SPLASH!
“What the f*ck Rey?” Sharon shrieked. Rey grinned innocently at her. “What was that for?” She sat up straight on the pool chair.
“I was bored.” He shrugged.
“You don’t throw a bucket full of water on someone if you’re bored!” She got up and looked him in the eye.
“Then what do you do?” He smirked.
“You do this!” She pushed him into the pool and within minutes everyone was in the pool.
“What are you doing up there?” Rey asked Taani, who was sitting at the edge of the pool with her legs dipped in.
“Just..” She shrugged.
He stood in between her legs with his back towards her and she leant forward and wrapped her hands around his neck.
“Yahan akele bore ho jaogi.”
“Akeli kahan hoon. Tum jo ho mere saath.” She supported her head on his shoulder.
“Exactly main jo hoon tumhare saath.” He smirked inwardly and piggybacked her.
“Rey!” She shrieked.
“I know my name luv.” He winked and released her off his back. She sploshed into the water.
She grabbed onto him and he wrapped his arm around her.
“Rey ki yeh side pehle kabhi dekhi hai?” Aashi questioned adoring the couple.
“Isse pehle kabhi pyaar hua hai?” Sharon counter questioned her.
“Why am I the centre of attention?” Rey asked hearing them.
“We aren’t accustomed to seeing you like this.” Vicky answered.
“Get used to it.” Swayam patted on his back.
“Kaise yaar? Abhi tak hazam nahi ho raha hai ki iski shaadi hone wali hai. Iski? Kaise?” Bharat said.
“Tum sab aise kyun bol rahe ho?” Taani asked unsure.
“Taani, galath mat samajhna par it was kind of a known fact that Rey ki shaadi sabse last hogi. He just wasn’t interested.” Neha answered.
“Aur abhi tak toh Armaan bhai ki bhi shaadi nahi hui hai. So him getting married..” Rinni was finding for the right words to say.
“Is not even a consideration!” Simmi completed for her.
All this while they talked about marriage, Taani felt Rey’s hold get tighter on her. She looked at him and he had a calm smile across his lips.
“But I have to tell you, agar yahan par sabse dukhi koi hai toh voh hai..” Nil said cheekily.
“Let me guess. Aashi?” Taani said rolling her eyes which made Aashi laugh as Nil’s joke backfired on him.
“No!” He spoke indifferent.
“Then who?” Aashi narrowed her eyes at him.
“Simmi, obviously!” Nil smirked at Simmi.
“Nil if you utter another word, I swear I’ll kill you!” Simmi threatened him.
“Main terese darta hoon kya?” Nil brushed it off and continued, “Did you guys know that Simmi had a huge crush on Rey in college and was going to propose him to be her boyfriend.”
“Enough!” Simmi raged at him.
“Kyun? Main jhoot thodi bol raha hoon. You had only told me this.” He said.
“I had told you because I trusted you. That was a huge mistake on my part!” She stormed into the house.
“Okay. That escalated fast.” Rey mumbled.
Taani looked at him and was confused as he didn’t look fazed at all.
“Nil think before you speak man. Kya jarurat thi yeh sab ki?” Swayam sighed.
“How am I supposed to know that she would take it this seriously?” Nil raised his shoulders.
“You wouldn’t cause you’re an idiot.” Rey swatted Nil’s head and got out of the pool.
“Iss sab ke baare mein mujhe bhi nahi pata tha. How did you know all this?” Rinni looked at Nil.
“No use talking to him, Rinni. Any idea where she must be?” Rey asked Rinni.
“Terrace pe aur kahan.” Nil answered.
“Thanks.” Rey left shaking his head.
“I’ll take your leave as well.” Taani got to the end of the pool.
“Humari company itni boring lagi teko?” Vicky questioned.
“No Vicky, aisa nahi hai. I was feeling hungry so I..” Taani started to explain.
“I’m just kidding.” Vicky pulled her into a side hug and shook her. “Tu darti hai kya hum log se?” He further asked.
“Nahi voh main bas..” Taani looked down embarrassed.
“Chal koi nahi. Tera darr jald hi bhaag jayega. I guarantee you. Bas iss chutiye se durr rehna.” He pointed at Nil.
“Oye chutiya kisko bola be?” Nil challenged Vicky.
“Before these two start their pansy fights, let's leave!” Sharon walked out followed by everyone.
“You love him, don’t you?” Rey sat next to Simmi.
“Tujhe kaise?” She looked baffled at him.
