"You...I...I knew you would come back...ju..just for me. I knew you can never break your promise, Love,"Azel said holding his hand...while smiling through her tears.

Her hold on him was strong..as if she'll lose him the moment she'll lose her grip on him.

Her puffy red eyes and pained expressions were screaming the desperation and agony she was feeling inside.

But Rehan...gave her a blank look as if he was expecting this sort of reaction from her. His eyes were void of emotions.

"I...I love you...very very very much. Pl...please don't do this with me again. I got so scared...I..."she was ranting nonstop when suddenly the hand she was holding or to be precise clutching onto was snatched away from her.

Due to the sudden reflex she got imbalanced a little...but she was cautious enough to compose herself quickly.

She looked towards him...only to see a pair of emotionless orbs which were looking at her with nothing but emptiness...his blank eyes were just like a white paper without a single line on it.

"R...Re...?"She stuttered not knowing what to say or how to converse with him. She again tried to touch his hand which he immediately moved away from her.

And at that moment a gush of numerous emotions played into his eyes. But the most surprising part was...she was unaware of any of these emotions. These were all so new for her....which surprised her more. Because it has never happened before that she couldn't understand him even after looking into his eyes. Neither, she has seen him giving her such looks before.

"Lun...."before she could even utter a single word..."But I don't love you,"his words broke her into so many tiny little pieces which were perhaps impossible to glue back together. She couldn't believe her own ears...an unknown shiver ran down her spine...scaring her to her bones. Salty hot liquids dripped down her eyes...clouding her whole vision. Her ocean blue eyes could truly be compared with the sea water today.

Azel tried to control her sobs...but it seemed uncontrollable. Today she felt betrayed not only by her own emotions but also by that person whom she loved more than her very ownself.

While Rehan...who used to get crazy if she even shed a single tear was totally calm today...as if all these didn't matter to him anymore. She didn't matter to him anymore.

His always soft eyes felt sharper than a knife today...piercing through her soul. It was the same orbs which used to look at her with adoration...but now those eyes were void of any kind of affection. Only looking at her with a look that was quivering her soul.

She tried to find whether he was joking with her or not..but she found none, not even a single trace of hint that would indicate that he was joking. And that was enough to break down her entire world in front of her own eyes.

A broken promise…a wounded heart…an incomplete relationship…and a profound hollowness was just left for her to bear all alone.

Did GOD really make her alone? Wasn't he going to support her...stand by her side through every thick and thin....just like he had promised her? Was all of that just meant to be broken? Or, will the promises that were wishpered with love ever get fulfilled?

Author's POV:

Two small feet could be seen running in a hall way...while a chirpy giggle was echoing everywhere.

The feet stopped in front of a door for a minute or two, before it was pushed open with a little creak as a beautiful pair of doe black eyes peeked inside the room. The eyes held the utmost innocence in them...while mischievousness was seen dancing on the lips.

"One, two, thlee, fol, seven, nine, ten,"although there was a finger on the lips as a sliencer but the childish counting could still be heard quite loud and clear.

A slight dimple was seen on the rosy cheeks of the child...making her to look too adorable just like a cute little doll. She tucked a few hairstrands of her silky shoulder length hair behind her ear and smiled more widely making the dimple on her cheeks to appear more prominently.

She started climbing the few stairs placed in front of the vast round shaped bed over which someone was sleeping peacefully.

"Vaw,"with a loud mewl, the little demon lifted up the blue colored duvet from over that person's head....planning to ruin the peaceful sleep of that poor soul. Although the duvet was quite heavy for our notorious little one to handle but there was a victorious smile adorning her face thinking about her accomplishment in the mission for which she was there.

But alas! Her smile wiped off getting replaced with a confused look as she looked downwards at the bed only to see.....THE PILLOWS instead of the certain someone she expected here to be.

