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Sanjeevani Hospital,

Mumbai,

Iknoor entered her cabin,ready to do today's appointments,she quickly wore her white coat and washed her hands thoroughly before sitting on her table.Her gaze shifted on the huge bouquet kept on her table.

She picked it up and saw white tulips,white lilies and white orchids.

Strange.

Who has sent these flowers to her?

She never receives flowers, nobody has ever gifted them to her,then how come these flowers got here?

She pressed the bell and a nurse arrived in her cabin.

"Yes Dr.Iknoor"The nurse said.

"Yeh flowers yaha kisne rakhe?"Iknoor asked showing the flowers.

"Ma'am yeh toh subah ek delivery boy dekr gaya h,kaha ki Dr.Iknoor ke liye flowers h,kaha se aaye woh nhi pata isiliye aapke cabin mein rakh diye the meine"She said and Iknoor frowned but nodded and dismissed her asking her to start sending patients in for their appointment.

She kept the flower on the side of the table and after glancing at it for the last time began with her work.

At 12'o clock when her first half of appointments were done she quickly made a call to her husband.

"Hello"She said as the call was received.

"Hello"Nirvair said from the other side.

"Tumne dawai lo lunch ke pehele wali?"Iknoor asked and received a positive answer from him.

"Thik 1 baje lunch Krna h tumhe Nirvair, please don't miss it at any cost"She again reminded him even though she was going to talk to the male nurse after talking to him and remind him the same.

"Thik h,dhyan rakho apna,I have work now"She said and ended the call and started doing some paper work after which she has more patients to look after.

The door of her cabin opened and that caught Iknoor's attention,she relaxed once she saw the person.

"Rajat"Iknoor said as she saw him.

"Hello Iknoor"He said as he entered and sat on the chair infront of her table.

"Hello"Iknoor too responded.

"Appointments ho gayi tumhari?"He asked but Iknoor shook her head at that.

"Abhi kaha,lunch ke baad aur bhi appointments h"She said and he nodded but then he saw the huge bouquet of flowers kept on her table.

"Nice flowers"He complimented and Iknoor just gave him a small smile at that.

"I didn't knew you liked white flowers"He asked trying to know who had sent these flowers.

"I don't, somebody sent this for me"She said as she stared at the file she was reading.

"Who?"He asked.

"Pata nhi"Iknoor said absentmindedly.

"I think you are busy,I will see you later"He said and Iknoor just nodded as he left.

Iknoor kept on doing her work in between taking a much needed lunch break in which she again talked to Nirvair to make sure he was fine.

By the time it was evening,she was dead tired and just wanted a cup of tea so that all the tiredness leave her body.

With that thought she left the hospital and made her way towards her car,after driving for almost an hour because of traffic she finally reached home and sighed in relief.

The househelp brought her a glass of water which Iknoor gulped down quickly and asked for a cup of ginger tea.

"Wow!!! Yeh flowers aap lekr aayi h badi maa??"Iti asked as she saw the huge white bouquet which Iknoor had brought from her office.

Iknoor smiled at her and nodded.

"Hamare liye??!!"Iti asked with hope filled eyes.

"Wese toh aapki dadi ke liye h pr aap bhi le sakti h"Iknoor said.

"Phir hum yeh dadi ko dekr aate h"Iti said and picked up the huge bouquet and ran towards the kitchen were her dadi was.

"Ohho,lagta h saas ko impress krne ki taiyari h puri"Shivansh teased Iknoor to which she just laughed.

"Aur nhi toh kya bhabhi,orchids and all,not bad huh?!"Aashi too said and Iknoor laughed at it.

"Aisa kuch bhi nhi h"Iknoor said.

"Toh kesa h bhabhi?"Abeer asked with that teasing smile and Iknoor shook her head at their antics.

"Galti se kisi ne meri cabin mein rakh diye the, isliye mein ghar le aayi,mumma ko shauk h na aise flowers ka isliye"Iknoor said and everyone nodded at that.

"Pr white flowers kon deta h kisi ko?"Abeer asked.

"I really don't know much about flowers"Iknoor said.

"Lagta h kisi ne tumhe peace offering di h"Bela said as she came out of the kitchen with those flowers and had heard their conversation.

"Kya farak padta h? galti se mere cabin mein the,aap laga dijiye ghar mein kahi"Iknoor said as she really wasn't a fan of flowers.

"Bhabhi ek toh aapko kisi ne flowers diye h,aapko toh khush hona chahiye "Aashi said.

"Galti se diye the kisi ne,upar se mujhe flowers waghera ka itna shauk nhi h"Iknoor said and they all gave her a are-you-serious look.

The dinner proceeded then and everyone left for their respective bedrooms after some chit chat.

"Yeh lo dawai"Iknoor said as she handed Nirvair his night time medicine.

Nirvair quietly took them and handed her the glass of water back.

She helped him lay down properly as usual and then kept a pillow under his fractured leg.

Most of his injuries were healed now over the past weeks,only the few major ones were still healing.He could now do most of his stuff by his own and so Iknoor doesn't meddles much and let's him do things on his own.

