chapter 8

Chapter start

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" Call me when your class is over." These words are from Neil to Aaira, who has come to drop her to college and at this moment both of them are standing outside the college gate.

"Ok papa." Saying this Aaira gives a hug to her father and then Neil leaves from there when Aaira goes inside the college gate.

Inside the college, Aaira is walking towards her class but suddenly stops when she sees Reyansh coming towards her from the other side

Reyansh was just waiting for her, standing inside the college gate and as soon as she said bye to her father and entered the college, Reyansh takes his steps towards her.

Aaira sees him but quickly resumes her steps, ignoring his presence and before Reyansh can reach her, Aaira changes her way taking a right turn, but before Aaira can go on her way, Reyansh immediately speeds up his steps and comes in front of her and seeing him like this in front of her, Aaira glares at him angrily.

Both look at each other and Reyansh opens his mouth to say something but before that Aaira speaks

" Get out of my way." she says to which he sighs.

" Look Mannat... he starts but she cuts him off

" Aaira, for you I am Aaira.... I have refused before and today I am saying it again, don't call me Mannat, I am my father's Mannat and no one has the right to call me that." He smiles slightly at her words.

" Okay, I won't call you Mannat, Happy ?" he says to which she looks at him

"But, how are you now?" he asks

" Don't you have eyes? Can't you see how beautiful I am." Her words make him smile again but at the same time he feels like banging his head against a wall... why doesn't she give a straight answer? He's talking about her health.

" I mean, how is your health ? Aarav told me that you were not well." He further speaks to which she looks at him

" Oh then go and ask Arav Bhai about further information about my health now." She replies to which he looks at her, somewhere she also knows that he cannot do this, he cannot ask Aarav or anyone else about her directly.

And there after saying this she starts leaving to which Reyansh stops her again taking her name and this time he calls her Aaira.., her back is facing him and before she can move, he says...

" At least unblock my number." he requests, to which she turns towards him

" And why would I do that ?" she asks

" What do you mean why would you do that, you have to do this, unblock my number." he says

" I won't do it and for God's sake stop following me and go to hell." she says as she walks away.

"Okay, then you'll have to come to hell with me too, what would I do there without you." He says, to which, the anger she is trying to suppress increases but she doesn't say anything further because she doesn't want to ruin her mood and that is why this time she quietly goes straight to her class from there and Reyansh just keeps looking at her as she goes.

A week passes

The scene is of a hospital where a girl comes to the reception and the receptionist is shocked to see her.

" You?"

"I want to meet Ansh, is he free ?" These are Advaita's words to the receptionist.

Advaita is here again today after a week from the day she expressed her love for Ansh in an indirect way.

But today, for the last one week and let's say, now after almost 15-16 days of meeting him, she is completely confirmed that whatever she feels for him that is nothing but love and no matter what happens, she will express that love to Ansh as soon as possible so that she can break her marriage which is about to happen only a few days away.

Whereas Ansh, who was angry at the news of his marriage being spread in the hospital, has almost forgotten Advaita and her actions in the last one week but today she has come here again to meet him.

" Sorry ma'am, Sir has forbidden it." the receptionist replies to Advaita when she wishes to meet him because on the same day Ansh had warned the receptionist that next time when this girl comes here, she should stop her from coming to his cabin to meet him.

" Excuse me, I told you what my relationship is with him and still you are refusing me ?" Advaita tells her to which she smiles slightly.

" Ma'am, we know the truth, you have no relation with Sir and Sir himself has forbidden us to not let you meet him if you come here." Advaita gets angry at the receptionist's words...how can he do this.

" Ma'am, please go away from here." The receptionist tells her respectfully, but Advaita's mind immediately starts thinking something else.

" And who are you to say this to me ? This is a hospital, do you tell people who come here to leave like this ? I need to meet Dr. Ansh and you cannot stop me." The receptionist looks at her at her words

" Ma'am...

" No, Nothing and look I am saying this for the last time, let me go and meet him...you don't know whose daughter I am.

My father is a police commissioner and I am not lying about this." Saying this, Advaita immediately opens her phone and shows a photo of herself with her father to the receptionist In which he is in his father's arms and his father is in his police uniform. both are smiling.

" And yes, if you still don't let me meet him then it won't take me 2 minutes to file a complaint against this hospital about how the patients who come here are treated...." she says glaring at her and the receptionist gets scared by her words

Although Advaita does not like to use her father's name in this manner, but today she was compelled by her heart, due to which she had to do this.

