chapter 40
Tales of the Heart
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Chapter start
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It is around 5 o'clock in the morning.
The feeling of morning is clearly visible in the clouds and the cool breeze of the beautiful environment all around.
The redness of the morning before the sunrise dispels the darkness of the night and makes the sky beautiful.
The soft sound of birds flying in the sky is making this beautiful morning even more enchanting.
Meanwhile, we can see that a couple is sitting on the seashore, her head is resting on his shoulder and her eyes are closed as she's sleeping.
But there he is all awake, just looking at her with a smile on his face, wrapping his arms around her, the warmth of his arms shielding her slightly from the cool breeze coming in from the sea.
Both of them are still sitting on the beach because at first it was half past two in the night while they were talking to each other about their heart-felt feelings, so after that both of them talked while refreshing some of their old memories and in all this, they were not even aware of the time, time was passing but their conversation was not ending.
And then in the middle of their conversation, at 4:30 in the morning, Aaira suddenly falls asleep with her head on his shoulder.
But there, Reyansh talked to her till she was awake but after she fell asleep he just stared at her to his heart's content.
This moment is no less than a dream for him where both of them are together.
He doesn't wake her up nor does he take her back to the hotel because it's already morning, so he stops after thinking about something.
He thinks why don't both of them watch today's sunrise together.
The beginning of their beautiful relationship, with a beautiful sunrise that fills us with a new hope every day that we should never give up.
He did not give up on her and today he got the beautiful result, who is resting in his arms right now.
He is happy today that finally she accepted him forgetting all the misunderstandings between them and for him, today when he is so close to her, feels no less than a blessing.
" Aaira, wake up." Reyansh tries to wake her up by lovingly touching her cheek when there are 15 minutes left for sunrise.
But there, Aaira's sleep is broken by his voice repeatedly, but not being a morning person, she is irritated in waking up.
" Mumma sone do naaaa..." She says it because obviously her mother wakes her up every morning, so she has a habit of saying this dialogue without opening her eyes.
And Reyansh smiles at her words
"Baby, I am Reyansh, not Mumma." He says and hearing his words, Aaira's eyes suddenly open wide.
But then her eyes and facial expression also become soft when she looks at him in her half sleep
" What happened? Why are you waking me up? See, I'm saying in my clear words, I don't like it when someone becomes an enemy of my sleep." She honestly warns him, to which he smiles.
" oops, I would like to apologize for this impertinence, my majesty.
But the things is.... Saying this, he turns her face towards the east by holding her shoulder and suddenly Aaira's eyes become softer and she is surprised to see the sun rising in front of her.
This moment is really very mesmerizing for her, because due to her habit of sleeping till late in the morning, perhaps she never experienced such a moment.
" It's so beautiful." she says looking at the sun
"Isn't it? A new morning, a fresh beautiful start, good morning baby." He says this close to her ear to which Aaira turns her attention away from sun towards him and their eyes meet
And because the sun rose before them,
the rays of the sun fall on the faces of both and Reyansh seeing the red-golden hue of the sun falling on her face, gets lost in her beauty.
He cups her face and she feels the sensation of his warm hands on her skin
" Can I kiss you ?" Lost in her beauty and the beauty of the moment, he thinks why not seize this beautiful moment with their first kiss.
" You are asking for permission as if you are going to kiss for the first time? You do it every day on some pretext or the other." She says that because he somehow kisses her on the cheek at least once every day whenever they meet in college.
And hearing her words he smiles shyly remembering his owns antics.
" I am not talking about kissing on the cheeks today." He says eying at her lips to which her heart skips a beat when she understands the meaning of his words and he brings his face closer to hers but suddenly gets shocked hearing her reply.
" "No" she says, pulling her face away from his hands
"What happened?" he asks
" We can't do this right now." she says to which he looks at her
" Why? Was I about to do something wrong...I'm sorry..." saying this he is about to look down but her next word makes him look at her
" There's nothing wrong, but.... she says
"But?"
"But I want our first kiss in the rain." she says to which he looks at her. In the rain?
