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Kiaan, Izna, Maan, and Ezra are at the hospital. Izna and Ezra are getting treatment. Their husbands are standing beside them while holding their women. Izna has a bandage on her hand because of the gun shot and Ezra has on her leg as she sprained her leg

"You okay?" Kiaan asked Izna softly. She nodded her head positively

"Ezra?" Kiaan asked Ezra as her bed is also near to Izna

"Ji Bhai but it's just paining a little" Ezra said while wiping her tears

"Haan aur maat mano meri baat" Ayushmaan said frustratedly while rolling his eyes as he remembered he clearly instructed her not to come out of the class

( yes don't listen to me)

"Tumhari kounsi baat nahi maani maine hnn?" She said while hiccuping and wiping tears which are flowing continuously

(Which advice of yours did I not follow?)

"Kounsi maani hai aaj tak wo batao pehle" Maan asked her

(Which one do you heard till today, tell me that first)

"Don't irritate her Ayush she's already in pain" Kiaan warned him

"Bhaiiiii" Ayushmaan said in a irritating tone

Just then a nurse bought injections to give Izna and Ezra. Both looked terrified looking at the injection. The nurse first went to Izna. Ezra felt relieved but who's gonna tell her that she is next

Izna held Kiaan's hand tightly and started shaking her head negatively

"I won't take the injection" Izna muttered to Kiaan. He understood that she was scared of the injection

"Nothing will happen buttercup. Trust me I am here na" Kiaan gently stroked her hair and spoke softly with love. A tear fell from her eye, and he wiped it instantly.

"Shh calm down meri jaan" Kiaan said softly

Then he gently pulled her head to his chest and covered her eyes with his hand.

"Close your eyes and focus on me, Buttercup" he said softly and signaled the nurse to give the injection.

The nurse nodded and gave the shot. Izna winced at the pain, letting out a small cry as she grabbed onto Kiaan's arm tightly. Meanwhile, Kiaan kept stroking her hair and comforting her, saying,

"Everything is fine, Buttercup. I'm here with you"

"Look it's done. It's for the pain relief jaan. The injection was necessary or else I wouldn't have forced you for the things which you wouldn't like. And I am so sorry meri jaan I wasn't there to protect you but trust me whoever shot you, I'll personally kill him" Kiaan said with a apology and determination in his voice

Izna felt overwhelmed of his care. She instantly hugged his chest. He kept on stroking her hairs and back and lastly he pecked her forehead with love and adoration

Meanwhile on the other hand,

"Maan chal chalte hai, now the bandage is done na" Ezra said hurriedly trying to escape the hospital as fast as she can

(Maan, come let's go)

"Arey ruk" Maan held her shoulders and made her sit back

(Hey wait)

"Ma'am give me your hand" The nurse asked Ezra

"Wh-why?" Ezra asked while stuttering

"Obviously to give injection tera rishta mangne thodi" Maan replied mockingly instead of nurse

"Haan toh tu lele itna h shoq hai toh" Ezra replied to Maan with so done face. He just rolled his eyes and gestured to the nurse to proceed with her part of work

(If you want it so badly? Then why won't you take it?)

"Ye-yee" Ezra tried to threaten nurse nervously when Ezra noticed she was coming towards her

(He-hey)

"Jungli billi apni harkatein sambhal ye hospital hai tera sasural nahi" Maan muttered in her ear trying to make her understand

(Jungli billi, take care of your actions, this is a hospital, not your in-laws)

"Ezra nothing will happen yaar. Look now even Izna took, right? It's for your own good, okayy?" Kiaan tried to explain Ezra in his sweet voice as possibly

"You're still the same. As a kid, you were scared of injections, lizards, and everything else, and even now, nothing has changed" Maan said laughingly

Ezra glared at him as if saying-

'I'll eat you alive'

"Just let me get out of this hospital, and you're done for real" Ezra warned him.

"Alright, alright. Just get the injection and feel better first. After that, do whatever you want meri jungli billi.

I am all yours to do whatever you want" Maan replied with a smirk.

