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So I cannot match the beautifully written OS's by Bani and Sam, but here's my take... I had to change my idea a little as it was already included in their amazing stories...
Hope you enjoy it!
So Parth was in a playful mood, and he just knew Vibha was the one for him. But he was young, and though he was quite mature, it was the first time he had felt this way for someone, it was the first time he had known a feeling so strong that he couldn't take his eyes off her. He always wanted to be by her side, he always wanted to look at her beautiful face and smile. It was the first time for her too. But she knew she had to be more careful. She cared for him deeply, and she wanted to be with him just as much, but she knew there were certain boundaries she could not cross. There was a certain way she had to act in order for her to maintain her duties which were an essential part of her life. She could no longer be the carefree teenager who could roam around and enjoy life on her own terms.
As he entered the library and saw her looking for a book, he took her hand and started walking towards the rear end of the library.
Vibha - Parth... yeh kya kar rahe ho
Parth - Shh...
He held her by both his arms on her shoulders, and lightly pinned her against the shelf in the corner. He looked into her eyes and she looked back at him, feeling shy and feeling surprised.
Vibha - Parth, what is this?
Parth - I wanted to thank you
Vibha - Thank you kis liye?
Parth - For being there, for understanding, for hugging me, for everything
Vibha - (she put her arms around his neck) Ab tum theek ho?
Parth - Ha
She smiled at him and slowly touched his cheeks with her palms and looked at him. She wanted to get lost in his eyes, she wanted to melt away in his arms, she wanted to spend each passing moment with him as everything seemed beautiful and carefree when he was with her. But she knew she couldn't be so careless all the time, so she slowly put her hands down.
Vibha - Parth, ab tum jao, koi aa jayega
Parth - Nahi, main nahi jaunga, mujhe aapse woh sunna hai jo aapne us din kaha tha
Vibha - Parth, tum samajh nahi rahe ho, koi aa jayega
Parth - Koi nahi ayega. Say that you love me
Vibha - What? Parth, koi aa raha
Parth - Koi nahi hai, say you love me
Vibha - Parth, chodo, maine suna koi aa raha hai
Parth - No say you love me
Parth - Are you serious, Parth leave me
He didn't let go and thud! landed a slap on his face. She couldn't believe she raised her hand on him and he couldn't believe she slapped him. He held on to his cheek, not cause it hurt, but because her hands touched him there, and not out of love, but out of anger. One slap changed his smile and playfulness to a serious face filling rapidly with anger. She wanted to say something, but her mind was confused between the voice she heard of someone entering the library and her action towards Parth. She knew she couldn't risk both their future and she had to act sensibly. She tried to put her hands on Parth's shoulder, but he moved away. He looked at her face, just once, with angry red eyes and then looked down and started walking away. Vibha's hand was mid air, as she wanted to stop him, but he didn't stop. She paused for a while and her eyes turned watery as she knew she had hurt him.
He was storming off and he saw Kamini maam near the computer. She asked him what he was doing in the library and he fumbled a bit and said he had come to put a book back. She said she heard something and he said no one else was in the library so she must have heard him or something else. She said she was looking for Vibha ji as Rishab ji had said she had come to the library. Parth assured her there was no one in the library apart from him. And he then walked off. Kamini maam followed him.
Vibha then came out and started thinking about the slap. Parth's playfulness and his smile were overshadowed by her one moment of anger, and that was the only thing on her mind. She wanted to go after him, but she knew Kamini maam would be looking for her, so she finished her work and then went to see Kamini maam. She seemed a little lost while talking to her later on, as she was constantly thinking about Parth and she didn't see him anywhere all afternoon. She was hoping to see him in the mess for dinner, but again, he was nowhere to be seen. She was getting worried as she already knew he was an angry young man, and once anger took over him, nothing could stop him. She was worried. She asked Utkarsh before he sat down for dinner if he'd seen Parth and he said he was practicing for the boxing tournament and wasn't hungry.
