmed her, "Akki, tell me clearly. Don't cry."

"Bhai, I and Shivin are in a relationship from school days. Today I went to meet him in the cafe." Akshita said slowly.

"He told me only that he wanted to introduce me to someone. I didn't  know that he would come with Keya." Akshita added.

"Is Keya blind?" I asked directly as I can't wait for more.

"Yes."

"How? Means in childhood, she wasn't blind. " I let out. 

"Yeah, but she didn't clear but she told me that she became blind from that incident. I don't know how?" Akshita replied.

"What?" My eyes went wide, hearing her.

"Don't take me wrong, please stop meeting Shivin for a few days. Give me some days."

"Bhai, promise me that you will not tell Abeer bhai anything," Akshita begged.

"Akki, Abeer loves her. But he doesn't know whom he loves, is not any other girl than  Keya." Rizwan dropped a bomb in front of Akshita.

"What??" Akshita enlarged her eyes.

"Give me some time. Please, don't meet Keya or Shivin for a few days. I will do everything right." I consoled her and exited from her room with a painful heart.

"Will Abeer accept her? What about Shivin and Akshita?" My mind is going to crash myself.

Abeer falls for the first time, he has made a special place for her and that too with his biggest enemies' daughter. How will he react? I don't want to break his heart, I want to see him happy at any cost. 

I will inform him later, meanwhile, I have to search for Shivin and Akshita. Abeer and Shivin are business rivals, in both fields, legal business and illegal business. Otherwise no family consequences or not a revenge case between them.

What Keya's father did with Abeer's parents, that gave a place of revenge between these families. He will never forgive Gujral family at any cost. There was zero percent of chances that they could be together. Even Keya will not forgive his family if there is Abeer's family behind her blindness.

No one knows the complete truth of that black day,  Abeer wants to take revenge, he vowed to kill Keya. He was searching for her for many years but Shivin's family hid her somewhere. So Abeer fails every time.

Now the situation is going out of our hands. I have to find the true colours of Shivin for Akshita. I was standing, leaning my hand on the railings of the corridor and my mind, I don't know, where it was lost. I don't know how much time passed, but I came out of my thoughts when Abeer came and put his hand on my shoulder.

"I'm seeing that my friend is lost somewhere," Abeer said and pressed my shoulders.

"Hmmm, I'm in a big tension," I replied.

"Tell me I will shoot your problem," Abeer said with his signature smirk on his face. This smirk was flawlessly adequated on his charming face.

"Well, I'm tensed that my friend falls in love, so I'm worried that he will forget me." I lied and said dramatically. I know, I will get only a hard punch from him.

He punched on my stomach. He said while looking in the sky, "I want her Rizwan, at any cost."

"Call her," I said.

"I did." He said.

This is my turn to punch him, I punched and we laughed, then we went downstairs for dinner.

"Are you ready to pay anything for her?" I asked while stepping downstairs.

"Obviously, anything I can do to get her. And you don't take a test of mine. I don't know why, but she is the one, whom I want." He said with assurance.

"Can you sacrifice your sister, me or mom also to get her?" I asked.

"Shut up, anything you are rubbish, Why should I .... " He stopped on the stairs.

"If I want her, she has to be mine. I can bring her on my bed, whenever I want. But I want her with her will.  She must fall in love with me, if not, she will be on my bed at gunpoint. I don't want to force her to be mine, that's why I'm treating her easily." Abeer said with a winning smirk.

"Ok, sorry.. let's go, Akki must be waiting for us." I pushed him to step down.

"I can't hide the truth from you, I will tell you soon, buddy, " I thought and sighed.

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Keya's POV

Today is my birthday, so I'm sure, today's all food for dinner must be cooked as per my choice. I don't like to celebrate my birthday but bhai brought a cake during the day time. So there is not a big celebration but food is only from my choice. Everyone will ask for a gift, whatever I want, and I know what I want as a gift. 

I got up from the bed and moved out of the room with the help of my phone, who advises me. Sayema came and twinkled her hand with mine and we both stepped down. 

"Keya.. let's go for dinner," Shivinbhai said to me and came close to me. He whined in my ears, "Sorry for the cafe incident."

"I almost forgot," I whined back in a slow voice.

We all started having food, but Maa, she fed me by her hands. During the eating time, Ajay Mama asked me, "What is the gift you want from us?"

"Let me enjoy the food first, then I will dictate the list of my demands. And before that, you all have to promise me that you will agree and give me whatever I ask for." I demanded like a child and laughed with a giggling sound.

"Hmm, so what are you going to demand?" Sayema asked.

"Today is the day, whatever I will demand will get it." I became naughty.

"Also give me some portion of your gift." Sayema pouted.

"I'll think about it." I winked.

"Maa, plan to stop it. I'm done. I can't eat more." I hardly spoke as my mouth was filled with food.

"This is the last bite." Maa again fed me one more bite.

"Ummm, enough. I will throw out everything that I ate." I covered my mouth with my palms.

Everyone laughed a lot at this action. I'm with my family, still, I'm missing that stranger. I don't know his name but I wish to know him. I hear only his sound in everyone's laughing sound. I'm a big fool, who is daydreaming about him. He helped me, and there, the matter was over.

Mom said, "Tomorrow, Tarang Sengupta is coming to meet you."

I threw out the water which I drank a second before, I coughed hard. Maa rubbed my back. 

