After leaving those two soldiers behind, Shiv and his group carried on with their journey. Ira was still unconscious. But they couldn"t afford to stop as their pursuers were right behind them.Shiv was worried, but at that moment he felt helpless as their only choice at that moment was to run away.
...
The hidden village was only a few hours away from the place where they were. Luckily they made to the hidden village safely by dusk and it looked like there was no one following them.
The people protecting the walls of the village, identified Shiv and the others and allowed them to enter.
Shiv carried Ira in his arms. She looked pale like a sheet of paper.
All the people surrounded Shiv and his group, "What happened to the Lady? Is she alright?"
"Yes... She only fainted... She will be fine after catching up a good amount of sleep..." Aditya tried his best to explain the situation at hand in a more simpler manner.
.....
Shiv carried her into the main house and went straight to Ira"s room. He carefully placed her on her bed and covered her with a warm blanket.
"She still hasn"t woke up.... According to that girl, who called herself Seal, Ira must have woken up by now...." Abhinav was confused as to why Ira was still unconscious.
"Where is Lady Ira? Lady Ira... What happened to her?? Will she be alright?? Lady Ira..."
Chahna rushed into the room and bombarded them with lots and lots of questions. She was so worried about Ira when she heard about her being kidnapped. She even blamed herself for a long time as if all that happened to Ira was her fault.
Chahna bawled her eyes out seeing Ira unconsciously lying on the bed. She went near her and hugged her.
"Ira... sorry it was my fault that you got kidnapped. If only I was glued by your side as usual, this might not have happened to you... Ira..."
Chahna for a moment forgot that she was in the presence of the Prince and the others. She called Ira in a friendly manner without any honorifics.
"Is she even aware of our presence?" Aditya asked out of curiosity. Abhinav shook his head indicating a "No".
Shiv and the others were taken aback by the girl"s intimate way of calling Ira"s name. Chahna gave no regard to any of them, she continued to bawl her eyes out holding onto Ira.
"Arg... So noisy..."
Everyone in the room was shocked for a minute before they could identify the voice.
It was Ira. She finally awoke.
Ira rubbed her sleepy eyes with the back of her hand cutely as she looked at Chahna and teased her as usual.
"You really do have a loud mouth! I applaud you!"
Chahna looked so happy. The moment she saw Ira open her eyes she pounced on her and gave her a huge bear hug.
Ira was a little surprised by the girl"s reaction. She was no longer sure, whether that girl was even aware that she was in front of the Prince and most of all, her crush!
Ira laughed hard as she returned her hug and whispered into her ear.
"Are you sure this is alright? Did you not notice the Prince and... "Your Veer"...."
Chahna: "...."
Chahna blushed hard and pushed Ira back. She was really not aware of their presence.
Chahna was just very very worried about Ira, that she could have least cared about anyone besides her at that moment.
Seeing the dumb expression on her face everyone in the room understood that Chahna was not aware of their presence, it hurt them a little bit...
She immediately went down on her knees and begged Shiv.
"I... deserve to be killed. I... Please forgive my insolence!"
Chahna started trembling from fear.
Ira sat up straight and hugged her from behind as she frowned at Shiv and the others.
"You guys are a big bully! Now, stop teasing my cutie pie!!"
Veer unconsciously laughed, "Cutie Pie? Hahaha."
Chahna blushed even harder after seeing the handsome Veer smile at her. Her heart was beating faster and faster.
Seeing those two girls reaction, n.o.body in the room could contain themselves from smiling.
Even Shiv didn"t mind. Seeing Ira, well and up was more than enough for him. He went close to the frowning girl and gently placed his big palm on her head, "I"m not bullying her. Don"t worry! Seeing you awake makes me so happy!!"
As he stroke her head with his big palm, he gave her an incredibly charming smile. His peculiar honey colored and sapphire blue eyes shined like a smallpiece of beautiful jewellery.
Being stared by those amazingly charismatic eyes, Ira couldn"t help but blush a little. She shyly avoided eye contact with him.
Unknowingly she tightened the grip on Chahna.
"Chi! Being single hurts. I don"t want to see anymore public display of affection!" Abhinav frowned a little as he muttered.
Aditya went behind him and placed his arm around Abhinav"s shoulder, "Yeah buddy, I completely understand your concerns. Why don"t we singles go and have some drink?"
"Sounds good! I"m in!"
....
In all this ruckus, Ira completely forgot that she was holding Chahna in her arms until Chahna tapped on her shoulders.
"Ira.. You are choking me...."
"OH MY G.o.d! I"m so sorry.... I didn"t mean to..." She completely did forgot about Chahna after all. She looked apologetic for choking her.
Chahna felt alive after being freed from her hard grip.
Veer helped her up and took her out, to let the two to be alone.
....
After what happened, Ira couldn"t help but blush harder.
"d.a.m.n, why did I do that? This is so embarra.s.sing!! I wish to bury myself into a hole....."
Her inner screams could not be heard by Shiv. He couldn"t help but smile at the girl"s cute reaction.
Seeing him smile made her head spin.
"I can"t take it anymore..... Someone save me!!"
Just like that, our pitiful Ira"s inner screams went unheard....