" Is thand ke mausam me barsaat kahan se laaun ?" Reyansh says, seeing his dreams shattered because of this reason, to which Aaira pouts
And obviously, the winter has started, even though it is not very cold now, it cannot rain in this season.
Does this mean that now he will have to wait for months for the winter and summer to pass, only then will the rains come
" But you had said that you will recreate with me all the scenes that I have read." She says
"So ?" He asks confused
" So I had read this scene in a book and I wanted this." She says, to which he sees her raising his eyebrows.
" But madam was not interested in love, then this desire...?" he asks in doubt to which she smiles.
" It is not necessary that we think of fulfilling every wish, some unfulfilled desires also make life beautiful." She says to which he smiles
" hmm, but yes, now I will not let any of your desires remain unfulfilled." He says this while looking lovingly into her eyes, to which she smiles.
But suddenly he screams when Aaira takes advantage of the situation and bites his palm under her teeth
" Ye kyon ?" he says looking at the faint mark of her teeth on his palm
" I don't know but I felt like biting you...by the way this is my language of love for you." Saying this mischievously, she is about to bite his hand again but Reyansh pulls his hand back while glaring at her, upon which she pouts.
" Should I show you my love language?" He says and before he can do anything, Aaira says no and runs away from there upon which Reyansh runs after her.
And nothing else but they spend some good time on the beach spending love filled moments like this in which both of them go into the sea and enjoy some moments by throwing water on each other.
Then they write both of their names on the sand and they also do some cute couple dance, clicks some pictures together and like this both of them enjoy their moment forgetting everything, everyone.
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" Today you have blessed me by giving me your love, I am really very happy today and to tell you the truth I have never been this happy before today.
You really made my day today." These are the words of Advaita to Ansh who is standing with Ansh in the balcony of the room, Ansh is hugging her from behind and both of them are enjoying the beautiful atmosphere of Goa from the balcony and talking to each other.
Both of them wake up early so they both are spending their time before everyone else wakes up.
Well, after confessing his love last night and celebrating her birthday all by themselves, both of them spend some time together there and then come back to the hotel.
Both of them share the bed for sleeping and last night both of them slept hugging each other without any hesitation.
" By the way, can I ask you for something?" Advaita adds and turns in his arms to face him as he looks at her
" They will all enjoy the day together, can just the two of us spend some time together today? " Advaita asks him to which he smiles
" Today is your day, whatever you want will happen." Ansh says to which Advaita smiles
" And yes, don't worry about Aaira, now she and Aadhriti have become friends, and everyone else is there too, everyone will take care of her." She says this to which Ansh doesn't say anything but just nods while thinking something.
" Well, now I am going to get ready." Saying this, Advaita is about to get out of his arms but Ansh stops her, upon which she looks at him
" Can we get ready together?" She smiles at his words.
" Sure, but after marriage. After marriage, we will contribute to saving water every day." Saying this in a mischievous tone, Advaita pushes him back and goes into the room and from there straight to the washroom to get ready for her day.
Here Ansh is alone in the room and thinks that till Advaita gets ready, he should check on Aaira to see what she is doing, whether she is awake or not?
He comes out of the room and goes to her room which is on the same floor as his.
He comes outside Aaira and Aadhriti's room, and knocks on the door
Inside the room, Aadhrithi who was currently sleeping, is woken up by the sound of knocking.
Well last night, Aadhriti fell asleep around 11 pm due to exhaustion and seeing her sleeping, Aaira goes to meet Reyansh.
Aaira first checks whether Reyansh is awake or not, She sends him a message and after getting an immediate reply, Aaira messages him to meet her on that bench where she's waiting for him.
Aadhriti opens the door, and sees Ansh in front of her.
" Jiju...
" Good morning." Ansh wishes her
"Good morning." Aadhriti also wishes him
" Aaira, is she sleeping?" Ansh asks standing at the door
And on this question of Ansh, Aadhriti realizes that Aaira was not on the bed with her when she opened her eyes.
" No, she is not sleeping, she is probably getting ready..." Aadhriti replies pointing towards the washroom
" Oh, okay, fine." Ansh says and then is about to leave after telling her to take rest, But here as soon as Aadhriti closes the door of the room and Ansh takes a few steps to go towards Aarav's room
Ansh gets shocked when he sees Aaira and Reyansh coming from the other side together, smiling, talking and holding each other's hands.
