Chapter 21: 19

Chapter nineteen

But I just can't stop looking at her.

× SAHIL ×

" So, Ananya and you, huh bhai? " Vivian passed me a teasing smile while raising his eyebrows.

" What nonsense? " I glared at him while he changed his reaction to a serious one.

" Do you not feel ashamed of snatching the girl your brother was flirting with? Because I feel betrayed " he dramatically shook his head.

" What do you mean by 'snatching'? Rethink your words then open your mouth." He opened his mouth first in his defence and then muttered a " Sorry "

" And As if she was giving you attention. Not a single time did she understood that you were flirting, she took it just as a compliment " I gave him the reality check.

" Alright those are facts. But what did you guys even do that Mom called me to crosscheck whether you have a girlfriend? " He asked and I looked at him in disbelief.

Now I feel betrayed. So betrayed.

" Mom called you? What did you say? "

" Just that you hid your relationship from me too but me, being a smartie, knew about it already " he joked considering me a fool to come into his words. I just rolled my eyes at the statement and chose to ignore it.

No matter how bad brother he is, he would save me.

And coming to the fact that Mom didn't beleive me and called him, means after almost a month of that incident makes me wonder. If she wanted to, she would have done that when it happened.

But whatever Ananya did, helped me in a good way only, the Aunty just passes me a soft taunting smile which makes me embarrassed but okay It's better than her daydreaming about marriage and pressuring me.

Though she did wrong by indirectly complaining to my Mom was if we are 5 year olds and now my Mom has this weird obsession trying to find out if I have a girlfriend. You might call her nosy but somewhere she has every right to be.

My parents are very open minded in this case, or in every case actually. I wouldn't be scared to tell them if I had a girlfriend, I told them about Natasha too. And that's what scares them the most. The initial months of my breakup were very hard. No matter how hard I tried to hide things, my behaviour reflected and they understand thier child better than anyone.

Losing Natasha was something I had never imagined, both of our families had reached a stage where they were planning our engagement and then our breakup happened. Our families lost contact too. So it's natural for them to worry about me and to be honest my Mom would be on the ninth heaven if she thinks I have a girlfriend, though I do not.

But Whatever happened, happened.

" Okay. Now where are they? " He asked while glancing at his watch. Today we planned to go to the club to celebrate two occasions. One, Abhinav's marriage was fixed with Aditi. The date was announced and it was like a month from now. Second, Amar was going back from today's flight, so we can consider this as his farewell party. He leaves directly for the airport after this.

Vivian, Amar and I were the first ones to arrive, all thanks to me, and now the girls are late. I leaned on my car while patiently waiting for them to arrive while Vivian ran in his own marathon, from one end to other. Amar got a call from his girlfriend and he went to attend that. We waited for another 10 minutes when I decided to call Ananya and ask her directly.

The phone just rang and I heard Vivian's voice, I turned my head and glanced towards him while he choked on the water he was drinking and his eyes fixed somewhere. I followed his eyes and saw Kirti in a slivery party dress.

But what caught my attention was someone wearing a black bodycon dress which reached just above knees, the V neckline and cuts on the side of the waist with three layers of golden necklace and golden loop earings, the dress was made for the one wearing it, open shoulder length hair with slight curls, some slight makeup enhancing her best features, her eyes wearing contact lens and smokey eye makeup,  beside Kirti.

Fuck.

(A/N- Reference to her dress but with the details he mentioned like the neckline isn't that deep)

Something fell from my hand but I cared less as taking my eyes off from the direction was harder. While I was looking at her, she searched for something in her handbag making an irritated face, some strands of her hair fell on her face. For a second, concentrating on anything other than her was hard.

She looked, the word I'm not supposed to say.

" Guys, one is biologically my sister and another is like my sister, so pick up your jaws from the floor  " Amar's voice reached my ears and I turned my head to other direction.

How did I react this way? Where did it come from?

" Huh? Sorry? I zoned out " Act fool, Act fool, Act fool.

" Yeah sure you did " Amar replied rolling his eyes. I punched lightly on Vivian's stomach to get his attention which was solely fixed on Kirti. He looked at me and the shock in his eyes was not yet gone.

" Is this really Kirti? " He asked pointing towards her and his face indicating as if he missed out on something really good.

" Congratulations, you spelled her name correct for the first time " I said and patted on his shoulder and then continued " Looks like you were making move on the wrong one, all this while "

He heard me passed me a sly smile and then looked glanced Kirti " I had my eyes set straight only on one, all this while "

Oh. Damn. Something is fishy in thier case too.

" You, my brother, see what happened to your phone because of my 'wrong one' " He indicated towards my phone lying on the ground. I immediately bent and picked it up and checked for any scratches.

