35 - Passing Clouds

Diya pov

With the help of the maid, I quickly draped the saree and the jewels and went out of the house looking for any of the drivers or vehicles but all I could see is him standing with the help of his car looking at the floor with deep thinking.

Seems like I have no other way but to travel with him, I took steps towards the car, hearing my new anklets sound his eyes scanned me for a couple of seconds, and quickly he got into the car.

I decided to not take his actions or reactions to my heart and sat in the car.

Ride to the temple was the most silent one except for the melody song which is giving a soft touch to the listener's heart, unexpectedly my eyes traveled to him who is having straight look at the road but I am sure several thoughts are running in his head.

After a torturous 18 minutes of travel, he stopped the vehicle which looks like it's situated on the hill but with few steps. The oil lamps surrounding the temple gave a shining look for the temple on a moonless night, the night breeze felt fresh and chill.

Getting down from the car I noticed him still sitting in the car without doing anything. Instead of talking with him I stood rooted in my place for him to come, "you go in" he is not coming in? Then why did he wore all these new dresses coming like he is going for a catwalk?

Without taking his words I stood there adamantly not answering him nor going in, "Diya I am not coming. You go in, everyone will be waiting for you"

'I don't care' I still stood there. Sighing he got down adjusting his hair, I started to walk in with him a step behind me.

I saw Yaashvi standing near the entrance, looking at me she beamed and got down quickly, she looked beautiful in the sky blue saree, "hey silk shop" I rolled my eyes hearing Advik's voice.

He sat on the sidewall of the stairs, due to dark I didn't noticed him, "shut up Mr. Girlfriend" she taunted to irritating him, in anger he quickly put his leg in the path blocking her way, unexpectedly this made her stumble on her foot and she falls on the steps.

"Vi" I quickly ran to her and saw a cut on her wrist as blood is oozing out of it and another scratch on her cheeks, due to the pain she cried out.

"Is it the place to play Advi? Can't you see the steps are made up of rock" I yelled at him and looked at Arjun who stood there looking at Yaashvi.

What happened to him?

"Kerchief," I asked him, coming out from his thoughts he took it from his pockets and handed it to me, tying it around her wrists to avoid blood flow, few drops of blood-stained on her saree, seeing her crying hurts me.

Fortunately, no one is outside the temple or it would have created a scene here, I saw Advik looking at her without blinking his eyes, "stand Yaashvi" I told her helping her to stand up.

When she tried to stand up she cried in pain, "I can't stand. It's painful" she replied wiping her still flowing tears.

"She might have sprained her leg," Arjun said making her sit on the steps. Soon one of his guards handed him a first aid kit and he handed it over to me. I slowly applied it on her wrists, that time I heard Arjun's mobile ringing, "yeah we are here"

.....

"okay we will be there" he cut the call, "Diya, grandma is calling us"

"You go I will be there in few minutes," I said applying for medicine carefully to her wrists, "she said it's urgent" I looked up at Arjun as he is looking at Advik like studying him, but advik Is looking at Yaaahvi.

"Come let's go," he said to me, "he will take care of her" the look Advi giving Vi made me obey Arjun's words.

"I will be back soon," i told her and went inside the temple, seeing Arjun behind me gave a shock to the whole family.

He stood beside a statue as I proceeded towards grandma and Kiruthiga aunty.

"Arjun come here" grandma called him as he walked half-heartedly, "you both need to do pooja together"

"Let her do grandma i will stand beside her," he said.

"Do as i say Arjun. Come front" I sighed at their compulsion, if he doesn't have trust then they should not force him.

"She is not having vermillion on her forehead," chotti grandma said.

I didn't apply even after my marriage, "Arjun apply it" thankfully I wore the mangalsutra aunty placed along with jewels, "I will apply" I said taking it.

"He will do it Diya and it will satisfy us if he applies it in our temple" I saw him looking at me, he took a pinch and applied it, what happened to me I don't know but my eyes closed automatically like savoring the moment for a second. His eyes looked deep in mine for a minute and averted it to do pooja. After pooja gets completed I quickly went away from him to Yaashvi but I saw a message that she is heading home as she wants to have rest. So I sat with others to have chat hoping she is fine now.

Away from us I saw his mom talking with him, they both are having a serious conversation, she often wiping her tears and he as usual spoke nothing but had his head bend down, soon his father took his mother angrily while he stood there without moving an inch, a few seconds later he went out of the temple and was gone.

'What just happened between them?'