“Teri shakal pe saaf dikhta hai.”
“Usse kyun nahi dikhta?”
“Andha hai voh. But why Nil?”
“Pyaar decide karke thodi hota hai. Voh toh bas..”
“Ho jata hai.” Rey completed for her and smiled. “Now what?” He further asked.
“What what?” She raised her brow.
“Usse kab bata rahi hai?” He asked.
“Never. Forget this, I’m not even going to talk to him!” She flared her nostrils.
“I get that you’re angry at him. But I know you. Which is why I’m asking, kab batayegi usse?”
“Himmat nahi hoti, Rey.”
“Meko batane ki toh hui thi.” He gave her a lopsided smile.
“How stupid was I back then!” She covered her face. “Temporary crush tha and I thought you were the one!”
“Imagine agar main haan kehta toh?” He chuckled.
“Tum nahi kehte.” She half smiled at him. “You are a person who will never say yes if you don’t mean it. I knew that. Isiliye shayad himmat karke I had made a complete fool of myself.”
“I wouldn’t say complete, but yeah you did.” He said and she punched his arm.
“How did you manage to keep it from everyone?” She questioned.
“Promise jo kiya tha.” He encircled his arm around her shoulder.
“Uss idiot ka muh band kyun nahi rehta?” She said gritting her teeth. “Already problems kya kam thi jo isne aur badha di.” She sulked.
“Problems?” He furrowed his brows together.
“Taani.” She answered.
“Taani?” He raised a brow.
“Well, your girlfriend doesn’t like me much. Abh iss sab ke baad I don’t know how things will be between us.”
“I’m in the same boat buddy. She doesn’t like me much either.” He chuckled.
“Shut up alright, she loves you.”
“I know!” He gave a dreamy smile.
“Oh God! It’s so weird to see you blush.” Simmi made a face.
“So don’t!”
“Accha Rey,” She looked at him and he gestured her to continue. “Taani se baat kar lena na please. I don’t know how to apologize to her.”
“Kis baat ke liye?” He looked puzzled.
“Tere birthday pe I unintentionally said a lot of things to her. Which was not right on my part.” She explained.
“For which you’ve already apologized.” Taani said from the terrace entrance. They both turned to her.
“Taani, I..” Simmi was fumbling to form a sentence.
“Maine sab suna. Sorry for eavesdropping, but I just wanted to know if you were okay.” Taani smiled at Simmi.
“You are okay with this fact?” Simmi questioned.
“I’m pretty sure that you weren’t the only girl who had a crush on him. Abh mujhe sabse thodi problem hone lagegi?” Taani raised her shoulders. “Also, I know for certain that there was no one in his past. Toh yeh sab news se mere affect hone ka koi reason hi nahi banta.”
“Rey, you’re damn lucky bro.” Simmi smiled wide at him.
“Bro?” Taani looked at her.
“Bro, buddy same thing.” Simmi brushed off.
“Okay, now I’m weirded out.” Taani made a face.
“Ew! Taani!” Simmi left scowling at her.
“Tum kahan ja rahi ho?” Rey stopped Taani from leaving.
“Bhook lagi hai.” She pouted.
Rey pressed his lips together and broke eye contact. He closed his eyes and exhaled to clear his mind off the thought which popped up in his head. A smile formed on his lips which Taani noticed and she instantly figured out what was running in his head.
“Rey, you’re disgusting!” She gritted her teeth to stop the smile which started to form on her face.
“Sorry, I just couldn’t help.” He chuckled shaking his head.
“Thank you for not saying it out loud.” She said with fake anger while he just looked down and laughed. “Chale?”
“Where is all our stuff?” Taani asked as she entered the bedroom with Rey.
“I don’t..”
Before Rey could finish his sentence, they heard the door lock behind them.
“What the hell?” Rey tried to open the door but failed.
“I love the taste of revenge. It's so sweet!” They heard Sharon’s voice.
“F*ck you Sharon, open the door!” Rey banged the door hard.
“Darwaza toh kal hi khulega.” Sharon smirked. “There is a change of clothes inside the cupboard. Have fun.”
“Sharon!” Rey yelled.
“He is mad.” Swayam told Sharon.
“I know.” She smirked at him and they walked off.
“Umm.. Rey?” Taani called him.
“Yes?”
She showed the pair of clothes which Sharon had left for them. There were three pieces in total. A satin red camisole and bottom for Taani and black sweat shorts for Rey.
