chapter 63

More than a month passes.

While Reyansh and Aaira's life is going well for the time being after Neil's complete approval, so on the other hand, a special relationship begins between Aarav and Ikshita and that relationship is of friendship.

Yes, a week ago Aarav and Ikshita finally became friends, Aarav finally accepted Ikshita's friendship proposal.

Well, Aarav had already stopped being rude to her without any reason ever since he found out that Ikshita doesn't have a mother and somewhere he was feeling very bad about this and was not able to do much, all he was doing was not being rude to her like before.

Whereas, this change in Aarav is making Ikshita fall more in love with him and now she is just looking for an opportunity to express her feelings to Aarav as soon as possible.

And her this courage to share her feelings with Aarav has also increased because both of them have become friends, Aarav talks to her nicely.

Well the reason behind this closeness between them is Raj.

A month ago, Raj gave Aarav and Ikshita a project to work on together, the presentation of which both of them have to do in the coming days.

And Aarav is really excited for his first project, and somewhere this is also a reason for Aarav to talk nicely to Ikshita, because he doesn't want to fight with her and ruin the project which his father has given him to do with so much trust.

And just under the pretext of working together, the two began to talk more than before and meanwhile Ikshita once again extended the hand of friendship which Aarav accepted.

At Mehra Office

Aarav is sitting at his place and due to nothing to do, he is doing his favourite thing in his free time and that is taking a nap.

He is taking a nap with his head on his work table while Ikshita who's sitting next to him in her place, staring at him.

Ikshita is staring at him with a light smile on her lips and then thinking something she takes her hand closer to him and while thinking something, with her light touch she touches his dense hair which is spread on his forehead making him look more cute.

But there...Ikshita is not able to caress his hair for long when Aarav suddenly wakes up and as much as Ikshita is shocked to see his open eyes, Aarav is also shocked to see her hands on his hair.

Ikshita immediately removes her hand from his hair and Aarav raises his head from the table and sits straight.

" What were you doing?" Aarav asks her to which she looks at him

" That, that was a mosquito in your hair, I was just removing it." She gives her best excuse, knowing very well that he will catch her lie, because there are no mosquitoes in the office whom she can blame for her actions.

Aarav hears her saying this and obviously he doesn't believe her words but still he doesn't say anything further.

" Aarav, as you have woken up from your nap can we go for a coffee break?"

She asks him: And here Aarav has no reason to say no to her as he really needs coffee to feel energized to get back to work.

" Ok." Aarav replies to her, bringing a bright smile on her face.

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Ikshita and Aarav are sitting opposite each other in the office cafeteria drinking their coffee where Aarav is quietly drinking coffee and looking here and there but Ikshita's eyes are only on him.

" Aarav, " Breaking the silence between them, Ikshita calls out his name, drawing his attention towards her.

Aarav looks at her and she continues

" Aarav, as we are going to Delhi after a week, can we stay there for 2 more days apart from the working days?" Ikshita asks him, confusing him.

" Why?" Aarav just asks this.

Well, The meeting for the project that Raj had given to both of them is to be held in Delhi after a week and as Raj has given this project to both of them to handle completely, so both of them have to attend the meeting as well for which both will go together.

" Because, I want to explore Delhi and this things will take at least 2 days. So when our work is over, can we stay for 2 extra days ?" Ikshita again asks him, to which Aarav looks at her.

" OK." After knowing the reason, Aarav just replies that okay, they will stay there.

" Again, just OK. You know If you say more than OK, your mouth will not hurt for sure, try it..." Ikshita tells him this because whenever she says anything to him, his only reply is 'ok'.

" What else should I say...?" he asks her to which she smiles

"I love you." says Ikshita to which Aarav's eyes widen

" You can say I love you to me because I love you very much." Ikshita finally expresses her feelings to him, shocking him.

Well, she herself doesn't know how these words came out of her mouth at this time, but now that they have come out, she doesn't hold herself and tells him what she feels for him.

Well she also knows that he doesn't love her but he can give her a chance and for this it was necessary for her to express her feelings because how long could she wait.

Unless he knows what she feels for him, how will he think about her.

