chapter 15

Flashback

Flashback from chapter 10 where Reyansh Aaira fight and seeing her unchanged behavior towards him, Reyansh says that now he too will not try to talk to her...and on the same night, Reyansh and Priyal talk 👇

" Mom, she talks to everyone except me..." he says to which Priyal understands who he is talking about and she sighs.

" Beta, you do one thing..." Reyansh looks at his mother on hearing her words

" What?" He asks

" Tum thoda sa ro hi lo.... because I can't help you in this matter." says Priyal to which Reyansh makes a sad face

" Mom....

" What, mom, all this happened because of you, so why are you crying now..." Priyal scolds him, to which Reyansh looks at her

" You know I still think about it.... if you had not broken your friendship with her then today you both would have been best friends just like me and Avni...It would have been so nice if our children would have been friends too...but you spoiled everything..."

" But now I am saying sorry to her..." Reyansh speaks

" What is the use of saying sorry now. you have made her sad. You know in childhood how possessive she was about you, she did not like to share you with anyone, She befriended you with all her heart but you hurt her by choosing someone else...so now suffer." Priyal tells him to which Reyansh doesn't understand how he can bring back that Aaira in his life who was possessive for him.

" What was the big deal in this, if she had talked a little more, you would have listened to what she said but no, you called her annoying...and she has held on to that thing." Priyal tells him further on which he can do nothing except regret

But further Reyansh says something which shocks Priyal, actually he was thinking about this thing for a long time but now he really can't stay away from her.

"Mom, I want to change my subject..." Reyansh shocks Priyal by saying, how did the topic of changing the subject come up while talking about Aaira

" What?"

" Yes, I want to change my course.... I want to enroll in fashion." Priyal gets shocked

" Beta, who will tell you that you topped your school.... Do you have the qualities of a topper?" She asks him, confusing him.

" First you took a one year drop without any reason and now a month after college started, you want to change your subject...Do you even know the F of fashion ? How will you do it?" Priyal tells him but somewhere she is now understanding her son's actions....First him crying just because Aaira doesn't talk to him and now this, changing his subject and enrolling himself in the course she studies and did he take a year's drop so that he could join college with her?

" Mom, I will do it. And if you look at it this way, I didn't know anything, but just like I learned other things, I will learn this too, but please I want to change my course." Reyansh says this to which Priyal sighs but at the same time she thinks that now she will have to tell her son clearly what she is thinking.

" By the way, the reason behind your taking up fashion is not what I am thinking...?" Priyal has understood somewhere that there is something more than friendship in his heart for Aaira, otherwise, he wouldn't have done such things for her.

And there, Reyansh who never hides anything from his mother and thus even today he does not choose to lie to her when she asks him her doubt

" Mom, what you are thinking is true.....You were the one who told me that when I was 2 years old I wanted to marry her, so how can I forget her now."

Priyal is shocked by his confession and Reyansh further says something which forces her to remove her slippers

" I love her." Priyal's eyes widen as she hears these words boldly uttered by her shy son, but she also gets angry with the fact that if he loved her then why is he still hurting her?

Why does he fight with her?

And there, he understands his mother's look a little and gets shocked to see his mother's hands reaching up to her feet.

" Mom, No...." Saying this, Reyansh immediately gets up and runs out of the room and Priyal runs after him with her slippers to beat him

Both mother and son reach the hall but before Priyal can beat Reyansh, Vishal reaches there hearing their noise and seeing his father, Reyansh hides behind him

"Papa, save me." Reyansh says and Vishal looks at Priyal

" What has happened, what has he done now?

" What has he done? He... Priyal is unable to speak further when Reyansh looks at his mother from behind Vishal and shakes his head in no and asks her to please not tell this to his father or anyone else right now

And there, understanding this gesture of her son, Priyal sighs.

" Your son has gone mad...after studying other subjects for a month in college, now he wants to change other subjects."

Priyal hides Reyansh's feelings for Aaira from Vishal for now but at the same time tells Vishal about his changing the subject

And then there, Reyansh also talks to his father about how he doesn't feel like studying BBA and wants to pursue fashion so understanding this, Vishal gives him permission to change the subject.

And with that, the process of enrolling in the new subject took him about a week and after a week, he is now in Aaira's class.

Flashback End.

" So class, all of you welcome your new classmate...Reyansh Singhania..." Aaira's eyes widen on hearing this...she can't believe she heard it right.

he's here ? In her class ? Did he really choose to study fashion: but why? It wasn't his subject.

