chapter 17

And a note for those who are little confused about Reyansh and Aadhriti's relationship : Aadhriti is not Reyansh's sister, Reyansh has only one cousin sister and that is Advaita, but yes if Reyansh and Aadhriti consider each other as brother and sister then that is different matter but there is no blood relation between them.

Chapter start

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" Can you make a tattoo on this mark?" Reyansh asks the tattoo designer sitting in front of him, showing the teeth marks he got from Aaira on his wrist

After leaving college, Reyansh directly comes to a tattoo designer.

In college, he was looking at the teeth marks she had given him on his wrist again and again and every time he felt a different kind of happiness and relief but he suddenly realized that this mark will probably disappear after some time but somewhere he did not want this and while thinking about this, a thought comes to his mind that why shouldn't he keep this first mark given by her forever, he should get a tattoo made on this mark and with this thought in mind, he comes here straight from college.

The tattoo designer starts making the tattoo of those teeth marks on Reyansh's wrist, obviously Reyansh feels a little pain but there is also a smile on his face thinking that this sweet memory will always remain with him.

Imagine something like this and something even more beautiful than this.👇

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On the other side

Neil reaches home with Aaira but as soon as they enter the house, Avni is there in front of them whom Aaira meets but Neil heads towards the room without looking at her

Avni finds his behavior strange because he never ignores her after coming from outside

" Has something happened in college?" Avni asks Aaira to which Aaira shakes her head in no.

" Then why is Papa in an off mood?" Avni asks her further

" I don't know, he was fine on the way, we talked a lot." Aaira says, which confuses Avni, Meaning he is angry with her, but what did she do that he ignored her like this.

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" What happened?" Avni enters the room and asks Neil who is taking off his coat but Neil does not say anything to her question, which shocks her.

" Neil, why are you not talking to me, have I done something wrong?" Avni comes in front of Neil and says to him, he looks at her and sighs.

" Don't you think you have hidden something from me?" she is confused by his question

" What have I hidden?" she asks

" Reyansh is in mannat's college?" he asks to which she gets a little shocked and now she understands the reason behind his grumpy behavior. Did he see Reyansh in college today? She thinks.

" Tell me, you knew it, right? And because of Reyansh, Mannat was talking about changing college on the very first day, no ?" Neil asks Avni and although Neil adore Reyansh very much because of his good behaviour and good values, but it is not hidden from him that Reyansh and Aaira do not get along well, and whenever they both come face to face, Aaira ends up fighting with him.

And it's also true that Neil doesn't get involved in the fights between the kids but he also doesn't ignore the sadness his daughter feels after fighting with him, and today seeing Reyansh in college he understands why Aaira wanted to change her college on the very first day, because obviously both of them would have met there and they would have had a fight due to which she would have got angry and took stress unnecessarily

" Neil, I did not know this." Avni says because Aaira told her not to tell Neil the real reason for her changing college.

" You are still lying...." he says to which she gets angry, Ok she told a small lie which parents often tell for their kids at some point or the other, but why is he talking to her like this

" I am not lying, I didn't know Reyansh is also in the same college..."

" Again Lie, Priyal must have told you this but you did not think it necessary to tell me what is the real reason behind my daughter's illness that day ? Whereas, that day I was asking you again and again, but no you always do this, you always hide things from me." Neil says and somewhere his words hurt her

" When you don't trust me, then why are you talking to me...

" I was not talking, you came to talk..." He says because he really didn't want to get angry at her, that's why ignoring her he silently came here to calm himself down but she came to talk and he vented his anger on her like this.

" You are right, I was the mad who came to talk to you....okay, so now don't follow me to talk to me." she says

" Wow, this is good, you make a mistake but act as if the other person is at fault." He says this which irritates her and she knows it is her mistake, but why should she accept it ? And that's why she decides to leave the room as she does not want to fight with him in any way

But as she goes behind Neil to go out but is shocked to see Aaira at the door, standing there sadly.

Actually she came here to talk to her father but she feels bad seeing her parents fighting, that too when she is the reason behind it...She overhears their conversation and understands that her father is scolding her mother for the lie that her mother had told to her father on her request.

Meanwhile, Neil also turns back and is shocked to see Aaira at the door

But Avni doesn't say anything but passes Aaira and walks away from there.

