chapter 41

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" How dare you touch her like this." Ansh says after punching him

And before Aaira and Reyansh could understand things, Ansh grabs Reyansh by the color of his shirt and makes him stand in front of him and punches him again due to which Reyansh stumble.

And as Ansh was wearing a ring on his middle finger so that ring hits Reyansh directly on his face due to which suddenly blood starts oozing out from the corner of his mouth.

And then before Ansh could hit him further, Aaira pushes Ansh back from Reyansh and stands between him and Reyansh.

" Aaira, move aside, I was tolerating all his things, but this thing...no....he crossed the limit today." Ansh says this and of course he tolerated their friendship but him being so close to her sister like this, no he won't tolerate that.

While everyone else was enjoying, Ansh suddenly gets furious when he finds Aaira and Reyansh missing and he goes in search of both of them and it was not difficult for him to find Aaira because Aaira's phone location is not only in her father's phone but in every family member's phone and that's why it was not difficult for Ansh to find Aaira and as soon as he reached the location shown by map, he gets shocked and angry to see them both close to each other in that way, and before anything could happen between Reyansh and Aaira, he takes quick steps towards them and separates Reyansh from her.

Ansh asks Aaira to move aside and takes a step towards Reyansh but stops at Aaira's words

And Reyansh is really feeling a sharp pain in his jaw and the corner of his mouth, but he tolerates it and quietly looks at Ansh

" Stay right there, don't take a step towards him." Aaira warns him, to which Ansh sees her

" And the courage you are talking about, how did he dare to come close to me? I have given him that right.

So how did you dare to raise your hand on him ?" Ansh gets shocked at her words.

she give him the right to come so close to her ?

Is there something more than friendship between them? But yes, the proof is in front of him. So now this question has no meaning.

" Say sorry to him." Aaira suddenly says this which shocks not only Ansh but also Reyansh.

And no, he doesn't want any sorry from Ansh

" Aaira it's ok...Please don't say anything, there is no need for all this." Reyansh silences her from saying anything further as he really doesn't want her to say anything to Ansh for him.

Whatever the issue is, it is between him and Ansh, which he will handle in his own way but he does not want to let anything happen between them because of himself.

" No, he will say sorry to you because no one has the right to raise their hand on you." Aaira looks angrily at Ansh and says this to him.

And, Ansh gets shocked that she cannot be his sister.

And what Aaira says is also not wrong, because the way she has seen Reyansh with his parents so it is evident that he must have been the darling of his family and when his parents never raised their hands on him then who gave this right to Ansh ?

No, no one has the right to raise a hand on him.

And there Reyansh again forbids Aaira to talk to Ansh like that for him but Ansh gets angry at this word of his.

" How much more will you pretend to be good to get in her good books?" Ansh says this to Reyansh on hearing his words while Reyansh looks at him.

" And you (he tells Aaira) do you even understand what you are saying? And you know, no matter what happens, I will not say sorry to him because I haven't done anything wrong..." says Ansh to which Aaira sees him.

" You will have to say to him." she also speaks stubbornly

"Are you talking to me like this for him ?

Iske liye tum mujh se lad rahi ho ?" Ansh asks in disbelief

" Main iske liye kisi se bhi lad sakti hu."

She says this to which Reyansh gets surprised while Ansh gets shocked.

" Mamu se lad paogi ?" Suddenly Ansh asks her this question to which Aaira becomes silent. And no, she will not fight with her father.

" He will never accept him for you, Then will you fight him in the same way?" Ansh asks further at which she sees him.

" No, I will never be able to fight him." Aaira replies but before Ansh can say anything, Aaira continues

" Because he is nobody but my father, I will never need to fight with him because he understands me...He will understand me before reaching any conclusion." She says with a feeling of pride to which Ansh looks at her

" You were not allowed to do this, you have broken Mamu's trust." Ansh reminds her

" Well, It will be up to my father to decide whether I broke his trust or not but what does that mean is that I wasn't allowed to do this ?

Were only you and Aarav bhai allowed to love?" Aaira asks and Ansh is shocked by her question

But seeing their growing arguments, Reyansh doesn't feel right, no this shouldn't happen between them.

" Aaira... Reyansh tries to say something but stops when Ansh speaks

" Do you know what I am feeling today seeing you talking to me like this...." Ansh says to which Aaira looks at him.

" Aarav was not wrong when he said that you have changed, you are not our... Ansh stops when he realizes what he was about to say but Aaira somehow understands his unsaid words and she feels hurt after hearing the same words from Ansh's mouth which Aarav said to her.

" Why did you stop? Complete your words please.....I won't feel bad at all if you complete your sentence that...Aarav bhai was not wrong when he said that I have changed, and I am not your sister but just a cousin." Aaira says and Ansh feels a pain in his heart.

