Light To Her Darkness

Hridhaan Mehra (Age:26):-This name itself sends a chill current down your spine.Hot like a greek god and can make any girl bend down on her knees but he never gave a damn to any girl.C.E.O.

of MEHRA Industries and LEAD SINGER of "Fascinating 5" music band.Cannot bare a single mistake in his bussiness, and that is why Rude and arrogant are the other names for him in the bussiness world.But only his closed ones' knows that what pure soul he is.Love his close ones to moon and back and can not bare a single scratch on them, which includes his mother and His friends "Fascinating 5".Very short tempered yet calm from inside."LOVE IS NOT AT ALL MY TYPE" are his exact words as he not at all beleive in love, though don't have any specific reason.Loves his parents a lot.Lost his father at the age of 16 and took over Mehra Industries at the age of 21.Total "Foodie" he is.

Mihika Mehra(Age:54):-Chirpy and modern women with traditional touch.Mother of Hridhaan Mehra.Trusty of "Sapphire Music Academy".Love her son and his friends to moon and back.A perfect mother to her perfect son.Finding a match for her son yet can't find the one who can win her and her son's heart.

LT. Raj Mehra:-Was a world famous bussinessmen but still down to earth person.An ideal husband and a perfect father.Always loved his family to no extent.Died in one of the accident while coming back home from his work.

Nishant Ahuja(Age:26):-Prankster and drummer of "Fascinating 5".C.F.O of Mehra Industries.loves his Wife Aditi a lot and care for his friends like anything.His parents were divorced and soo he is not in touch with any of them.Mirror for Hridhaan and understands him without words.Raj and Mihika are like parents to him.

Kritika Khanna(Age:25):-Total tomboy and partner in crime of Nishant.Short tempered but always appologize after realising her mistake.Electrical guitarist in "Fascinating 5".Wife of Mishkat Khanna and had love marriage with him.Loves her husband, her son and her friends to her dear life.Hates her parents as they never cared for her and soo her only parents are Raj and Mihika.Also is a joint partner of fashion house PASSIONIS with her best friend Ananya.

Ananya Khurana (Age:25):-Barbie girl of her group.A calm girl.Makeup lover and loves to be dolled up 24/7.wife of Ishaan Khurana and had love marriage with him.Loves her husband, her son and friends a lot.Had lost her parents and brother at age of 18 in a plane crash.Treat and love Raj nd Mihika as her own parents.She the joint partner of fashion house PASSIONIS with Kritika.

Ishaan Khurana(Age:26):Calm,sweet and caring boy of "Fascinating 5".M.D of Mehra Industries and also owns a dance academy "DANCE AND RISE".Husband of Ananya and Loves his wife, his son and his friends a lot and care for them very much.Lost his father at age of 5 in accident and mother before 6 months due to heart attack.Guitarist in "Fascinating 5".

Aditi Ahuja(Age:24):Carefree extrovert girl and mingles with anyone easily.Dramaqueen wife of Nishant and had a love marriage.She loves to annoy him a lot.loves her husband and his friend very much and treat Mihika as her mother figure.Her father is no more and her mother is in Hyderabad.Owns a cafe "HEARTIES".Right now she is 3 months pregnant.

Mishkat Khanna(age:-26):-Caring person and a doctor by profession.He is a cardiologist in "Life&care" hospital.Loving husband of Kritika and a gud friend of "Fascinating 5".Loves Kritika, his son and his parent soo much.Treats Raj and Mihika as his own parents.

Aavya Reddy (Age:19):Once a chirpy, bubbly and carefree girl but now is just a silent, lost and broken soul.Was a student in Delhi fashion designing college but quit her studies in second year.She was only child of her parents and lost them in an accident at age of five and then only had her grandmother as her family, but was disowned by her a year back due to some reasons and since then living in the AASTHA ORPHANAGE and taking care of girls there with the Owner of orphanage.Has a dreadful past which broke her to this extent.

Rudra Khurana(Age:3):-Only child of Ananya and Ishaan Khurana.Loves his parents and everyone else in the group but Hridhaan is his favourite uncle.He is also interested in dance just like his father.