The something that fell from my hand was the phone. My phone.

And the something Ananya was searching in her handbag was phone. Her phone. The same one which was ongoing till now, but she just hanged up and looked towards me, passing me a smile with a wave. I waved back smiling.

" I introduced them to reduce my stress, now they are becoming the reason of my stress " Amar muttered under his breath.

" Bullshit, What did I even do? " I asked him and he gave me murderous glare.

" Except for not being able to take your eyes off my sister for the past minutes, and dropping your phone due to the same, you did nothing. " He said sarcastically.

But she looked so- good.

" I just zoned out. You took it in the wrong way " I said slowly into his ears and he gave me a look.

" Give that crap to someone else " he said and I indicated him to shut up as Ananya was few steps away for us now.

" Hey, now that we are here, let's go. " Kirti said and Ananya nodded.

" Ananya, you are really attention seeker " Vivian started off randomly and all of us looked at him waiting for him to say something after this offensive line.  Ananya raised her eyebrows in confusion.

" Why do you think so? "

" Because you took my attention from the moment you entered into my notice " He started this again. Ananya laughed and her nose scrunched, making her look more cute. My lips automatically formed into a smile.

I noticed him glancing at Kirti right after this and she rolled her eyes, he smiled more widely after that.

Whatever tactic he is playing, he really needs to stop involving Ananya now.

" Stop flirting with her, Vivian " Amar scoffed.

" Wait, Are you flirting with me? " Ananya asked right after she hear Amar as if the realisation hit her. Finally.

" Aw, You noticed it too late. But I was flirting with you now I'm just complimenting and having fun. Chill " Vivian defended himself.

" Doesn't look like that " Kirti said, her voice somewhere reflecting frustration. Vivian just shrugged while smiling. The guys has big brains, I swear.

" Let's go, guys " I said, wanting to end whatever this was going on and we adjusted ourselves in the car. I was the sober driver of tonight so I started driving and in between my eyes automatically caught some glances of her through the mirror. Once when both our eyes locked I immediately regretted and asked myself to stop this. What if she feels uncomfortable?

But I just can't stop looking at her.

I focused on driving for the next half an hour and tried my best to ignore everything else. But I could understand that her mood was off due to something. The usual chatters, jokes, sarcastic comments or cute things she does was not happening today. She just looked outside from the mirror while the rest of them spoke about things.

Once we reached, I halted the car in front of the club and once all of them stepped outside, I made my way towards the parking lot. Parking the car in an empty place, I walked out and noticed Ananya in a corner, I could just see her back but I recognised her dress. She was looking up at the sky and something was there in her hand.

I went towards her to take her along with me inside, and I reached and stood beside her " Hey "

When I looked at her, I noticed a cigarette placed between her lips and she was trying to lit it. Once she was done, she blew it and the smoke came out and then removing it, she muttered a 'hey'

" You smoke? " I asked and she nodded.

" Yep. Do you want one? " She asked and I shook my head.

This is wrong.

" I don't smoke " I replied and she looked at me, her lips parted, in disbelief.

" Oh. You go inside then, I'm coming after some time. "  She said and then again placed it between her lips.

" No, I'll wait " I said and she shrugged. Something was really off. I coughed when I inhaled the smoke my mistake.

" Leave, Sahil. You are clearly getting affected by it " she said and stopped for a while.

" Aren't you getting affected by this? " I asked her calmly. I knew this wasn't the right time to say anything offensive.

" I'm not addicted to it. I smoke occasionally " she said and smoked the cigarette again, while I coughed again.

" Sahil, If this is affecting you this much then you can leave. " She insisted, and her face showed genuine concern.

" In the same way, if something is bothering you so much, get it out of your mind. " I said and she shook her head continuously. She took a few steps ahead to a dustbin kept at the corner and threw the cigarette in the bin.

" Happy? Let's go " she said, her tone still not normal.

If I said or asked something to her right now then I'm not going to get a good response, so I let it go and just nodded. I was a bit disappointed by this. But her mood was not good, I could sense that. Maybe it was because Amar was leaving today.

" Yeah, let's go " we started walking towards the entrance silently.

" You shouldn't smoke, Ananya. It's really harmful " I advised her. Her mood was bad from the start but then she laughed at Vivian's stupid joke, and again something bothered her. Due to all this the mess that was created in her mind snapped at me.

" And you shouldn't tell me what not to do "

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The chapter went from this 😻 to this 😼to this 😿 real quick. Lol.

No but, Anu was wrong, bichara bhale ke liye bol raha tha. 🥲

But what happened to her?

Any upcoming guesses?

Vivian and Kirti? Any thoughts? 👀

The way Sahil was simping on her  🤌🏻

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