chapter 22

She isn't that Manasvini, his eyes were familiar to see..."Is it you?... He is staring at her with tear-filled eyesAnd she froze on her spot without saying anything, like a statue looking into his eyes without blinking...Suddenly rain started pouring... Water drops are falling on both of them but they aren't affected by those silly drops they both are still staring at each other and...He took a step forward towards her, closed his eyes and touched her face with his fingers, he is feeling her facial features from his fingers... And she is looking at him, admiring that divine face,.. that face, she is waiting to see..."It's you... It really is you... " He said happily with his eyes closed, his hands still on her face, he is too happy to find her againHe felt warm water drops on her cheeks through his fingers (she is crying). His eyes were still closed when he heard a whispering voice calling out his name. He opened his eyes..."Aarav..." She grabbed his hands, took them off her faceand let go of them.'Is he that same person, who used to hate me the most....?' a thought came across her mind, she is staring into his eyes trying to figure out what his intentions are this time. But his actions surprised her..."You... You are alive, I ... I thought you were... " He stopped in the middle while trying to say something, tears are falling from his eyes, even when they are both standing in the rain but still anyone can tell that he is crying. His eyes were red because of all the crying he did. He moved a step closer towards her, he wanted to take her in his arms and never let her go but,she took a step back..."You don't know how happy I am after seeing you, I can't describe what I am feeling right now... " There is a big smile on his beautiful lips... and tears are still falling from his eyes...He took another step towards her but she moved back again looking at him in disappointment and confusion... The smile on Aarav's face was fading bit by bit... He didn't seem to understand her actions, so he is looking at her in desperation to seek an answer...'If you really wanted to see me, then where were you from these past six months...? I was always here, if you wanted, you can easily find me, then why... why are you here now after all these months?' she has those questions to ask him in her mind but nothing came out of her mouth at the moment.She is hearing all those things from Vihaan for the past six months, and now she started to have some doubts...'I admit that I wanted to see you so badly but now seeing you like this standing here in front of me, I don't know what to say... I am not sure of what to do...' With these thoughts roaming around her head she moved her eyes from him, and she saw Vihaan standing at the entrance of the garden staring at her and when their eyes met... 'That time I wasn't there to protect you but not again...I will not let him hurt you again' With those thoughts in his mind Vihaan took large steps towards them and grabbed Manasvini's hand..."Let's go, you'll catch a cold," he said looking at her, totally ignoring  Aarav... Aarav shifted his gaze at him, he knows him. it is his best friend, (His ex-best friend.... To be accurate)Vihaan pulled her hand and she is now walking with him Aarav is still standing there like a statue with all those old memories from six years ago, flaring in front of his eyes and when he came back to his senses out from those flashing memories, he turned around and saw them leaving... he saw Vihaan holding Manasvini's hand...Aarav knows Vihaan likes her too, it's just he didn't expect them to be together. He knows that Vihaan isn't a person who can say his feelings out loud, he is sure Vihaan didn't confess to her till now and Aarav..., he isn't one of them who gave up easily.. so he turned around,  moved towards them and grabbed her other hand...Lily and Shashank were there too, standing at the entrance but at the same time, they are like invisible persons... They are both trying to figure out what is going on between the three of them...Lily is much more confused because she knows Aarav and Vihaan are best friends, but she has no idea what happened between them six years ago... So these two (Lily and Shashank) were also staring at those three to understand the situation...Manu stopped because Aarav suddenly grabbed her hand, She turned her face towards him and looked at him... and because she stopped so suddenly in the middle Vihaan stopped too... "Why did y..." Vihaan turned around and saw Aarav make her stop like this, he is the one holding her hand... Stopping her to leave..."Let go of her hand" Vihaan ordered glaring at Aarav"What if I don't...?" Aarav replied, strengthening his grip on her hand with the same glaring look in his eyes And Manasvini... She is looking at both of them... Turn by turn...And suddenly someone confessed... "I love you... Will you marry me?"