" Aarav....I......" After this, Ikshita is not able to say anything when suddenly Aarav stands up from in front of her and starts going back from there.

But before he can leave, Ikshita holds his hand from behind and stops him, upon which he turns and looks at her and he frees his hand from her grip upon which Ikshita looks at him.

" What happened? Where are you going without saying anything, Aarav I really love you, please give me a chance, you will really not regret it." Ikshita says this to him upon which he sighs.

" I am regretting it already, I regret being friends with you." Aarav says this to which Ikshita gets shocked.

" I was a fool who befriended you without listening to my mind, I didn't know that you wanted to be friends with me to do all this...really, one should neither trust the love of girls, nor their friendship, they are all selfish, you girls just know how to play with people's feelings for your own benefit." Suddenly Aarav's suppressed anger starts to come out, he starts taking out someone else's anger on Ikshita due to her this act, this action of hers reminds him of things that he has been trying to forget for a long time.

And apart from that things, he is also getting angry at Ikshita right now because somewhere he had expected only friendship from Ikshita, and somewhere he had befriended Ikshita from the heart, somewhere he had started enjoying the friendship with her and spending only friendly moments with her, because he has decided that he will not give any place to love in his life but here she brought the thing which he hates between their friendship.

He doesn't want to get his heart broken again.

" Playing with feelings?

Aarav, I'm not doing anything like that.

I really love you, please give me a chance, your thinking about girls will change, maybe I am not perfect but I am not one of those who play with someone's feelings...I..." Ikshita is unable to say anything further when Aarav interrupts her.

" Enough, Stop all this nonsense and from now on, don't even try to talk to me again." Aarav says this and leaves from there without giving her a chance to say anything else.

Ikshita watches him go and tears well up in her eyes but she doesn't let them come out and swallows them with difficulty.

Well, she is not crying because he does not love her, she knew that he did not love her but he did not even give her a chance, so she felt bad about this only.

After all why is there so much anger in his mind regarding love and girls which is not calming down.

But no, his anger had subsided, he became friends with her but in her quest for love, he probably lost his friendship too.

But how long could she wait to express her feelings to him? She had to do it someday, so today was fine.

Well she is hurt but she knows she will not give up. She will win his heart and his friendship back.

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After coming back from the cafeteria, Aarav comes straight to his place and sits down, however at this time he was feeling a different kind of restlessness, he doesn't know why he is feeling bad, he feels bad why did he talk to her like that.

He feels bad that why did she bring this thing between them, could she not have just remained his friend because he truly considered her a friend in these days.

Some time passes, Aarav looks around and somewhere his anxiety increases thinking where is she?

Why has she not come to her place yet.

Well that's right, she's not in front of him but still some things are different here, she has come here to work so where is she?

Is she okay? He thinks.

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On the Other side

It is evening time, Reyansh and Aaira come out of their office and sit in the car

but before Reyansh starts the car, he notices that Aaira is looking a little sad.

" What happened Moonlight?" Reyansh asks her to which Ira looks at him

and suddenly her eyes get moist which scares Reyansh, Did he do something that made her sad again? This is the first thought that comes to his mind when he sees Aaira's moist eyes.

" What happened, what have I done now?" Reyansh asks Aaira while cupping her face to which Aaira looks at him with her puppy face

" You haven't done anything." She says to which Reyansh looks at her

"Then why are you crying?" he asks

" Darshan got married." Aaira says while crying, to which Reyansh looks at her strangely.

What is there to cry about in this?

" see, I just saw the pictures, who gets married like this suddenly...he directly posted the picture." Aaira speaks to Reyansh while showing him Darshan's wedding photos on her phone

And there, Reyansh really feels like banging his head against a wall, just because of this reason this girl is feeling sad and crying.

" You are getting sad as if I am married. Why are you getting sad on his marriage?" He says to which Aaira glares at him

" You are so insensitive...." she says at which Reyansh sees her

" you know na he is my crush, who gets happy on the marriage of his/her crush...there was a hope, that too ended today." She speaks more sadly, confusing Reyansh.

Hope? What kind of hope? Hope for what?