“She is going to have it from me!” He gritted his teeth and flared his nostrils.
“Rey, relax. We’ll manage with the clothes we are wearing right now.” Taani tried to calm him down.
“These are still wet. Iss mein raat bhar soye toh beemar pad jayenge!”
“We’ll figure something out. You please calm down.” Taani made him sit down.
“Why is it getting cold?”
“We are drenched. Going into the pool again after dinner was a bad idea.” Taani shook her head and rubbed her palms to warm them.
“But this is too..” He stopped mid-sentence. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” He flared looking at something.
Taani looked at him and then at the wall he was staring. Her eyes popped out seeing eighteen degrees on the air conditioner. “No wonder itni thandi lag rahi hai. Where is the remote?” She asked him.
“Tumhe kyun lagta hai voh remote chod ke gayi hai?” Rey rolled his eyes.
“Can’t we turn it off somehow?” She rubbed her arms.
“The main switch it too high up. And I’m pretty sure jis hisab se usne planning kari hai, room mein aisa kuch nahi hai jis se we can reach there.” Rey held his head and pulled his hair.
“It’s getting very cold.” Rey noticed Taani rubbing her arms.
“Go in, take a hot shower and change. Warna beemar pad jaogi.” Rey instructed her.
“Yeah.” She nodded and went into the bathroom.
An hour passed by but Taani hadn’t come out. Rey knocked on the door. There was no answer. He knocked again. Still no answer. He held the door knob and contemplated opening the door. It turned on its own and Taani stepped out.
“Sorry voh..” She looked at him and saw him gulp taking in her look. “Rey?” She said feebly.
“I’m sorry.” He turned around. She saw his shoulders moving as he took sharp short breaths. “I’ll freshen up and come.” He quickly went inside.
“That was so embarrassing.” Taani thought as she crawled onto the bed and hid under the comforter.
Rey came out of the bathroom wearing the shorts. He threw the towel on a chair and corrected his messy hair. Taani inhaled sharply taking in his look.
“It’s chilly in here.” Rey shivered breaking Taani’s gaze.
“There’s just one comforter.” She said looking at him from the corner of her eyes.
“I’m sorry yaar Taani. I knew they would play pranks but..” He sat down at the edge of the bed holding his head.
She sat up straight on the bed caring less about the comforter. She crawled and sat next to him. She removed his hands from his head and leaned on his shoulder. He encircled his arm around her and embraced her. Her hand rested on his chest and sparks ran through their bodies.
“We should go to sleep.” She suggested after a while.
“Thank you.” He held her hand and kissed it.
“Why?” She asked and he looked at her confused. She continued, “Are you the only one who is allowed to support the other when needed?”
“Taani, I..”
“Good night Rey.” She tucked herself in.
“Are you mad at me?” He asked.
“Yes.” She replied turning away from him to hide the smile forming on her lips.
He quietly got in and went to sleep facing the other side. Taani found his behavior weird. On other occasions he would easily catch her lie, but today he was behaving differently. She remembered his hold on her in the pool. Even though his face was calm, his hold wasn’t. She decided to sleep on it and talk to him in the morning.
…
“Mmm..” Taani stirred in her sleep. Something was restricting her movement.
She struggled to move when her back collided against someone. The hold around her waist which wasn’t letting her move, got tighter. She opened her eyes as a reflex and took in the room she was in. She calmed when she realized where she was and tilted her head back to find Rey sleeping peacefully. She looked down and saw his arm holding her firmly. She smiled warmly and placed her arm on his.
“I always dreaded this situation. But now that I’m living it, I feel so peaceful. God, I love him!” She thought and her eyes grew wide at the realization. “I love him, I love Rey!” She grinned.
“Good morning luv.” Rey dreamily looked at Taani.
“Did I wake you up?” She pouted.
“I’m glad you did.” He said widening her smile. “Kya hua itni kyu chehek rahi ho?”
“Koi problem?” She turned to face him.
“Bilkul bhi nahi.” He pulled her to him.
“Good.” She booped his nose.
“You seem different today.”
“Don’t like it?”
“Love it!” He grinned leaning forward on her.
“Good morning love birds!” Sharon opened the door and everyone yelled.
“I hate her!” Rey murmured as he dropped his head in the crook of Taani's neck making her giggle.
“Oops wrong time!” Sharon covered her eyes as she saw them. Rey was leaning on top of Taani and it looked like they were going to kiss but due to the interruption decided against it.