But Neil's expression softens on seeing Aaira

" Why are you standing there, come inside." Neil tells her lovingly but now she gets angry with him for scolding her mother and she leaves from there without saying anything to him on which Neil sighs as he understands that she must have heard everything and now his wife as well as daughter are angry with him.

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Later, Neil's anger, which was probably without any reason, calms down when he realizes that Aaira doesn't face much trouble in college anymore after that day but what should he do now? He unnecessarily made his wife angry and because of that his daughter also got angry.

He comes out of the room in search of them and while searching for them he comes downstairs where he sees the mother and daughter sitting and talking in the hall.....Well, it was good that his mother was not here, otherwise if these two had told his mother what he had done, then his mother would also have been angry with him, No matter whose mistake it is, in the end everyone gets angry at him.

" Kya baate ho rahi hai yehaan ?" Neil comes close to them and sits next to Aaira on the couch and says this, Avni is on the other side of Aaira

And there, Avni rolls her eyes on his question because by looking at his mood she understands that his mood has become fine now.

Meanwhile, Neil sees both of them silent and says,

" Mannat, what happened to you bachha ? I did not scold you. Why are you not talking to me ?" Neil says this to her while taking her in a side hug from which Aaira immediately breaks away and clings to her mother to which Avni suppresses her smile and Neil sighs seeing their act

" You scolded mom, that's why I am angry with you." On hearing her words, Neil gives her a look that ; ohh, ok, This is nothing new for me.

" Okay let's forget all this, tell your mom to make a nice coffee for me." Neil says Aaira because right now he can't tell Avni directly

And before Aaira repeats her father's words to her mother, Avni says

" Bachha, You know God has given us 2 legs to go to the kitchen and after reaching there we have 2 hands to make coffee ourselves." Neil rolls his eyes and pouted at her words

He thought she would go to the kitchen to make coffee and he would follow her and pacify her but she...

" Papa... Aaira is about to repeat her mother's words to her father but Neil interrupts her

" Sun liya maine, jaa raha hu khud apne pairo par..." Saying this, Neil gets up from there and goes to the kitchen to make coffee.

" I'm sorry mom, Because of me you and papa had a fight, because of me you lied to papa and....." After Neil leaves from there, Aaira blames herself as she does not like this thing happening between them

While Avni smiles at her daughter's words

" Nothing has happened because of you and now everything is fine, it was my mistake but I can't accept it in front of him na....that's why I have to pretend to be angry." Avni says smilingly which gives Aaira some relief

" This means you are fine now, you are not angry with Papa, right?" Avni shakes her head in no at that, on which Aaira smiles.

"By the way, do you both wants anything?" Suddenly both of them hear Neil's voice from behind and Avni's back is facing him but Aaira looks at her father

"Yes, cheese sandwich for me." Aaira orders

" okay, and my love, what should I make for you?" Neil asks in his mischievous voice to which Avni barely suppresses her smile but composes herself and says Nothing still back facing him.

" Okay, I understand, I will make ginger tea for you, your mood will get better after drinking it." He says making her smile and then after saying this he goes back to the kitchen.

" I am going to help Papa." Aaira says to which Avni nods in OK and then Aaira goes to the kitchen to her father.

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On the other hand, it is night time.

Reyansh is lying on his bed with his head on his mother's lap, he is sharing his day's events with her while Priyal is caressing his hair.

" So have you thought when are you going to tell her everything?" Priyal asks him

" Right now I have not thought of doing anything like this, mom, she does not talk to me normally, so if I tell her all this, I don't know what she will do." He says on which she smiles

" At least my son has enough sense to not rush into things." He pouts at his mother's words

" By the way, you also should not tell anything to Papa or anyone right now."

" Don't worry, I will not tell anything to anyone." Reyansh smiles at Priyal's words.

" But yes, when the right time comes, you will have to help me, you will have to talk to Neil uncle..." says Reyansh

" Oh no no beta ji, I will not talk to Neil Jiju at all, you are in love so you have to handle your situation and anyway, that moment is going to be very difficult for you when Neil Jiju will come to know about this act of yours." He gets a little sad on hearing his mother's words

"But why, he loves me a lot, he will not be angry with me." he says

" Yes yes, he loves you because you are our son, but he will not love you at all the day you become his daughter's boyfriend, He had rejected you for Aaira in childhood itself." She says

" What ?"