Yaashvi pov

After Diya went inside the temple he sat to my level taking the cotton to my injury on the cheek, when the cotton touched my cheek the medicine gave pain resulting in tears that ran down my cheeks on the same injury hurting it more.

Quickly his finger wiped my other tear making me freeze on my spot, I quickly pushed his hand away, "you are hurting me" I yelled at him.

The face which showed concern now turned into an angry one, "can I give you one more demo of how to hurt you?"

I hit him hard on his shoulder, "idiot, why did you put your leg in between that too on stairs? I am not going to talk with you" he laughed at my words.

"Oh my god, you don't know how happy I would be now"

"Be happy all you want but I am going to talk with Ridhi about the beautiful naughty things you did" his face turned rigid, "no, you should not do it" his eyes are now wide as fish eyes.

I laughed hard forgetting my pain, "and I also have good news for you. Your crush is in love with another boy" he dipped the cotton in medicine and placed it hard on my leg making me cry in pain.

"You are trying to separate two love birds and this will be your punishment" he still hasn't removed the cotton, "ah it's paining you basta...."

"don't use bad words" he warned me keeping the cotton too hard on my skin, "then remove it away" I tried to push his hands away but he is hell strong holding my hand in a strong grip, "I won't until you agree that you lied about Ridhi loving some idiot"

Unable to hold the pain I agreed, "yes, yes I lied to you now take that shit away" with a final glare he took it away.

Angrily I stood up but failed to do so as the sprain on my legs are making hard to move, "what the hell are you doing, just sit down"

"I don't want to sit beside you and getting your help... I would rather die than that" angrily he grabbed my hand, "then go and get help from Harsh, you would gladly accept his help right?" he murmured like a jealous boyfriend.

"yeah he is not like you but a genuine person who is kind hearted and very gentleman type whereas you are a heartless monster where you and gentleman have the distance between earth and sky, going round and round with different girls you see, everyday," I said pinpointing everyday word.

His eyes bore into mine deeply squeezing my heart raising its beat, whatever anger I am showing him is hurting me. How many times I am scolding my heart to not trust or develop feelings for him, I am always succeeding in failing on it. The way his eyes are looking at Ridhi is stabbing my heart in an unexplainable way even after knowing he won't see me the way I see him.

"I am never with every girl I see, they throw themselves at me okay? And I am not forcing anyone to be with me" he argued back.

"Then what about Ridhi? You keep on going after her right?"

He sighed in defeat and replied in a calm voice, "That's cause I like her, she is beautiful, cute, hot..." that's an attraction I wanted to make it clear to him but tears started to spill out of my eyes, "go to hell you bastard" I yelled on top of my voice and stood up ignoring the sharp pain my ankle is giving and moved towards road not willing to be with him anymore.

"Where are you going?" he asked trying to stop me, but ignoring him I took slow steps while my ankle is hurting like hell, "stop acting like a bitch Yaashvi" he shouted stopping me by grabbing my hand.

"Yes I am acting like a bitch, so what? You go to hell with your hot Ridhi why are you wasting your time with someone dumb, an ugly girl like me?"

"Why is she coming in this topic? And why do you have to compare you both unnecessarily" he asked confused, "why are you behaving like you are my girlfriend who is jealous over another girl?" in an instant I turned to him standing close to him with his collar in my hand.

"Yes, I am jealous, I am jealous okay? I agree but do you how many years I am loving you? I am in love with you for more than 5 years, from then I have been madly in love with you while you are busy with your weekly found girlfriends, and I hate myself for not able to look like those girls in front of you but rather than a dumb girl.  Also, I am killing me every second for developing these stupid feelings for the man who would never look at me other than a nagging personality, for the man who would keep on going behind a girl who never glances in his direction yet I am still allowing my stupid heart to go around you and dying every time seeing you hurt.

You won't know the pain of seeing our loved ones looking at another person with love and admiration, after getting this close to you it's coming out as anger and hurt. It's torture seeing you too near me but not able to express my love to you. I might have hurt you but all those are because of anger on myself how I failed to get your love not because I am angry at you, the words I said about your behavior on Diya is as a friend of Diya but as Yaashvi I never hated you and I can never hate you" I wiped my tear "Maybe this will be the first and last time I am saying you this" tiptoeing to his level I moved close to him looking into his eyes which are drinking me with the unbelievable look, "I Love You Advi" my statement started angrily but ended with me kissing his cheek closing my eyes registering this second too close to him in my heart and left his collar losing my one side love to him along with the kiss

The happiness and satisfaction that I should feel didn't rule my heart but I felt only pain while uttering them and the tears are the only one accompanying me all these time, "I won't say anything hurtful to you hereafter, I won't disturb you after going from here and sorry if I uttered anything rubbish forget all I said and think me as one of your passing clouds" the pain I felt saying this keeps on stabbing me slowly but badly leaving a deep mark in me.