Mishit Khanna(Age:4):-Only son of Kritika and Mishkat Khanna who...prankster like his mother and soo has a good bonding with Nishant.

Muskan:- A seven and a half year old girl living in Aastha orphanage.Girl with combination of sweet and spice.She can win anyone's heart with just one beautiful smile of hers'.Shares a beautiful bond with Hridhaan and calls him "bhaiyu".She was left at the gate of orphanage by her parents with just a note saying that they can't afford to raise her up and they are abandoning her, when she was just 3 days old.She knows that her parents had left her and soo she don't remember or mourn over them.She is Hridhaan's personal informer as she gives him all the information of Aavya's everyday activity in his absence.Hridhaan also loves her a lot.

*Other characters will be revealed as the story will proceed.*

Mumbai:

Mumbai- The city of dreams.Many dreams get their destination here while many break and crumble like a pieces of glass.

It was nine in the morning and a black mercedes was running on the busy road of mumbai followed by one car at back and one at front.Driver was driving the car while the person at the back seat was sitting fully decked-up in three piece suit while talking, wait! Not talking rather shouting at the person on other side of call.poor person!!

And the person was famous businessman HRIDHAAN MEHRA.

"Armaan, were you sleeping when I told you that I need this meeting scheduled today itself by anyhow.If you don't know how to work then leave the work and don't waste my money.I don't know anything, I just want this meeting scheduled by next week or leave the work if you can't manage because there are many out there who just want to be even a mere employee in Mehra Industries soo better you check your work this time.Do you understand!?", Hridhaan shouted at the person on the other side of call.

And without listening to the reply of the poor person on the other side, Hridhaan cut the call and looked outside the window only to get his eyes landed on the most beautiful creation of God.

--Aavya Reddy!!

Actually Hridhaan's car was in the traffic and the driver was waiting for the signal to turn green when Hridhaan saw a beautiful sight or rather a person who caught his eyes and he just got mesmerized with her beauty.

He immediately tried to get out of the car to go where Aavya was standing but the signal turned green and so he sat back into the car, but in this process he just lost sight of that beauty.

The car ran with speed on the busy roads while Hridhaan was just lost in the memory of the beautiful face he showed a few minutes back.He clicked open his cell and immediately looked at the beautiful picture which he captured as soon as he saw Aavya, and smiled a little.

After around half-an-hour he reached office and straightening his suit, he just entered the thirty-four floors owned by Mehras' itself. The sound of boot clicked the glass tile and immediately all employees straightened themselves wishing Good Morning to their boss who didn't give a damn to their wishes and headed straight towards his office.

The lift opens with ping on the thirty-fourth floor and Hridhaan coming out enters his cabin M.D. Hridhaan Mehra.He settled himself on his huge chair and took a sip of black-coffee while opening his laptop along with calling someone on the intercom.

"Armaan, come to my cabin with singhania's project file.", Hridhaan ordered as soon as the call was received from the other side.

After a few minutes, Armaan(Hridhaan's p.a.) enters the cabin with the required file.

"Give me that file and what is my schedule for today!?"Hridhaan asked, forwarding his hand for the file, still looking into the laptop.

"Sir, you have business lunch meeting with guptas' at one in the afternoon and then meeting with Sharmas' music company for your new album at four in evening.Then you have a business dinner meeting with our new clients abujas' at sharp eight in evening.Then you are totally free for the rest sir.", Armaan replied, as always stuttering with fear of Hridhaan's anger.

"ohk! And what is the status for that new production?", Hridhaan asked, not for once looking up from the file.

"Sir it is being handled by Nishant Sir directly.", Armaan replied professionally.

"ohh yes that reminds me where is Nishant??", Hridhaan asked looking up at Armaan.

"He is in his cabin, sir.", Replied Armaan.

"ok you can go and next time no ounce of sugar in my coffee.remember this!!", Hridhaan said, taking a sip of coffee while looking back into the file.

Listening him armaan just gulp his saliva as he very well know that Hridhaan likes pure black coffee or sometimes, earl green tea that too without a single trace of sugar.He immediately apologized and excuse from there, while Hridhaan connected call to Nishant's through intercom and asked him to come to his cabin.