" Yes." Saying this, Priyal tells him how on Aaira's first birthday, even though he was a child, he told her that he would marry her, so Neil said that he likes Reyansh as a kid alot but not for his daughter.

" Mom, whatever it is, you have to help me....you have to convince him..." he requests

"Okay, okay, I will try my best...first you convince Aaira." Priyal says so but while they are talking, suddenly Priyal's attention falls on his wrist

" What is this?" She says while holding his wrist to which Reyansh gulps and immediately gets up from his mother's lap and sits.

"It's nothing, just like that..." Reyansh says

"Rey... Priyal is unable to speak further when Reyansh interrupts her

" Mom, I had to call Aarav, I have some work." Saying this, Reyansh immediately gets down from the bed and goes out of the room and Priyal watches him go, she gets a bit confused by his behavior but looking at the tattoo on his wrist she understands that it is not ordinary because even though its design is not special, it is still not ordinary but at the same time she thinks that if he did not tell her this, it must be something personal, otherwise he shares everything with her.

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" Now what is this?" Neil says while entering Aaira's room

Avni is still angry with him and to punish him for her mistake, she decides to sleep in Aaira's room today, but how can Neil tolerate this thing of hers now?

" Wifey, It's getting late, don't disturb Mannat, come to our room." Neil tells her

" Baby, is mumma disturbing you, can't mumma sleep with her baby for one night?" Avni asks Aaira and well Aaira also knows that her mother is just teasing her father so she supports her

" Not at all mom, you're not disturbing me....and papa you go from here…today mom and I will talk all night long." Neil hears this, these two will talk? But what about his sleep which he can't get without his wifey.?

But now seeing his wife's increasing drama, he decides to come back to his true form.

" I have convinced you enough with words, now I will have to use a different way, Mannat close your eyes." Neil tells her

"Why?" asks Aaira

" Do what papa says." Neil tells her to which she nods and closes her eyes and as soon as she closes her eyes, Neil immediately picks up Avni, who is sitting on the bed, in his arms, upon which her eyes widen

" Kya kar rahe hai, niche utaariye mujhe..." Aaira opens her eyes on hearing her mother's voice but Neil starts taking Avni away from there without saying anything, at which Aaira smiles.

" Papa... Aaira speaks from behind to which Neil turns towards her, whereupon Aaira immediately takes a picture of them in a position where her mother is in her father's arms

" I will send you this picture with #BiwiMaanGyi." Aaira says with a smile

" Thank you mera bachha." Neil says but Avni gets a little embarrassed on his action, this shameless man will never change.

" Will, in the future, when I get upset, someone will pacify me the way papa pacify mom ? Both of them are so cute, mom was pretending to be angry but papa was coaxing her even though he knew that mom was just pretending." After her parents leave the room, Aaira asks herself this question and thinks all this.

" but yeah, The answer is no, No one will pacify me the way papa pacify mom because no one can be like my papa." She says again and then lies down on the bed and covers herself with the quilt.

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" Di, kya aap mujhe college chhod dengi ?" Aadhriti tells Advaita when Maheshwari family is sitting at the breakfast table

Well, Aadhriti's home is in Bhopal ( MP ) but she studies here in Mumbai and her parents wanted to keep her in a hostel here but when Advaita's father came to know about this, keeping her safety in mind, he asked her parents to let her stay here in Maheshwari house until she completes her studies because she is also his daughter, and that's why she has been living with the Maheshwari family in Mumbai since her first year of college and currently she is in her second year of college.

Aadhriti's father is a businessman in Bhopal and her mother is a housewife. She has a younger brother who is 14 years old and is currently in a boarding school abroad.

After attending Advaita's engagement, her parents have returned to Bhopal.

" ok but where is Arjun....is he not going to college?" Advaita asks her because even though Arjun is in some other college, but both of them go to the college together every day where Arjun first drops Aadhriti to her college and then goes to his college.

" Nahi, usne kaha wo aaj college nahi jaa raha hai." Aadhrithi replies to her

" Kyon, aaj wo kis chiz ki chhutti mnaa raha hai...?" Siddhart asks seeing him celebrating a holiday without any reason

" Kya bina wajah mera bachha ghar par nahi reh sakta kya....har din toh jaata hi hai." His grandmother speaks in his support in his absence to which Siddhart looks at his mother, in front of her no one can say anything to her grandson.