" What kind of hope?" he asks

"Obviously, hope for marriage..." Aaira replies, shocking him

" Then who am I ?

you love me and dream of marrying someone else? Huh..." Reyansh asks in disbelief to which she looks at him

" Ab...wo....wo... Haan toh, He was my crush, you were the 2nd option." She teases him saying to which he sees her shaking her head in disbelief.

Well he knows that she is just teasing him by dragging this thing. But now that the teasing has started, why should he back off?

" Huh, Madam was dreaming of marrying her crush but unfortunately her crush got married...aww, so sad." he says to which she glares at him

" Well, let me give you an advice... Insaan kutta paal le, billi paal le, par crush se shaadi hogi, ye galatfehmi na paale..." He says, to which she looks at him with her eyebrows narrowed.

" huh, Bilkul sahi kaha, ab humari shaadi bhi kabhi nahi hogi...." she says at which his eyes widen

" kyonki hum dono bhi ek dusre ke crush hi the pehle." She says this to which Reyansh instead of being shocked just smiles this time and seeing his smile she gets more irritated

" Aur haan main ek kutta aur billi dono paal lungi par tumse shaadi nahi karungi." she says, only making him laugh more, which he barely manages to suppress.

" I am not telling jokes that you are laughing so much..." says Aaira.

" Baby, now if you say funny things, then obviously I will laugh na, because now look, whether you want it or not, our marriage will happen because now I have that person by my side whose words you can never refuse." Reyansh says and obviously now Neil is on his side and whether Aaira agrees with anyone or not she cannot refuse Neil for anything.

" So if love marriage does not happen, Papa will get us married in an arranged way and Papa has already said that he will get it done even forcefully.

So now you are tied to me in every way, you have no option to separate from me." he says while teasing her and cleaning everything at the same time, to which she makes a face

" Can we go home now?" After not getting any proper answer to his words, she changes the topic at which Reyansh smiles.

Well he smiles more on the fact that she was sad about Darshan's marriage, but now because of their small banter she has forgotten the topic of darshan and has become annoyed with him.

" Ok as you wish madam but yes we are going to my house right now." He says to which she looks at him confused.

" I forgot to tell you, mom told me to bring you home in the evening, she wants to meet you." Reyansh says to which she looks at him

" Ok." She says without asking any further questions to which Reyansh smiles while thinking about something.

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On the other hand,

At Mehra office.

" Aaj ka din hi kharab hai, first my heart broke, now this car has broken down." Ikshita who's sitting in her car parked in the office parking where she speaks this while hitting the steering wheel of her car when the car does not start.

Well, she's really in a bad mood right now, because she came out crying from inside and when she sat in the car to go home, her car broke down, spoiling her mood further.

After talking to Aarav in the cafeteria, she neither went in front of him nor anywhere else, She just sits in the cafeteria and cries to lighten her heart and now when her working time is over, she thinks of going home.

While she is cursing her day and car, Raj comes to the parking along with Aarav and seeing Ikshita like this, he goes to her.

" what happened, bachha ?" Suddenly, Ikshita, who is talking to herself while sitting inside the car, hears this voice instead of Raj, upon which she looks out of the car.

But apart from Raj, her attention goes to Aarav who is standing a little distance away and seeing Aarav, Ikshita feels awkward for a moment because she is not able to look into his eyes after what happened between them.

Whereas, there is no expression on Aarav's face, but yes he definitely notices Ikshita and somewhere he doesn't like seeing her sad face, her tearful eyes.

Well ever since he's seen her he's always seen her happy, glowing, so today he doesn't like her sad face because of himself but still he looks at her silently from his place.

On Raj's question, Ikshita comes out of the car.

" Uncle, my car has broken down." Ikshita says: But her eyes which had cried a while ago are still moist, which Raj does not ignore.

" So what is there to cry about in this?" Raj says, to which Ikshita gets shocked slightly.

" No, I am not crying..." saying this she wipes her unshed tears

" Well, I would have dropped you home but I have to go somewhere for some work right now, but Aarav...." Raj turns back and signals Aarav to come closer to him, upon which Ikshita gets shocked and Aarav comes closer to Raj

" Ikshita's car has broken down, you drop her home." Raj tells Aarav to which there is still no expression on Aarav's face but Ikshita definitely gets shocked

" No uncle I will take a cab." says Ikshita to which Aarav looks at her

" There is no need for that, Aarav will drop you home and yes I will ask someone to call a mechanic and he will repair your car...okay." Raj says to which Ikshita looks at him.