" What is going on here?" Before the receptionist could answer Advaita, Ansh's voice came from behind and Advaita whose back was facing him heard his voice, she turns towards him and Ansh gets a little shocked to see her and suddenly gets angry too when he remembers her actions.

" What are you doing here..." Ansh asks to which Advaita moves closer to him to which Ansh takes 2 steps back which Advaita notices

" I have come here to meet you...please I need to talk to you about something very important." says Advaita

" But I don't want to talk to you and look now you are really crossing the limits, you have already made a lot of fun of me, If I want, I can send you to jail for what you did last time here and for your previous mistake of driving under the influence of alcohol." Ansh says getting angry at her antics, he was really very embarrassed in front of everyone because of her lie about marriage.

" Then send me to jail but listen to me once." Advaita says this to which Ansh looks at her, is this girl crazy? She is not able to understand his words in such a clear language

" I said go." Ansh says in his harsh voice.

"And I said I won't go, please listen to me..." Advaita says and just then Ansh notices how some people standing around them are looking at them, he really doesn't like to do drama in front of anyone and that is why this girl should not do any kind of drama in front of people that's why he holds her hand and starts walking straight towards his cabin.

" Tell me what you want to say... but remember, today is your last day here, you will not come here after today." Ansh tells her, he gives her a chance to talk her nonsense so that she doesn't come here every day.

And there Advaita after hearing this from him thinks something, if that is the case then she cannot miss this opportunity today.

" If that is the case then all I want to tell you is that I have fallen in love with you." Ansh's eyes widen at her words.

" I am telling you the truth, ever since I have seen you I have started living in another world, in your world. Whether I am awake or asleep, your face is always in front of my eyes." Advaita adds and before she can say anything further, Ansh interrupts her.

" Dimag kharab hai ? What nonsense are you talking about?" Ansh says angrily, both of them are meeting for the third time and this girl is talking such nonsense. is love a joke?

" Dimag nahi, tumne mera dil kharab kar diya hai." she says on which he sees her sighing angrily

" Jab se tumhe dekhaa hai kuch tham si gyi hu.

Aisa lagta hai maano main khadi hu par mere pao ke niche ki zameen chal rahi hai." She says what she is really feeling these days

But There, Ansh rolls his eyes at her words because these words remind him of a song which is nothing less than nonsense for him, " Main thahri rahi, zameen chalne Lagi."

" Lagta hai aajkal tum travelator par khadi reh rahi ho...niche utar jao sab sahi lagne lagega, sasti kajol." Ansh says glaring at her on which her mouth hangs open, does this man have no emotions ?

" And look, now if you are done with this nonsense then go away from here." Says Ansh

" Don't you think you are being very rude, here I am sharing my feelings with you and you are talking like this ?" She says

" I didn't ask you to share your feelings with me...." he says to which she glares at him but then controlling herself she smiles

" Okay, I understand, you need time....you might not be able to digest all this suddenly, okay you take your time...I said what I had to say...I really like you and don't worry your rude behavior won't change my mind, I know you are angry with me because of my wrong actions, otherwise I am not so ugly that you would dislike me. Isn't it?" She says on which he sees her strangely

" ok then you can relax and think about me, I will come again to get your answer...bye my love." Saying this Advaita leaves from there without listening to any word from him and Ansh becomes speechless there.

Ansh does not understand how to react to her words. If she is really mad, then why has she come to this hospital, she should go to a mental asylum and she would say her nonsense there.

Two more days pass.

The scene is of xyz College where it is around 4 o'clock in the evening and today there is a lot of commotion and noise in one part of that college campus because today, almost 10 days after the start of the new session, a fresher's party has been organised for the first year students.

Students are enjoying and seniors, juniors all are sitting in the auditorium for this beautiful evening. Where the principal and professors are giving speech to the new students about the rules and regulations of the college, which is repeated every year that how they have to behave here in college and everything.

After that the program goes ahead, Reyansh and Aarav are sitting together but Aaira is not there because she is backstage as she has taken part in the Miss Fresher's competition which includes, among other things, a dance.

" Why didn't you participate, I am sure if you had participated you would have become Mr. Fresher's, my very handsome friend." Reyansh smiles at Aarav's words

" You know I don't like all this... I didn't even feel like coming to this hall, I came just because you told me to." Reyansh says to which Araav shook his head

"You are great bro.....By the way what do you like: apart from books and your bike?" Reyansh smiles at his words but before he can answer, both hear the host's voice calling out Aaira's name, who is now coming to perform.