Hridhaan then pick up his cell to call someone but immediately his eyes twinkle as soon as he saw the wallpaper of the lock-screen on his cellphone where Aavya's photo was set, which he captured a while back and set it as the screen wallpaper.He immediately got lost in the beauty of the girl in the photo that he did not even heard the knock on his cabin door.

While here Nishant knocked for two-three times but getting no response, he slightly open the door and peep in the cabin only to get amaze because the ever strict Hridhaan Mehra was smiling like a fool looking something in his phone, which did nothing but just increased Nishant's curiosity.

Nishant slowly with conscious steps entered the cabin and stood exactly behind Hridhaan's chair to peep in his cell only to see a beautiful face on the lock screen.

"Beautiful, Right?", Nishant asked in a whisper, leaning a little towards Hridhaan's right ear.

"Very beautiful!", Hridhaan replied in a daze.

"Who is she?"Nishant again asked in a whisper and chuckled at Hridhaan's reply, "Don't know."

"If you say, I will ask someone to get her information.", Nishant yelled in Hridhaan's ear breaking his trance who looked at him with wide eyes.

"Nishant, you here!?", Hridhaan asked without realising.

"Yes I am, here.Why, shouldn't I be here??", Nishant asked, wriggling his brows in a teasing manner.

"Uhh, no-no, nothing like that.Come sit, anyways I have to talk something important with you.", Hridhaan said immediately changing the topic.

"What do you want to talk about? Possibly you want me to get information about this beautiful girl, right!?", Nishant asked teasingly, as he sat on the chair on the other side of Hridhaan's office table.

"Please, shut up, Nishant!!It is not like what you are thinking.", Hridhaan glared at Nishant who nodded head in sarcasm.

"Then tell me what that Unknown girl's picture is doing in your cell phone, that too set as your screen wallpaper!?", Nishant asked with a smirk, while Hridhaan looked here and there as he had not come back to Nishant's comment.

"Admit it Hridhaan that you like her.Right!?", Nishant asked, smirking.

Knowing that now there is no point of hiding it,Hridhaan sighed and said, "I don't know Nishant, I mean i-I have never felt like this what I felt at that moment when my eyes land on her.I mean she was looking so beautiful in her own simplicity that I could not control myself.It was like I myself was getting attracted to her without my notice.i-I don't know-"

He sighed and looked at Nishant who was looking at him with wide-open eyes and mouth.Hridhaan called him twice but he didn't react and soon Hridhaan slapped him on his hand lightly and this did break his trance.

"huh-huh??", Nishant asked, still in shock.

"What huh-huh!??Say something!", Hridhaan asked with irritation.

"What can I say!?I mean I never thought that I will have a chance to hear something like this from you in this lifetime.", Nishant exclaimed dramatically, while listening to him, Hridhaan just rolled his eyes at his dramatic friend.

"Will you just cut the crap, Nishant!"Hridhaan was highly irritated by now.

"Are you crazy or what, you still don't understand this??You are in love, bro, Love at first sight!!", Nishant said excitedly leaning on the table.

"Wow, like you will say anything and I will believe it, right!?And u know that I don't believe in love and all because-", Hridhaan said making a bad face, but Nishant interrupted saying, "Love is not at all my type!I already know that so no need of repeating again and again.But whether you believe me or not, you are in love that too Love at First Sight!"

"Will you stop your nonsense??And now concentrate on the work for which I have called you here.Tell me the current status of new production line.Armaan told me you are handling that project personally.", Hridhaan once again smartly diverted the topic.

"Ohh, yes!It is going well but I guess we have to raise the quota margin from five to seven percent!"Nishant replied, getting all serious.

"Then simply increase it.", Hridhaan replied casually, as he never for once needed to cross-check Nishant's words in the matters of business.

"Ok, I will do it.By the way, will meet you afterwards as I am having meeting at eleven o'clock and also have to go for lunch with Aditi at one in the afternoon.", Nishant said, getting up from the chair.