But on the other hand, as soon as both of them see Ansh, the first thing they do is let go of each other's hands as they don't want any kind of drama early in the morning and also the smile on their face vanishes the way Ansh glare at them.
And both of them see that Ansh is coming closer to them, and Ansh notices how the clothes and hair of both of them are a little wet.
Obviously this is the result of the fun they had on the beach.
"Where did you go with him at this time?" Ansh questions Aaira on which not only Aaira but Reyansh also looks at him and Reyansh takes two steps back so that there is no drama.
" Walk par gyi thi." Aaira fearlessly replies
" Tum aur walk par ?" Ansh asks her and obviously he knows how much tantrums his sister throws while waking up in the morning so she will not go for the walk, He clearly understands her lies.
" Haan." She answers and without saying anything further she heads towards her room and since she had the key, so she opens the door and goes inside.
Here, after her departure, Reyansh is also about to go to his room but Ansh stops him.
" Don't you understand? I told you to stay away from my sister." Ansh warns him again, hearing which Reyansh sighs.
" And didn't you understand what I said, that I will not stay away from her, You are elder to me, that is why I am saying this with respect, do not force me to say something wrong which you will not like." Reyansh says and before Ansh could say anything, Reyansh thinks it best to leave from here, thinking of not disrespecting him with his words.
And Ansh gets angry at his behavior, he is finding it difficult to control himself after seeing him close to Aaira.
But he is unable to do anything despite wanting to, and he also does not understand how these two became friends, how did Aaira forget everything. He thinks.
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" Tu puri raat kahan tha ?" this is the question Aarav asks when Reyansh enters the room
" ek ka khatam hua nahi, dusra bhai bhi sawal ke saath taiyaar hai." Reyansh thinks while looking at Aarav and then he looks at Arjun who is sleeping on his bed.
" Goa ghum raha tha." Reyansh answers.
" Akele ?" Aarav asks in doubt
" Ab akela hu, to akele hi ghumunga na..." Reyansh says and Aarav opens his mouth to say something but before that Reyansh goes to the washroom to avoid any further questions-answers.
Later
Everyone gets ready for their day and gathers for breakfast where everyone wishes Advaita a happy birthday because obviously at 12 o'clock in the night Ansh took her time and at that time nobody disturbed these two.
And there, Aaira sits with Reyansh at the breakfast table despite Ansh's constant angry glares.
Well that day at the mall Aaira had lied to Ansh and said that Reyansh was her friend but now she is really not scared to talk to Reyansh in front of Ansh, or in front of anyone.
She knows what she has to do now, she is not the kind of girl who hides things,
She has even decided that after going back from here she will tell everything to her father first of all.
And today Reyansh is also happy with her action that she is sitting with him with all her heart today, Well, there was no conversation between them at the breakfast table but both were happy being close to each other.
Time skip
The day starts passing and as Advaita had decided with Ansh, both of them will roam together and everything else will go together.
So that is what happens.
They roam around Goa as much as they can, where Ansh and Advaita spend their time together and here these five also spend time together.
They enjoy the ship ride and also visit various beaches, do street shopping etc.
And after doing all this the whole day, they decide to have dinner together where they also cut Advaita's birthday cake.
They were having dinner on the beach area of ââthe hotel where they were staying.
But here, where everyone is having dinner happily, Ansh's anger is increasing when he notices Aaira and Reyansh who are busy on the phone.
Well, looking at their phone activity, it is not difficult for Ansh to understand that both of them are chatting with each other.
Because now it is obvious that both of them are not able to talk clearly and openly in front of everyone, so they have no option other than the phone.
" Aaira, what kind of a way is this, at least don't use the phone while eating." Suddenly taking everyone's attention, Ansh says this to Aaira upon which she looks at him.
Well what should she do if she doesn't use the phone, whom else should she talk to here where everyone is already busy.
But at the same time, she doesn't argue and without saying anything, she switches off the phone and puts it on the table and Ansh feels even worse that she didn't say anything to him.
