“You gonna say something or not?” I finally exclaimed as I couldn’t digest this much silence. He’s been silent since we started the drive, actually since I kissed him. He’s not even driving correctly. He hummed. Atleast.
“He dared to order me. That’s why I did that” I explained. I didn’t felt nervous while kissing him but now I am, because of his reaction.
Actually that’s the problem. He’s giving no reaction. “You should’ve atleast told me before doing that” He said glancing at me once before again looking at the road.
“You’re acting as if someone kissed you first time” I said rolling my eyes, then suddenly it hit me. “Have you really never kissed someone before?” I asked him, my all teeths at display. Before he could reply, “Have you even dated someone before?” I asked again.
“Neither have I dated someone before, nor have I kissed someone before” He answered.
I just kissed him on the cheek, so it doesn’t really count as first kiss at all. “Drive correctly” I complained as he’s driving a bit wobbly. So where was I? Yes, But if he’s saying that he haven’t even had his first kiss yet then..
“Are you vir–?” I stopped as he suddenly pulled on the break and stepped out of the car. “What?” I asked as I saw him leaning down and checking on the tyres.
“All 4.” And it was easy for me to understand that all 4 tyres are punctured.
I was about to step out but he stopped me by saying “You’ve got wound in your leg, stay there” I felt a sudden rush of guilt for lying. “I’m not hurt” I muttered, but he just eyed me as if I lied. I checked the time on my phone, 02:23. “What are we going to do?” I asked him.
“Let me check if Shaurya and Reyansh have exited yet or not” He said calling probably some of them. They said that they’ll come back later. “None of them is picking up” He said putting down the phone.
I’m pretty sure these punctured tyres are done by that fucker. I stepped out to check the tyres but saw Arhaan already leaning down and checking on it. “A knife, as far as I think” He said standing up again.
I felt like taking the same knife and digging each one in that fucker’s chest. Just let me find him, and I’ll torture him in each way possible on the earth. I’ve seen enough movies for the tricks.
But, puncturing the tyres, is this only to annoy us or there can be another motive behind it? Actually what is his motive behind everything?
“Aksharaa” I heard a familiar voice pulling me out of my thoughts. I turned around to see Sidharth waving at me from his car window. “What happened?” He asked stepping out of his car.
I glanced inside to look for Aaliya, but she wasn’t there. “Tyres are punctured” I answered pointing out at the tyres. He looked at all the tyres and turned to Arhaan “Bro, you should drive carefully. What if sh– you both got hurt?” He complained before turning back to me. “You guys can come in my car” He said pointing at his car.
I looked at Arhaan with raised eyebrows. “We can wait” He said wrapping his arms around himself and eyeing me not to go either. This man is ready to keep me here in this coldness but not ready to go in someone else’s car.
I instantly walked to him. “They aren’t even picking up the calls. Sidharth is ready to help us so lets go, Or we will have to walk home ourselves” I whispered lightly.
He looked up and down at me before stopping his eyes at my face. “You just walked perfectly” he remarked. I smiled putting a hand at my cheek. “I know I walk amazingly but it’s not a great time for compliments. You can continue it when we go back home, but for now, Focus.” He raised his one brow at me.
“What happe–my wound! Yeah, yeah. It’s hurting, it’s hurting alot–” I was interrupted by Sidharth’s “Are you coming?” I gave Sidharth an awkward smile before turning back to Arhaan.
I looked up at him with puppy eyes “Fine, but don’t make that face again” What did he meant by that? Someone once said that I look cute when I do it. I had a doubt in Arhaan’s eye from the start.
Arhaan sat on the back seat and Sidharth opened the front door for me, before I could do or say something, I felt a sudden grip on my hand pulling me inside the back seat. I again gave Sidharth an awkward smile before shutting the door.
“What a coincidence, I was passing the same road!” Sidharth said starting the drive. “And I’m wondering if it really was a coincidence or not” Arhaan said causing a pin drop silence.
“What do you mean by that?” Sidharth asked. I looked at Arhaan to see him glaring at Sidharth with narrowed eyes, this view is really scary. “H–he doesn’t believe in coincidence but destiny.” I said putting a hand on Arhaan’s hand to shut him up.
I know, in this situation, everyone becomes suspicious. But I know Sidharth from my childhood, there’s no point in suspecting him to be that letter writer.
But Arhaan didn’t said that.
“Aaliya? Where is she?” I asked Sidharth to lower the temprature of this car. “She’s coming with my girlfriend, and I guess your husband’s friends are also coming with them” Shaurya doesn’t miss a single chance to be with her. But wait, Girlfriend?