Meanwhile Reyansh looks at Aaira and mentally smirks seeing her shocked face.

Well, they both had decided that they won't talk but he has his own way of staying close to her.

" Reyansh, go and sit there next to Aaira." The professor tells Reyansh while pointing towards Aaira because at this time only the seat next to Aaira is vacant in the class.

She was sitting alone on the first seat from the left.

And there Aaira gets shocked hearing this and Reyansh goes close to her and sits on the chair next to her.

Their seating arrangement in the class is something like this 👇

Aaira slides her chair a little to the side, on which Reyansh also slides his chair closer to her on the pretext of adjusting his place.

She gives him a look for his action, but Reyansh ignores her and keeps his eyes on the professor.

" Aaira, help your seat mate, as Reyansh is one month late so tell him all the important things that happened in the class in last one month." The professor says, to which Aaira grits her teeth but then reluctantly nods okay

And meanwhile, Reyansh is still silently looking ahead behaving as if Aaira is really a stranger for him and he is meeting her for the first time as a classmate.

After all this, the professor starts her class without wasting much time and here Aaira sees Reyansh who is listening to the professor.

" What are you doing here?" Aaira cannot stop herself from asking this question to which Reyansh looks at her but does not say anything

" Didn't you hear me? I asked what are you doing here?" Aaira asks him again in a low voice

" Don't you have eyes? Can't you see I have come here to attend my class?" Reyansh says and she gets shocked hearing his tone of talking.

And then after some time their first class gets over, the professor leaves the class, students also start leaving because their next hour is free.

Reyansh is also about to get up and leave from there but before he can get up from the seat, Aaira stops him.

" I am asking you for the last time why have you come here?" Reyansh does not turn towards Aaira when she asks him

" Can't you hear me, I am talking to you." Seeing his indifference, Aaira says

" But why? Why are you talking to me and what right do you have to ask me what I am doing here?" Aaira is shocked by his tone

" And is your memory weak? But no, your memory is probably very strong...You remember the things of childhood, then how did you forget what happened between us a week ago...?" She looks at him on hearing these words

"We had decided that we will not talk to each other, then why are you talking to me now, why are you asking me questions? Now is it also my fault that you also study the subject in which I am interested and can't I study where you study?" He says

And there, Suddenly Aaira feels bad seeing the way he is talking to her, why is he talking to her like that but then she composes herself, She can't be weak in front of him.

" Huh, Don't be mistaken that I am dying to talk to you, I have no interest in talking to you, I am just asking you what have you come here to do when your subject was something else, and look, answer without showing any tantrums, have you come to trouble me?" She asks, to which he sighs.

"Don't think of yourself as so important that I would do all this just to trouble you, I have a lot more work to do than think about you." Aaira gets angry at his words

" And okay, I will answer your question in clear words so that you don't disturb me again... So listen I have come here to study because I am interested in this subject and not in any other subject. Got the answer? Now if you permit, can I leave from here ma'am ?" Reyansh speaks further but before he can leave, Aaira picks up her bag and leaves angrily on which Reyansh watches her go with a light smile. Well, she did not understand his language of love, so now this language will be right for her.

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" Now you are happy na ?, your worthless son is leaving, he will not trouble you for 2 years and you will be with your favourite son Aarav whom you love the most." Ansh tells Simran

It is evening time and after a whole day of dilemma, Ansh finally comes to his mother's room to talk to her because he himself doesn't want to go away being angry with her, and neither does he want to go away after making her angry.

When he reaches there, Raj is also present there and Raj quietly listens to the conversation between the mother and son.

" Yes I am very happy, now I will live with my Aarav.

You don't even call me...and why 2 years, go and settle there...don't come back here." Simran says while holding her tears to which Ansh smiles and so does Raj.

" Ok as you say, any other orders?" Ansh asks with a mischievous smile, On which Simran glares at him, well he knows that his mother wants the opposite of what she is saying but at this moment she is saying all this in anger.

Further, Simran's eyes fill up with tears and after not seeing his mother like this for long, Ansh directly hugs her and ultimately, through this hug, the anger of both mother and son towards each other ends to a large extent.

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" Bhai, Why are you leaving." Aaira says while hugging Ansh

It is night time, hearing the news of Ansh's departure, the Khanna family comes to meet him, including his maternal grandparents.

