chapter 26
Tales of the Heart
Everyone comes out of the house where Ansh's car is parked and Aaira is walking with Advaita so that Advaita does not go away from Ansh in any way because by seeing Advaita sad, Aaira has already understood that she is angry with her brother and that is why her brother is trying to pacify her.
Meanwhile, Ansh reaches the car and opens the front seat door for Advaita and signals her to sit inside the car to which she gives him a look because his action reminds her of their engagement day where she was about to sit in the front seat but stopping her Ansh had said that only his sister has the right to sit in the front seat of his car and no one can take her place.
Well she knows that things are fine between them now but there are still some things that Advaita has not forgotten, yes she does not show it but she has not forgotten anything either.
" Aaira you sit here, this place is yours." Aaira gets shocked by Advaita's words and Ansh sighs seeing her stubbornness
now, Okay, he had made some mistakes but he didn't know that she would still remember this even after years, especially when he has accepted their relationship.
" Anyway, we all will not able to go in one car, so let us do one thing, you three come in one car, we siblings will come in the other car and we will meet you guys in the theatre." Advaita says and Aarav feels a little weird hearing this.
And now Aarav also starts realizing that maybe his Bhabhi is angry with his brother, otherwise she would not have missed the opportunity to spend time with him.
But before he says anything about this, he thinks about something else and then says
" Bhabhi, what is this that you will come separately and we will come separately and if you have to do this then I am on your side...I will come with you.
Anyway, I get bored with these two." Saying this, Aarav goes and stands beside Advaita because obviously whenever Ansh and Aaira are together, he always gets bored around them.
But Ansh glare at Aarav to say this and also sighs seeing Aarav's action and seeing everyone standing with Advaita except Aaira, Ansh looks at Aaira
" Why are you on my side, go to their side, I will go back. You guys go, enjoy." Ansh says little irritatingly to which Advaita rolls her eyes
And everyone else sees Ansh but no one can understand what they should say between these two.
But there, Aaira feels that maybe all this has happening because of her because obviously on the day of engagement she was the only one who saw how Ansh insulted Advaita by making her sit in the front seat of his car and that is why Advaita is not sitting in Ansh's car today.
Whereas after getting angry with Advaita's act, before Ansh goes back inside the house, Aaira holds Advaita's hand and takes her a little aside while everyone else looks at them both.
Well Aaira takes Advaita aside because she does not want to tell everyone the real thing by talking in front of everyone, otherwise everyone will get angry with Ansh somewhere.
" Bhabhi, I'm sorry." Advaita looks at her confused at her sorry
"Why are you saying sorry without any fault?" Advaita tells him
" If I am not at fault then please go with bhai..." Advaita looks at her on hearing her words.
" I know why you are not going with bhai in his car, but Bhabhi, trust me, I never want to come between you and bhai...Yes, at one time bhai gave me a place in the front seat of his car but now times have changed, that place is yours which not only I but no one else can take." Aaira says on which Advaita sees her silently
" Please forgive bhai, go with him else his mood will get spoiled...he has planned this movie just to spend time with you and now if Bhai doesn't go then what is the point of all of us going...please go with him." Aaira requests Advaita
And there Advaita hears all the words of Aaira and she also knows that Ansh's behavior has changed for her but what should she do, she is angry with him and doesn't want to melt easily but she knows that if both of them are together then it will not be difficult for her to melt in front of him.
" Please forget old things...please..." Aaira requests her some more to which she looks at her
" And if you don't go with bhai today, then I will feel that all this has happened between you two because of me... Please Bhabhi, don't make me a villain, I'm really not as bad as you probably think I am." Aaira says
And the last line is spoken by Aaira in a little dramatic way on which Advaita looks at her.
