chapter 29

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Chapter start

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" Toh hum shaadi ki date 3 mahine baad wali rakhte hai, kyon Ansh-Advaita ?" Simran asks both of them when the pandit ji tells them the auspicious time for the marriage, one is after 3 months and the other is after 3 weeks.

And obviously, on this option, Simran, forced by her habit of teasing people, does not miss any opportunity to tease her children and she asks them to skip the date after 3 weeks and keep the date after 3 months.

And on hearing this question of Simran, Ansh and Advaita look at her, and obviously at this time Advaita's face also turns red while answering this question,

Now no matter how much she talks, how can she answer this question in front of everyone, showing her haste that yes she wants to get married after 3 weeks

And for her even these 3 weeks are too much, she doesn't know how she will spend these 3 weeks.

she lived without him for two years but now it is difficult for her to stay away from him even for a moment.

And she wants them to get married as soon as possible so that she can live with him.

And there, Ansh also stays quiet in this situation, aware of his mother's habit of teasing, his mother does not miss a single opportunity to tease her own children.

But there, Raj speaks to save them from this situation.

" Simran stop teasing them like this." Ansh takes a sigh of relief at the words of his understanding father.

" Okay, so let's fix the date for their wedding after 3 weeks." Simran says making them both happy.

But obviously, where Advaita was showing her happiness with a smile on her face, Ansh doesn't smile but he is happy.

After this everyone celebrates this happy moment by feeding sweets to each other.

" By the way, Neil and his family did not come on this happy occasion?" asks Siddhart

" Neil had some important work in the office which he could not leave even if he wanted to and Avi was also not free." Raj answer them

" Toh km se km unki beti Aaira hi aa jaati." Shalini says

" Ji uska college tha." Simran answer.

" Oh, waise badi pyaari bachhi hai, use dekhkar to man karta hai ki lage haath main apne Arjun ki shaadi karwaa doon us se....par afsos dono bachhe abhi chhote hai." Shalini says this and on hearing this Arjun sitting there suddenly feels very happy.

But after hearing this, Raj and Ansh look at Shalini and Priyal also does not look happy with this word of her Bhabhi.

And today sitting there, Aarav is also not happy with this thing, seeing Aaira's name being linked with someone else, when now he knows that Reyansh likes Aaira.

" Haaye mera bachha, It's good that he's not here, else he would have gotten a heart attack after hearing this." Priyal says in her mind thinking about her son that if he was really present here at this time then he would not have liked this thing.

" Bhabhi, aapka ye khayal to bahut Achha hai par afsos ki baat ye nahi hai ki dono abhi chhote hai....

afsos ki baat ye hai kuch saalon baad bhi aap jo chahti hai wo ho nahi paayega." Priyal says looking at Shalini

" Kyon ?" Shalini asks

" Aapke is "kyon" ka jawab aapke saamne baithe hai..." priyal says pointing at Raj and everyone sees priyal and then Raj

" With the birth of Aaira, Neil Jiju and Raj Bhaiya have decided that they will never get her married." Priyal clarifies to Shalini why Arjun and Aaira cannot get married if she wishes.

And before Shalini could say anything about this, Siddhart says

" Kher, ye sab to ek alag baat hai....par sabse pehle humare is bete ko Neil kya, koi bhi apni beti kyon dega ?" Siddhart says to which Arjun is left speechless, and Advaita Aadhriti suppresses their laughter at this funny insult to their brother.

They know this thing is nothing new, sidhart often says something like this to his son.

" Koi bhi apni beti kyon dega se tumhara kya Matlab hai ? Kya burai hai mere bachhe me ?" Pavitra, Siddhart's mother who had been sitting quietly till now speaks up when she doesn't like about this things about her grandson.

" Maa burai ka pta nahi, aap mujhe iski achhai btaa dijiye..." Siddhart says and Arjun looks at his father like a grumpy kid, the world will turn upside down if his father praises him someday.