“Rey kuch toh sharam kar. Itne log tere room mein hai. Abh toh uth ja uske upar se.” Vicky teased and Taani got conscious.
“Wait here.” Rey instructed Taani and got out of the comforter carefully. She hid herself in it.
“Rey tere kapde kahan hai?” Amar teased suggestively and everyone joined.
“Chalo bohot hogaya. Niklo bahar sab.” Rey escorted them out of the room.
“Exactly guys let’s leave. Thodi privacy dete hai dono ko.” Sharon winked as she threw a box of condoms at Rey.
“What the hell!” His eyes grew wide.
“Two can play this game.” Sharon left smirking.
Rey closed the door and locked it. He stood there hoping that Taani hadn’t noticed the box in his hand.
“What did Sharon throw at you?” Taani asked as she sat up on the bed.
“It’s nothing Taani.” He tried to brush it off.
“Rey?” She got out of bed and walked towards him.
“Taani chodo na yeh sab. Tell me did you sleep well?”
“Yes I did. Also I’m not a kid. I saw what she handed you.”
“It’s just her getting back at me.” Rey explained.
“For doing the same to her?” She asked.
“Tumhe kaise..?” He asked dumbfounded.
“Bhai is very bad at hiding things from me.” She smirked.
“Par usne toh meko bola tha ki usne tumhe kuch nahi bataya.” He was still confused.
“Yes, because I told him to.”
“Listen, it’s just a prank. It doesn’t mean anything.” Rey defended.
“Mm-hm. I know.” Taani nodded and stepped closer to him.
“We should head out. Warna sabko aur bakwaas karne ka mauka milega.” Rey quickly went in the bathroom to freshen up leaving a confused Taani behind.
…
“You should definitely buy it!” Sharon told Taani who was looking at a pair of denim shorts.
“Sharon!” Rey gritted his teeth as he heard her and beelined towards them.
“Calm down buddy. Hum bahar hai.” Swayam quickly intervened and took Rey outside the shop.
It was their second to last day at Mahabaleshwar and they were out shopping as everyone was bored sitting at home. The entire morning passed by with teasing Rey and Taani. Swayam called an end to it when he saw Rey getting annoyed by it.
“I like it but I’m not comfortable wearing it outside.” Taani told her.
“Haan toh hum bahar kahan jaa rahe hai. Shaam ko ghar pe hi party hai.” Sharon said cheekily.
“That’s not what I meant.” Taani laughed at her cheekiness.
“I know what you mean and you should stop doing that to yourself.”
“I’m not doing it on purpose. I get really conscious.”
“I get it. It’s just that the rest of us are following the dress code and I don’t want you to feel left out or separate. You are a part of this group now.” Sharon smiled at her. “But, then again it’s just a suggestion. Think about it this way, no one here is going to judge you or look differently towards you because of what you wear. Correction, Rey might look differently at you.” She winked making Taani giggle and continued, “my point is you won’t find better people than these to boost up your confidence.”
Sharon walked away from Taani and she looked across at everyone.
“Sharon is right. Even though I didn’t have a smooth start with them, they accepted me very quickly to be a part of their group. They all made me feel comfortable when my nerves were heightened. I may not know each one of them very well but I can certainly agree with Sharon, I won’t be judged here.” Taani thought to herself.
“Taani?” Sharon called her.
“Aayi.” Taani decided to buy it.
…
“Taani? Are you done? Meko bhi ready hona hai yaar.” Rey knocked at the bathroom door.
Rey was about to knock again when she came out wearing a yellow frill top, black denim shorts and yellow sneakers.
“Wow! You look..” Rey was caught off-gaurd by her appearance.
“Don’t complete it. Mujhe phirse conscious nahi hona hai.” She stopped him form continuing.
“You don’t have to wear it if you aren’t comfortable in it.” He said.
“But everyone is and I don’t.. It’s difficult to explain. You go change!” She pushed him into the bathroom to change.
“Sharon, please tell me that you aren’t up to something.” Swayam asked her.
“Listen I know that you have to leave urgently, but I’m not a kid who you need to look after. And to answer your question. I’m done playing pranks on Rey. At least for now.” She answered.
“Good.”
“Tu kyu uski side le raha hai?” She squinted.
“Voh bohot jaldi chid raha hai. Please tu ungli mat kar.”
“Par usko itna gussa kyun aa raha hai? Kal raat ko bhi he sounded very annoyed when we locked him. He’s not the one to get angry because of pranks. It has to be something else.” Sharon thought. “Is it?” She gave Swayam a look.
