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Chapter 12

We reached home exhausted and I threw my bags in my room and ran to change before collapsing on my bed. I had all dirty clothes in my suitcase and I didn't even care, I was so tired and on top of that I was missing him so much. I didn't know how to deal with these feelings and forced myself to sleep trying to hide from them. I couldn't fall asleep easily either, all I wanted was the comfort of his arms. I tossed and turned for a while before resorting to placing one of my pillows long ways and hugging it. I woke up in the morning to hear mummy going through my suitcase. She sounded angry.

Manvi: Mummy

Kadambari: Beta, woh I was doing laundry aur tumhare kapde nikal rahe thi. Yeh saare aur gehene kiski hai Manvi, isko toh laga hoga na 5 ya 10 hazar rupee. Yaha papa ki job ki itni tension hai, upar se we went to India just to show you aur tum ho ki paise aise udha rahe ho jaise aakash je gir raha hai. Aur yeh sone ki locket aur rudraksha," she said holding up everything. Manvi you should understand papa's situation and look at the price of things before just spending so much money. Shaadi karne wali thi kya, itni expensive saree, aur ghene," she said looking back at them. I was just rooted in the same spot she had been in for the past five minutes mummy was complaining.

Manvi: "Woh mummy." I was in a fix, how I was supposed to tell her Virat bought all of this for me. I hadn't even got a chance to confess my feelings to him and tell him it is ok to talk to uncle and aunty about me. I finally realized why he was being so persistent to tell, he wanted to protect me and himself from this unnecessary drama, he knew this was coming. I wish I wasn't so nave with all these feelings and just trusted my heart from the beginning. My eyes filled up, I couldn't mention his name, I couldn't drag him into this and listen to mummy complain about him, I wouldn't be able to sit and listen to a word against him. I wiped my forming tears and mumbled "sorry" as I locked myself in the bathroom crying as I hugged the picture that I had with him. I sighed calming down after a while fiddling with his number on my phone. I took a deep breath and finally hit send.

"I miss you," read the sent message. It wasn't even a minute after I sent it and he replied back, "pyaar ka rang aab lag raha hai, btw itni late kyun" he texted back. I giggled knowing that he was probably smirking waiting for my reply. I wiped my tears and retorted back, "nahi toh, I miss bhabhi, that message was for her" I replied back lying. "acha bhabhi ki bachi, then why are you texting me," I giggled out loud reading the reply and immediately covered my mouth to muffle the noise. I hugged my phone close to me and finally wiped my tears, he really did always manage to make me laugh when I was feeling down. "ab sach batau, why were you missing me, aunty ne kuch bola kya?" My heart fell remembering mummy's words but I refused to answer him now, I wanted to be able to talk to him about my feelings first, then I would tell him about papa's job. I held back my tears as I saw him call, I couldn't answer it in this state, I had to sound normal. I took a deep breath and wiped my tears before I picked up.

Manvi: Hey what's up. Kaise ho?

Virat: Manvi what's wrong, what did aunty say?

Manvi: Kuch bhi nahi Virat, its fine.

Virat: tum jhoot kab se bolne lagi, please batau na what's wrong, aur tum itni low kyun ho?

Manvi: Mein low nai hoon, bilkul high hun, ab thik hai baba

Virat: Thik hai, thik hai, high ki bachi. How are uncle and aunty?

Manvi: Thik hai dono, they are eating breakfast.

Virat: Aur meri shezadi kyun nahi gaye breakfast khane, bhukar taal pe ho kya, kis kushi mein?

Manvi: Virat mazak band karo please, mein thik hun. Bhaiya aur bhabhi kaise hai?

Virat: Dono thik hai, Manvi mujhe batugi ya nahi aunty ne kya bola?

Manvi: VIRAT, jhid chodo nahi bataungi

Virat: acha acha, gusa maat karo, jau khana kahu phir baat karenge ok.

I smiled at my phone; he had so much respect for me. As soon as I said leave it, he did. I sighed, Virat what did I do to get you.

Virat: Oye hello madam ji, kis khwab mein koye hai aap.

Manvi: Oh, woh kuch nahi Virat, thik hai mein breakfast karne jati hoon, bye

I am pretty sure Virat was already suspicious about my feelings and what happened this morning. I am the officially the world's worst liar. I looked down at the picture of me and him again and I was rudely interrupted by mummy.

Kadambari: Manvi beta are you coming. Saree aur gehena bhout achi hai, ab please rona baand karo, I just wanted to make you alert about papa's job, I shouldn't have yelled. Please bahar aau beta.

I came out and hugged her tightly. "Manvi beta, ab kya hua, I said it was ok na," she said gently wiping my tears. I smiled "I am hungry, can I have jalebi for breakfast?" I asked holding my stomach. She shook her head at me, "chal neehe pagal," she said hitting my head. She went inside the bathroom and came back out with my cellphone, "Manvi tu kis se baat kar rahe thi bathroom pe," she asked suspiciously. I gulped and stared at her looking me up and down confused. Virat. I don't know what gave me the courage to mention his name but I did. I took a deep breath preparing myself for the interrogation session that was to follow now.

Precap:

Virat: I am comming. I nearly dropped my phone in surprise hearing him say this.

Manvi: Virat tum pagal ho gaye ho kya

Virat: Ha, tumhara pyaar mein pagal. I could hear him chuckling and tried to think of a way around this. Mummy was already suspicious enough with my conversation with him and here he is planning this grand trip to come here.

Manvi: Virat change your plan please, aabhi maat aau

Virat: Manvi I come on February 12, I sent you the details through text, make sure you check them ok. See you in a week!

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