"Is it necessary to invite him tomorrow?" I asked.

"Yes, I'm super excited for my sister's wedding." Shivin bhai teased me. I shook my head with irritation. 

When everyone finished their dinner, we sat on the sofa in the living room.

"So, this is the turn for a gift," Maa said and put on two gold bangles in my hands respectively. 

"Maa." I pouted.

"Ssshhhh. This is for my princess. It has been made for you." Maa said and kissed my forehead.

"So now what about a gift from us, speak up princess," Shivinbhai asked.

"I don't want a gift, but I want a promise from three of you, Asad bhaijan, Shivinbhai and Sayema," I said like I'm conditioning. And that's true, I'm going to bind them all.

"Promise, what promise? I'm always with you and will with you forever." Sayema chirped.

"What do you want princess?" Shivinbhai asked in confusion.

"Well, I will marry only on one condition. If I will marry someone, three of you have to marry on the same day." I know that everyone must be shocked.

"Are you crazy?" Asad bhaijan yelled.

"Yes, I'm crazy. If you all want to see me married, you all have to get married on the same day." I reconfirmed.

"So what is wrong in her wish?" Ajay Mamu said happily.

"The day she will get married, we will plan other three's wedding too," Mamu added.

"For Asad bhaijan, I have a girl," Sayema said excitedly.

"Who? and... and you didn't tell me yet," I shouted and angrily pinched on her waist.

"I'm telling you, first leave it hurts," Sayema screamed in pain loudly. I left her and again laughter ran around the room.

"Fayeza Khan." Sayema chirped happily.

"Shut up." Asad bhaijan shouted to shut her up.

"Why shut up? Who is she? Bhai likes her ?" I asked Sayema a lot of questions.

"Ammi and Abbu chose her for Bhaijan," Sayema replied.

"One bride is available," Mamu said.

"Now search for Sayema and Shivin," Maa said.

"Tell me later about Fayeza," I whispered in Sayema's ear.

"Mamu, you didn't ask me for a gift." I pouted.  But I'm going to give him a hard stroke through a gift.

"Arreee, the piece of my heart, tell me what you want?" Mamu said in an over excitement.

"Mamu, think twice," I said and became serious. I got up from my seat and moved towards Mamu, where I heard his voice and reached perfectly at him.

He also stood up and caressed my head, "I said what you will demand, I will fulfil. You just demand." 

"Mamu, I wish that... " I said but a shiver passed through my spine.

"Say princess, don't create suspense," Shivinbhai said.

"I wish to see Shivinbhai married with Akshita," I said firmly.

A pin-drop silence begins with the end of my sentence.

A hard slap fell on my cheeks, no need to ask who beat me, she is my mom. She yelled, "You were telling your mamu that think twice before the promise, right?"

"You should think twice before demanding such a silly, stupid....." My Maa is gasping in anger.

"If all of you are agreeing to do so, I will meet Mr Tarang Sengupta tomorrow. Otherwise, forget that I will marry someone." I replied stubbornly.

"Keya..." Maa shouted and I can feel that she is going to slap me but someone has held her hand. I know that he must be Ajay Mamu.

"Why do you want Shivin to marry Axita?" Mamu asked in his regular calming tone.

"Because I want to end this animosity between two families," I replied and tears rolled over my cheeks.

I can hear, my mom is crying badly. I know I'm giving her pain, but if I don't demand this today, Akki and Shivinbhai can never become one.

"We are not carrying ahead this animosity, Abeer is carrying ahead. He is thirsty for your blood." Mamu said.

"I know," I replied.

"If we will send him a wedding proposal, in return he will demand you. and this won't happen." Mamu said with anger in his voice.

"I'm ready to meet Abeer Raichand for ending up this hostility of animosity," I replied.

"Keya, are you crazy?" Maa shook me from my shoulders.

"Enough is enough. Sayema, Go with Keya. " Shivinbhai shouted. 

Sayema held my hand and we moved towards my room. My eyes are drizzling, I'm really tired of hiding myself from my enemies.

I sat on my bed and wiped off my tears. Sayema offers me a glass of water and my phone buzzes. I'm not able to pick it up, so Sayema received, turned on the speaker and said, "Hello.."

"He. ello.." The person who called hesitated. He is that stranger.

"Who are you ?" Sayema asked with confusion.

"Ummm, should I talk to Miss..?" He doesn't know any name so he stopped at the half sentence.

"Sorry, she is not in the mood of talking. Today is her birthday and she spoiled it by herself." Sayema said without stopping.

"Hey, stop, stop..." I slapped my head, what to do with this girl.

"Give me a phone," I yelled and she gave me my phone. I grabbed my headphones and said, "Hello." 

A different kind of smile crept on my lips. 

"Happy Birthday. Miss.." 

"Thank you, Mr..." I thanked him.

"You didn't tell me that today is your birthday." He was saying like he was complaining against me to me.

"I don't like to celebrate my birthday," I said with pain.

"Your friend told me that your mood is off. Can I ask why?" He asked me.

"Why do you want to know?" I asked.

"If you don't want to share with me, it's okay. But I will like it if you will share this thing with your new friend." He said.

"Ummm, friends ?? Okay..??" I laughed.

"I hope so." He whined.

"Well, I'm upset because my family is planning my marriage," I said with a heavy heart.

"What the hell?" He roared like an angry lion,  I can't understand why he became angry...