" And yes, don't cry over such small things." Raj says while cupping her face to which Ikshita looks at him and nods to which Raj smiles.

" Now you both go." says Raj to which both nod and Aarav goes to take out his car and before Ikshita can go after Aarav, Raj stops her.

" Ikshita... Ikshita stops and Raj looks at her with a smile.

" I didn't say this just for the car, never cry for any boy also." Raj says to which Ikshita's eyes widen as to how he came to know that she was crying for some boy.

And seeing her shocked face, Raj smiles.

" You know this is my office, I know about every corner of the office...who is doing what...nothing is hidden from the camera." Raj tells her which shocks Ikshita

And obviously there are cameras installed in every corner of the office, and coincidentally Raj was checking some footage where today first of all he saw the footage where Aarav was sleeping and Ikshita was touching his hair.

Well Raj was confused at first seeing them both like this but seeing Ikshita's expressions it was not difficult for him to understand what was going on between them and while checking all the footage, Raj saw the cafeteria footage and since the camera had sound, he heard their conversation as well.

Well, Raj had no intention of doing all this, it was really a coincidence that he was checking the footage of every corner of the office today to see the work of his employees but he came to know about this thing between Aarav and Ikshita.

Well Raj is really angry with Aarav when he talked to Ikshita in that way but at the same time Raj has noticed that Aarav is not his real self, He doesn't know this Aarav who is so ill-mannered.

Aarav was a very soft spoken boy who would talk softly even to strangers but now.

Raj knows that something has definitely happened to his son but at the same time he knows his son so well that even if he asks him, he will not tell him anything and that is why he decides not to say anything to Aarav on this matter.

Because somewhere he also knows that Aarav is at this age where it is important to give him space without questioning him on his every behavior.

But Ikshita, he definitely wanted to warn Ikshita not to cry for his son and as soon as he got a chance he told this to Ikshita because he doesn't want some of the things that happened before to be repeated.

" If you don't want to give up then don't cry, those who cry have already given up." Raj tells her further on which Ikshita looks at him

" You are so sweet, you could have given some of your sweetness to him too." Unable to control herself, Ikshita gets emotional and complains to Raj about Aarav's grumpiness to which Raj does nothing but laughs lightly.

" Maybe your timing is a little wrong, if you had met him some time back then you would have found my son nicer than me, He is not at all what you see him as." Raj tells her

" And yes, be careful, try but don't force. No relationship works by force." Raj tells Ikshita

Because obviously Raj has seen all this before where Ansh was forced, well that is a different matter, now Ansh is happy, Advaita is happy both of them are in a happy relationship but the way things started between them was not right and remembering the same thing, he warns Ikshita to try it and if Aarav agrees then it is ok but if he doesn't agree then don't force him for anything.

And he also asks Ikshita to try because he thinks she is a nice and mature girl and Raj has felt the honesty in Ikshita words towards Aarav so according to him, she deserves a chance where she can try to win Aarav love and trust.

Rest whatever is written in the fate of both of them will be right.

" Uncle, I will not do anything wrong with him and thank you for explaining all this to me." She says this to which Raj smiles and pats her head lightly.

Meanwhile Aarav comes close to them with the car where Raj opens the door for Ikshita and then as soon as Ikshita sits inside, Aarav leaves from there and heads towards her house. And Raj watches them go.

" Our time was so good, these kids have complicated things so much." Raj says to himself while sighing after they leave.

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Reyansh opens the door of his house with the spare key which confuses Aaira.

" Why didn't we ring the bell when maa is inside?" she asks him to which he just smiles

" Let's go inside, I will answer." He says but his mischievous smile is not hidden from Aaira and she looks at him with suspicious eyes.

They both enter where Reyansh closes the door behind them and then without wasting any time hugs Aira from behind to which she flinches

" What are you doing, maa will see...and by the way where is she?" Aaira looks around trying to get out of his arms because in reality, if Priyal sees them like this, she will tease them a lot.