“You never told me about your girlfriend” I questioned leaning on his seat. “As if you always told me about yourself” He complained. “What did I hide?” I asked sitting back straight to my seat.
Everything.
“Do you think, I know nothing about that Dhruv?” Suddenly, the hand my hand was lying on held my hand tightly, earning another gasp from me. I shouldn’t have asked him. “I even remember when he won a contest, I don’t really remember what contest it was but, you gifted him with a—” I stopped him in the middle by hitting him hard on his back.
He wasn’t saying it in the right manner. Arhaan would misunderstand it. “Fine, fine, I won’t say further” He chuckled stopping the car in front of our house. I glanced at Arhaan and took my eyes away instantly when I saw him already staring at me.
I was about to walk out but Sidharth opened the door for me, I smiled at him as I stepped out.
Arhaan stepped out of the car and headed inside the house directly. He could atleast thank Sidharth for the ride. Sidharth waved at me before driving away and I was about to go inside too when I heard a car horn and turned around to see the others.
I looked carefully to see a girl at the driving seat, her face blocked by the car’s headlight reflecting at my eyes. I saw Neil sitting beside her and Aaliya, Shaurya and Reyansh sitting at the backseat.
Why is Aaliya looking like she haven’t taken a breath since the ride started?
Everyone stepped out of the car except that girl. I saw Aaliya saying something to that girl before stepping out, probably ‘I’m coming in minute’. She came to me and hugged me hard saying bye and was about to go when I asked “Is there something between you two?” This way, she won’t get to know that I know about Shaurya’s intentions.
“W-what? Between who?” She stammered. She is guilty. I smiled.
“Don’t act innocent. I can see everything, I’m talking about you and the person you sat beside in the car” Her eyes blew open in surprise. “Did he told you everything himself?” She asked in disbelief.
Should I agree or not? I shouldn’t. But still, I nodded. “There’s nothing between us. I swear” She said lightly pinching her neck. So I think I was wrong, Shaurya wasn’t successful. But then, why was she stammering?
“I was really not in my senses, It was only my first and last mistake. I won’t do that ever again. Even if I want to, which I don’t want to, He won’t want me to, as far as I think.” She said it all in one breath.
She just confused me more. But then,.my mind stoped at one word. “Mistake?” I asked in confusion. “Ya I know it was a big mistake but…It wasn’t my fault, he was the one to trick me into that kiss”
The moment I heard ‘kiss’ the land beneath my foot vanished away and The entire world became colourless. The dramatic music which is played in Aaliya’s dadi’s favourite scene would perfectly suit here.
“Kiss? You guys even had a kiss and you didn’t told me that yet?” I gasped. I literally told her everything, from me looking at a guy, to a guy looking at me.
“Not even, only. We only had a kiss” She said puzzling everything more. “Wait, You and Shaurya aren’t in a relationship then?” I asked clearly. She gasped hitting me lightly on the head. “Pagal hai kya tu? Tu us Shaurya pe kyun Jaa rahi hai when we are talking about Reyansh”
My mind couldn’t process what I just heard. “Aaliya, I think I heard something wrong, say that again?” But I know that I heard right. This it the reason Reyansh choked on his drink when he discovered Shaurya likes no one else but Aaliya. This is also the reason why Aaliya kept staring at Reyansh that day when she came home.
I was the idiot who didn’t understand.
I heard a loud car horn and saw Aaliya panicking. “It was all, there’s nothing going on between us. She’s waiting for me I have to go, bye” She exclaimed and was about to go when I stopped her by shoulder. She looked at me in confusion but I just unwrapped the scarf around her neck which wasn’t suiting at her dress from the start.
I gasped. “Tomorrow, let’s meet tomorrow. I have to go now, byy” she exclaimed last time before running back to the car. I saw as she drove away, after shocking me with those romantic marks
I stood there for a minute in shock before coming back to my senses. I took in a sharp breath as I turned back and found Shaurya standing there. His hands closed in fists and his eyes full with rage.
No no no
He turned around and started walking inside. “W-why are you going inside?” I ran behind him. “Do you expect me to sleep here tonight?” He said without any emotion. He didn’t heard anything. “Did you…heard everything?” I asked as we entered inside and saw Reyansh sitting on the sofa, busy on his phone, in the living room.
“You’re finally here” He kept his phone aside and walked to Shaurya. As they both stood in front of each other, Shaurya turned to me and said “Everything” Before turning back to Reyansh and delivering a powerful punch to his cheek, causing him to stumble back.
“What are yo—” Reyansh was cut by Shaurya’s another punch directly on his nose causing it to start bleeding. “One girl” he was about to punch him again but Reyansh stopped him by holding Shaurya’s hand.