“Probably.” He nodded.
“Oh God, tum dono yahan chipke huye ho.” Simmi stood looking at the two. “Chalo yaar. Already iss idiot Swayam ki wajah se mood kharab hai. Aur kyun late karna hai party start karne mein.”
“How is it my fault ki meri early morning Delhi ki flight hai?” Swayam asked her.
“Because like a party pooper you said it right before the party started.” Simmi squinted.
“Don’t give me that look. I should be the one who is annoyed. Meko raat bhar travel karke Mumbai jana hai to catch my flight while you guys get to enjoy here.” Swayam strangled her as they walked out to the lawn.
“Agar comfortable nahi ho toh kyun pehen rahi ho?” Rey asked Taani when he caught adjusting her shorts for the third time.
“Par mujhe hona hai comfortable.” Taani sat down on the bed and sighed.
“Don’t force yourself.” Rey sat next to her and held her hand.
“Aise toh phir main kabhi shorts pehenungi hi nahi.” She sulked.
“Shorts pehen ne ka koi compulsion nahi hai.”
“Everyone else is gonna wear it. I..”
“Forget them. Are you comfortable in it?” He interrupted her.
“I’m not.” She answered truthfully.
“Then why?”
“Sharon kept insisting so I thought I should try. Now I don’t feel that great.”
“Tum change kar lo. I’ll wait.” Rey told her and she went in to change.
Taani came out to find no one in the room. She was about to call Rey when she heard a loud commotion and followed the voices to find everyone gathered in the living room.
“Rey just shut up!” Sharon yelled. “Meko bolne pe majbur mat kar.”
“Sharon don’t.” Swayam tried to calm her down.
“What don’t Swayam? He can bloody come up to me and accuse me of stuff and I don’t get to return his favor?”
“Swayam, stay out of it. Aur maine kuch galath nahi kahan hai. You were with Taani in the shop and you were the one to force her to buy things which she didn’t want to.” Rey pointed at Sharon.
“Pehle na apni girlfriend se jaake puch ki usko kya chahiye aur kya nahi. Don’t assume things.” Sharon reciprocated.
“I know what she needs. What she doesn’t need is you lurking over her.” He glared.
“I can’t believe you just said that.” Sharon was surprised. “Can you believe him?” She looked at Swayam.
“Both of y’all are angry. So please don’t say anything.” Swayam tried to ease the tension.
“Let him speak. Usse lagta hai ki I’m the one causing troubles in his relationship..”
“Yes you are!” Rey interrupted Sharon.
Taani stood rooted to her place. She didn’t know what to do. This was the first time she was seeing Rey angry. She looked around at everyone else who stood still, not picking sides and decided to do the same.
“And how so?” She asked.
“Guys stop it! Bachcho ki tarah lad rahe ho tum dono!” Swayam yelled at them.
“Bachcha toh yeh hogaya hai. Khud itna insecure hai Taani ko leke ki uske aage kuch samajh hi nahi aa raha isse. Yes, she left you once. But, she is not going to leave you again. Have at least this much faith in your love. Aur agar usse mere kuch bhi bolne ya koi prank ki wajah se teko chod ke jaana hota, toh she would have left long ago!”
“Enough!” Rey managed to say. He knew deep down what Sharon said was right but he needed time to process it. “And I meant what I said. Stay away from her.” Stealing the last words, he left.
He bumped into Taani on his way out. Taani saw him controlling his tears. Before she could utter a word, he left.
“Rey..” He heard her soft voice as he exited.
“You okay?” Swayam consoled Sharon and made her sit on a chair.
“Why has he made me the villain of his story?” She sobbed in his arms.
“He didn’t mean it. You know that.” He kissed her forehead.
“Go and check on him. Pata nahi kahan gaya hoga.”
“Bahar hi hoga. I have his bike keys.” Swayam told her.
“Baat kar le uss se.” Sharon said.
“I told you to leave the talking to me. Why did you bring it up?”
“Accha abh isme bhi galati meri?” She flared her nostrils.
“Peace!” He pulled up two fingers and called peace.
“Taani?” Aashi said when she noticed Taani approach Sharon. They all turned their heads towards her.
“Taani listen.” Swayam called her but she asked him to stop and continued to walk towards Sharon.
“Taani I..” Sharon didn’t know what to say.
“Tum theek ho?” Taani knelt in front of Sharon.