" Don't try because it is not easy to escape from my grip and yes no one will see us because there is no one at home, not even mom." He whispers into her ear, after which he kisses her ear lightly, causing her eyes to widen.

Does this mean he lied?

Thinking this, she immediately uses all her strength to come out of his arms and turn towards him, only to see a mischievous smile on his face.

" Would you take the trouble to explain why you lied?" She asks him directly, folding her arms across her chest.

" Did I have any choice but to lie?" He says to which she looks at him and he continues...

" Seeing your mood there, would you have come if I had asked you to come? That is why I, the poor fellow, had to tell this lie to spend some good time with you." He says making a puppy face, to which she looks at him with her eyebrows furrowed.

You are not a poor soul at all, is her first thought.

" Come on, let's go to the room." Reyansh says to which Aaira looks at him and suddenly her mind, which does not forget things easily, remembers the last time she came here so how was he repeatedly asking her to go out of his room.

" No, It's fine, let's sit here." Saying this she is about to sit on the couch in the hall.

But suddenly she feels herself in the air when Reyansh lifts her in his arms and that too with the strength of just one hand, surprising her.

She looks at his other hand which has not touched her.

" How did you do that, I am not that light." She asks with her hands around his neck and she is scared that he might drop her because he is actually holding her with just one hand as with the other hand he is holding her handbag which he had taken before lifting her in his arms.

" First of all, you are really light and you are nothing in front of my strength." He says to which she glares at him

" And secondly, it is really so easy to understand you...." he says shaking his head slightly to which she sees him

" The reason you don't want to come to my room is because I did not welcome you properly last time? And didn't treat you well....right ?" he asks to which she doesn't answer but lowers her eyelids because yes the reason is what he is saying.

" Let's resolve some of your complaints today, come, let me take you to my room in my arms, or should I use some better way than this?" He asks her in a mischievous tone to which she smiles shyly.

" No, this way is enough." she says to which Reyansh smiles and then takes her to his room which leads through the stairs.

" Am I really light?" She asks him as they walks up the stairs, not seeing a single frown on his face.

" very much, so light that by picking you up, I can work out in the gym with ease." He says while winking at her to which she punches him in the chest at which he smiles making her smiles too.

Both of them reach outside the room and Reyansh opens the door with his other hand which also holds her handbag.

" Welcome to my room for now, which will be called ours in the future." He says to which she smiles and Reyansh brings her inside.

" Now put me down." She says

"I don't feel like doing this." He says to which she glares at him

" Ok call me Reyansh, then I will drop you down." He says

" REYANSH..." she says, but immediately bites her tongue when she realizes he warned her that he would kiss her whenever she call him with his full name.

And this is what happens here, as soon as she takes his name, Reyansh quickly pecks her lips with a light suck making her blush, and then as per the condition he takes her down from his arms

" This was cheating." she says glaring at him

" This was a trick." he says winking.

" Huh." Saying this she sits on the bed.

And Reyansh looks at her and smiles while thinking something.

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Other side

Aarav is driving the car quietly but his attention is repeatedly going towards Ikshita who is looking outside the window but at the same time she is sobbing.

Well, even though Raj's words gave her some courage, still, today was a bad day for Ikshita and now being so close to the person she loves but not being able to talk to him is causing pain in her heart.

And that is why despite her best efforts, her tears are not stopping and being unsuccessful in suppressing those very emotions, she is crying, not loudly, but sobbingly.

She does not want to make any sound in front of him but yet she is failing in her attempt.

And She already knew that he didn't love her yet, but couldn't he give her a chance? That's all she was thinking.

" Rona band karogi ?" Unable to hold himself back any longer, Aarav finally speaks up, Stopping the car on the side of the road.

He really doesn't like her crying, especially when he is the reason.

And Ikshita hears his words and her mood gets worse, what does he think of himself, can she not cry now? Will his will prevail everywhere?

" Kyon ? Ab kya main ro bhi nahi sakti ?" Turning towards him she asks him, to which he gets slightly shocked, can someone make such a threatening sound even while crying?