Exactly at that moment,"VAW,"another loud mewl was heard. But this time it wasn't her. It was someone else...who scared the life out of the mischievous queen. Who also started screaming in response,"Ahhhhhhhh."

A big pair of hands covered her mouth trying to suppress her screams,"Shh...shh, it's me...it's me...your Princess,"here came another girl in the picture...who might not be the exact replica of the little one...but yes, her small round face...pointy nose...pink lips...silky hair and doe eyes were quite similar with the kid.

Yet they had their own differences...as in their eyes were same...the same doe eyes....the same innocence in them...the same mischievousness...the same tenderness and compassion. But the difference was the color of their eyeball. While the little one had a pair of dark black eyes, the older one had a pair of ocean blue eyes.

Hearing Azel, realization hit the baby like a truck as her eyes widen,"Plincessyoualeheleyoualevelybadyouscaledme,"and she started speaking gibberish as her mouth was still covered by the other one.

"What? What did you say??"Azel asked not understanding a word of what Twinkle just uttered.

Poor Twinkle facepalmed herself at the foolishness of such an older fellow. So, finding no other way, she took the responsibility to insert some sense in the empty mind of her one and only Princess...she removed the hand which was covering her mouth till now and said with a huff,"I said, you ale vely bad, Plincess. You scaled me,"she gave Azel a glare to which Azel couldn't help but smile sheepishly.

"So, I'm bad now, huh? Who came to scare me first...hmm...hmm? Wasn't it you, my dear little munchkin?"this time Azel gave the Twinkle a sly smirk.

"So what, Wild cat? She is my lovely baby. She can do everything she wishes to do. What if she did a little bit of mischief. But will you also do those with her? Look how much you scared my baby?"Suddenly another voice could be heard in the room which was of a male. Azel facepalmed herself...knowing what's gonna happen now.

"Haaa, Leeeeeeee,"Twinkle again screamed...but this time with excitement as soon as her eyes landed upon the phone kept on the stand where Rehan was connected with them via video call. He smiled widely looking at this cute little girl with nothing but pure love,"Yes, my sweetheart. How're you?"He asked her sweetly.

"I'm not fine. Why you leave me and go so so fal? You ale not even coming today for the ding" *(Why did you leave me and go so faraway? You aren't even coming for the wedding.)* She asked innocently...in a minute the whole environment turned gloomy.

Rehan sighed...but before he could say something Azel picked up the little one in her arms,"Little Princess, your Re has gone there to bring a lots and lots of chocolates for you. So what he couldn't come for the wedding...he'll surely come before the new baby comes home,"she tried to console the now emotional child who looked at her with sparkling eyes.

"Leally?"She*(Twinkle)* asked excitedly.

"Yes, Baby...really. One day you'll wake up from your sleep and see that you're in your Re's arms. He'll come and surprise you very soon,"Azel assured Twinkle who now seemed very happy with the newfound information.

While Rehan was out of words...he just kept looking at this girl who supported him through all his thick and thins...backed him up always without even expecting anything except love from him. She accepted him the way he was with all his flaws...she completed him with her love. In her eyes, he was the most perfect man in this world...it just doesn't matter to her, how many drawbacks he has. He loves her and that's what matters to her.

He must've done something great to get her in his life...otherwise, after knowing his reality loving him was a faraway thought just being in touch with him is such a dangerous matter.

"But I'm not fine, Le. Plincess scaled me today. I came to wakey wakey...but she wasn't hele. Then she came flom my back and vaw so loudly. I got so scaled,"the drama queen made a crying face as if she were about to cry anytime soon. Here Azel who was the older girl of our story....gasped loudly. Her eyes widened in shock seeing how the tiny baby was acting.

"You little liar!"Before she could even complete she heard a strict voice.

"What's this, Ms. Azel Edward? How can you scare my baby like that?"On the other side of the phone Rehan spoke out trying to act very strict with Azel.