"So jao ab"She said as she covered him with the blanket and moved to her side of the bed.

Nirvair still didn't say anything to her and slept and even Iknoor didn't thought anything much and slept.

The next day they followed the same silent routine they have been following since the past 2 months.Iknoor cooked a healthy breakfast for him and after helping him with his daily chores and giving him his morning medicine she left for her hospital.

As she entered her cabin she again spotted a bouquet kept on her desk.A yellow rose bouquet.

She sighed as she picked it up up again didn't saw any note of were it came from.

She again called the nurse and received the same answer from her.

Someone had delivered it here for her.

Who could send her flowers twice?

And for what reason?

Iknoor decided to ignore it and get to her work.

By the end of the day she totally forgot about those flowers and went home.

The same usual thing continued even at home with a chatty dinner and then everyone left for their respective bedrooms.

Iknoor yet again gave Nirvair his medicines and then made him lay down properly and herself went to sleep on her side.

Nirvair still didn't initiate a conversation 1) Because she seemed tired and 2) because she didn't seem to be in a mood to have any conversation. And so he let her sleep and kept laying there with his own sets of thoughts.

This same routine continued for a whole week and Iknoor was now frustrated by seeing those flowers on her desk every single morning.

She had even asked the nurse to not entertain such thing and dismiss the delivery guy but some other nurse would keep the flowers if not the previous one but those flowers would always be delivered to her desk.

She hasn't told anyone about this strange thing because she doesn't wants to worry them.

But everytime she sees those flowers she makes sure to ask the nurse to take them away and throw them.

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Evening,

Iknoor was driving them towards her home as her thatha-patti,nani-nanu and others had called them both for a dinner.

Soft music played in the background as she drove the car.Nirvair still silent because he was sulking.

"Are you going to sulk the whole time now?"She asked as she stole a glance at him.

"Meine kaha tha mujhe yeh lungi nhi peheni h!"He said for the nth time and Iknoor sighed.

"Tumhare fractured pair ki wajah se jeans nhi pehen sakte tum,lungi is the best option"Iknoor said but he still wasn't convinced with her idea.

"Ab sulk krke fayda nhi h wese bhi,we are almost there now and nobody is going to talk about your lungi okay!"She said and he sighed.

They reached her home and her brother's all helped to get Nirvair out of the car and in the house.

As Iknoor sat down with her family she felt at peace.The same lame conversations carried on,those same funny jokes, roasting eachother and enjoying delicious South Indian dinner.

By the end of the dinner Nirvair was literally left with the elders as Iknoor and her cousins sat on the other side of the hall gossiping about God knows what.

"Chalo na thoda fun krte h!kitne time se hum sab log saath mein mile bhi nhi h"Tejas Anna said and Iknoor agreed with him.

They all really haven't been able to gather together and spent some cousin's time in a long time now.

They started playing stupid games and eventually played some music.

Nirvair could hear their loud voices and literally shouting from the other end as he sat with the elders talking to them but he was glad she seemed to be having fun every time he stole a glance at her.

The past few months have been too hard for her,she has literally devoted all her time and energy just to him doing nothing else and so now when she seemed to relax and have fun he took felt nice.

"Chalo chalo ab natak nhi,ab dance shuru hone wala h!"Gaurav Anna said and then music was played in full volume and they were vibing to it.

The loud music played for a long time but when Nirvair glanced at Iknoor his eyes widened in surprise.

There she was,laughing,clapping and cheering for her brother's,her laughter so carefree he could hear it across from the room,that shine in her eyes so bright and the flush of her cheeks giving her a mesmerizing look.

For a moment he just froze seeing her so happy after a really long time,she wasn't holding back and that was what had caught his attention.

The elders continued talking but Nirvair's mind and heart had stopped at the scene he has just witnessed.

The way she was cheering,clapping,singing the song and laughing all along made him feel an odd sense of peace.

She looked..... beautiful.

His eyes got stuck on her.

He saw her brother pulling her along with the rest of the cousins but his eyes were just focused on his wife who denied but then eventually gave in and started dancing with them.

His eyes widened in surprise when he saw her tucking her saree pallu on the side of her waist,the long strands of hair disturbing her face as she danced with such grace that left him in awe.

She looked so ethereal.

She was so beautiful in and out and yet the surprising thing was she didn't even realised it.

She still isn't realising what impact she is having on him.

What impact her dancing like this has on him.

How has he been so blind??

How has he never seen this before??

He has stupidly lost a good amount of time with her.

But he swears he is going to compensate for every single minute he has wasted with her.

Sehgal Mansion,
Iknoor and Nirvair's bedroom,

"Yeh lo"Iknoor said giving him his post dinner medicine.

Once he had his medicine,she placed his fractured foot on the pillow and helped him lay down properly in a comfortable position.

"Tum bht accha dance krti ho"He said rather complimented her and Iknoor stared at him in surprise.

Why did he say this all of a sudden?