And there, he does not understand what he should say after hearing this and there she wipes her flowing tears with the back of her hand while ruining her face with tears, on which Aarav looks at her and he notices how innocent she really is, why did he make her cry? He really starts feeling guilty seeing her tears.

" Aur dil na sahi, filhaal ke liye mujhe rumaal hi de dete, pathar-dil-insaan."

She still wipes her tears and says this to which he looks at her

And on hearing those words he thinks something and while thinking his hand goes into his pant pocket and he takes out his handkerchief and gives it to her at which she looks at it.

Does someone have to tell him everything all the time, couldn't he have done it earlier. She thinks.

Meanwhile Aarav extends a handkerchief towards her and waits for her to take it and she holds the other corner of the handkerchief while thinking something.

" Thank you, iss rumaal ko hi tumhara dil samjh lungi." She says to which he looks at her making a weird face.

" This much care is enough, after all care is the first step of love." She adds to which he looks at her

And Aarav is about to take back his handkerchief after hearing her words but before he can do anything, Ikshita snatches his handkerchief away and she wipes her tears as well as her nose with it, forcing Aarav to make a face seeing her antics.

Just now she was crying and now so much drama.

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" You know, I have a desire that I want to fulfill with you." Reyansh tells Aaira who is sitting on his bed resting her back against headboard and he is in front of her.

" What kind of desire ?" she asks him

" just a simple one, To dance with you in this room on a very romantic song." She smiles at his words.

" Which romantic song...?" she asks to which he smiles and extends his hand towards her holding her wrist

" Koi nahi kamre me,

Kya Haseen Mila Hai Pal..." Reyansh just holds her wrist and starts singing in his melodious voice when Aaira interrupts him.

" Reysu, kamre me kya, pure ghar mein hi koi nahi hai." Aaira says instantly ruining his mood.

Reyansh looks at her who is looking at him with all innocence after saying this, is she really like this? He thinks.

" What happened? Let's dance." says Aaira to which he looks at her because he really expected that after he finished singing the lyrics, she would continue by singing the next lyrics, but who is he expecting that from?

This girl only reads romantic novels, she does not learn anything.

" Let it be, I don't feel like doing it anymore." Saying this, he leaves her wrist and sits facing the other side, seeing which Aaira smiles.

But the very next moment Reyansh turns back towards her when he hears the tune of the song and he sees Aaira playing the song on her phone with a mischievous smile.

She moves closer to him where she stops a few inches away from him and their eyes meet.

" If I'm being honest, I too wanted to recreate this song with you..." she says in her soft and slow voice making him blush.

And with these words, the tune of the song ends and the lyrics start which she sings while lip-syncing.

Koi Nahin Hai Kamre Mein,

Kya Haseen Mila Hai Pal

Aaj Sharaarat Karne Do,

Kaam Baaki Karenge Kal.

She sings these 👆lines while caressing the corners of his face with her gentle touch and on the word "sharaarat", she really does a mischievous act with him when she brings her lips close to his cheek but doesn't kiss him, disappointing him.

And disappointing him, she gets up from the bed only to feel his grip on her wrist the next moment.

She looks at him with a mischievous yet shy smile and the same smile appears on his face too, and he gets up from the bed repeating the next lines of the song.

Koi Nahin Hai Kamre Mein,

Kya Haseen Mila Hai Pal

Aaj Sharaarat Karne Do,

Kaam Baaki Karenge Kal.

He sings 👆 as he pulls her into his arms and then hugs her from behind in an intimate way as their bodies dance to the lyrics.

But then just as Aaira senses that he is about to kiss her neck, she gets out of his arms and pushes him back.

Jaao Baaba Jaao, Aise Na Behkaao Hosh Mein Aa Jaao, Paagal Na Bano Tum ( While singing this she teases him by making faces to which he does nothing but smiles shyly.)