What she is saying is that she is making her a villain between her and Ansh
" It is not like that Aaira, don't think all this...you are very sweet girl." Advaita says
" If you want that I don't think of all this then for that you will have to sit with bhai in his car and forgive him for his mistake of that day." Aaira says and after so much talk of Aaira she is left with no option except to go with Ansh because obviously if she doesn't go even now then Aaira will feel bad
"Ok." Advaita says to which Aaira smiles
" Let's go." Saying this, Aaira happily holds Advaita's hand and comes to Ansh
" Bhai, you and Bhabhi go... we will all follow you." Aaira says to which Advaita gets shocked, will she go alone with him
" Aaira at least you come with us, the rest will come in the other car..." Advaita tells her
" Oh no no Bhabhi, mujhe kabab me haddi banne ka koi shaukh nahi hai." Aaira says to which Advaita glares at her to which Aaira just smiles.
well she says so because obviously right now both of them need to talk alone so she doesn't want to disturb them by going with them because she knows that after reaching the theatre everyone will be together anyway, so both of them won't be able to get any alone time.
And there Ansh smiles at his sister's action, he doesn't know what she told Advaita that she agreed to go with him but he is really grateful to Aaira for this thing of hers.
And there, two more people present there are impressed by Aaira's action, however Reyansh knows that this girl is magical, no one can say NO to her and with her sweet talk she convinced Advaita but the other person Arjun is also impressed by Aaira's action that how she fixed things between his sister and jiju in no time. What an amazing girl, Arjun thinks looking at her dreamily.
" Thank you bachha." Ansh whispers to Aaira
" Oho bhai, Now will you say thank you to your Aaira..." she says while giving him a disbelief look to which Ansh smiles
" Aarav, take my car keys." Advaita gives her car keys to Aarav so that he can drive, because Aarav is the eldest among the people coming in the other car, that is why she asks Aarav to drive.
Meanwhile Ansh once again opens the car door for Advaita and this time there is a slight smirk on his face, somehow indicating that she finally had to give up her stubbornness.
But on seeing his gesture, Advaita just rolls her eyes without paying any attention to him.
And then after she sits there, Ansh comes from the other side and sits on the driving seat and the rest of them wave their hands and say bye to them and Ansh starts the car and leaves from there.
After their departure, everyone takes a sigh of relief after watching their drama and having a happy ending and moves towards the car so that they too reach on time.
And here, as Aarav is driving, Aaira thinks that Aadhriti, Arjun and Reyansh are siblings so they will sit together in the back seat and she sits in the front with her brother because obviously she is not comfortable sitting in the back with two boys.
But just as she is about to open the front door of the car, her hands stop when Aarav comes close to her and stops her.
" Aaira, please sit at the back, let Aadhriti sit here." Aarav says in his whispers as he obviously can't let Arjun know anything about him and Aadhriti by saying it loudly
But Reyansh, who was opening the back door next to Aaira, hears this and notices the sudden discomfort on Aaira's face.
Well, it is not hidden from him that how she now stays away from boys after that incident.
And on top of that, she obviously wouldn't want to sit in the back seat where there's already a boy sitting who often flirts with her and that guy is none other than Arjun.
Reyansh is very disappointed with Aarav's behavior towards Aaira but other side Aarav doesn't think much, he just thinks that they are relatives so why would Aaira have any problem in sitting with them.
And while Aaira understands that her brother wants to sit with Aadhriti which is not wrong, so she says okay to Aarav for this things despite feeling little uncomfortable and moves to sit in the backseat but before she can do anything, Reyansh stops her
" You wait here, just give me 2 minutes." Saying this Reyansh comes to Aarav and takes him aside
Well, Aadhriti is not there as she suddenly remembers that she has forgotten her phone inside so she went inside to get her phone and everybody was there waiting for her to come back.
" Aarav why don't you do one thing, you sit in the back and I will drive...anyway you won't be able to talk to Aadhriti if both of you sit in the front and if both of you sit at the back, you will sit close to each other..." Reyansh suggests to Aarav, to which Aarav finds his suggestion right, because obviously he will be able to see her while driving but he won't be able to talk to her much despite being close to her.
" So here you go, drive." Without thinking much, Aarav immediately gives the keys to Reyansh on his idea
And now Reyansh also knows that Aaira will not sit with him in front seat because obviously they have to reach the theatre and meet Ansh and if Ansh sees them like this, he will get angry.
That is why it is decided that Arjun and Reyansh will sit in the front and now as Aarav is Aaira's brother, so Aaira will not have any problem with him, so Aarav, Adhirithi, Aaira will sit at the back.