" Okay, I will drop you." Advaita tells Aadhriti to which she smiles.

Later,

On the way, there is silence between the two. Advaita does not talk to anyone much, but it is also not like that if someone talks to her, she does not respond.

Aadhriti is also aware of this behaviour of her sister, so she never draws any other meaning from her silence.

But at the same time, she has also been noticing for the last two days how her sister has become more quiet and sad.

The glow that was on her face on the day of the engagement and the day after the engagement has disappeared from her face now.

" Dii, Aap udas ho na jiju ke aise achank se UK chale jaane se ?" Aadhriti asks Advaita, who is currently in the driving seat, her eyes completely focused on the road.

But on hearing this question from her younger sister, she looks at her and suddenly her throat gets choked but she doesn't say anything.

" Aap jiju ko miss kar rahi hongi na ?" she adds, which brings a sad smile to Advaita's face

" We were not married, we were not living in the same house, so how could I feel anything like this." hiding her pain she gives this reply to which Aadhriti looks at her

" Still, if he were here you could meet him whenever you felt like it, but now....so obviously you must be missing him." Aadhrithi speaks further to which Advaita smiles

" No, I am not missing him because to miss someone, you have to forget them first and it is not possible for me to forget him. Now he is in my every breath, every time I breathe I feel him, so now, the day my breathing stops I will probably forget him." Advaita says

" Diiii..... Aadhriti tells her in a warning tone not to use such nonsense words again to which Advaita does nothing but smile.

On the other hand, in college.

"Will you tell me how did you choose fashion directly from BBA, what was the reason for this?"  Aarav asks Reyansh when he comes to know today that Reyansh has changed the subject

" Just like that, there is no special reason." Reyansh replies to him.

It is morning time, both of them are standing in a place in the campus.

" Bhai, I understand you this much that you don't do anything without reason...wait, did you change the subject for the reason that I am thinking of?" Reyansh gets a little nervous on his reaction, what is he thinking

"Did you do that for Aaira.... Aarav doesn't complete his words as Reyansh interrupts him

" Oh please, Don't even think like that, I am not interested in her..." Before Aarav could complete his doubtful words, Reyansh silences him by saying this

" But I think this is the reason, why did you suddenly take the same subject in which Aaira is...?" Aarav asks

" Bhai, because I did not know earlier that only your sister can study that subject...please forgive me, I took your sister's subject." Reyansh speaks sarcastically. He tries his best not to let Aarav doubt him.

" Okay okay, I won't think too much....but let me tell you one thing, I would have been happy if you had changed the subject for Aaira." Reyansh is shocked by his words

"What?"

" Yes, I would be happy to know that you are interested in my sister but it's okay, this is also good, she deserves better than you." Reyansh is really shocked at Aarav's words....is he hearing it right? He hid this from Aarav because he thought he would get angry after knowing his feelings for Aaira and he will tell this to everyone and his problems will increase but here he's saying that he would have no problem if he was interested in her sister.

" you think I am mad, I know how you guys are, you don't even let her talk to any boy, How can you guys tolerate someone being interested in your sister?" Reyansh tries to understand his thoughts on this, in another way

" Oh I am not like the rest of my family...yes I also sometimes tell Aaira to stay away from boys but I know that she will not remain single for the rest of her life but the boy she chooses should be best and I just thought that you are interested in my sister, that's why you enroll in her subject, and you are a good guy so I would be happy with this....But now that you have made it clear that you are not interested in my sister, so it is also good...she deserves better than you." Aarav completes his statement

While Reyansh feels regret that why he hid his feelings from Aarav, he really turned out to be different from his family but now if he says that yes he is interested in his sister then he will surely beat him.

" Meri hi kismat kharab hai, main hi gadha hu, har kaam ulta karta hu." He mumbles

"Did you say something?" Aarav asks him to which Reyansh shakes his head regretfully.

" By the way why are you wearing your watch on your left hand instead of your right hand today...?" Aarav asks him

" Now how do I tell you that I am hiding the mark given by your sister." Reyansh thinks while looking at him.

" Girls wear watches on their left hand." Aarav adds.