He signaled the nurse to give the injection, but Ezra noticed it.

As soon as she saw the nurse coming towards her, she pushed Maan, got off the bed, and tried to run. But because of her sprained leg, she couldn't run far and fell down to the ground

"Ouch!" she screamed in pain.

"Ezra!" Maan, Kiaan, and Izna shouted her name in panic.

Maan ran to her instantly. He bent down and picked her up. He looked at her face. Her eyes were shut tight,

and tears were running down continuously from the pain.

He carried her in his arms and gently placed her back on the bed

"Now sit still, okay?" Maan said sternly though his heart was aching seeing her in this condition

He held her close to him to calm her down and signaled the nurse to give the injection.

When the nurse gave her the injection, Ezra started crying loudly.

"It's done now. See? It's over. Why are you still crying?" Maan asked her while wiping her tears

"It hurts, you idiot" Ezra said while crying loudly and hitting on hai chest. It was a complete Chaos in the hospital because of them two

Kiaan and Izna looked at them lovingly and laughingly though Izna was herself in pain as she was also injured that to shot from the gun

Kiaan saw Izna smiling, and for a moment, it felt like everything around him stopped. Her smile was so beautiful that it brought a sense of peace to his heart, as if it could erase all the negativity in his world

Deep inside, he silently prayed

'please god protect her always in any circumstances. She doesn't deserve any of this pain. Please protect her'

In that moment, Kiaan felt like his purpose was to ensure her happiness and safety, no matter what.

Just then his phone rang, it was from babasaheb. He excused himself and went outside to pick the call

"Ji baba?" Kiaan questioned after receiving the call

"Kiaan what the hell I am hearing? What's this attack and all in our college? Who are they?" Babasaheb asked furiously

"I don't know Baba, currently I am in hospital. I will find out whoever is behind this, don't worry" Kiaan replied calmly

"Yeah okay. I trust you beta and why hospital? you guys are safe right?" Babasaheb asked being concerned

"Ji baba it's just Izna and Ezra got injured" He informed

"Well I don't care about that traitor daughter whether she fvcking die or live" hearing negative words about his wife, Kiaan's blood boiled

He was about to reply to him just then someone called babasaheb

"Okay I will take my leave now. After two days I'll come back till then take care of the things" Babasaheb said and hung up the call

Kiaan stood there and felt a tight knit in his chest. He was scared for the unknown future

"Kiaan what are you doing there? Come let's go. I have taken care for the bills and all" Ayushmaan said, breaking the chain of thought of Kiaan. He nodded his head

All four of them left towards haveli. Gayatri and lilavati came running. Their expressions looked tensed as they also got to know about the attack

Maan had carried Ezra in his arms, whereas Kiaan was holding Izna carefully not to hurt her hand

"Oh my god, bacche aap log thik ho na" gayatri asked concernly

(Children, are you guys fine?)

"Put both of them here" lilavati said in the same concern tone referring to the sofa. Kiaan and Maan made them sit on the sofa.

"Yes, maa and badi maa, we are perfectly fine now. They got hurt, the dressing is done. Let them rest now," Ayushmaan said. Gayatri and lilavati nodded their head positively

"Where is Agni and Rakshit?" Gayatri asked. Kiaan and Maan looked towards each other

"Umm maa they are also fine. They will be home soon" Kiaan replied

"Accha okay. Till then we will make something good and healthy for you all" Gayatri said

"We will be back" Kiaan said referring to him and Maan. They both left outside but not before having a glance of their wives

Here outside,

"Ayush call rakshit and ask where he is, till then I'll call Izna's bodyguards" Kiaan said. Ayushmaan agreed and called Rakshit

"Where are you?" Ayushmaan asked as soon as he received the call

"I'm in the basement" Rakshit replied

"And what about Agni?" Ayushmaan asked

"She's here too" Rakshit answered

"Alright, Kiaan and I are coming" Ayushmaan said and hung up the call

Kiaan called Dhruv.

"Did you check the CCTV?" Kiaan asked as soon as Dhruv answered.

