34. The Truth

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Nitya's POV:

"Come on yaar why are you hiding in this room while everyone out there is enjoying themselves? Tonight is going to be our last night in Kerala. Let's enjoy it while we can!" Priya took my hand and tried to make me stand up.

"I really don't want to go. You all go and enjoy na. I am good here, really." I took my hand back from her grip and laid down on the bed, cuddling the pillow.

"Nitya...... Nitya" Mahi's voice came as she entered the room in which we were staying.

"Look Mahi, she is refusing to come with us. We are leaving tomorrow afternoon. Why not enjoy this night at its fullest." Priya whined like a child. She and Rishi are indeed made for each other.

"Don't worry about her, I'm coming with her in a few minutes. You go and get the drinks ready." Mahi winked at Priya and she left. She came and sat on the bed beside me.

"Come on, why are you sulking like this? The shooting is over, we are going back tomorrow. I know you desperately want to go home." She is right. I badly want to go back as soon as I can.

The past week was the most difficult. I was supposed to be around Sameer almost everyday. It was already hard for me to bear his presence. Him touching me and getting close more than I liked was distracting. His touch always ignited something in me.

The way he directly looked into my eyes during shoots or pulled me closer to him, his hand around my waist, his fingers stroking my cheeks, His breath over my ears, everything increased my heartbeat.

I can't believe even after all these years he had this effect on me. After I started dating Pranav I thought I moved on from him but no I was wrong. These past few months made me realize that I have been still stuck at my high school crush.

That stupid crush who doesn't even care about me. How naive I was back then to believe that he would like me back when he had so many people around him.

"Nitya?" Mahi's voice broke the chain of my thoughts which were badly tangled in my mind. I straightened myself sitting up in front of her.

"They are not coming back tonight also?" I asked, referring to Kabir and Ayan. She told me what happened when they went to Kabir's cottage house. Actually I am happy for her, at least one of us is doing good in their love life.

Even though she has still not accepted him completely, I know soon she will come around. Kabir is a good person and I believe he will keep Mahi happy.

"He messaged me and said they will be back tomorrow morning. They are staying in another small hotel as it's close to their shooting spot. It's been 2 days since they are gone and they are shooting day and night." Her face fell as she talked about him.

"You are missing him?" Her eyes lifted to look at me and she raised her eyebrows with her eyes wide open.

"What? Why would I even miss him?" She instantly replied and I tried to hide my smile.

"Enough with this nonsense let's go outside everyone is enjoying we shouldn't miss the fun." She pulled me by my arm and dragged me outside of the room. I tried to stop her but she is Mahi. Why would she even listen!

She took me to the backyard garden. Our whole team was present there, the trees around were decorated with paper lamps and bulbs. A small bonfire was lit and everyone circled around it. Food table was set in the corner with drinks and wine.

"Here you guys are. Come on, come here." Ishan called us and Mahi further dragged me. We took our seats on the small stools. Sameer was sitting exactly in front of me. Our gaze locked and I instantly moved my eyes away from him.

"Let the fun begin!!!" Rishi exclaimed and received a smack on his head by Karan.

"Stop shouting like a gorilla, we are not deaf." We all laughed at Karan's remark. My gaze again stopped on Sameer and he was already looking at me. I looked down at my hands, his stare made me a little nervous.

Mahi handed me a glass of cold drink which I gulped in one go. What is wrong with me? "You okay?" She asked and I nodded, giving her a small weak smile.

"Baby let me sit beside you. I don't want him to hit me again." Rishi stood up from his place and told Mahi to go and sit at his place which was between Karan and Sameer.

"You guys are cringe as hell." Karan made a disgusting face and Rishi rolled his eyes.

"Just wait for your turn Karan. I would like to witness you doing the same thing with your girl." Karan gave a whatever look to Rishi. Meanwhile I can sense his eyes only on me. I looked from the corner of my eyes and I was not wrong.

"Sing something for us, Sameer. A night without music is no fun." Ishan said, grabbing his attention and he returned a small smile.

"Yeah sing for whomever you want but please just sing." Priya requested and he agreed after everyone forced a little.

"Let me grab a few drinks and snacks for you all." Rishi and Priya went to the food table and came back with their hands full with cans and snacks.

"Here." Priya passed me a can and did the same with everyone else.

"Let's start." Rishi sat on his seat and everyone looked at Sameer to begin. Mahi grabbed her guitar and started adjusting the strings.

"Let me play." Sameer asked and she agreed. Handing him the guitar, he started adjusting it. Everyone went silent, only the sound of fire cracking was heard. All eyes were fixed on him, waiting for him to start singing.

I always liked his singing. His voice was like a soothing touch to my heart. I knew he would surely achieve a lot as a singer. Everything aside, but I always wished success for him.

"This one's for that person who is closest to my heart." He looked at me and his lips curled up a little but his eyes said otherwise. I might be wrong but they reflected hints of hurt and pain.