"That's great. Both uncle and niece has paired up to trouble the poor aunt. Nobody just cares for me. Ahe...ahe! Nobody loves me,"Azel also started her acting.

"No..no..no, Plincess. I...I luv you. Pease don't say,"Twinkle tried to convince her aunt sincerely...cause she couldn't see her aunt sad at any cost.

"See, I'm giving you kissie,"saying she kissed both the cheeks of Azel and looked towards her with a hope that it might reduce the sad lady's sadness.

"You always know how to convince me, don't you?"Azel raised an eyebrow at the little human being in front of her.

"Yes, because I'm Twink, na? I've my ways,"Twinkle said proud fully.

Azel looked astonished for a moment hearing the talks of the toddler who just now said the same line with the same attitude just like her mother.

"And from whom did you learn that?"Azel was curious now over that topic which she already knew.

"Of coulse, flom Mumma. Papa says Twink is like mumma...so Twink will have to be like mumma, na??"Twinkle replied with a serious tone.

"Oh is it?? So, Twink wanna be like mumma??"Azel again asked with mischievousness laced in her voice.

Our naive Twinkle nodded her head innocently only for her to get attacked with the weapon called 'Tickles'.

The whole room echoed with the laughter of these two girls of different age.

"No, Plin...heheh....cess...don't...tickle,"It was very difficult for Twinkle to utter those words due to her uncontrollable laughter.

"Big B*(Twinkle's father & Azel's elder brother)* says it right, you're exactly the carbon copy of Sisila*(Twinkle's mother & Azel's sister-in-law)*,"Azel also said in between her laughters.

"Hehehe....leave me...Plincess. Le... hahaha..ave me,"Twinkle ran away from the room and out of Azel's clutches while laughing hard.

Azel was still laughing....she loves her little doll very much. Azel treats Twinkle as her daughter...although she still didn't experience motherhood. But Twinkle made her feel how wonderful it is to become a mother. She vividly remembers the day this little angel came into this world as well as in their lives. She just can't forget how much happy her brother, Hrew, was when he came outside the operation theatre.

His eyes were glistened with tears while his lips were stretched out in a wide smile delivering the news to the whole family. And not to mention her Sisila, Tune....she was going crazy in happiness.

And in a few more months this house was gonna get its second bundle of joy. Azel was just so happy with everything in life.

What more someone needs to stay happy in their lives? A beautiful family, a big group of friends and him...her world...her source of happiness...her reason to breathe...the only person for whom her heart beats frantically...it's him, her love...her Lunatic.

"What happened, Mr. Rehan Tyler? Where are you so lost?"Azel asked Rehan who seemed lost in his own world.

"In you, soon to be Mrs. Tyler,"Rehan said with mesmerized eyes. The very next moment Azel's cheeks turned red...letting Rehan know that she was blushing.

"Haye, don't blush like this, Wild cat. Otherwise, my heart might come out of my ribcage, looking at your adorable face,"his voice was laced with nothing but love...pure love.

He was rubbing his chest while looking at his wild cat...maybe it was a futile way to stop the erratic beatings of his heart. But nothing was working cause Azel never stopped blushing.

She looked at him with her love filled eyes which were now adorned in shyness.

Suddenly Azel's smiling face transfomed into a pained face"I miss you...miss you so much, Lunatic."

Rehan's heart churned in pain seeing his chirpy bird sad...that too for him.

"I miss you too, Wild cat. I miss you so very much. Everyday I open my eyes with a hope that everything would go back to the time we were together...so close to each other...we could touch each other whenever we wanted to...we could go on dates...I could lay my head on your lap and you would run your fingers through my hair...everyday I would wait for you outside your uni to drop you to your home. And you would come outside of your uni with a bright smile adorning your face..not the forced smile that I get to see nowadays rather the genuine one seeing which everytime my heart skips it's beats.