" As long as I listened to you people, did as you said, I was your sister, but today when I said something, Today when I listened to my heart, you turned me away just like Aarav bhai has already done. But you know, it doesn't matter to me now." Aaira says

And at this time she herself is unable to understand whether she is right or wrong but no, now it is enough, She cannot live like this where she just listens to others all the time and they says her whatever they wants and she listens silently. No this will not happen now.

And after hearing all this from Aaira, Ansh looks at her and now he has no words to say what to say to her.

" Today I truly lost my sister, congratulations to you for your friend whom you chose above me." Ansh says this and doesn't do anything further but turns to leave from there upon which Aaira looks at him and her eyes fill up with tears.

She did not want to talk to him like this and if he had said anything to her then she would have probably kept quiet even today after hearing it, but he raised his hand on Reyansh which was wrong.

And she really can't tolerate this anymore.

She knows that she is the reason behind this bitterness between him and Reyansh but when she has no problem with Reyansh now then why is he holding a grudge against him?

Can't he be happy for her the way she is happy for him and Advaita, whose relationship also turned into love today after crossing many bitterness.

Then why is he having a problem when she ended her bitterness with Reyansh.

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" I have spoiled everything again, everyone will blame me again that I have spoiled everyone's mood, I have spoiled Bhabhi's birthday." After Ansh leaves, Aaira says these words while crying on which Reyansh cups her face wiping her tears.

" Nothing like this will happen and neither have you done anything like this, please calm down." Reyansh tells her

" No, I have ruined everything again and that is why I did not want to come here with these people but don't know what happened to me that I came along with everyone.

They all had come here with their loved ones to enjoy their time but I was the one outsider who spoiled their happiness again." she blabbers.

" And look what happened to you, how badly he hurt you." She says looking at the injury on his face which has swollen and turned blue by now.

And before she could say anything further, Reyansh hugs her upon which she starts crying even more while mumbling things in her guilt.

" Please calm down, nothing has happened, nothing has happened because of you." He says this to which she is unable to calm down because she knows that once again everyone will blame her for ruining their good time.

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" Let's go back to the hotel...it's very late, you need rest." Reyansh tells Aaira who after a while has stopped crying but is now sitting quietly on the sand, lost in some thought and Reyansh is repeatedly requesting her to go back to the hotel which she is refusing.

" I don't want to go to them, I want to go home." she says

"And I told you, don't be adamant, we will go back tomorrow with everyone." He says because her sudden departure will bring more bitterness between her and Ansh which he doesn't want.

Ansh will feel bad if she goes back being angry with him, and who knows, by tomorrow morning Ansh's mood will get better and he will talk to Aaira, and for all these reasons, he does not let her take any decision in haste.

Because just a while ago she was actually booking flight tickets to go back tonight itself because she really can't able to stay here anymore with the guilt that she ruined everything.

She had tolerated the fight with Aarav, she was able to face him even after fighting with him.

But today after fighting with Ansh she does not have the courage to face him again, she will not be able to face him.

And that is why she doesn't want to stay here because Ansh really matters in her life but today he also told her that she is not his sister, yes he held back his words, did not say fully what he wanted to say, but he was going to say it.

And there, where she is insisting to go back, the first thing Reyansh does is snatch her phone and keep it with himself so that she is not able to do anything like this and he is repeatedly telling her that they will go back with everyone tomorrow.

" Look, whatever has happened has happened but you should think about uncle and aunty.....Do you remember the day when I went to drop you home late at night, they asked about Ansh Bhaiya, why he did not come to drop you...So think, if today you leave everyone like this and go back, then how worried uncle and aunty will be seeing you coming back alone." He says at which Aaira looks at him

" It's just a matter of a few hours, calm down, everything is fine." He tells her to which she looks at him.

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" This is why I didn't want that boy to come with us, today because of him Aaira fought with me. I will never forgive her for this." Ansh says this while sitting on the bed in his room where Advaita is with him.

Well, seeing Ansh coming back into the room in anger, Advaita questions him where Ansh is also in no position to hide anything and he tells her everything.

But after knowing everything, Advaita thinks of nothing else but Aaira, Well, Ansh is a mature person, he knows how to handle his anger but Aaira, what condition would she be in at this moment, Advaita thinks.

With how much difficulty she had convinced Neil and her.

she had promised Neil that she will take care of his daughter on this trip but the same thing happened here too, the thing he feared for his daughter. His daughter is crying here.

But she doesn't understand why Ansh got so angry, what was she doing wrong, she was also doing the same thing that he, his brother Aarav was doing, spending time with their love.

She is feeling angry at the reason behind Ansh's anger but still she chooses not to say anything to him at this time because she also knows how he is, he will never accept his mistake so it is useless to say anything to him.

But she thinks of going to Aaira at this time, so that she can apologize to her that she came here for her and all this happened.