“I. Liked. One. Girl. And you didn’t even spared her?” Reyansh’s grip on Shaurya’s hand loosened causing Shaurya to punch him hard again on his chest.
I couldn’t stand and watch it. I ran to them and held Shaurya’s shirt from behind, pulling him back. “Shaurya, Shaurya please. Please stop.” I pleased him, but he wasn’t in his senses. He tossed me hard from his elbow, causing me to trip back, but someone held me from behind.
“Stop it, please” I pleased to Arhaan, looking up in his eyes.
“Let them clear it on their own” He said looking in their direction. I also turned back to them. “Why aren’t you saying something now?” Shaurya said pushing Reyansh from his shoulder.
Reyansh isn’t saying or doing anything. He’s just standing there like a stone, getting beaten brutally. “You shouldn’t have done this” Shaurya exclaimed punching him again. Reyansh’s face his filled with wounds.
I don’t know what Arhaan is expecting but the way Shaurya is hitting Reyansh, they’re no where near to clearing this all at their own.
I was about to go to them when Shaurya punched him again saying “Now I think, She did great by leaving yo–” Before Shaurya could complete it. Reyansh punched him hard on his nose causing him to fall steps behind. Reyansh walked out of the room.
“Let’s go” Arhaan said holding my hand and dragging me upstairs with him. I turned behind to see Shaurya sitting on the sofa, putting his head in his both hands.
Reyansh’s flight is at 6 am, and it’s already 3. Suddenly, I remembered the wounds on his face. “You go, I’m coming later l” I said before walking towards Reyansh’s room.
I knocked on the door. Silence.
I again knocked on the door.
Silence.
“I’m coming in” I said before opening the door and walking inside. I saw him sitting on his bed with a first aid.
I couldn’t help but ask him “Is it hurting?” Such a idiotic question, I know. “Not much” He exhaled wiping off the blood beneath his lips from a towel.
“Let me help” I said slowly sitting beside him. He nodded handing me off the first aid. “He has beaten you brutally” I mumbled wiping off the blood from all around his face.
“It wasn’t his fault.” He mumbled lightly. I noticed the tears in his eyes, which he didn’t allowed to come out. “But, was it your fault?” I asked stopping from what I was doing.
“I didn’t know she was the girl he liked.” I remembered his reaction when he discovered it was Aaliya. He really didn’t know it. “Do you like her?” I asked after a long silence.
He shook his head in no. “Shaurya, he might be hurt too. Can you go and check on him? I-I punched him directly on his nose.” He said rubbing his forehead in tention.
I stared at his bloodied nose for a second before standing up and walking out of the room. “Akshara” Reyansh shouted from behind, I stopped on my tracks. “It’s normal. We keep fighting, and we get back to normal soon too. So don’t worry.” He tried to assure me. I nodded before going back.
They are very close friends, I don’t want their friendship to get affected because of someone else. I knocked on Shaurya’s door 2-3 times but he didn’t replied.
I noticed the door open. I entered the room and looked everywhere for him but he wasn’t there. I was about to go back when I noticed a shadow in the balcony. I walked forward to see him standing against the fencing with a cigrate in his mouth.
I didn’t know that he smokes. Does Arhaan also smoke? If he does then….then what? I’ll make him quit it anyway.
He removed it from his mouth when he noticed my presence. He kept it down but it’s smoke still entered my lungs causing me to start coughing. “I’-I’m sorry” He mumbled flicking the ciggerate down and stomping on it, grinding it out.
“I did wrong right?” He asked looking down at the view. Well, he did wrong but will accepting it hurt him? Even if it hurts him, he should know he did wrong. “Yess” I exclaimed. “He said he didn’t know that the girl you liked was Aaliya” I stated as he didn’t said anything further.
Suddenly, he held my both hands tightly looking down in my eyes. I could see the glimpse of tears in his eyes. “If, The same thing happened with Arhaan? If someone kissed him? Would you be calm?” I removed my hands from his grip, not making an eye contact with him.
I’m scared. I’m scared because this question is affecting me alot. Alot more than it should. Alot more than it could.
I took in a long breath and said “You guys should really short it out at your own” before walking out of his room.
The moment I stepped out of his room, My phone beeped. I pulled out my phone in hurry expecting it to be that fucker, but the phone slipped from my hand.
I closed my eyes shouting loudly. My 4625 non-posted photos, I don’t even remember my.netflix password, password! I’ve stored all my passwords in my phone’s notes. I can’t lose them. “No-no-no” I muttered slightly removing my hand from my eyes. I noticed my phone in someone’s hand and excitedly looked up at the god who saved my phone.