After that you would run towards me just to engulf me in a tight hug. My heart would feel the beats of yours. We both would get lost in the little world of ours where no one can invade or separate us from each other ever. I just wish everything to be a nightmare...that I would wake up from my sleep and would see that everything is just fine...and I would be still in London. But nothing of that sort happens. While each time the reality hits me more hard. I...."by this time Rehan was in tears conveying each of his feelings to her.

Azel wiped her own tears as she tried to give him her assuring smile...which didn't reach her eyes. He also tried to lift up his mood so that she doesn't get sad.

After all it's the thing they both have been doing from past 2 years. They both try to act normal and happy in front of each other just to make sure that the distance between them doesn't cause more pain to the other person than it already is. But who were they kidding? When they both were well aware of the fact that it's nothing more than just a farce.

"Everything is fine...I'm fine" are the biggest lies of their lives which they tell each other on a daily basis with a hope that maybe one day the lie would get true...and everything would be really fine.

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Hey dearies,

I'm a new author in this platform and this is my new story. I hope all of you liked the chapter. Please don't forget to leave your valuable opinions. If there is any mistake or you guys have some requirements regarding the story please share your thoughts with me...I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. Last but not the least, this is a sequel of my previous book which is currently posted on Kongfubooks. If any of you're interested then you can read two of my stories,"Our Faith" & "The Tale of Hearts" from there. Please don't worry as it's a sequel cause I'll explain everything thoroughly and would try my best so that none of my readers face any problems. Still I'm always available for all of your queries. All I need is your support and participation in the journey of Azel and Rehan.

Hehe, guess I started blabbering nonstop. Okay, I would stop it now...just wanna say lots of love from me to all of you.

Azel wiped her own tears as she tried to smile once again.

"I know it's not easy for you, sweetheart....neither it's for me. It's been two years you'd to leave from here. It's been two years since I last saw you in person...it's been two years I touched you, Re. And it would be a lie if I say that it didn't hurt back then or it doesn't hurt now.

Cause it hurts...it hurts like hell. Till this date it hurts just like the time you'd left. I know you also feel this same pain inside you every single moment. No matter we don't disclose our pain...thinking it would hurt the other person more. But we both are well aware of each other's condition.

So many things changed...me...you...but two things didn't change even a bit. One our love...and second this pain of staying away from each other.

But see the bright side of it, Re....this distance couldn't drive us away from one another except for strengthening our bond more and more.

Yeah, we might be so so faraway right now....we might be in different continents...we might've a time difference in between us...we might be having various difficulties to deal with everyday...but could all these differences become successful in drawing the partition line in between us?"Azel asked Rehan...who shook his head in the negative letting her know his answer.

"Do you love me a little less just because now we've a distance of maybe GOD knows how many miles or is it kilometers, uff I don't know?"Azel was hell confused in calculating the distance parameter. She scratched the back of her head while a cute pout made it's way to her lips...making her to look adorable.

Rehan chuckled at his crazy Wild cat. Aww! She is looking so damn adorable...how can someone be this cute even without doing absolutely nothing.

Azel frowned when she saw him laughing at her,"Why're you laughing?"

Before Rehan could say anything, Azel's eyes widen as she realized something that made her to gasp loudly,"Haa! Are you making fun of me?"

"You...you bad guy? I...I won't talk with you...you're so bad,"she gave him a death glare.

It was now time for Rehan to widen his eyes as her stuttering made him aware of the fact that she was getting angry now.

"No...no, Baby. I wasn't making fun of you, can I ever do that? Don't you know your Lunatic? I can never make fun of the QUEEN OF MY HEART, can I?"He intentionally avriviated the 'Queen of my heart' part knowing full well that it would melt the angry lava bubbling inside her heart just like ice cream.

And just like he thought, Azel blushed hard hearing him,"Really?"

Rehan couldn't help but smile at the innocence of her.

She is always like this. Other's might think she is a short tempered girl...but they don't know her heart...which is as soft as a cotton candy.