" Waise dost na sahi, behan meri jrur jeetegi." Seeing Aaira on the stage, Aarav says to which Reyansh does not say anything but takes out his phone from his pocket

There, Aaira performs a beautiful classical dance on the stage which mesmerizes everyone sitting there, the auditorium which was noisy suddenly becomes silent when Aaira is dancing A

and everyone was watching her dance intently; she was captivating the people sitting there with her beautiful moves and expressions.

she chose classical form of dance to differentiate herself from others, where her fellow contestants did western dance, she chose classical.

She is dancing there gracefully but suddenly Aarav turns towards Reyansh to say something to him but gets little suprised when he sees that Reyansh is making a video of Aaira's dance.

" Why are you making a video of Aaira?" Aarav asks him to which Reyansh doesn't put the phone down but he signals Aarav to keep quiet, asking him to wait for two minutes so that their voice does not appear in the video.

Meanwhile, Aaira's dance is over and she leaves the stage after saying Thank you and Reyansh turns off the phone with a smile but when Reyansh looks at Aarav, he sees him glaring at him

" Will you answer, why were you making a video of my sister?" Aarav asks again to which Reyansh sighs

" I have no interest in filling up my phone's storage by making a video of your sister...Maybe you don't know, so let me tell you that my mom is a fan of her dance and as soon as she came to know that she is going to perform today So mom asked me to make a video so she could see it. That's the only reason." Reyansh says everything at once as if he had already prepared the answer.

" Ok and who told aunty that Aaira is going to perform?" Aarav asks in doubt

" Obviously, mom and Avni aunty talk every day...so Avni aunty told all this to mom... And why are you becoming a police officer, stage par dekho..." Reyansh says and then looks at the stage

And then in a short time the results are announced and Aaira wins the title of Miss Fresher of the year by getting the highest score in dance, quiz and all the other rounds.

The host announces that Aaira Khanna has won the title of Miss Fresher's this year, the Principal gives the award to Aaira and the whole auditorium erupts in applause.

And the joy of this victory is visible not only on Aaira's face but also on someone else's face. On her victory, Reyansh looks at her with a smile.

But suddenly the smile on Reyansh's face fades when he hears the voice of some boy sitting behind him

" What a beauty with brains. I have a crush on her." Reyansh's face turns tense after hearing that boy's words, but he knows that he can't do anything even if he wants to.

" What kind of a brother are you, someone is saying something to your sister and you are listening silently..." Reyansh says to Aarav sitting next to him

But Aarav who was busy with his phone did not hear anything but he pays attention when Reyansh tells him to and when the boys behind are still talking about Aaira, Aarav turns back and the boys look at him

" What happened Bro ?" A boy from that boy's group says

"She is my sister, so from now on, think before you speak..." The boy who called Aaira his crush, his eyes widen that he said all this while sitting behind the girl's brother

" Sorry." The boy says and then Aarav turns forward and sits upright, Aarav is the kind of guy who doesn't resort to violence at first, he talks first, and if someone doesn't understand through talking then he uses some other method.

" By the way, did you keep curd in your mouth? I did not hear it the first time, but if you heard it, then why did you not say anything...After all my sister is also your sister." says Aarav to which Reyansh's eyes widen

" Oh please, don't add to this useless relationship, I don't want a sister like your grumpy sister." Reyansh, suppressing his feelings, speaks these words in irritation while Aarav glares at him for calling his sister grumpy.

" Congratulations meri jaan." Aarav says hugging Aaira as they meet outside the auditorium after the college function is over.

" Thank you bhai." Aaira tells him and then separates from him, Reyansh is also there but he stands quietly looking at her

There has been no conversation between them since the conversation that took place between them on the third day of college because Aaira ignores him in every possible way and stays focused on the thing for which she is in this college.

Reyansh tried once or twice to talk to her but then with the intention of not bothering her much, he also does not say anything to her now, he remains happy just by seeing her.

Right now, seeing Reyansh standing behind Aarav, for some reason Aaira feels that he will say something to her but both of them are just looking at each other silently.

But suddenly Aarav's phone rings and he picks up the phone and moves two-three steps aside from between him and Aaira and now Reyansh and Aaira stand face to face.

But seeing him not saying anything and unable to bear his gaze on her, she decides to move aside from there but before she turns, her steps stop when he says

" Congratulations Aaira." He calls her Aaira so that she doesn't scold him again for calling her Mannat and also her mood doesn't get spoiled today.

And there at his words she stops and looks at him.

" Congratulations on your victory." He says while extending his hand for a handshake, Aaira looks at his hand

" Thank you." Finally today, she responds to his words calmly but doesn't shake hands with him to which he takes his hand back with a smile but he smiles that at least he took the initiative, and she did not remain silent today.

To be continued.........