Without waiting for his reply I left from there taking one of the cars leaving a message to Diya that I am heading home, after going there I cried my heart out thinking about my love that ended successfully before it started.

Diya pov

I saw Yaashvi sleeping without even changing her clothes but her wound is dressed and she is covered with bedsheets. She might have felt tired. I went out closing the room door and went to the room allocated to me. With the help of Kiruthiga aunty I changed into my night dress, not before earful of scolding for wearing saree, "I forgot Diya please forgive me" she said for the nth time, after assuring her I am not hurt she went out sadly.

As I had a great sleep in the afternoon I decided to walk in the garden, there I saw Arjun very sincerely inhaling his puff glancing at the sky. Meeting him at this time is not good for me so when I decided to go in I saw him moving towards the outhouse and knocked on the door.

He throws the cigarette and immediately took another one, why is he keep on using it when it's such a bad thing for health?

At the same time Advik opened the door and looked shocked to see his brother and his hand that is holding the cigarette, when Arjun said something Advik closed the door and they both started to walk in the garden with deep conversation mostly Arjun in the one who talked, I decided to hear their conversation so I stepped front but my luck Arjun saw me.

"Are you still standing? Go and sit" his statement made both me and Advik shocked, so he knows I am standing here for all these minutes. Going against him I stood still and this time I bravely moved towards them but he quickly stopped talking with him.

"I thought you both don't talk" instead of Arjun I asked Advik, "I too thought so" he whispered but this snake might have heard it, "it's about business"

"No, it's personnel" advik quickly objected. For the first time, I saw anger in Advik's eyes for his brother.

Not giving reply to him Arjun sat on the stone bench in the garden taking another cigarette, I angrily saw him snatching it I throw it away, "I don't like cigarette smell, ask him to go to any other place Advik" Advik rolled his eyes understanding me, "I am sleepy. Good night" winking at me he went in leaving me with this idiot.

"What are you doing here at this time?" it won't be in to not answer him, I decided to have a walk, but his hand grabbed me before taking another step, "I don't want you to walk alone at this hour outside the house," he said sternly but all I could do is smell his cigarette.

"stop smoking okay?" I yelled at him pushing him away, "that's not what I asked you and it's my wish to smoke"

"The same applies to me, I will walk wherever I want, I will walk whenever I want"

His eyes flared in anger but calmed down after a few seconds, "Will you stop walking if I quit smoking?"

"Excuse me? why should I spoil my freedom looking for your health?" he studied me for a minute and the silence felt more longer like hours finally he spoke, "Right" he walked in after whispering something in his mobile.

.

.

.

It's been 5 days since the night conversation in the garden and that's the last time we both spoke with each other. Whenever the whole family is present there I will see him but always he tried to sit as far as possible.

All these two months he would talk to me at least a word even in anger but the silence between us is killing me and I being Pro in hiding my pain done that job perfectly. He is always with Meera they spend most of the time in his room but even when they are in the living room she would sit beside him. He never glanced in my direction, If he sees me he would quickly move away from the place so maximum I avoided going to the places where he is.

"Diya, give it to Manya" kiruthiga aunty told me handing 3 glasses of juices, "she is in the backyard" I nodded and took it there, there is Manya, Meera, and Arjun.

I looked around for someone but when I found none I walked towards them, there Arjun and Meera are laughing hard at whatever Manya is saying. Capturing him in my heart I went near them, after seeing me his laughter quickly stopped and he stood up, "Meera, I will go" saying this I ran from there controlling my tears. This is what I am facing for the past 5 days, he would either stop talking when I get involved in the conversation or he would go to his room or the happiness from his face would vanish away soon but that hurt me the most.

'Is my presence that irritating you?'

But the fateful thing is tomorrow is his birthday and I decided to give him two gifts. One, a guitar. Two, my absence tomorrow the whole day.

How is the chapter?

Hope you all like it!!!!

Please do vote and comment and don't forget to share the story with your friends if you like it.

Any fans of the new pair Advik and Yaashvi

Bye until the next chapter. Take care. See you soon. Maybe Saturday.