He started moving his fingers on the guitar and pulled a few strings which created a melodious sound. I instantly realized which song this was. I used to love this song back in high school, and almost hummed it everyday.

Is it a coincidence or he remembers? No way he never paid attention; this is a coincidence. His lips moved and he started singing.

Chaahe kuch na kehna

Bhale chup tu rehna

Mujhe hai pata

Tere pyaar ka

Khamosh chehra

Aankhon pe pehra

Khud hai gawah

Tere pyar ka

Teri jhuki nazar Teri har aada

Mujhe keh rahi hai yeh dastaan

Koi shaqsh hai jo ke in dinon

Tere zehan-o-dil pe hai chha gaya

Teri jhuki nazar

Teri har aada

Mujhe keh rahi hai yeh dastaan.......

Our eyes again locked when he looked up. No one of us blinked, just staring at each other as if our eyes were talking but what was it, even I don't know. His lips kept moving, the only thing he looked beside me was at the guitar.

Rishi made Priya stand and they started swaying their body slowly with the rhythm. But my focus was pinned on his face and voice. It seemed like everything vanished and there was just us, him and I.

Teri zulf jab bhi bikhar jati hai

Aye haseen tu haseen aur ho jati haiJo kitaabon mein padhte rahe aaj takWoh pari humko tujh mein nazar aati hai

Teri hi baahon mein, panaahon mein,

Rehna mujhe har dum sada

Teri hi yaadon mein, nigaahon mein

Rehna mujhe har dum sada

Teri hi baahon mein, panaahon mein

Rehna mujhe har dum sada

Hardum sada

The air felt different, a cool wave blew making me shiver a little. The fire was not helping to warm my cold hands and feet. But the thing which kept me warm was his gaze over me. His voice was soothing as if he really meant the words of the song.

As if he was trying to express through this song. Just the thought that he might really mean what he is singing sent a shiver down my body.

I closed my eyes for a moment, not trying to think about anything. I just wanted to feel his voice and everything else faded. I hugged my knees and kept my chin on it, feeling his voice, the song and wind.

Chaahe kuchh na kehna

Bhale chup tu rehna

Mujhe hai pata

Tere pyaar ka

Khamosh chehra

Aankhon pe pehra

Khud hai gawah

Tere pyar ka

Teri juki nazar Teri har ada

Mujhe keh rahi hai Ye dastan

Koi shakhs hai Jo ki in dino

Tere zehan o dil Pe hai chha gaya

Teri jhuki nazar Teri har ada

Mujhe keh rahi hai

Ye dastaan....

The sound of loud claps made me open my eyes with a sudden jerk. I looked up and everyone had a sweet smile on their faces. My eyes found those same brown pairs of eyes again. They screamed something but I couldn't comprehend or maybe I was not ready to understand it at all.

I can't let my heart go away like that and come back to me again, shattered. No I can't. I won't survive it a third time. I stood up and left toward my room while no one noticed. Tears started to form in my eyes.

I took fast and long steps toward my room, I just want to go and cry my heart out right now. I felt a lump forming in my throat. I increased my pace almost running but suddenly a hand grabbed my wrist, stopping me on my tracks.

Before I could even turn, I was pulled with force and directly landed on a hard chest. I inhaled his scent and looked up. Our eyes met, mine were on the verge to let flow the burning tears while his were empty and hollow.

I pushed him away and again turned to leave but he grabbed me by my upper arm and made me turn toward him. "How long are you going to run away from me?" His voice felt heavy and raspy.

"As long as I can." I replied looking into his eyes. Tears burned my eyes asking to fall but I controlled. I don't want to break in front of him.

"Why? Just why the hell are you always running away? What did I do so wrong Nitya? I want to know and I am not letting you go today. Not until you give me the answers I am looking for." His grip was tight on my arm but not too much to hurt.

"Such a shame that you don't even remember your own words. Rewind your memory Sameer, you already have answers to your every single question." How can he forget all that? Him pretending to be oblivious changes nothing.

"What are you talking about?" He asked with a genuine confused expression. Looks like he really forgot. Okay, if he insists this much let me remind him and end this all for once.

"The ending days of your high school, Just a few weeks before your 12th board exams. I came to your class to inform you about the party that day. I was so excited to invite you but what did you do? You insulted me in front of everyone." A lone tear escaped my right eye.

"How can I like you? You are not even my type. Look at you and then at me we are no match for each other. I have far better choices than you around me. I haven't lost my sense to choose you over them." I repeated his words which he said to me that day.

How easy it was for him to forget all this and pretend as if it never happened. That day he broke my heart and crumpled it under his feet in front of everyone. I felt someone stabbed me in my back. I used to think we were friends, I trusted him but he destroyed everything I had for him.

"These were your words right? Do you remember something now? How do you expect me to talk to you nicely and smile as if nothing happened. How can I not hate you after what you said that day." His eyes widened listening to my words as if he could not believe a word I said.

"Is this the reason for the years of tension between us?" He asked, unsure of his own words.

