chapter 67

"I am sorry Aarav," she said pulling her hand out from his."That diary was for someone else...""You are always a friend to me, I gave that to you because you needed it. And I thought I would never meet him again""I don't want to give you false hope Aarav, you aren't the one I love" "From the very beginning... I only love him" Manasvini said and a painful smile appeared on his lips."I tried to convince my heart but it beats only for him..." "...Even when he doesn't have the same feelings as me, I can't think of anyone else""I can live without him but not with someone else. I can't love anyone else" she added averting her eyes. Trying to control her tears which were so eager to come out..."..." For a moment, his world stopped. His words got vanished. He confidently told Vihaan that she will choose him but he was never inside her heart. He was just a friend. She did all that because she thinks of him as a friend. "You are lying" He added. His sudden words impelled her to look at him."I am sorry Aarav but I am not lying" she responded.He wiped his tears and put forward both of his closed palms in front of her "Choose one..." She was confused by his strange request. She told him that she didn't love him and he is in the mood to play games with her."I am not a saint Manasvini. I want to see which one you are going to choose..." Judging her emotions he said. "Your choice will decide our fate""One of them retains your answer and the other one possesses mine... If mine is chosen then I'll never leave you, no matter what I will make you love me. But if...""If you managed to avoid that one... Then I will tell you the answer" he added with a devilish smile."I am not fooling around Aarav... Can't you ju..." She was saying her words but he interrupted her."Neither me... Choose one Manasvini" he said again."Or do you want me to choose for you? but I'm sure you'll regret it" he added and she dropped her finger to her left side... On his right hand. Which was totally unexpected by Aarav. He flashed a painful smile and opened his right palm, it was empty."It's your answer..." He asserted in a helpless tone.In return, she was staring at him as she didn't understand what he was trying to imply. He opened his left palm too. There was a ring inside "I wanted to see this on your finger but it's useless now" he uttered with a sad smile. Her gaze was still fixated on Aarav and the words he said next struck her like lightning..."He loves you too..." "...Since the very first day when he met you," he said slipping that ring inside the dustbin.------•*•------Aarav dropped her at her building but instead of getting inside her house, she walked towards his. She rang the doorbell like 15 times but there is no response from the other side. She knocked on the door too but only silence came to her in return. His phone was switched off as well. Her tears were falling endlessly. Her heart was getting impatient with every passing second. Her eyes wanted to see him but he... "Where are you Vihaan" a group of words escaped.In between that struggle of finding him, something clicked in her mind. She went to her house and came back in five minutes.  "Aarav... Please take me to XX city" she asked him."It's three hours driving from here... Please" she added as he was looking at her in antagonism. "But... you ju..." He was saying something but got cut by her in the middle."He is there... I am sure he is there" she added rushing back towards the car."Manasvini, don't run you will hurt yourself" he added from behind following her.*Three hours later*They reached the place. It was the city where Sinha's vacation home is located, which they visited in their college days. He drove to the hillside. The path was narrow and the car wasn't allowed to go inside. She got down there and started walking towards the place. It was a five-minute walk from the gate when she finally caught the glimpse of the person, she was dying to see..."Vihaan," she shouted. Hearing his name he turned his head here and there to find the source as the voice was echoing. As soon as his orifices landed at her, he got frozen in his spot. He was standing there like a statue.She came running towards him... it was hurting like hell but she was still running. She wanted to reach him as quickly as she can. Now finally when she was standing in front of him... her eyes were red because of all the crying she did, tears were still filled inside them and the next moment, she started crying badly..."What happened....? Why are you here?.. and why are you crying?" He asked getting anxious over her situation and his words urged her to shed more tears."You shouldn't run... your wound hasn't recovered yet" he added in a worried tone."But w... Why are you crying?" He asked and raised his fingers to wipe her tears but the next moment... She slapped him... right in the face.He didn't understand anything, that slap was really hard. Her hand was printed on his left cheek. He was standing there dumbfounded, confusion was clearly visible in his eyes. His left hand was resting over his cheek. Vihaan didn't utter a single word he was looking at her to find out about the slap which she just pasted on his face."This is for lying to me for all these years" she stated crying her tears out. But he was as confused as before. He had no idea what she was talking about. He was clueless holding his left cheek which was red due to the impact of her palm."You are the biggest idiot I've ever seen," she said placing something on his right hand."Do not talk to me ever again" she added and started walking away from him. "..." Vihaan was stunned, firstly by her sudden slap and now by the words she asserted. He didn't realise what just happened to him. His mind was struggling greatly to process things. His eyes dropped over his right hand... It was a lock. She handed him a lock. He recognises that lock very well, it was the one she bought to put at the mountain temple. He turned that around and found two names written on it..."Manasvini ♡ Vihaan"His sight became blurry as tears swarmed in his eyes. He moved his gaze to look for her. She was walking far away from him. He ran towards her and encircled her body. Her pace halted by that sudden hold. And he hugged her tightly from behind..."I really am an idiot" he whispered. Between those tears, a smile appeared on her lips."I am sorry Manu" he added. Removing his arms Manasvini turned towards him and he continued with his words..."I never dared to tell you because I thought your happiness relies on Aarav""I left your world... Because I...""Because I love you Manasvini" She smiled widely and hugged him.------•»•*•«•------*Extra😉*"He loves you too..." "...Since the very first day when he met you," he said slipping that ring inside the dustbin.They came out of the room and were walking in the lobby area he stopped suddenly "Manasvini, wait here. I forgot something in the room" he added and went back to the room. He saw a nurse holding that ring. "It's mine, I mistakenly dropped that. Can I have it back?" Aarav said. ------•»•*•«•------