"Yes, sir. And we have also caught the person who shot Izna ma'am" Dhruv replied.

"Great. Bring him to the basement" Kiaan instructed.

"Yes sir" Dhruv said, and Kiaan hung up the call

"Let's go to the basement" Kiaan and Maan said to each other at the same time. They both nodded and headed to the basement on Kiaan's bike

~~~

Meanwhile here in the basement

"How did you catch him alone? And how did you know the real attacker" Rakshit asked Agni while looking at the guy lying injured on the chair as Agni had shot him in his leg

"Aise h akele iss mafia world mein guzara nahi hota mera. Jalwa hai hamara" Agni said proudly.

(I could have not survived in this mafia world all alone. I have dominance- not sure about the translation for jalwa hai hamara)

Rakshit smirk grew hearing her words. He looked at the expression of 'proud of you my girl'

Just then Dhruv and Rudra entered with a man who was badly injured and had tied handcuffs

"Who is he?" Rakshit asked Dhruv and Rudra

"My culprit" Kiaan replied while entering in his authoritative deep voice

Inside the basement, Kiaan took out his gun and immediately fired multiple shots to the man which Dhruv and Rudra caught and brought inside.

'The consequence of trying to hurt my buttercup' he thought to himself, then blew the smoke coming out of the gun

He looked towards Dhruv and Rudra without wasting a second he shot both of them in their hands

"This is for not protecting her. You have to bear what she is going through now" Kiaan said with a straight face

All people present there looked at him with a shocked face. Dhruv and Rudra cried out of pain. Their blood was oozing out

"Both of you go and get treated yourselves. Get back to work from tomorrow onwards" Kiaan told Dhruv and Rudra

"Ye-yes sir" they both said together and went outside, still crying internally because of pain

"What should we do with him now?" Maan asked everyone present there -Agni, Rakshit, and Kiaan, while pointing at the man who is lying lifelessly

"Agni will speak for that" Kiaan suggested. Maan and Rakshit looked towards her

"He has Eagle tattoo on his neck guys. I checked that" Agni informed

"What really?" Rakshit said and went immediately to check and it was there. Rakshit agreed through his eyes

"Let him regain consciousness first. we will get information from him later" Kiaan said

Everyone agreed

"Alright, let's go home for now. I'm really hungry" Maan said

"You both go ahead. I need to talk to Agni about something. We will come later" Rakshit said, looking intensely into Agni's eyes.

The two nodded and left for the haveli.

As soon as they were gone, Rakshit grabbed Agni by the neck and pinned her against the wall

"How dare you haan?" Rakshit asked her furiously

"How dare you pull off such a big stunt on your own? I told you I would bring him to you. Why don't you ever listen to me? What if something had happened to you?" Rakshit asked angrily.

Agni gestured for him to let go of her neck. Realizing it, Rakshit quickly removed his hand.

"But I'm fine, aren't I? And besides, I have handled much bigger missions than this that too all alone and succeeded too" Agni said proudly.

"That was when you were alone. Now I am with you. Hamesha" Rakshit said with determination

(Forever)

"Huh? Hamesha?" Agni asked mockingly

(Huh? Forever)

"forever is an illusion. A lie. Come out of it love"

Agni replied. Hurt was evident in her eyes

"Listen Mi vida, I don't know what you've been through in your past life, but now I'm here with you. The purpose of this marriage is to help each other. I'll help you take your revenge, and you help me to find my sister my Twinkle. Whatever little information you have, tell me. I'm with you" Rakshit said sincerely

"ye jo tumhe lagta haina ki hum dono ke raaste aur maqsad alag hai ek h nikla toh kya karoge?" Agni asked with no expression on her face

(What will you do if our paths and goals turn out to be the same?)

"What do you mean?" Rakshit asked her blankly

~~~

Here in the haveli

"DIPTI" Gayatri yelled at dipti's name as she was about to take gulab jamun from the dining table

"Maaa. Heart attack de diya aapne" Dipti complaint

(you gave me a heart attack)

"How many times I have scolded you. First wash your hands before you taking anything from the dining table or else atleast take it in a seperate bowl for you then have it" Gayatri scolded

"Leave it bhabhi, We are all family here, so let her eat directly from the table" Lilavati said, stepping out of the kitchen to defend Dipti

"Exactly, see, chachi! Maa is always scolding me, but only you love me" Dipti said, whining like a child.