"Ok.Say hi to Aditi from my side, and we have a meeting with sharmas' music company for our new album so be there on time.", Hridhaan reminded Nishant.

"Don't worry, I will be there on time, but you don't get lost in the beauty of the picture of that 'love at first sight' girl.", Nishant said with a wink and immediately ran from there before Hridhaan could beat him black and blue.

While listening to Nishant's words, Hridhaan at first glared at him but when he was out of the cabin, Hridhaan blushed a little, biting his lips.

"ooh girl!!!what you are doing to me"!, Hridhaan exclaimed with sigh again looking at Aavya's photo on his screen.

After his lunch meeting, Hridhaan immediately left for his meeting for new music album with Sharmas' Music Company.This time he was going without his guards as it always irks him when he don't get personal space with his friends and which is why guards never follow him when he is going out with any member of "Fascinating 5".

Currently he was sitting on back seat on his car and was talking to one of the client on call when car stopped with jerk.

"What happen!?", Hridhaan asked frowning.

"Sir, I guess there is some problem in the car.You wait here for a minute meanwhile I will check that what is the problem.", Driver replied stuttering, afraid of Hridhaan's anger.

"Check it fast.I don't have time.I have to reach there before four o'clock.", Hridhaan said curtly and driver immediately nodded in understanding.

Driver came out of car and opened the bonet of the car before started checking the wires whereas Hridhaan was again talking to his client still sitting in the car.

Hridhaan was busy in talking when his gaze fall on a little girl on opposite road but what caught his attention was the another elder girl with that young little girl, who was none other than Aavya.

"Mr.Saxena, I will just call you later.", Hridhaan said hastily before disconneting the call, but not for once he shifted his focus from Aavya.

He immediately came out of car and was going towards Aavya when the driver called him from behind, "Sir, the car is ready."

Hridhaan turned to the driver on his call but then immediately turned around again to look for Aavya but may be destiny was not in his favour this time as well because he again lost the sight of her's.

"Was she really here or am I just imagining her everywhere!?Oh god, what is happening with me!!i have to control my feeling or I will surely go mad.", Hridhaan murmured to himself, but all this while there was a beautiful smile on his lips.

His trance was broken by driver who called him, "Sir, what happen!?"

"Huh!?", Hridhaan asked frowning at the driver who again asked, "Sir, don't you want to go!?"

"Yeah, let's go!", Straightening his aura, Hridhaan curtly nodded at driver before sitting back into the car.

Hridhaan looked out of window for one last time in hope of getting a glimpse of Aavya, but to his dismay he couldn't see her again and soon his car was again running on the busy roads of Mumbai.

At sharma's music company:

It was first time in the history that Hridhaan Mehra was late for the meeting and that too by twenty minutes which is definetly eigth wonder of the world.He entered the waiting room to see all his friends sitting there impatiently.Hridhaan entered and greeted them normally, but was counter questioned by impatient Kritika.

"Hridhaan, where were you!?You never get late for the meetings, then what happen today!?I mean I are late by whole twenty minutes.", Kritika exclaimed over dramatically, while Hridhaan only rolled his eyes at her drama.

"Yeah, where were you lost, or should I say in whose thoughts were you lost!?", Nishant asked innocently earning a glare from later one.

"what are you talking about Nishant??", Ananya asked frowning, not understanding the tease behind Nishant's words.

"Nothing Ananya.You already know that he is crazy, right!?And yes guys, don't blame me rather blame my car which is the reason I am late.I mean my car broke down om my way here so I got late.", Hridhaan first glared at Nishany and then replied them.

"Its ok, it happens sometimes.", Ishaan, said saving Hridhaan from further inquiry.

"So, now if your introduction and all is done, can we go for meeting!?", Hridhaan asked sarcastically with a tight-lip smile.

"Yup, let's go guys!", Kritika said getting up followed by others.

All headed towards the meeting room and started their meeting for their new album with the owner of sharmas' music company.

Hridhaan was trying his best to keep his focus in the meeting, but still his mind was again and again going back to both the beautiful encounter he had with this unknown girl since morning.