“You want it or not?” Arhaan asked handing me the phone. I quickly took it and looked up at him again. “I’ll return this favour to you whenever you want” I said happily hugging my phone.
But then I turned behind to check we are standing just near the door. “Were you listening us?” I asked narrowing my eyes and wrapping my arms. “Not interested!” He exclaimed grabbing my hand and dragging me to his,no,My room.
“For how many times do I need to teach you that you should take permission before holding someone’s hand?” I complained, trying to make up with his speed. He walks too fast. Suddenly, he stopped causing me to bump into his back.
He turned around and leaned to me. Something unanswerable is about to come out of his mouth. “Until you take permission before kissing me” he said in husky voice raising the hairs on the back of my neck.
I accept his voice is sexy all the time, but in these situations, his voice becomes dangerous. As if it challenges me, ‘how long can you resist?’
But what I’m impressed on is that I have an amazing answer to it. My lips started forming in a smile but I didn’t minded hiding it. “Don’t have high expectations, Mr Singhania. There’s no next time at all” I stated before walking inside the room.
I laid down on the bed instantly, but sat up again when he also came in. He directly walked to the drawer and took out a first aid from inside. Did he also got hurt? It might have hurt him more that I treated them both but not him.
Fuck it, I forgot to treat Shaurya’s nose too.
“Are you also hurt?” I asked softly as he sat beside me on the bed. “Dumb!” he muttered opening the box.
“Haan–haan tum hi to ho smartest. Who couldn’t even find out ki uski shaadi kisse ho rahi hai” I scoffed rolling my eyes.
He took in a long breath before pulling out a cleanser and applying it on my shoulder. “What th–” I stopped from a sudden rush of pain.
“How idiot can a person really be? You’ve got hurt and you don’t even know that? And even after that, you went to console others” He complained. “Sorry” I don’t know why but I said it. I might have got hurt when Shaurya pushed me away from his elbow.
“Do they really keep fighting normally?” I asked him. “No, they never fight.” So Reyansh said that just to assure me. “I wonder what you will do when you become a surgeon” Arhaan muttered.
“First, I’ll do your brain surgery.” I answered him. He requires it alot. “But aren’t you planning to be a heart surgeon?” He inquired. “No problem, you require a heart surgery too” I winced as he mistakenly pressed harder on my wound.
My mind went back to the three of them. I’m feeling bad for them both. Actually, I shouldn’t overthink about it. It’s Aaliya, Shaurya and Reyansh’s matter. I should stay out of it.
“Atleast we are sorted out” I exhaled getting up from the bed to change my clothes, but he held my wrist from behind.
“What?” I asked as he also stood up, staring at me. “You said we are sorted out.” He said taking a step closer to me.
“W–why do you always have to come so close” I complained taking a step back. “Are we?” He asked taking multiple steps towards me, and I took multiple steps back, just to hit the wall.
“What about that…” He tried to remember something, caging me between his arms. “Dhruv” I gulped. I expected him to forget it untill we reach home. “What about him?” I tried to keep my voice calm,.but it came out as nervous as I am.
“You gifted him with a?” He raised his brows at me. Red flushed all over my cheeks. “Get away” I said trying to push him away. He smirked “An idiot has said, When a person asks you to go away, that person wants you to stay. Wasn’t it?” He asked, leaning closure to me.
I tried to dig me inside the wall, but couldn’t. “Arhaan, go away” I said again looking away from him. “I’m here” he said turning my face towards him, forcing me to look up at him. My eyes didn’t stayed on his eyes for long, but dragged downer.
“You gifted him with a?” He asked again, and my eyes didn’t moved away from his lips. That is dangerous. “Arhaan get awa–” He cut me in the middle saying “You gifted him with a?”
That’s it. That’s enough. I’ve warned him enough. “I gifted him with a” I stood up on my toes and pecked him on his lips.
Even though I had just pecked that guy over the cheeks only because of the excitement and we were almost like bestfriends, Arhaan had irritated me enough to irritate him more.
“Happy?” I asked trying to push him away, Suddenly, he gripped me hard on my arms and leaned closer.
I closed my eyes when his lips were 1mm far from my lips. But my eyes blew open again when I heard a loud sound of glass. I saw the flower vase which was on the table beside us, now on the ground, shattered in pieces.
But I liked this vase…
I saw Arhaan rushing outside with his hand running over his hair.
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Apologizing again for the late update.
The next update might be late too because…..I’m also a ‘shikaar’ of this examination season.
But I’ll try to post it As soon as possible.
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