" Where are you going now?" Ansh asks Advaita when he sees her leaving the room.

It is around 2 am now.

" Nowhere." She replies and walks out of the room to which he sighs because somehow he understands where she is going.

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" Will you not even talk to me now?" Advaita says to Aaira who is still on the beach with Reyansh because she really doesn't feel like going back to the hotel where she doesn't know how everyone will look at her.

She really feels like a stranger amongst them all.

All she really wants now is that the remaining hours pass quickly so that she can go to her parents who are her solace.

But the same Advaita who went to Aaira room to talk to her but not finding her there she calls Reyansh to know about Aaira so Reyansh told her where both of them were.

And then Advaita comes to them here but Aaira gets more guilty after seeing her because it was her birthday trip which she spoiled.

" Aaira... Advaita tries to talk to her again but this time before that, Aaira speaks

"I'm sorry" Aaira says to her to which she looks at her

" I'm sorry Bhabhi, I ruined your birthday, his ( Ansh ) mood got spoiled because of me due to which both of your time got wasted, please forgive me for everything." With her trembling lips she tells all this to Advaita and Advaita really feels bad seeing her like this.

She is saying sorry without any fault and the one who is at fault doesn't even realise it.

Advaita looks at Reyansh who is sitting a little away from both of them, facing them, he moves away so that the two of them can talk.

And further Advaita does not say anything to Aaira but hugs her.

" You don't need to say sorry, nothing has happened because of you." Advaita tells her to which Aaira also hugs her back seeing her generosity that even after she spoiled everything, she is sitting with her, hugging her.

" And the birthday which you are talking about ruining, if I say honestly, I thoroughly enjoyed it, so don't say that you ruined something." Advaita breaks the hug and speaks while looking at her.

" But yes I am sorry because I could not fulfil the promise I made to Neil uncle, I could not take care of you...You came here just because I asked you to but look I didn't take care of you and you got sad..." Advaita tells her

" No, it is not you that makes me sad, it is my karma," she says and before anyone can say anything to her, she continues.

" This is my karma, I have never kept the people around me happy so how can I get happiness easily." She looks at Reyansh and says

She has always made him sad with her actions and today when she thought that she will be happy with him so all this happened now. She is selfish.

All these thoughts are coming to her mind right now and whatever is happening to her, she thinks that she deserves all this.

" It is not like that, your presence is really make the people around you happy then why are you thinking all this.

Look, don't think so much and yes, now both of you should go back to the hotel, it is very late at night, and after whatever has happened, I don't think Ansh will stay here, so we will have to leave in the morning, so both of you take rest now." Advaita speaks to both of them upon which Aaira Reyansh look at each other.

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" Are you OK ?" This question is asked by Aadhriti when Aira enters the room and Aadhriti seeing her miserable state asks her.

She is a complete mess right now, her eyes are red and swollen from the constant crying, first of all she didn't sleep well last night because of which her eyes are stinging.

And obviously it was her decision to stay at the beach with Reyansh the entire night yesterday.

But your body doesn't work according to your decisions, So due to not being able to sleep well last night and still crying and staying awake till around 2:30 in the night, Aaira now starts having a headache but somehow she has composes herself.

And then right there, after coming into the room, she goes to freshen up, completely ignoring Aadhriti's question.

She comes into the room wearing fresh clothes and Aadhriti sees her.

But still Aaira does not speak to him nor look at him and lies down on the bed silently.

She does not know what will happen tomorrow morning.

She is just praying that she reaches her parents peacefully without any further drama.

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" Na na karte hue, tum dono ke beech baat yehaan tak pahuch gyi ?" These words are Aarav's to Reyansh

At this moment they are putting their bags in the car because while they had planned to stay here all day, but Ansh, as soon as he woke up in the morning, he actually said everyone to pack their bags.

And then somehow everyone comes to know the reason why all this is happening and on the same matter Aarav asks this question to Reyansh that when did things reach this point between you two ?

" Shut up, I am not in the mood for any jokes right now." This is the only reply Reyansh gives Aarav because at this time he does not want to give any explanation to anyone regarding him and Aaira.

Aaira is also there who is standing quietly but Ansh is not there

" My heart broke even before it could form, I thought I would propose to Aaira one day, but this Reyansh surpasses me in every way." These words are Arjun's to Advaita with whom he is standing

But Advaita glares at him on hearing these words

"Stop talking nonsense." Advaita shushes him, upon which Arjun becomes silent.

But suddenly Aaira's eyes fall on Ansh who is coming among them after completing all the checkout formalities.

And this is the first time both of them have come face to face after last night.

Ansh also looks at her but then behaves as if she does not exist.

" I thought to avoid what happened while coming, this time, everyone else should go in one car, Advaita and I will come together." Advaita shakes her head in disbelief at his decision.