But at the same time Shalini understands that somewhere the debate between Siddhart and Pavitra will increase regarding Arjun but before something like this happens in front of the Mehra family, she speaks

" waise Ansh aap toh yehaan dusri baar aaye ho, aapne humara ghar to dekha nahi hai....Advaita jao Ansh ko humara ghar dikhaao...." Shalini says this to stop Pavitra and sidhart conversation and she also says this so that they both can spend some time together on this pretext because if they sit here with everyone, they will not be able to talk.

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On the other side in college

The professor leaves the class after taking their last class of the day, it is afternoon time and Reyansh sees Aaira who is packing her bag after the professor leave the class.

Well, he wants to ask her something but he doesn't understand how to ask her about it. He wants to spend some time with her so that they can talk because after the night before yesterday a hope has arisen in his mind that if they spend more and more time with each other so maybe the day is not far when all Aaira's resentment will go away and she will accept him again.

And while thinking all this, he finally puts aside his hesitation and says

" Aaira, can we go for coffee ?" Reyansh asks her to which she who was about to get up from her place looks at him, who is looking at her expecting a yes as the answer to his question

" Sorry but no, Papa is coming to pick me up...so..... She says only half of it on which Reyansh looks at her in a little disappointment.

" Ok, it's okay, I just asked like that." He says, but looking at his face she understands his disappointment very well.

And while thinking about it, she decides to clear some things between them

" Can I tell you something?" says Aaira to which Reyansh nods.

" First of all sorry for that night. Sorry for being selfish, maybe I did not do the right thing by asking for your time ? You were there with your siblings but because of me you had to leave them and I did not realize this at that time." She says to which he looks at her confused as to why she is saying this, it's nothing like that but before he can say anything, she continues

" And, I know that night I said some things that I probably shouldn't have said but after listening to you I will just say this to you : Move on, don't expect anything from me now because there is no place for these things in my life anymore." Aaira says, hearing which he gets shocked.

" Whatever mistake I have made, I cannot change it but yes, now I have no complaints against you.

But now nothing can happen between us so move on." She says

And there, Reyansh's heart breaks somewhere because of her words.

But Aaira says this because she really doesn't want to give him any false hopes that might hurt him later.

she knows they are getting closer again but before things get too much or he starts expecting anything from her, she wants to make it clear to him that there is no place for something like love in her life anymore because even though she still feels things for him but she doesn't want to get her heart broken again for any reason and in order to save her heart from getting broken and his heart not to get hurt in the future too and to avoid any bitterness between them again, she clear all these things.

" But yes, if you want, we will always be friends but nothing more than this can happen." She further says, on which he looks at her.

" Trust me, just give me a chance, I won't break your heart again." Reyansh says to which Aaira slightly smiles with heavy heart.

" But I can hurt you in the future." She says on which he sees her

" I am difficult to bear the way I am. You are very nice but I am not.

So, understand what I am saying and move on and without making things more difficult between us, we can talk normally but nothing more than that."

She says because she knows he won't be able to tolerate her because now her own people are not able to tolerate her so how can she expect him to tolerate her.

She doesn't like to share her people, she becomes very possessive about her relationships, she complains a lot and is also stubborn and she knows that if they both get together then she will not be able to control all these emotions, If they both are together then she will want his all time and in the future he may get annoyed by her this behavior.

He might be able to tolerate her in the beginning, but what about later?

So it would be better that she clears everything to him right now because this thing is also not wrong that he broke their friendship also because of her over possessive nature, In childhood she always wanted him to be with her only but he was annoyed with her that things.....so to avoid this from happening again she makes it clear to him because she knows the way she is: he will not be able to tolerate her under any circumstances.

And at the same time, she also doesn't want to impose herself on him so that he can bear her anyway. No, whatever was there is over, she has grown up so she will have to end the desire to get him.

And after listening to all her words, Reyansh feels bad that she doesn't even want to give him a chance.