If she had been his old Aaira, she would have definitely insisted or said something about him saying this, but she would not have listened to him without saying anything.
Has she really changed because of Reyansh?
Has Reyansh become so important to her that she is not talking to him even though she is with him?
Maybe she has not forgiven Aarav completely but why is she staying away from him, why is she completely silent with him.
And then soon their dinner is over and everyone decides to stay there for a little while longer, everyone is enjoying And Advaita also keeps Ansh busy with herself somehow due to which Ansh also becomes completely busy with her again because it is her birthday and whatever the reason, he can't ignore her today.
But now as it is almost 12 o'clock at night and no one is planning to go to the room, Aaira looks at Reyansh.
After the time they spent talking on the beach in the morning, they have only talked via messages and nothing else but she wants to spend time with him because tonight is their last night here.
They have planned to go out and roam again tomorrow morning and after spending the whole day in Goa, they will leave for Mumbai.
So she knows that she will not get such an opportunity again after going to Mumbai and with this thought in mind, she sees that no one is looking at her so she holds Reyansh's hand and takes him away from everyone, to the same beach where both of them were last night.
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" Don't you have much courage? You brought me here by escaping from everyone?" Reyansh says to Aaira
Well, there is no one on this beach, there is just dim light and solitude.
" I don't know about courage, but I wanted to spend time with you that's why i brought you here." She clearly says on which he smiles.
" well i too want to spend time with you and you know you were in front of me all day but still I missed you a lot." He says this and hugs her to which she hugs him back with a peaceful smile.
Well, this longing between them is evident, it is not that both of them have never been together before, but before today, things were not like today.
Even when they met every day, Aaira used to push him away from herself, but today her showing her longing for him is no small thing for him.
He is able to understand from her behavior that how she had restrained herself from coming close to him, however his condition was also no less.
So, after what happened between them today, Feelings that were suppressed for years have been revealed today so after all that, this longing between them due to not being together for the entire day is natural.
" What happened, why are you silent now?" Both of them sit face to face on the sand, but seeing her silent again, he asks the question to which she looks at him
" I am confused..." she says confusing him
"So I told you last night, whatever you think, tell me..." he says
" Yes that is fine, but how can I tell you this..." she says
"What kind of thing?" he asks
" Why am I not feeling shy of you?" she suddenly says to which he looks at her wondering what kind of question is this?
"Shy of me? But Why?" he asks
" I haven't read it in all books but I have read in some books that girls feel a little shy in a love story, especially after the confession but why am I not feeling shy of you?" She asks in confusion and he is unable to control his laughter despite trying to, but somehow he composes himself.
" Now what should I answer to this? Maybe we have always been together, we are of the same age, that is why." He says and of course, there is only a year difference between them, and the way she has always fought with him, where did she get shy now?
" I should feel a little shy na ?
You know, Mumma is still shy of Papa..."
She expresses her sadness over this to which he does nothing but smiles.
" It's okay, you don't need to be shy with me." He says, to which she pouts but suddenly seeing her cute face he again feels like kissing her
" So you want to be shy in front of me?" He says cupping her face to which she nods slightly.
" Yeah, just a little bit, to know what this feeling feels like." She says to which he smiles.
" So maybe when we kiss you'll be shy..." he says mischievously to which she looks at him confused.
Shs is not even feeling shy on this.
" Oh, So for that we have to wait for the monsoons to come, only then.... She is unable to say anything further when he cuts her off
" No, now." He says in a whisper, nearly choking her breath, her heart skipping a beat again when she sees his intense gaze on her.
" But... she is unable to say anything when Reyansh puts his finger on her lips on which she gulps
"Please.... He makes a request to which she unknowingly nods in response which brings a smile on Reyansh's face.
Their eyes meet and they are lost in each other's eyes.
Reyansh's thumb is caressing her cheeks in a very sensual way to which she does nothing, but her throat seems to be getting dry.
He takes his eyes off hers and eyeing at her lips, their faces are very close to each other where their breaths mingle with each other.
But before their lips can touch each other, Reyansh feels a hard punch on his face which pushes his face away from Aaira and Aaira gets shocked when she sees Ansh standing in front of her who punched Reyansh.
To be continued..........