It's true, she gets angry very easily and sometimes at the most silliest topics. But at the same time, a sincere apology and a few loving words can vanish away her anger like it was never there in the first place. She is just a child from within, who doesn't need much...just a bit of love, care and consolation from her loved ones.

For her the quote sits perfectly,"Treat her like a queen and she'll make you her crown. Love her the way she is...and she'll love you more than you, yourself can love ever."

"Of course, my Sweetheart,"I gave her a sincere smile making her to smile more sweetly at me.

"But then why did you laugh at me?"She frowned at me remembering it once again.

"It's because you were looking so cute being a confused soul,"I replied and again laughed. She pouted hearing my reply.

"What can I do? I don't remember the scale parameters...I don't know which is the big one?"She huffed being annoyed. And by her looks I'm sure she just wanna kill the inventor of the parameters.

She never really liked maths during her school days and parameters are something she hates from the core of her heart.

"Okay, okay...my crazy wild cat...there's no need to kill the already dead inventor in your mind now. It'll be miles...we've a distance of miles in between us. And no...doesn't matter the distance in between us is of meters, kilometers or miles. I still love you the same just like the times when I fell for you,"I told her my true feelings...though I know she already knows it all.

But expressing your love to your lover is something so special and a beautiful feeling for the couple.

And I saw her eyes glimmering with unexplainable joy and love for me. That's exactly what I was talking about.

"Actually...there's a correction I don't love you the same like the first times,"I said with a mischievous glint.

She gave me a mischievous smirk as well,"Rather I love you more and more and more with each passing day,"both of us said the same words at the same time.

And with that we both started giggling...we might've said these same words to each other for a million of times but these words are something that we can never get tired of saying or listening to the rest of our lives except for feeling immense bliss and happiness.

"Then who said we're apart from each other? All you're doing isn't for you only rather it's for us...cause at the end of everything, it's all for a better tomorrow...a better future, right?"Sometimes I don't know how can someone be so childish and so mature at the same time. All I know is my baby has really grown up to be a more mature person. And her that childish side is only for her loved ones who would never judge her.

"Do you know how much I love you?"I asked her as she winked at me,"I do, Mr. Tyler...as you know I'm such an intelligent girl."

I coughed teasingly at her statement,"I'm not sure whether I can really agree with that statement of yours or not..."immediately the bright smile wiped off her face as she widened her eyes in disbelief...and the very next moment she glared at me with her doe eyes.

"You...you're the fool one here. You're a brainless creature. You...you're a monkey, a cockroach, a...a big tailed fox...a scratchy chimpanzee, a.....ugghhh...why don't I remember the names of other creatures?"She slapped her own forehead out of too much frustration.

I couldn't help but laugh more while provoking her a little more,"I already told you, this is the reason why I can't agree with that statement of your being the intelligent girl,"she flared her nose at my this outrageous statement.

If this would've been some cartoon then I'm sure that till now smoke would've started coming out of her ears.

I just love to tease her like this...I love to annoy her and then console her lovingly.

"YOU?? I'm not talking with you ever, huh,"she immediately turned her face away from me...but didn't cut the call.

And I again started to console my Baby...that's how our relationship is...we both are crazy and we both know that very well also but we just can't help it.

...........Time skipped..........

Rehan's POV:

"Sir, we're going to land in the London airport in an hour,"one of the aircraft crew informed me, as soon as I cut the call with my Wild cat.

I nodded at him as my happiness knew no bounds...finally! Finally I'm gonna see my Wild Cat and all of my family members after 2 long years. GOSH! Life is really unpredictable.

Few years back, never in my wildest dreams I had thought that there would be someone for me to fall in love with...for whom I would be this crazy. I never thought someone would become this important for me...for whom I would be ready to give up on anything or fight with everything.

But that's how life is...unpredictable. I still remember our first meeting vividly. Five years ago, I...