" And where is this written? It is my wish, my hand, I can wear it anywhere and okay, I am leaving now, it is time for my class." Reyansh says this in a sad mood and leaves from there

He is really feeling regret after knowing Aarav's thoughts.

If he had told him about his feelings for Aaira then at least he would have been on his side but what should he do now.

After this, Aarav is also going to his class but his steps stop when his eyes fall on someone, He wonders what she is doing here, he goes close to her and tap on her shoulder

"Bhabhi ?" Aarav says while touching Advaita's shoulder from behind, he wonders what she is doing here

"What are you doing here?" asks Aarav

" My sister Aadhriti had forgotten her phone in the car so I have come to give it to her, but I am not able to find her anywhere and I am not able to understand how to contact her...and I am also getting late for my work."

" Oh, So what is there to be so worried about when your devar is always there for you…You tell me her class, I will find her and give her this phone." Aarav says

"Do you recognize her ?"

" Yes, I saw her on the day of the engagement." Aarav says

"Well then it's fine, She is a student of Hindi literature, 2nd year." Saying this she gives Aadhriti's phone to him and is about to leave from there but Aarav stops her.

" By the way are you okay now?" he asks to which she looks at him

" Yes I am fine now, I know I over reacted that day but you were also right in your place, He had forbidden you from telling me and that is why you did not tell me anything, it is ok, you do not need to go against him every time for me and he has gone there for his betterment so I am happy." Advaita says to which Aarav smiles and then Advaita leaves from there saying bye to him.

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Aarav comes to the literature department looking for Aadhriti and takes the stairs to go to the first floor as Hindi class is going on there but before he climbs the stairs, he sees Aadhriti coming down the stairs herself but searching for something in her purse, her entire focus is inside her handbag which contains some books and other things, etc.

But suddenly Aarav's eyes widen as she stumbles while climbing down the stairs, her foot skips one step and falls on the other, but before she falls, he quickly climbs up the stairs and saves her from falling again by taking her in his arms.

After getting saved, Aadhriti takes a sigh of relief but she has not seen who saved her so she turns her face towards him and says

" Thank you bhaiya..... She is unable to say anything further when she sees Aarav's face but Aarav gets irritated on hearing her calling him Bhaiya again.

" Mujhe bhaiya bolne se fursat mile, toh samay nikaalkar chalna sikh lo....jab dekho girti-padti rehti ho." She gets irritated by his words because she feels that no, she knows how to walk

" Huh."

" By the way, here it is, your phone..." She sees her phone in his hand, She was coming downstairs searching for her phone in her purse, she thought she had dropped it somewhere

" Ye aapko kahan mila...?" Saying this she is about to take her phone from his hand but Aarav moves his hand back and doesn't give her the phone on which she looks at him

" I will tell you that when you come for coffee with me and only then will you get your phone back." She sees him on his condition, he is crazy, she has class and he wants to take her out for coffee, and doesn't he want to study, doesn't he have class?

" Dekhiye, mera phone mujhe dijiye, meri class ka samay ho raha hai..." she says

" Maine aapko shart btaayi na, pehle wo, fir phone." He says.

" Par main aapke saath kahin bhi, kyon jaaun ?" She asks a question on which Aarav also wonders why he is behaving so shamelessly, Meaning, Who asks someone for coffee suddenly like this, but okay, now that he has asked, he will not back off

" What do you mean, why would you go anywhere with me… You made me your so called bhaiya, so come with me with the same relationship." Aarav, you have gone mad, what nonsense are you talking about....his conscience tells him.

But seeing her time being wasted like this, Aadhriti sighs.

" Par mujhe coffee nahi pasand, sorry main nahi jaa sakti." She makes this excuse

" Fir Chai ?" Aadhriti glares at him at his words

" Nahi, main wo bhi nahi piti aur ab mera phone dijiye." She says but ignoring her words, he says the next option

"Juice?" Aadhriti glares at him again

" Theek hai par karele ka." She says to which he smiles

" Theek hai aap karele ka pi lena, main apni pasand ka pi lunga."

" Nahi, main aapke saath tabhi jaaungi jab aap bhi karele ka juice piyenge...." She says this with a tight smile but before Aarav can say anything, Aadhriti's phone starts ringing

Aarav looks at the screen but the smile on his face vanishes when he sees the name on the screen. She is getting a call from someone called "My Love".