And on this act of Reyansh, Aaira looks at him with a different emotios, why does he do so much for her despite all her rudeness ? Hmm, okay, things are a little normal between them now, but despite all the anger and arrogance she has shown earlier, why is he always soft towards her ? She thinks looking at him.
But there Reyansh feeling her gaze on himself sees her and just gives her a smile on which she also gives him a thankful smile and then Aadhriti comes back from inside and everyone sits and leaves for the theatre.
Well, Aaira still feels a bit weird in the car when there is no one to talk to her as Aarav keeps Aadhriti busy talking to him...Meanwhile Reyansh is driving silently, sometimes watching Aaira in the rearview mirror of the car and he is able to see that Aaira who is never quiet, always chirping, is now quietly looking out of the window because somewhere she does not want to disturb Aarav's and Aadhriti's time by talking in between them that too when both of them are busy talking to each other.
And there Arjun, whose condition is also like Aaira, he does not have anyone to talk to, so he is busy in his phone.
On the other hand
There is silence in Ansh's car where Ansh is driving and Advaita is quietly looking out of the window
Ansh keeps looking at her again and again, Advaita is still in the same saree which she wore in today's party, Ansh is looking at her again and again and thinking how every dress suits her.
" By the way, I did not praise you....now how could I do it, I was unable to find the right words to define your beauty, you are looking stunning in this saree." Breaking the silence between them he says this
Advaita is shocked at first as she cannot believe that this man has praised her so openly without any hesitation but still thinking something, she does not turn towards him on hearing his words and continues looking outside the window at which Ansh sighs, now this is too much.
" Don't you think this is getting too much now, you are throwing too many tantrums now." he says to which she turns towards him
" Achha ! Is it so? Oh I forgot that department is yours na, you keep throwing tantrums...but today someone else is throwing tantrums, so are you feeling bad ?" Mocking him she says this to him, to which he smiles but doesn't do anything further but first stops the car on the side, at which she gets a little shocked.
And her eyes widen when he stops the car, frees himself from the seatbelt, turns towards her and comes close to her, taking her breath away.
" What are you doing?" she asks with her heart racing as she sees him very close to her face to which he smiles slightly seeing her nervousness.
" Nothing much, just someone had given me something, I am returning her thing as I don't keep debts to anyone." Saying this in his husky voice, he gave her deep peck on her lips, which startles her and her eyes widen and she almost stops breathing.
Well she did kiss him on the cheek at the airport in London, but he returned her kiss on the lips.
" Kissing your fiancé is done on the lips, not on the cheeks. Remember this from now on, Cherie." Moving away from her and coming to his seat, Ansh says this to which Advaita still remains shocked and numb
" No no, you are not Ansh, who are you?" she says after a while composing herself to which Ansh slightly smirk.
Well, she really cannot believe that this is really the same Ansh who used to be shy to talk and today directly kisses her, praises her so much and try to pacify he her like this.
" I think I have to kiss you again to prove that I am your Ansh." Saying this Ansh again moves towards her and without any warning cups her face and takes her in a passionate kiss, startling her again.
But this time she reciprocates the kiss when he bites her lip and she comes to her senses and sees him kissing her, she reciprocates without wasting any time.
Because no matter what, she has missed him, she has longed for him, she has longed for such a moment with him for 2 years. Him initiating this moment comes as a surprise to her but it is a blissful feeling.
Their lips are moving on each other in perfect sync. Their eyes are closed and ansh is kissing her upper lip gently yet passionately and so does she doing the same on his lower one.
With this one kiss she forgets all her anger towards him, if she remembers anything at this moment then it is their ecstatic moment.
He hasn't yet expressed his feelings openly, but in this kiss she is able to feel his immense love for her.
Her hand goes to the back of his dense hair, gripping at the roots as he deepens their kiss and now in the silence of the car, only their deep breathing and the sound of their kisses echo, keeping them away from the hustle and bustle outside.
And feels like ages, both of them break this beautiful moment panting, even though they don't want to, due to the need to breathe and both of them try to compose themselves by pressing their foreheads together.
" Well, you fulfilled my wish, I always wanted my first kiss to be unexpected and honestly, I did not expect this." She utters these words while feeling ecstatic to which he does nothing but smile with his eyes closed, still pressing his forehead against hers.
To be continued..........
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