Fanaa-sajan oneshot

"Main jab tumhare saath hota hoon tab mujhe aisa lagta hai ki main jannat main hoon.", I fought the urge to roll my eyes as I said this. Could it get any cheesier? Sheena's face had the biggest smile I had ever seen her wear and it was almost nauseating to watch. Over her shoulders I could see Tamanna ma'am beaming at us. She looked as if Christmas had come early. To my right, I could hear Mayank and Nupur arguing in hushed whispers. I had never seen another couple who argued so much. But in spite of all these fights, they were one of the most perfect couples I had ever seen……which was more than I could say for myself and Sheena. Everyone in Excel thought us to be a model couple, the rich chocolate boy of the college with the hot and happening babe. Initially I had thought so too. I had thought Sheena to be 'the one'. But my illusion had shattered pretty quickly. On our very first date, she had informed me that my friendship with Gunjan had to break if we were to commit. Of course, I refused point blank. She didn't hold a candle to my Chashmish. I wouldn't give her up for the world. Through the night, I kept thinking about my conflicting feelings for Sheena and Gunjan. Why was Gunjan more important to me than my own girlfriend? I thought long and hard and finally, at the wee hours of the morning, I stumbled upon the answer. It wasn't Sheena that I loved. It was Chashmish. I didn't know how I had fallen for my best friend, but somehow I had. As scary as the thought was, I also felt relief washing over me.

Gunjan had always been by me, no matter what. She was my guardian angel. She was my voice of conscience. She was the only one who had seen past my 'cool dude' image and seen the real Samrat. She had been there with me at my most vulnerable moments and had offered me silent support. I could be myself with her because she did not have impossible expectations from me just because I was Samrat. But most of all, she truly cared for me, as a person, not as a trophy, like most of the girls. I made up my mind to tell Sheena about the revelation the first thing in the morning.

But by then Sheena had changed her tactics. She had gone to Gunjan and asked her to sacrifice her friendship for her best friend's happiness, for my happiness. Gunjan, being the girl she was, had willingly done it for my sake. That was how I was here, practicing my lines with Sheena, when all I wanted to do is to find Gunjan and tell her that I love her.