And taking advantage of the situation, seeing his grip on the phone loose, Aadhriti immediately takes the phone from his hand where Aarav looks at her

Does she already have a love interest? He thinks and keeps thinking this while Aadhriti picks up her phone and walks away while talking.

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" Oh God, it seems my first love will remain incomplete." In the college campus, Arav sits alone on a bench under a tree...He does not go to class today because ever since he saw the "MyLove" call on Aadhriti's phone, he is feeling a strange pain in his chest.

" God please I will drink karela juice everyday for her but please make her break up with her boyfriend because I am in love with her.....yes love, I fell in love with her at first sight, but God, what have you done to me, there is already someone else in her life...no, please God, tell me that this is a dream." Aarav says and pinches himself and realises that no this is not a dream, he cries more.

He makes a tearful face, looks up at the sky, and fervently prays for Aadhriti to break up with her boyfriend.

" God, for the first time I liked a girl but she also likes someone else... No, no I did not expect this from you. Now you will have to make her single for me again....You just get her heart broken once by her boyfriend then I will take care of her after breaking her boyfriend's bones." Aarav tells all this to God and at the same time, he doesn't understand how much nonsense he talks to God.

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College time is over, Aaira has called Neil but before Aaira leaves the class, one of her friends comes and tells her let's go somewhere today as their senior has planned to go somewhere and has specially invited her ( Aaira ) and at the same time her friend also teases her for the same.

Reyansh is also sitting there because he was planning to leave the class with Aaira but he gets angry after hearing this from Aaira's friend but then he relaxes a bit when Aaira tells her friend that it won't be possible today because her father is coming to pick her up so now she cannot refuse him now but yes maybe she will go with them tomorrow if she doesn't have any work.

" Will you not listen to me? Will you not stay away from those scoundrels?" Reyansh tells Aaira when she is about to leave the class, her friend has already left the class after getting her answer

" Tell me which language do you understand? I will speak in that language but I will say the same thing...I will never listen to you, what will you do?" Aaira says to him, at which he looks at her

" Okay, now you see what I do." He says and before her, he walks out of the class while she keeps looking at him.

At the college gate, Aaira meets Neil and as she hugs him and parts ways, she gets a little shocked when her father takes Reyansh's name

" Reyansh ?" Seeing Reyansh coming out of the college gate, Neil says

And it won't be wrong to say that Reyansh has deliberately come in front of Neil today, When he sees that Neil has arrived to pick up Aaira, he decides to come out of the college at that very moment so that he can do what he wants today.

" I told you not to do this..." Neil tells Reyansh when Reyansh comes close to him and is about to touch his feet but instead Neil hugs him to which Aaira makes a face

" By the way, I came to know yesterday that you are in this college, so everything is going well?" Neil asks him

" Ji, Everything is going great, this college is really good." Neil smiles at his reply

" Papa chale ?" Aaira says with the intention of not letting them talk further

"Ok bachha...(Neil says this to Aaira) Ok Reyansh, I will talk to you some other time." Neil further says this to Reyansh but before Neil turns his steps, Reyansh stops him.

" Uncle, by the way, I had to tell you something important." On hearing this from Reyansh, Neil looks at him and Aaira gets nervous.

" Yes, say it." Neil says to Reyansh

"Papa chalo..." Aaira says again to which Reyansh looks at her

" Wait a minute bachha, Reyansh wants to say something...you tell me bachha," After saying this to Aaira, Neil asks Reyansh to tell him what he wants.

" Uncle, I don't know if it is right for me to tell you this or not but I thought a lot and then I thought that you should know this thing about her..." Aaira widens her eyes as she begins to understand what he is trying to say

"About Mannat?" Neil says, a little confused

" Ji, and I know we don't get along very well but we are still a family, and that's why I tried to stop her once but she said that I have no right to interfere in her life, which is true, but still she is only 17 years old, so I think it will be right for me to tell you this because this thing is not hidden from anyone: how protective you are about her..." Reyansh says

" Reyansh, tell me clearly, what is the matter..." says Neil seeing his way of beating around the bush

" Uncle, the thing is that some senior boys in the college are taking advantage of her innocence and she is letting them take advantage of her...." Neil gets shocked hearing this.