And there, after meeting the family, after having dinner with them, Ansh sits in the room with his siblings, Aaira and Aarav, spending his last few moments with them before leaving them and then Ira gets emotional and asks Ansh why he is leaving all of sudden, although she knows it is necessary for her brother but still.

" Who will take me on a road trip, who will take me out to eat ice cream late at night, hiding from mom and dad." Aaira speaks further to which Ansh just smiles.

Aarav is sitting a little away from them at this time, Ansh and Aaira are on the bed while Aarav is on the couch, Aarav is emotional at this time but he is unable to express it much.

Both of them have never been away from each other since childhood but now both of them will be so far away and that too for such a long time.

" It's just a matter of 2 years, baccha, you can trouble Aarav for 2 years now." Ansh says to which Aaira widens her eyes

" Does this mean I used to trouble you?" On his words that now you can trouble Aarav now, to which Aaira gives this reaction to which Ansh gets a little shocked

" Arre this is not what I meant, I meant that Aarav and you should take care of each other for the next 2 years." Ansh says while looking at Aarav but Aarav who is always in a cheerful mood is not saying anything today.

"Well leave all this aside, now listen carefully to one thing I say - stay away from him... in my absence do not forget what he did to you." Ansh reminds Aaira about what he often reminds her.

And Aaira listens to him but she gets a little confused, because the person from whom her brother is asking her to stay away, how can she tell him that today he has enrolled himself in her class but she chooses not to tell him this time as she doesn't want to worry him while leaving, he already has a lot going on in his life.

" Where are you lost? Do you understand na what I am saying?" Ansh says seeing her suddenly lost

" Don't worry, I will never forget what he did to me, I will stay away from him." says Aaira

" Good." Ansh says to which she smiles.

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The next morning, after having breakfast with his family, Ansh leaves the country.

His entire family goes to see him off at the airport.

On the other hand in Mehra house, after Ansh's departure the family is a little sad, Aarav has not gone to college even today, He doesn't know what happened behind his back in college yesterday.

Right now, he's sitting in his room in a sad mood but suddenly his phone rings and when he picks up his phone he is shocked to see Advait's call, If she asks him something about Ansh then what will he answer

" Hello" Aarav says after picking up the phone

"Hello, how are you?" Advaita asks him and after asking about each other's well being, Advaita asks him whether Ansh talked to him ? To which Aarav says yes and hearing this answer, Advaita feels relieved.

"Well this is great, by the way Aarav can you give me Ansh's number?" Advaita asks him as she doesn't have his number and yesterday she didn't bother Ansh but today suddenly she feels like talking to him and she knows he won't talk to her, but she just wants to hear his voice.

" Actually I went to the hospital but he was not there and then I did not see any other option so you are my only hope...That is why I called you for this work." Advaita says everything in clear words, because in reality she had gone to the hospital some time ago but she did not find him there and she did not ask many questions to the receptionist today because now she has Arav to answer all her questions and solve her problems, he helps her in every possible way.

And Aarav smiles a little and thinks that even though he had promised Ansh that he will not inform Advaita about his departure but now that he has gone, he can tell Advaita about him, because it is her right.

" Bhabhi, I will give you his number but you will not be able to talk to him right now..." says Aarav

" I won't be able to talk to him, but why? Is he busy?" Advaita asks him

"No, he is on a flight right now." Aarav says

" Flight? Where has he gone?" she asks

" UK, bhai has gone to UK for 2 years." Advaita is shocked to hear this, He left and well she had no expectations from Ansh but Aarav also did not think it necessary to tell her this.

"When did he go?" she asks, to which Aarav replies that he left this morning

" Then why didn't you tell me this yesterday..." Advaita says, Suddenly her heart beats faster. Didn't she have the right to see him once and meet him before he left? They were engaged, didn't she have that much right now?

Okay, she told him on the day of engagement that she did not want any rights, but this was something she had not expected.

" Wo bhabhi.....wo.... Aarav is hesitant to tell her the reason, he is hesitant to tell her that Ansh had forbidden him from telling her all this

" Did Ansh forbid you from telling me anything?" She completes his stammering words to which Aarav says nothing and Advaita doesn't say anything further but disconnects the phone, at which Aarav gets shocked.

Aarav calls her back but Advaita does not pick up his call. But then Aarav sends her the number of Ansh for whom she had called him.

To be continued.......