It was clearly visible that today Hridhaam Mehra was physically present in the meeting but his mind and heart was not at all with him, which did surprised "Fascinating 5" as well, but they thought of inquiring him once they get over with this meeting.

With most difficulty, obviously for Hridhaan, meeting got over and they signed the deal before leaving the place.Hridhaan even mesaaged armaan in between and asked him to cancel his dinner meeting as he was tired for the day.

In parking lot of Music Company:

"Guys, lets celebrate on this deal at my place, what say", Kritika asked suddenly.

"I am free and may be even Aditi is also free soo we are coming.", Nishant replied to which even Ananya replied, "Even I am also free."

"I have some work in academy so I will joint you all after an hour or soo.", Ishaan said earning an understanding nod from others.

They waited for Hridhaan to reply but seems like he is in other world only.

"Hridhaan, you are coming, right!?", Kritika asked bringing him back to the world.

"Yeah??Uhh-umm guys I am a little tired so I guess I should end the day and take a rest soo I am going home.But you guys enjoy, ok!", Hridhaan said with a small smile.

"Come on Hridhaan don't be a spoil sport.please joint us for party, please!?", Kritika asked with puppy face and Ananya also supported her saying, " Yes Hridhaan, please come for the party.Even Rudra was missing you."

"Ok fine, I am coming.Do what time we are meeting at!?", Hridhaan asked with a sigh as he knew that now there is no escape.

"It is six right now, so we can meet around seven o'clock.Even Mishkat will be home by then", Kritika said looking at her watch and everyone nodded in agreement.

At Mehra Mansion:

Hridhaan enter the mansion and saw his mother sitting there on the sofa in living room, going through a magazine.He went to her before sitting on the floor keeping his head in her lap alongwith closing his eyes in peace.

This was one habit Hridhaan had since his childhood that whenever he is happy or sad or tired or confused, he would immediately come to his mother and lay down with his head on her lap and would always find his peace.

But today even this was not helping him to remove his restlessness which he was feeling since the moment he has seen that beautiful face.

Frowns on Hridhaan's face immediately caught Mihika's attention and she gently started roaming her hand in his soft hair trying to ease the frowns.But little did she know that now as his heart has found its partner, this worries will be eased now by it only.

"Hridhaan, my baby, what happen!? Aren't you feeling well today!?", Mihika asked lovingly caressing his hairs.

"Don't know mom what is happening with me.", Hridhaan said with a sigh and eyes still closed.

Hridhaan has this habit of sharing anything to everything with his mother without any hesitstiion and that was second reason why he cancelled his meeting as he wanted to come to his mother's lap and to share his restlessness with her as soon as possible.

"Why what happened?? Is there any problem in business son or any issue with "Fascinating 5"??", Mihika asked frowning and saw Hridhaan sighing tiredly as he replied, "No mom everything is fine and at its right place but-"

"But what!?", Mihika asked now a little tensed to which Hridhaan asked, "I don't know mom what is this feeling.Mom, can you ever fall in love by seeing someone just for once or twice??"

Listening Hridhaan, Mihika's eyes twinkled with excitement as she immediately asked, "Oh god Hridhu, tell me honestly what happened today!?"

Hridhaan told her everything from starting about his two encounters with Aavya while Mihika heard it with soo much interest as she thought that now finally she can have her daughter-in-law.

"Hridhu, Nishant is saying true.You are really in love, my son!", Mihika said with her eyes tearing a bit but Hridhaan frowned at his mother before asking innocently, "But mom, I don't know anything about her Then how can I fall in love with her!?"

Mihika nodding her head in disbeleif at her son before she explained him very calmly and lovingly, "See, it isn't necessary to know everything about that person for loving that person.And it is not in our hands whether to fall in love or not.This, our heart, it finds its partner for itself and we have to just follow our heart.And I am sure you are in love my son."

"you sure mom that this is not some infactuation or attraction??", Hridhaan asked again while Mihika rolled her eyes at her son's innocence before saying, "Ok, do one thing.Close your eyes."

"what?", Hridhaan asked not knowing exactly what his mother is doing, while Mihika whined with a pout and said, "Tch!?Do what I am asking you to do."