Author's POV:

Rehan closed his eyes while leaning his head on his seat and dived into the memory lane where he first met his Wild Cat.

Azel is the sister-in-law of Rehan's one and only best friend Tune. It might seem that they met each other in the wedding and fell in love..but it wasn't so simple as it seems.

Flashback of five years ago: *(Rehan's POV)*

I was at Tu's*(Tune)* house as uncle wasn't feeling well...at that time the door bell rang. I thought Tu's elder brother might've come home...so I went to open the door.

But..

before I could even realize who it was I bumped into someone,"Ouch,"she groaned in pain while rubbing her forehead whereas I also winced in pain,"Aiyaah."

"Are you blind?"Both of us asked in unison while looking towards each other.

"No, you're the blind one here,"again both of us said the same thing at once while glaring at each other.

"Re, who's at the door?"Tu's voice came from behind.

"It's some lunatic, Tu,"I said glancing at the small girl who reached till my shoulder blade...her eyes grew wide in shock.

And it didn't take her two seconds to glare at me...she flared her nose while pointing her finger towards me,"You're the lunatic. You're the mad, you're the crazy, you're the nuts and you're the insane, you're the.....argh,"she released a deep breath which I guess she forgot that she was even holding.

By then her whole face was red...I guess due to too much anger on me. And guess what I was really enjoying seeing her reactions. Her comical expressions were changing literally every second..making her to look adorable.

So to annoy her more I gave her sly smirk finding a new idea to piss her off,"You know all indicate only one word and that's lunatic. You didn't have to work so hard for the similar words of lunatic.

And guess, you forgot another similar word. Let me help you to recall, you're the psycho,"at first she gaped at me like a fish without water...I guessed she really didn't expect such a come back. Blinking her eyes several times she was trying to compose herself to shot back at me once again.

"YOU?"Her looks were telling me not to mess up with this little angry bird who was no less than a ticking time bomb. But I couldn't help it...it was just too fun to mess with her. I know she wanted to strangle me for the outrageous statement of mine.

"Yeah, what me?"But I was no less than her. I also showed my tongue to her making weird faces at her. It was too childish..I know. But who cares?

So basically our wild meeting was the reason why I call her as 'Wild Cat' and she calls me as 'Lunatic.'

*Flashback ended*

I smiled at our silly yet precious memories which is still fresh in my mind as if it's the matter of just yesterday. I usually forget normal things that I do in my daily life as well..but I don't know how do I manage to remember every single detail related to her this clearly. Maybe that's what they call the magic of love.

But sometimes these things scares me very much..I know I'm not perfect like any other person out there. I've a very poor memory. I don't remember things clearly...specially the dates, times, places, incidents. Nowadays I at times forget people as well. In the past it used to be hard for me to remember new faces even after meeting with them several times. It was still somehow okay as I was used to that problem and it was kind of under control. At least that's what my doctor had told me.

But nowadays everything seems so messed up...at times I forget people with whom I deal with almost everyday. Though the next moment I recognize them but I don't understand what's happening with me out of the blue. It wasn't like this before.

I don't know what kind of illness is this? And out of all the people why it's me? Why it has to be me...to have such an illness.

Wild Cat, my doctor, my bestie all of them says that it's fine...I'll get better with time. But is it true? Will I recover ever? Day by day this thing seems to consume me as a whole...and I don't know how to fix this?

At times I just feel so helpless...all of them says that it's normal..it can happen to anybody. But I know it better that things aren't that normal as it seems. I always feel as if there is more to the story which I'm unaware of.

But again there's nothing I can do about it...when every other person in my life says that it's nothing..I'm not sick. It's just a psychological term which would get better with time.

All of them probably aren't lying to me, right? Maybe it's just my instincts..my illusions...who knows?

Whatever it is I just hope that it doesn't ruin my life..my future with my Azel. Cause I can't survive without her. I love her too much..beyond anyone can ever imagine.