Parth meanwhile was punching away at the bag, thinking of all the times she had hurt him. He started reminiscing memories of the time when she had looked at him the first time he was beaten up really badly, she had not come to see him in the medical room even once; the time when he tried to talk to her but she sent him away asking him to talk to Kamini maam; the time when he gathered courage to go talk to her but she sent him away saying they couldn't be more than a teacher-student; the time when he tried to apologize and get her to talk to him but she asked him to go. Did all this mean reality wasn't going to be as rosy as he painted out his picture to be? But what about the three magical words that she said to him? What about the hug that she so lovingly embraced him with when he needed emotional support?
As these thoughts were racing through his mind, Vibha entered the gym and found him hitting hard at the bag, with mere bandages. She knew he was angry, and he was hurting himself, but the pain she had caused him was hurting him far more. She was scared, she didn't want to upset him more, but she knew only she could pacify him. She slowly walked up to him and tried to touch him but then put her hand down. She tried to say his name, but her voice was so feeble that she could barely hear her own self. She cleared her throat and tried again.
Vibha - Parth
Parth stopped, held the punching bag with both his hands, he heard her voice, he was about to turn back and look at her, but he stopped halfway, looking sideways and then turned his face back at the punching bag and started hitting it again. She figured he wasn't going to look at her so she walked around him and went on to face him. She slowly raised her eyes to look at him. They very thought of looking at his angry face caused shivers in her spine. But she had to fix things, she had to lighten his mood.
Vibha - Parth, meri baat to suno
Parth kept hitting away trying to not look at her as he didn't want to do anything he would regret. He knew he was fuming with anger and he just wanted to take out his frustration on the punching bag, and not on anything else. He didn't care that his fists were hurting with all the punches he had thrown at the bag.
Vibha - Parth please, I'm sorry
He still didn't stop. He heard her apologizing, but he didn't know what he needed to pacify his restless angry mind. It wasn't an apology that he seeked from her. He himself didn't know how he wanted to stop feeling this way. So he kept hitting and he thought eventually things would make sense, enough sense for him to stop. But that moment still seemed far far away. Vibha took a deep breath and decided to try once again.
Vibha - Parth, please ruk jao. Ek baar meri baat to sun lo, please.
Her eyes were filling up with tears that wanted to roll down, but she took deep breaths to stop herself from breaking in front of him. She waited for him to stop, but he didn't.
Vibha - Parth, tum nahi manoge?
She waited again, and he didn't stop. He hit the bag harder and harder each time she spoke. She figured she was making him more upset. So she decided to leave.
Vibha - Main ja rahi hu Parth, I'm sorry again
She walked towards the door and was about to leave, but then looked back at him. He kept going and she rushed back towards him and held the punching bag.
Vibha - Parth, ruk jao (she screamed)
Parth punched the bag again, and his punch hit her fingers, bang on. She moved both her hands away looking at her hand that got hit and then slowly putting it down. Her fingers were turning red due to the sudden blow. He realized what he had done, and an overwhelming sense of guilt and pain that he had hurt her took over his mind, as his anger seemed to fade away. He quickly moved close to her and slowly lifted her delicate fingers that were still trembling due to the sudden impact. He didn't know what to say, sorry would seem so trivial, she kept apologizing to him and asking him to stop but he didn't listen. If only he had listened to her, this wouldn't have happened.
He slowly raised his eyes to look at her and as she looked at him, tears rolled down her cheeks. He slowly let go of her hand and held her face, and wiped away her tears with his thumbs.
Parth - I'm sorry (he whispered) I'm so so sorry
Vibha looked down as she didn't know what to say. He held her face and slowly lifted it so that he could look into her eyes and apologize properly. Not just for hitting her and hurting her, but also for not listening to her. One blow to her hand was enough to knock some sense into him.
Parth - I'm sorry Maam, main aapko hurt nahi karna chahta tha
Vibha was still stunned and unhappy, as she knew she had merely tried to pacify him. But she didn't want to throw a tantrum like him and storm off. So she stood there, trying to make sense of his anger, and trying to listen to everything he wanted to say, in the hope of resolving things between them.
Parth - Shayad pehle hi maine aapki baat suni hoti... Toh nahi woh thappad... Aur phir yeh punch... I'm sorry
He looked down and slowly put his hands down. He didn't know what else to tell her. She saw him looking down and feeling guilty.