Hridhaan nodded his head at his dramatic mother but then smiled at her and closed his eyes.

"Now tell me what are you seeing behind those closes eyes!?", Mihika asked curiously in whispered while Hridhaan frowned but replied, "Her beautiful face."

"Now put your hand on your heart and ask yourself whether it is only your attraction or love!?", Mihika asked again, this time taking his hand in herd' and put it on his heart.

Hridhaan did the same and after 2 minutes he opened his eyes with beautiful smile adoring before looking at Mihika with twinkling eyes who was already looking back at him with utter curiosity.

"I m in love.Oh god mom, I am in love.Yes, I love her mom, I love her.", Hridhaan first whispered but the shouted happily looking at Mihika with excitement.

Mihika who was expecting this answer,when listened this just smilled widely and chirpeded excitedly, "Oh god, finally I will have my daughter-in-law."

"Daughter-in-law!?Mom I know I love her but we don't know anything about her.Who is she and what is her family background.Oh god, I even saw a little girl with her, what if she is married and that girl was her daughter!?", Hridhaan said the last part with a horrified face.

"Yeah, that is possible.But then you have so many contacts, then you search for some information about her.Leave it, if I will ask you to get information then you will waste one more year.I will ask Nishant only to get all the information about that girl.", Mihika said the last part with disbelief and saw Hridhaan making faces.

Mihika pick her cellphone to call Nishant but Hridhaan immediately snatched it from her and said with widen eyes, "No mom, don't tell him.He will tease me mom!"

"Its ok, he is your friend and he has right to tease you.Give me my cellphone and I will ask him to get the information.", Mihika said forwarding her hand towards Hridhaan asking him to give back her cell phone.

"Ok fine, I will ask him myself to get her informations, happy!?", Hridhaan convinced in return.

Oh by the way there is a party at Kritika's place as we signed our new album deal.So I am going there and I might stay back there only for tonight.", Hridhaan said getting up and Mihika replied him with with tease, "Ok, but be careful and don't get too much lost in the thoughts of your newly found love or you will meet with an accident."

Hridhaan blushed and whined at same time saying, "Mom, please don't tease me, ehh!"

Mihika laughed at her son's cuteness but then warned him seriously saying, "Don't forget to remind Nishant about getting information about that girl or else if I will ask him in my way then he will tease you."

Hridhaan nooded in understanding making faces and then went up to his room to get ready.Around half past six, he left for Kritika's place.

At Kritika's house:

Everyone except Ishaan was already there.Hridhaan greeted all and passed chocolates to rudra and mishit who immediately kissed him back on his cheeks.Kritika then send rudra and mishit to mishit's room alongwith a butler and asked them to play with their toys.

"Guys lets toss on our new album deal.", Kritika said passing the bottle of champagne to Hridhaan.

Hridhaan tossed the champagne bottle and everyone except Aditi took sip from it, and at the same time even Ishaan joined them.

"Hey, lets play truth and dare guys!", Ananya chirpes and others also agreed with excitement.

Kritika got the bottle and all sat on floor forming a round.Kritika twist the bottle and it landed on Ishaan.

"soo Ishaan truth or dare??", Kritika asked rubbing her palms in excitement.

"Uhh-Dare!", Ishaan choosed a little consciously knowing the mischief Kritika can pull on anyone.

"oh-kay!soo-yeah give a hickey to Ananya.", Kritika said with excited face and mischief shining in her eyes, while Ishaan's eyes widen and he alongwith Ananya at the same time asked in high pitch voice, "What!?"

"Common Ananya and Ishaan, you already have a baby of almost three years so please stop freaking out like a newly wedded and complete the dare.", Nishant said teasingly while others hooted making the couple go all red with embarrassment.

Not knowing any way out, Ishaan gave hickey to Ananya on her collorbone and others just hooted more for them.

Ishaan then twisted the bottle and this time it land on Hridhaan.

"Guys this will be my turn please.So Hridhaan truth or dare!?", Nishant asked mischievously, Hridhaan immediately understood his intentions.