"Woh tum apne cousin's ke saath dance kr rahi thi na tab dekha tha"He said giving her the context for his compliment and she sighed hearing that.

"Tumne pehli bar thodi dekha h mujhe dance krte waqt"She said as she moved towards her side of the bed and turned off the bedside lamp.

He didn't say anything for sometime.

How should he say that it wasn't his first time watching her dance but it surely was his first time allowing himself to get mesmerized with her dance.

"Kal hospital chalna h tumhe mere saath"Iknoor said and Nirvair made a confused face which she obviously wasn't able to see because of the darkness.

"Tumhare check-up h kal"Iknoor said because it was his first monthly checkup after his discharge.

"Kitne time aur lagega meri recovery mein?"Nirvair asked through the darkness.

"Abhi kuch mahine aur lagenge"Iknoor said honestly.

"Aur kitne time mein ghar se bahar nikal sakta hu mein?"He asked and Iknoor remained quiet for sometime before she answered him.

"Bahar jaana kyu h tumhe?"She asked bht received silence as an answer.

"Jo bhi tum pehele krte the woh sab krne ke liye abhi tumhari body ready nhi h, complete recovery ke baad hi apni job resume kr sakte ho tum"Iknoor said and Nirvair sighed.

"Office work toh kr hi sakta hu na? Ali aur Kartik mujhe pick aur drop kr sakte h"Nirvair said but this time he received silence.

"Iknoor I can't stay at home the whole day,I can't sit idle,my mind doesn't allows it!"Nirvair said.

"Itne saal kaam kiya h tumne,kitna severe aur kesa yeh sab mein nhi jaanti,but now your body needs rest,and don't worry Chittappa bhi yahi keh rahe the aaj ki tumhe acche se recover hona chahiye aur uske baad hi job pr aa sakte ho"Iknoor said.

"Tumhe koi issue nhi h mera wapas woh kaam join krne se?"Nirvair asked after sometime.

"Mere problem hone se tum chod doge apni job?"She asked instead and again received silence as an answer.

"Then I don't have an issue"Iknoor said but heard him sigh.

"It's not like that Iknoor mei.....

"Shhh I understand, it's okay"She said keeping her palm over his lips in a way to stop him from saying anything.

She doesn't wants him to give her any explanation,this past month has made her understand a lot of things,one of those was to accept that fact that her husband was a RAW Agent and there was nothing she could do it change it.Plus after having a conversation with her Chittappa about Nirvair and his field of work she couldn't help but feel proud of him.

"Woh pichle 8 saalon se mere saath h kanna"Chittappa had said to her when Nirvair was hospitalized.

He had come to visit Nirvair but Iknoor had not allowed that because she was angry and hurt with the fact that he knew everything all along and had not disclosed it to her,forget telling her,he knew Nirvair was putting himself in danger by going to whatever village he had went and yet he allowed that and because of this Nirvair was laying in this condition now.

"Nīṅka eṉakku uṇmaiyaic colliyirukkaṇum cittappā (Aapko mujhe sab sach bata dena tha Chittappa)"Iknoor said as she stared at him with hurt and disbelief.

How can her own Chittappa hide this from her?

He knew Nirvair's true identity and he hid it from her all along.

"Woh bht accha ladka h Kanna,uss jesa ladka tujhe iss janam mein kabhi nhi mil sakta h"Chittappa said as he tried to make her understand how good Nirvair was.

Iknoor wasn't against Nirvair in this,she was against her Chittappa.She had known Nirvair was a good guy all along,even when she was hurt because of him she couldn't blame him or accuse him of being a bad guy.

"Hum jis profession mein h waha aksar apni jaan ko jhokhim mein daalke bhi hame apna kaam Krna padta h..... it's difficult for you to understand but when we are at our work we tend to forget our personal lives,relations, emotions, everything "Chittappa.

"Meine usse uss gaav mein isliye jaane diya tha because he is my best agent.....and yes I knew he could have been in danger but I also knew that if someone could do that job then it was only him....I didn't think as your Chittappa,I thought as a RAW Officer "Chittappa said honestly,his eyes showing no remorse or no guilt,it almost felt as if he actually was emotionless in this moment.

"I know tum mujhe apna gunehgar manogi,pr trust me Kanna mein kabhi tumhara bura nhi chahunga, Nirvair waqai mein tumhare liye bht acha h,koi aur kabhi uss jesa nhi bann sakta"Chittappa said.

"Tum kabhi mere reasons nhi samajh paogi,pr bas ek baat yaad rakhna,tumhare Chittappa kabhi tumhari zindagi dukhi nhi kr sakte"Her Chittappa said as he stood up and patted her head and left without meeting Nirvair.

She was right at her stand to be angry with him,he had hid something so important from her after all.

She knew Nirvair was the best for him even if now she knows what he had kept hidden from her all along.

Was she supposed to hate him because of this?

No

How could she?

She had not loved him for his job,she had loved him for what he truly was so now knowing he was in a different profession from what she knew can't make her hate him or unlove him.

Her feelings weren't attached to his profession or his work life,it was attached to his real self.