"And what about me? Don't I love you?" Kiaan's voice came from behind.

Kiaan and Maan were entering the haveli.

"And me?" Maan asked too.

"Yes, yes, you all do-except my strict maa" Dipti said laughingly

"You are all spoiling her" Gayatri said

Kiaan and Maan looked around the entire hall, searching for their wives.

"Where's Izna?"

"Where's Ezra?"

They both asked at the same time, each saying their wife's name.

"I mean, Ezra too"

"I mean, bhabhi too"

They quickly tried to cover up their words.

All the women started laughing.

"Aren't the brothers sounding a bit too rhyming today, Lilavati?" Gayatri teased

"Yes, bhabhi" Lilavati replied, laughing.

"Well, it makes sense for Kiaan to ask about his wife, but what's with you beta ji? Since when do you care about Ezra?" Lilavati asked Maan.

"Uh, no, I mean... I just..." Maan stammered, too embarrassed to answer. Everyone laughed harder as Maan's ears turned red

"What's happening?" Ezra asked as she walked in, a sweet smile was on her face

Izna was following behind her. Kiaan and Izna shared a loving eye contact

"Arey what are you doing. Tujhse ek jagah baitha nahi jata kya. Wo langdi tang leke bhi chal rahi hai" Maan scolded Ezra and made her sit on the dining table

(Hey, what are you doing? Can't you sit in one place? You're walking around even with your injured leg)

Everyone took their seats and started eating. They laughed and shared moments with each other, enjoying the meal as there were no toxic people around. Then they departed to their respective rooms

Maan carried Ezra in her arms and took her to the bed

"Tujhse nahi lagta tu mujhe aaj kuch zyada h apne godh mein nahi uthara?" Ezra asked as soon as they entered in her room

(Don't you think you've been carrying me in your arms a bit too much today?)

"Toh kya hua? You are injured that's why I am carrying. It would have been difficult to climb stairs with that injured leg, that's why. Otherwise, I don't have any interest in carrying you around" Maan replied

(So what?)

"Yeah yeah" Ezra said while rolling her eyes

"And by the way, this isn't the first time I'm taking care of you. I took care of you even as a child. Everyone knows the type of bond we share. Yes, we fight, but we also know when to take care of each other and when to take a stand for each other" Maan said.

"That's different now, Maan. Childhood was different"

"Nothing's different. It's just your imagination. After a few years, if you come back you thought everything will change? Nothing will change. Everything will stay the same. I still hate you like I did when we were kids, understood, jungli billi?" Maan said, trying to lighten the awkward situation, not wanting to talk about their hidden marriage. Ezra understood.

"Okay, now go, I need to sleep" she said.

"Yes" Maan replied, closing all the windows, turning off the lights, setting the AC to medium, and closing the door before leaving

Ezra and Maan both took a deep breath. Ezra inside the room and Maan while outside the door

Here in the IZAAN Room:

Izna was sleeping in the right side of the bed. Kiaan came out of the bathroom after changing into comfortable clothes

"Suno sleep at the right side" Kiaan said to Izna

"Why?" Izna asked being clueless

"Because I will not be able to hug you while sleeping, if you sleep on the left side" He replied innocently while making her red out of shyness

"Wait-" Kiaan said and came towards her. He carried her in his arms and took her to right side of the bed

He carefully laid her down on the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then he settled on the right side, pulled Izna into his arms, gently stroked her hair, and tried to sleep. Izna felt overwhelmed and peaceful while lying in his arms

"Wo log kon the?" After a brief seconds Izna asked Kiaan

(Who were they?)

"You just try to heal your wound buttercup. Rest I will take care"