Vibha - Its okay Parth
This made him look up again at her, had she forgiven him?
Parth - Aapne mujhe maaf kar diya?
Vibha gently nodded and then looked up at him. He had a faint smile on his face.
Vibha - Aur tumne?
Parth - (he seemed confused) Maine?
Vibha - Tumne mujhe maaf kiya ki nahi?
Parth - Maine kyu?
Vibha - For slapping you?
Parth - Woh toh meri hi galti thi. Aap kehti gayi koi aa raha hai, aur agar Kamini maam ne dekh liya hota to
Vibha put her hand on her lips so that he couldn't say anything else. She didn't even want to imagine what it would be like if anyone found out. She knew that would mean the end of their sweet story. And she didn't want their story to end prematurely. She wanted to be with him, as difficult as it would be.
Vibha - Kuch mat kaho Parth, we just have to be more careful next time
Parth - Yes, I'm sorry
Vibha - Ab kitni baar sorry kahoge. Aur yeh gussa tumhara kab jayega
Parth - Pata nahi
Vibha - Waise toh itni samajhdari ki baatein karte ho, aur ab bhi pata tha, phir yeh boxing. Woh bhi boxing gloves ke bina
She slowly lifted both his hands and he winced in pain as both his fists had started to swell up inside the bandages. He hadn't realized earlier due to his clouded judgement.
Vibha - Dekha, bahut dard ho raha hai?
He smiled at her and nodded.
Vibha - Jhoot bol rahe ho?
Parth looked down as he knew that she would catch his lie easily.
Vibha - Chalo
She took his hand and he simply obeyed without asking questions. She took him to the medical room and made him sit and brought a bowl of iced water and opened his bandages. His fingers and knuckles were red and swollen. She put the bowl on the bed and then carefully placed both his hands into the bowl. He then looked at her, the care with which she was looking after him. He took one of his hands out and put her hurt hand inside the bowl as well. She looked up at him and realized that he was equally concerned about her. She smiled at him and they both felt a little something as their hands touched in the bowl.
She was lost in him and started remembering all the times they had spent together. He remembered being playful with her and then her slapping him and just nodded his head.
Vibha - Are you feeling better now?
Parth - Ha. Maam, apne khana khaya?
Vibha just nodded to say she hadn't had dinner. As she had come to look for him as soon as she found out from Utkarsh.
Parth - Mujhe bahut bhukh lagi hai
Vibha - Kisne kaha tha boxing karne ke liye?
Parth looked down and she gently touched his face.
Vibha - Chalo. Main yeh rakh ke aati hu. Tum jao.
Vibha went to put the bowl away and Parth followed her to the sink and looked at her as she poured the water away. She looked at him. He was still feeling sad that he had hurt her. So she moved closer to him and was about to hug him, but he tried to move away as he was all sweaty.
Vibha - Ab kya hua?
Parth - Woh kuch nahi...
Vibha moved in closer again, and he nodded to signal her to stop.
Parth - Woh main, I'm all dirty and sweaty
Vibha - Mujhe koi fark nahi padta (and she hugged him) I love you Parth
He was stunned! He smiled and slowly put his arms around her waist. He couldn't believe she told him that she loved him.
As he was about to say something back, she slowly untangled herself from his embrace and looked at his face. She looked at his cheek that she had slapped before, and gently moved closer to his face. He was confused as he didn't know what it was that she was trying to do. As he sensed her coming close to his face, he closed his eyes involuntarily and she kissed him on the very same cheek that had felt her slap. He felt an electric sensation paralysing him for a moment as her soft lips touched his cheek. He simply couldn't believe that she had landed a peck on his cheek. She pulled herself away from his face and then looked down feeling shy. She was about to let go of him, but he opened his eyes and slowly lifted her hands, and gently kissed both her hands. She felt shy and looked away.
Parth - I'm really very sorry again (he slowly let go of her hands)
Vibha put her hands on his lips to stop him from apologizing more. She gently nodded to say there was no need. She smiled at him and he smiled back at her, knowing that they had resolved everything.
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