Chapter 15

Shivansh entered her apartment along with her. She went to the kitchen and brought a glass of water for him.

He picked the glass and forwarded it towards her.

“ It's for you”, She said to him.

“You need it more than me”, Shivansh said, looking in her eyes.

Her eyes got wet, understanding why he is here.

“ Come and sit here”, He said, making her sit beside him. 

“ Why are you crying?” He questioned her.

She burst into tears hearing his question. He held her hand, giving her support. 

“ Shh…. it's okay, relax!!”, he said, trying to make her calm.

“ I felt somewhere it was my mistake ... .I can't forget his eyes,who was looking at me hopefully, asking me to save him but I failed ... .I failed as a doctor”, Avni said, crying.

He hugged her close to his chest, rubbing her back, trying to make her calm.

“ Avni look at me”, he said, making her look at him.

He wiped her tears, softly.

“ It was not your mistake. We are doctors and not God,Avni. We try our best to save our patients but we can't go against destiny. It was his destiny, which no one can change. You have tried your best, haven't you?”, He asked her.

“ Yes”, she said, nodding her head.

“ Then why are you blaming yourself? This painful moment came in every doctor's life. Even though I had to face this in the past when my patient lost his life during surgery”, he told her the truth.

“ Really?”, Avni asked him.

“ Yes!! Death is an undeniable truth. The soon you will accept it, the easier your career will be. In a medical career,you just need to give your best and leave everything to destiny.”, he told her.

She thought about what he had said and nodded her head.

“ Thank you”, Avni said, giving him a genuine smile.

His heart skipped a beat, seeing her beautiful smile.

“My pleasure”, He replied to her.

Both of them get lost in each other's eyes for a few seconds when suddenly the doorbell rings, making them come out of their world.

They pulled away from each other, feeling a little embarrassed. 

Both of them got up from the couch. Avni went to open the door while Shivansh was standing in the hall area.

Shivansh saw her entering the hall with the same man, whom he hates most right now.

Shivansh looked at them with anger filled eyes.

“ He is?”, the man asked Avni, seeing him in her house.

“ He is Dr Shivansh, my Mentor and Dr Shivansh,he is Ronak, my cousin”, Avni said, introducing them.

Shivansh’s eyes widened hearing the word cousin.

“ So he is her cousin and not her boyfriend. How can you be so stupid?”Shivansh thought,cursing himself.

“ Hello”, Ronak said, extending his hand for a hand shake.

“ Hello”, Shivansh reciprocates,with a small smile.

“ I should take my leave now”, Shivansh said, ready to go away from there, trying to hide his embarrassment.

Avni went to see him off. She felt very light after talking with Shivansh.

Shivansh left her house with a wide grin on his lips. When he entered his house with a grin on his lips. His family members were a little shocked seeing him suddenly so happy.

“ Shivansh?”His father called him but he didn't listen, being lost in Avni’s thoughts and left from there without responding.

“ Mamu”, his three years old niece, Siya, said giggling, seeing him behaving funny. Siya was sitting in her grandfather’s lap, playing happily.

His father looked at him with wide eyes. His sister,Saanvi, was looking at him with narrow eyes.

His mother was happy, seeing her son smiling after a long time. 

“ What had happened to him? Why is he smiling like a fool??”, his father mumbled,which was heard by other family members.

“ I think something is wrong…. Usually men behave like this ,when they are in love ... .Does he get his dream girl?? Is my brother finally in love?”his sister asked, getting excited.

“ I hope this is the case. Now I can't wait more to see his marriage. Whenever we ask him about marriage, he used to avoid the topic”, his father said feeling frustrated.

“ I think now that day is not far away”, his mother said to them with a smile.

Shivansh entered the room and lay down on the bed with his phone in his hand, looking at Avni's pic which he had clicked secretly.

He was admiring her with his eyes and caressing her picture through the screen.

“ How stupid am I?? He is your cousin and I thought he is your boyfriend…..”,he said, talking to her pic.

“ I am really sorry for behaving rudely with you these days. But what should have I done? You know,when I thought you had no feelings for me and loved someone else, it brokes my heart. But now I can see some hope ... .I will apologise to you and soon confess my feelings before someone comes in between us”, he said, talking to her pic.

He was thinking about his future with her when he got a call from another branch of their hospital. They needed his assistant in an important case and they couldn't shift the patient, so they requested him to come here as soon as possible.

Having no option, Shivansh agreed and went to another city after informing his parents.

On the other side, Avni was sitting with Ronak, who was asking her what happened. He knew she had cried, seeing her swollen eyes.

“ It's nothing. I am completely okay”, Avni said, trying to avoid his question.

“ Don't lie Avni ... .I know you had cried before I came here. Did your Mentor say anything?? Why was he here at this time?”, Ronak asked her, feeling concerned about her.

“ Please tell me if there is any problem, otherwise I will be forced to call bhaiyus. Then they will be the one who will find out everything….” Ronak told her in a stern voice.

Having no option, Avni confessed everything to him about what happened today.

“ You should have called me”, Ronak said, giving her a hug.

“ It's okay. I am fine now…”, Avni said, hugging him back.