" Can I ask you something?" Reyansh says to which she nods.

" Do you really not feel anything for me anymore?" After all this talk, he can't stop himself from asking her this question

And on this question of his, she gives him a slight smile and shakes her head no.

On this, his eyes become slightly moist and he knows that her answer is a lie, She feels it.

But he doesn't understand why she is doing this. Everything is slowly getting better, then why all this again?

" Okay then we can't talk about this topic any more, I will never bother you about this thing from now on." He says to her as she looks at him

" But as you said we will remain friends, so are you sure about this na, we will remain friends forever, right? You won't stop talking to me now, right?" He says, which makes her heart heavy, but she nods yes, to which he bites his inner lip, suppressing his emotions.

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" And this is my room." Advaita tells Ansh after showing him around the house and finally taking him to her room.

" You mean our room?" he says while standing inside her room and looking at her to which she looks at him confused.

" Yes, I mean, after 3 weeks you will rightfully call my room yours, so obviously according to that, your thing is now mine too." Clearing her confusion, Ansh says this to which she smiles but then she comes close to him and hugs him.

" By the way, I am very happy today, after 3 weeks you will be mine forever."

She says while hugging him to which he smiles and reciprocates her hug by holding her by her waist.

And then Advaita separates from him and their eyes meet

"By the way, are you happy?" she asks

" Even if I am not happy, what difference will it make, the marriage will still happen." On hearing his words, she raises her eyes and looks at him in irritation.

" Why don't you ever give a straight answer? Simply says that you're happy." She says in irritation

" Your questions are weird so how can I give you straight answers? I am here, which obviously means I am not unhappy." He says to which she gives him a look.

" Hmm, By the way, don't you think you should give me something sweet to celebrate this moment?" he says, taking a step closer to her.

Both of them were already standing very close to each other but seeing him do this, Advaita takes a step back, creating some space between them.

" So you have already eaten the sweets downstairs, but it's okay, I will bring it again." Saying this, she is about to leave from there but Ansh holds her wrist and pulls her closer in such a way that their chests touch each other, upon which she slightly gasp and then looks at him

" Don't be over smart, you know the sweet thing I'm talking about..." he says, making her blush.

" By the way Doctor, too much sweets are not good for health..." Even while being trapped in his arms she gathers courage and says all this, at which he smiles

" But this sweet is very good for health, so talk less and... He doesn't say anything further when Advaita quickly gives him a peck on the cheek and then looks at him.

" Is it done?" she asks to which he sighs

"Didn't I tell you before, one doesn't kiss fiance on the cheek..." Saying this, he removes his hand from her waist and cups her face but before he can kiss her, they both get startled hearing Aarav's voice.

" Omg, what did I see ? Bhai, is it you?" Aarav who is standing at the door of Advaita's room, seeing his brother so close to his sister-in-law, asks in surprise and shocked.

And on hearing this voice, Ansh and Advaita immediately separate from each other and stand away and look at the door where a stunned Araav is standing.

Well, he had come here to call them both for lunch because it had been a while since they had come here and everyone downstairs was calling them for lunch.

Well, Shalini was going to send someone else for this work but Aarav himself had come to call them with some different intention and here he got the chance.

" Bhai, it's only 3 weeks now, have some patience for all this." Aarav teases Ansh by speaking to him on which Ansh glares at him but doesn't say anything and walks straight out from there.

And after Ansh leaves from there, Aarav looks at Advaita with a mischievous smile but before he could say anything, Advaita speaks

" Don't even think of teasing me..." saying this while glaring at him she escapes the situation by walking out of the room.

And here Aarav smiles seeing both of them and is happy that finally everything is fine between them.

How much he wanted to see his brother and sister-in-law happy together.

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It is night time, after coming back from college, Reyansh is sitting sadly at his study table, opening his diary and looking at Aaira's photos.

His eyes are moist, but he knows that whatever is happening, he deserves it.

