Chapter 7

(this whole part is from taani's view)

I was lying uselessly on my bed, legs hanging down .

Why do in moves people who are sad and depressed lie on their beds , either curl up in a ball or stare at the ceiling, what is there to stare? Ha, this question actually came to my mind often thinking how stupid it was bt now that im doing the same thing , I understand why. Sigh.

I've been like this - lying with a pillow clutched on my chest and staring at nowhere - from god knows how many hours

Love- such a beautiful word, has different meaning for everyone and for me , I guess, its SACRIFICE, well I have to do this , what are my options?

He won't ever fing that payal girl , won't ever know it was me. Ugh. Im damned.

Can't it be like fairy tales- where my prince would come... well im not a princess...

In my case my prince can come through this window... sigh.

Useless. Useless. Me, my mind, my body , everything is just useless right now, I think I should sleep.

I take a deep breath n close my eyes. After a minute all I can see is his face , his eyes, his lips... N wait ,I can hear his voice.

"no" I jerked open my eyes n his face is into my face, I stare at him, no idon't stare , technically , I've gone mad n this is serious, I don't want to go to a mental hospital for all these hallucinations, delusions, whatsoever it is.

I get up quick with eyes wide open to see if its my imagination or is he real,

He smiled my favourite smile and I wanted to feel him so badly, I wanted to touch his face and if he is my imagination then I may as well enjoy this and do what I want. I touch his face ,hoping to feel more but oh god! He holds my hand and then winks at me.

I jerk my hand back from his with a gasp escaping my lips realising that there is no imagination but rey himself.

What is he doing here? I thought I was crazy. N wait , he came through what? - the window?

After staring at him for a minute and recollecting myself I sit on my bed straight n he was already sitting on my bed beside me.

His presence is enough to increase my breathing n heart rate.

He didn't speak so I asked him the thing which was imp. For me to know" rey aap yahan kya kar rahe hain , aapko toh Tanya ke saath hona chahiye than na ?"

He smiled " main wahin hun jahan mujhe hona chahiye tha."

I didn't know what to say to him so he continued " taani tum meri bahut acchi friend ho, tumne mere liye jo kiya uske liye thanks.."

Friend? Oh yeah! "friend bhi bolte ho aur thankyou bhi?"

" haan, u deserve that n abhi main yahan tumhe ek important baat batane aaya hun, I don't think kisi aur se main ye share kar sakta hun."

I encourage hin to continue by a nod.

"I am in Love." He said n looked in my eyes. It was like his eyes were burning into mine so I quickly looked away.

He was telling me the fact as if I didn't knew , ofcourse he was in love- in love, with Tanya.

"hmm Tanya!?" it wasn't a question bt it seemed like one. " No" he said.

I gawked at him dumbstruck. If he doesn't love her then why all this hard work was done by me . as I regained my senses to think on this, my throat was dry to ask simple two words and as soon as those crossed my mind , I blurted them out " then who?"

It won't be me- I know that.

"pehle, I want to give you something" he said while digging in his jeans pocket

He took out a shimmering thing with tiny bells in it, he forwarded it towards me

I stretched my palm towards him n he dropped it in my hand- it was my payal.

Before I could say anything "aaj jab tum jaa rahi thi tab giri thi"

I forwarded my palm to him n he let the payal drop on it

I just hope he hasn't guessed ki that the payal which i left in RH is mine

"dusri payal kahan hai?" he asked taking me offguard suddenly

"wo...wo.. ye wali gir gyi thi na toh wo wali maine utaar di" I managed to choke out

Im soo gone now.s**t.

"accha toh pehno na ab toh tumhare paas dono hai"

Wow, soo nyc. Ab toh im definitely gone, pls someone help me.

Ab wo payal kahan se laun mai . wo toh aapke paas hi hai rey.wait! best thing, topic change!

"Toh rey aapne bataya nahi , aap kis se pyaar karte hai, agar tanya nhi toh...?"

"I don't love her taani, even if, usne jo kiya uske peeche intentions sahi the bt still. You know jis din tumne college join kiya, that day I was rehearsing in the RH , I had a blindfold on, waha koi aaya tha u know." He looked at me as if he knew that I had come

"aur jab tak I realised n followed , she was gone" his was like he was remembering something really special which brought a smile on his face

"she? Aapko kaise pta ki koi ladki thi?" I asked swallowing hard

"ladki hi thi, uski payal hai mere paas"

"oh, toh aap uss se ..." i trailed off afraid to hear a no

"haan , I love her n I know wo kon hai" he smiled towards me

Ok now im in trouble, I guess.

"um gud toh aapko wahin hona chahiye na" I said standing up from the bed

He smirked " main wahin toh hun"

He inserted his hand in his pocket again and took out one more payal, continuously looking at my face

I looked at the payal and then at his face

Scared as I was to confess I turned away from him

He took a step towards me, I had my back to him so could only feel the warmth of his body near me, he was too close , I could feel his chest on my back,my breathing accelerated and my heart was threatening to explode any moment

I closed my eyes , felt his hot breath fanning my neck , he kept his hand on my shoulder n then his hand travelled doun all the way from my shoulder to my palm

He entwined his fingers with mine and whispered in my ears huskily "aankhien kholo taani"

I obliged him n opened my eyes to find his other hand in front of my eyes holding the payal from a end and letting it hang down

I took the payal n then turned towards him n was about to step back from this close proximity bt before I cud do anything, as if he read my mind , he kept his hand on my waist n pulled me so that our chests were plastered with each other

"tum mere liye Tanya ko leke aayi? He asked whispering

I cud just nod,not in a state to speak.

"kyun"

This angered me a little, "Isn't it obvious" u idiot I thought u loved her n im a selfless self-sacrificing fool... I wanted to add.

"there is one more thing that was too obvious bt u ignored it n made your own stupid and ridiculous assumptions" he started with a smirk bt as soon he said stupid n ridiculous' anger flickered on his face

I dnt know about what he was angry...

And stupid as I was I gave him a dumb expression

Frustration seemed the prominent expression on his face so he said in loud n clear voice

"I love you, I was going to ask you out, I was going to propose you"

His words took time to sink into me but when they did I was on the 9^th cloud

I just got on toes n hugged with all the force , wrapping my hands around his neck as a result we both fell on my bed

I was on him n I dug my face in his neck smelling him closely for the first time.

Tears were on the verge of spilling , I raised my face up n looked at his face

He tucked my hair behind my ear n looked at me lovingly

"im an idiot, im sorry rey, I love you too" I said n the words came out in a rush , he was confused maybe, bt I ignored that and hugged him,he hugged me back I finally found my heaven.

Who wud have thot that we of all people will fall in love, I then realised that "dil ne dhoka dhadi kar hi di"

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its not so gud

bt that's all i cud come up with

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