" Papa, he is lying, there is nothing like that..." says Aaira to which Neil looks at her

" Uncle why would I lie, what benefit will I get from this.... and uncle if the matter was small then I would not have even told you, but you know one day a senior kissed her hand....that day too I stopped her but she started fighting with me saying that I have no right to tell her anything, which may be true I have no right, but uncle, I thought you should know this, you should know that some people are trying to take advantage of her innocence." Reyansh completes his statement and Neil gets shocked hearing everything and looks at Aaira.

" Is he telling the truth, did someone kiss you?" Neil asks angrily and at this moment Aaira knows she won’t be able to lie

" Papa, it was a game, we were playing truth and dare, that's it."

" That's it ? Don't you dare to play such a game with such people next time." Neil tells her

" Papa

" what papa...And from today onwards stay away from such people...all this should not happen again." Neil tells her on which she gets angry at Reyansh

" Papa, after listening to him, you are talking to me like this...?" Aaira says

" yes because he did the right thing..." Neil says on which Aaira sees Reyansh angrily

" Reyansh keep an eye on her so that no one does that to her again, and if it happens again then you inform me." Neil says this to Reyansh

" Ok uncle." Reyansh says while nodding innocently.

"What keep an eye on her...? Papa I am not a kid..." says Aaira

" You are. Don't forget, you're only 17." Neil says this while looking at Aaira and seeing him saying all this to Aaira, Reyansh gives a teasing look to Aaira indicating that see what all I can do.

Aaira sees his look and gets irritated and she does not do anything further but quietly goes and sits in the car on which Neil sighs

" Thank you bachha for telling me all this...and yes I also know that you two don't get along but yes, as you said, we are a family, so in that regard, you should ensure that no one does anything like this to her again." Neil says while keeping his hand on Reyansh's shoulder to which Reyansh gives him his innocent smile and assures him that  okay, he will do what he said.

Neil sits in the car and looks at her, who is sitting with her hands folded near her chest, pouting in anger.

" Mannat... Neil tries to talk

" Don't talk to me papa, you scolded me because of him." She says

" Aree when did I scold you, main toh bas chizon ko samjhaa raha tha..." Neil says

" Both are the same thing, he is my enemy and you talked to me like that in front of him." Aaira adds to which Neil smiles.

" First of all, I know you two don't get along but bachha, enemy is a big word...what has he done to you that you are calling him your enemy?"

" He broke friendship with me." She reminds him

" So I also told you never to chase anyone for anything, not even for friendship..." She looks at him on hearing his words

" And whatever it was, he has not done anything wrong today, you should stay away from those people who come close to you with wrong intentions." Neil explains to her on which she looks at him

" And now come on, I scolded my Mannat according to her, so now I will feed my Mannat her favorite ice-cream."

" I will not convince every time with ice-cream." She says

" So tell me what does my princess want?"  Neil asks her

" Wait, I will think about it and tell you but right now I wants ice-cream too." Aaira says to which Neil smiles and does not do anything further but before going home, he heads towards the ice-cream shop.

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5 months later.

It is night time, around 10:30 in London, Ansh is sitting at his study table in his room and is busy with his books but suddenly his attention is diverted when his phone starts ringing.

He picks up his phone and sighs upon seeing the person calling him.

" Can't she sleep?" he asks himself when he sees that Advaita is calling him at this hour, It must be 2:30 AM in India right now but she is calling him at this time.

Well Advaita always calls him at his sleeping time and not at her own sleeping time.

And this is not new for him, this has been going on with him for the past 5 months, Every morning at 6 am London time, he gets a call from Advaita, and when he doesn't pick up her call so right after that he receives a good morning message from her with some loving words but he doesn't reply to that either.

And just like every morning, every night, every day at exactly 10:30 he gets her call and when he doesn't pick up her call, he receives a good night message from her with loving words.

She does this regularly every day but in these 5 months he has neither picked up her call even once nor replied to any of her messages but Advaita calls and messages him every day in the hope that someday her wish will be fulfilled, someday he will pick up her call, someday they will talk.

At this moment also he is looking at his phone screen where after the call gets disconnected, he gets a good night message from Advaita with the words that she loves him, Not a day goes by when she doesn't remind him how much she loves him.

To be continued....

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