Swayam smiled and left in search of Rey. The rest of them dispersed as well.
“We shouldn’t be together. Rey andar aaya toh uska gussa aur badhega.” Sharon smiled lightly at her.
“I’m sorry. Meri wajah se yeh sab..” Taani started to apologize.
“This isn’t your fault.” Sharon stopped her.
“It is. I unknowingly called you out. I didn’t mean to.” Taani explained. “Moreover, I had noticed that he was suppressing things and his behavior had changed since we came here but I just ignored it thinking it might be nothing. I should have talked to him. Voh tum par gussa nahi karta.”
“Don’t worry about me. It may take a few days but we’ll get back to normal.” Sharon cheered her up. “Rahi baat Rey ki toh just one advice, anytime you feel like you need to talk to him act fast on it. Uski hamesha se adat rahi hai to bottle up things. You need to pry things out of him. Swayam is the one who usually does that, aur tabhi itna bada hungama nahi hota.” Sharon chuckled.
“Abh do impulsive log ladenge toh hungama hoga hi na.” Taani smiled and hugged her.
“I’m glad he has found you.” Sharon said breaking the hug.
…
“Kya hai Swayam?” Rey asked annoyed as Swayam walked towards him.
“Teko kyu lagta hai ki voh teko chod degi?” Swayam came right to the point.
“I don’t want to talk right now.” Rey shrugged.
“Alright then, just a heads up, main abhi nikal raha hoon so please..”
“Don’t worry uss se baat karne mein meko koi interest nahi hai.” Rey gritted his teeth.
“Good. It’s better if you guys don’t talk for a while.” Swayam shook his head.
“But?” Rey looked at him. “Jo bolna hai bol de.”
“You know she is right.”
“Teko nahi lagta tu kuch jyada hi uski side le raha hai?” Rey snapped. “You saw her forcing Taani in the shop.”
“Taani is not a kid ki Sharon ke force karne pe kuch bhi karegi. It might have been her decision to buy it.” Swayam explained.
“Still picking sides.” Rey rolled his eyes and looked the other way.
“Why am I even trying to talk to you?” Swayam shrugged.
“Maine pehle hi kahan tha I don’t want to talk right now.” Rey sneered.
“Please do din ke liye Sharon se durr reh. Meko Delhi mein yahan ki tension nahi palni.”
“Ride safe.” Saying so Rey went inside to his room.
“Rey?” Taani knocked on the door after some time. “You haven’t eaten anything.” She came in with a plate of food.
“I’m not hungry.” He replied.
“Khane pe kis baat ka gussa nikal rahe ho?” She sat next to him.
“Bhook nahi hai yaar.”
“Fine don’t eat! Mujhe kya?” She placed the plate in front of him and folded her hands across her chest.
“Are you mad at me?” He looked towards her.
“Am I allowed to be?” She side glanced at him.
“Yeh kaisa question hai? I obviously don’t want you to be mad at me but yes you can be.”
“I really wished what you wanted was true as I am very mad at you!”
“But all this was Sharon’s..”
“I’m not talking about what happened today.” She interrupted him.
“Phir?” He asked innocently.
“Tumhe agar mere uss break up wali baat ko leke itni problem thi toh mujhse kahan kyu nahi? I thought I was the one who had problem communicating amongst us.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Lately you’ve been saying that a lot.”
“I.. I love you.” He smiled at her and she looked at him with surprise.
“Nice try. But I’m not letting you go this easily.” She said suppressing her smile.
“I know I messed up. Par jis tarah sab mere past ke baare mein baat kar rahe the, I didn’t want you to get any wrong indication. Marriage was never on the cards for me, not until I met you. Now I’m looking forward to it.”
“Don’t you think I know this? Tumhi ne mujhe yeh bataya tha. Why are you forgetting that we both want the same things? Tumhe kyu lagta hai ki koi bhi stupid reason ke liye I’ll leave the one who has become the most precious person for me?” She cupped his face.
“I don’t know what to say.” A light smile graced their lips.
“Then don’t. Already bohot kuch keh chuke ho aaj.” She removed her hands off his face and shook her head.
“She deserved it.”
“No she didn’t! And you are going to go to her and apologize for it.”
“Not before she apologizes to you.”
“She doesn’t have to.”
“Then me neither.” Rey stood firm on his ground.
“We’ll talk about this later. Pehle kuch kha lo.” She forwarded the plate to him and he ate quietly.
Posted: May 26, 2019
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