A scoff left my mouth, looking at how great of an actor he is. "What do you think, is this not enough for us to end up like this?"

"No.. No... No it is not. You don't even know the whole thing Nitya. Did Simran never tell you about this?" He grabbed both of my shoulders, shaking me a little. My eyebrows knit in confusion. What does he mean by the whole thing?

"That was a dare Nitya. I can't believe this all happened. Whatever I said was dare given to me. I was told to say those things to the first girl who entered our class and unfortunately that was you." He said rubbing his palm on his face. Disbelief was evident in his eyes.

"Simran gave me that dare. Once I finished saying all that you ran away without even listening to me. I tried to come after you but Simran stopped me and told, she was the one who gave me this dare so she will talk to you. I trusted her and let her come to you." He explained and realization drowned upon me.

"Simran did come to me but the things she said made me believe your words. She said you will never like me no matter what. You and she were dating and no one can come between you two. The rumor of your dating spread around after a few days made me believe her." A few more tears fell from my eyes realizing how a lie destroyed all these years of our peace and bond.

His head hung low and a few minutes of silence followed. We both took some time to accept whatever happened. This misunderstanding ruined us, the possibility of us.

"I am sorry Nitya. I can't put it in words but I am shaken and broken from within. I am sorry for everything. I am sorry for hurting you and for saying those things to you which I never meant. I am sorry for not coming to you early and clear this misunderstanding. I am sorry for not telling you my side of the story. I am sorry for everything you went through because of me." He fell on his knees in front of me and looked up.

His eyes were filled with tears, pain, helplessness and sorrow. He felt like a broken and shattered person. I have never seen him this distressed and heartbroken. He took my hands in his and brought it to his forehead.

"I know I am not someone who deserves you, I know I am not worthy of this pure hearted and kind girl like you. I know this might be the last chance you ever speak to me but let me just say whatever I have for you in my heart. I will be gone after that far away from you if you want that I promise." His voice cracked and I felt a lump starting to form in my throat.

"I never ever, not even in my wildest of dreams and darkest of nightmare, hated you. How can I hate the girl I love the most in this whole world? I always liked you but never realized until you started dating Pranav."

"I hated him getting close to you. I hated him touching you. It burned my heart and I was helpless because you were happy with him. You smiled around him. You kept a distance from me and I knew you hated me. I accepted it as long as you were happy." He took a long pause and again started. The lump in my throat only grew big.

"When he left you heartbroken the only thing I wanted to do was kill him with my own hands. Looking at you going from such a cheerful soul to being a shattered flower broke my heart everyday. I wanted to come to you and console you. Let you cry over my shoulder as much as you want. Give you whatever you ask, even if it would be my life."

"But you always kept a distance from me and it only stopped me from coming to you. I was ready to let you hate me as long as you want if that's what brings you peace. But I can't." He lifted his head and our eyes met. How we ended up here like this.

"It's killing me everyday. The distance between us makes it hard for me to even breathe Nitya. What should I do? I can't stop coming closer to you. I can't stop myself from falling for you more everyday. This agony, this pain feels like a never ending punishment. It's unbearable." The pain in his voice was directly hitting me, making cracks in my heart by every word that left his mouth.

"I know you don't want me. I know that, but If you can't be mine then please allow me to be yours. Please Nitya help me end this pain or else I might die with it." He broke in front of me, his sobs piercing my heart and soul.

I also fell on my knees in front of him. Not able to fight with the lump in my throat which felt like a suffocating ball stuck in my chest I burst into cries along with him. I lifted my hands and cupped his face in my palms. Our eyes which were red and swollen due to the tears met.

I wiped his tears with my thumbpad and rested my forehead against his and closed my eyes.

"Who says I don't want you? You are the only one I ever wanted, Sameer. I am also sorry for never coming to you and talking about our misunderstanding, for throwing tantrums at you but I was never able to hate you. No matter how hard I tried I never hated you. I can never hate the person I always wanted for myself." I took a deep breath and spoke my heart out.

"I am also yours as much as you are mine, Sameer." All these years we wasted for stupid reasons. So much would have been different if we just talked to each other instead of assuming things.

"I love you, Nitya. I do it from the bottom of my heart. The only person I love this much is you and it's never going to change, ever." I slowly opened my eyes and pulled back looking back into his eyes. His words held a promise and I know he will keep it no matter what.

"I love you too. It's always going to be you, Sameer." With that he pulled me closer to him. I felt his lips on mine. My eyes shut instantly feeling his soft lips against mine. His hands went back of my neck pulling me even closer.

He kissed me passionately yet lovingly, pouring all of his love in it and my heart felt it. He conveyed his feelings through it and I returned it with the same intensity.

He sucked on my lower lip and tilted his head a little. I gave in and kissed him back letting him know my love which I kept locked all these years. Our breathing became faster and he pulled back to catch on our breaths.

We both looked at each other and then he kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes to feel and capture this beautiful memory for forever. He was mine, I was his and that's all mattered.

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