And after hearing this, Aaira does nothing but goes straight and sits in the car in which everyone else is about to sit and Ansh sees her unyielding behavior.

She didn't even come to say sorry to him.

And there Reyansh also sees Ansh in disbelief, he thought that he loves Aaira so much that he will melt by morning and talk to her but he did not expect Ansh to behave like this. But never mind.

His hatred for him is so great that he hurts Aaira.

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" Ye kaise hua ?" Priyal asks Reyansh while removing his face mask

It is 10 in the night, everyone reaches Mumbai and as Aaira is already with Reyansh Aarav, so only Aarav Reyansh goes to drop her inside the Khanna house, Ansh does not go there.

And after leaving Aaira at her home, Reyansh comes to his home where before doing anything Priyal questions his mask that why is he wearing this.

Now obviously, Ansh had punched so hard that the swelling and scar would not go away in a day with any medicine,

So Reyansh wore a mask to hide it and came home and said that he has caught a cold that's why he's wearing.

But Priyal somehow manages to remove his mask and gets worried seeing the swollen face of her beloved son.

" haaye mere sundar bete ke chahra ka naksa hi bigaad diya..." Priyal says cupping his face at which he sees his mom

" Reyansh tumhe meri kasam, batao ye kisne kiya ?" When Reyansh doesn't tell her anyone's name, Priyal chooses the most powerful weapon to force him to tell the truth

" Wo Ansh Bhaiya ne... Reyansh says just this much when Priyal understands his answer that Ansh hit him

" Par kyon ? Use tumse kya dikkat ho gyi jo......" Priyal asks questions to which Reyansh has no answer

" Aur ye kya pitkar aa gye, maine wahaan tumhe apni hone waali bahu ka bodyguard bnaakar bheja tha, par mujhe nahi pta tha tumhe hi bodyguard ki jrurt pad jaayegi..." priyal says.

Well, at this moment Priyal is very angry with Ansh because no matter what the matter is, she will not tolerate anyone raising a hand on her child, no matter who he/she is.

But at the same time, just to lighten up Reyansh's mood, she uses this funny word with him and on the other hand, Reyansh pouts on the word for his mother

" Waise mujhe bodyguard mil gyi thi, Aaira ne bacha liya tha warna aur pit jaata..." He makes his baby face and says to her, to which she looks at him

" And you know one thing..." Reyansh says happily to which Priyal looks at him

" She agreed, she said yes." He says with a big smile, hearing which Priyal's eyes widen with joy.

" Really?" asks Priyal to which Reyansh nods happily.

" Who agreed, who said yes?" Reyansh gets scared suddenly hearing his father's voice and both mother and son see that Vishal is standing at the door of Reyansh's room with his hands folded on his chest, looking at them both with suspicion.

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Next morning.

" Mumma, did I do something wrong by talking to him like that at that time?" Aaira, as usual, asks this question to her mother while speaking her heart out

After resting last night, Aaira decides to tell everything to her mother this morning.

So after getting ready for her day and having breakfast and when Neil leaves for office, Aaira sits with her mother in her room and talks to her mother about everything.

And like always, even today Aaira does not hide anything from Avni and tells Avni everything that happened in Goa.

How Ansh talked to her, how she talked to Ansh, what Ansh did to Reyansh, everything.

" Not at all, this time Ansh is wrong." Avni replies to him because yes Ansh is her child but she can't call his wrongdoings right.

" And I am proud of you for taking a stand for Reyansh. You did the right thing." Avni tells her

" I need to tell you something else too..."

Aaira decides that she will first tell her mother that she is with Reyansh and then after consulting her mother, she will tell her father

" Mumma, I said yes to Reyansh...we are together." Aaira says and this does not come as a surprise for Avni, she knew that things are from both sides, but now her only worry is Neil

" You said you won't have any problem...so are you happy now?" Aaira tells her further to which Avni smiles

" Hmm, I really don't have any problem, I am happy, what can be better than finding love in a childhood friendship,

Yes I know he was your childhood enemy for don't know what reason but for him you were a friend, so finally you forgave him." Avni says and also seeing this thing of her daughter she remembers her own time.

She and Neil have been together since she was growing up. Yes, it is a different matter that they were neither friends nor there was any love between them but there was definitely an unspoken bond.

With time, she also found Neol in such a form who first became her friend and then her life partner.

" Bachha, I am happy but Neil.....

" Mumma, I want to tell everything to Papa too, I don't want to hide this thing from him and I will do whatever he says next." Aaira says on which Avni smiles

" And I know papa will never say no to me, he will say yes." Aaira says in hope

" And I am saying NO." Avni and Aaira's eyes widen when they suddenly hear Neil's voice.

He had gone to office, when did he come back? And did he hear everything? And he has a no for Reyansh?

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