He is thinking about himself and Aira when suddenly he wipes his eyes and closes his diary when Priyal enters his room calling his name

And Reyansh turns to his mother smiling but Priyal gets worried when she sees his pain filled eyes along with his fake smile.

" What happened bachha ?" Priyal asks placing a chair next to him and sitting in front of him to which he shakes his head in no.

" Nothing." he says looking down to which Priyal gets more worried and cups his face

" Rey, now will you hide things from me? Tell me clearly, what happened, why are you sad?" Priyal asks again and as usual, unable to hide anything from his mother, he shares everything with her again

" She told me to move on, nothing can happen between us." He says with a choked voice as Priyal looks at him

" And did you give up? Priyal asks him just this much to which Reyansh looks at her

" So what else should I do mom, I can't force her..." he says

" So who is asking you to force it, you try a little more, she said something and you gave up ? No, You try and try until her no turns into a yes." Priyal speaks to him, filling him with positivity, upon which he looks at his mother and then thinking something he speaks

" Mom, you know everything was going well between us but I don't know what happened to her suddenly?

Her mood changes every other day, now I am unable to understand her." He says and seeing his son's condition at this moment, she remembers her college days when she saw Neil struggling in such a situation for Avni.

Well he ( Neil ) tried until Avni's no turned into yes and now his son may also have to go through the same situation, thinks Priyal.

" Mom what should I do now ?" Reyansh asks further

" try! and Rey there's is a word called insecurity, Maybe she has some insecurity towards you due to which she is running away from you but now you have to ensure how you will remove her insecurities and how will you make her trust you?" Priyal explains it to him and somewhere Reyansh also understand all these words of his mother.

And he is thankful that he has a mother with whom whenever he shares something, he finds a positive path, otherwise he drowns in his sadness every time he gets disappointed.

But no, now he has got his energy again, he will not give up, he will try and keep trying until her no turns into yes.

" And yes, come out of your shy self and stop trying to convince her with just your words." Priyal further tells him to which he looks at her in confusion.

" If I don't pacify her with just words then how can I pacify her...?" he asks in his confusion to which Priyal sighs.

" Uff, ye sab bhi ab mujhe btaana padega, maanti hu main bahut cool mom hu par hu toh maa hi....now I cannot tell you everything in clear words...so understand and do the rest of the things yourself." Priyal says, to which Reyansh still looks at his mother in confusion with his adorable pout.

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At Khanna house

Aaira lies with her head on her mother's lap and Avni is caressing her hair while sitting on her bed against the headboard

"Baby, are you okay? Are you worried about something? Is something bothering you?" Avni asks this question to Aaira after getting the chance on Neil's words.

And on hearing this question from her mother, Aaira looks at her mother, still keeping her head in her lap

"There is nothing like that, mom, why are you asking this..." Aaira asks her

" Why are you so sad these days? Your smile doesn't seem genuine." Avni asks her to which Aaira thinks something

" Mom, it's just periods mood swings." She gives her best excuse

" Do you think I am fool ?" Avni tells her to which Aaira smiles

" Absolutely not cutie, You are super intelligent." She says this while getting up from her lap and pulling both her cheeks, to which Avni glares at her.

" Tell me the truth, what happened to you?" Avni asks him again seriously, to which Aaira looks at her

And as her heart has felt lighter today after clearing everything with Reyansh, she is feeling a little better too, so she speaks taking a deep breath.

" Mom, I myself don't know what has happened to me these days, my mood gets off automatically." Without thinking of anything else, Aaira says this, obviously she does not want to worry her mother by telling the real reason.

But now maybe there is no reason, She and Reyansh have decided that they will remain friends now, so there is nothing worth telling about it now.

And after hearing her answer, Avni does not completely believe her but at the same time she thinks that if this is really the case then this change is also normal with increasing age where sometimes we ourselves cannot understand why our mood is off.

To be continued...........