And then in the next moment both of them come closer again and hold each other's hands and dance on the next line of the song. ( Dilbar Shikdum Shikdum )

Khidkiyaan Kahen, Parde Gira Do

Is Tarha Se Na, Mujhko Saza Do

Chhod Do Mujhe, Jaane Bhi Do Na

Hai Qasam Tumhein, Yun Zid Karo Na

Kaise Ye Majboori, Kis Liye Hai Doori

Ho Bade Diwaane, Hai Mujhko Ye Maaloom

Dilbar Shikdum Shikdum

And then while dancing on all the lyrics above, Reyansh is about to kiss her but again Aaira pushes him back but this time also he catches her wrist at which she sees him with mischievous smile.

Na Sataao Tum Yun Muskuraake

Choom Lo Sanam, Baahon Mein Aake ( On this line of the song, Reyansh pulls her closer in his arms, to which Aaira smiles and puts her arms around his neck.)

Achcha Lo Chalo, Haari Main Haari Maan Li Sabhi Baatein Tumhaari ( On this line of the song, Aira stands on her toes and kisses his right cheek making him smile.)

And right after kissing him she pushes him back again and climbs onto his bed and grabs a pillow and understanding her next gesture, he too takes a pillow and with this, a cute pillow fight begins between the two.

Baaton Hi Baaton Mein, Pal Guzar Na Jaayein

Aao Ek Duje Mein, Ho Jaayein Kahin Gum ( The lyrics of the song are playing in the background and both of them get lost in each other in their cute moment )

And while fighting like this, both of them run around the room chasing each other, but suddenly Aaira's foot hits Reyansh's study table but before she falls, Reyansh saves her by holding her shoulder, but at the same time, Aaira's attention goes to the diary kept on his study table in which Reyansh always writes about her.

" What is this?" she says while moving away from Reyansh and taking the diary in her hand to which Reyansh looks at her and before Reyansh could reply, Aaira opens the diary and the first thing she sees is her own picture on which she sees Reyansh.

But then without saying anything she starts turning the pages of that diary and Reyansh stands there silently because obviously when the diary is in her hands he can't snatch it and there is nothing in it that he can hide from her, it is their memories that are in that diary.

As she turns the pages of the diary, she begins to realise Reyansh's deep love for her.

Well that is a different matter, both of them have confessed to each other that they both love each other since childhood, both of them have never thought of anyone else but this thing....she did not know that he has preserved all the loving moments of their childhood, the moments of fights, and all the moments of fights after growing up. yes after growing up they only fight or say she was the one who always fight with him...their loving moments lasted only till the age of 5, after the age of 5, there was no loving moment between them but he has preserved all their sweet and sour things in written form.

And not only in words, he has also pasted her many photographs of which she herself does not remember which date they are from, but everything is written in that diary along with the date.

All the photographs of her shown in this have been taken secretly by him.

Her eyes get moist with joy feeling the depth of his love, and she raises her eyelids from the diary and looks at the him who is already watching her.

Their eyes meet and then with a smile she looks back at her diary and while turning the pages, she reaches that page of the diary where Reyansh has crossed out "The End" by writing "The E..."

He did not write the complete "The End" because he did not have the courage that day, but when things got okay between them, he cut the half written "The E" as well.

A frown appears on her face, but when she looks at the date on that page, she understands what day it is from, She also notices dried tears marks on that page, which makes her realise that he had cried that day.

And at this point her heart becomes heavy remembering her mistake of that day and she does not have the courage to turn the next pages of the diary.

With a sad smile, she closes the diary and she looks at him and gives the diary into his hand which he takes back with a smile.

" I had no idea about the depth of your love." She says

" You still don't know the depth of my love for you, how much I love you, These few pages of the diary cannot tell you how much I love you. My love for you is much beyond this." He says, to which she smiles:

" And yes, please don't start thinking negative things again, everything is fine." He says while cupping her face and after saying this, he kisses her forehead

" This diary will soon witness our happy ending." she says

" Not the end, but a happy beginning." He corrects her, to which she smiles: and then she hugs him, resting her head on his chest, to which he smiles after pecking her on the top of the head.

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Aarav stops the car outside Ikshita's house but just as Ikshita is about to get out of the car, Aarav stops her.

" Wait." Aarav says to which she stops and looks at him

Well, in that heated moment, Aarav had probably spoken to her in a very rude manner, which he realized in the office itself but now when she is leaving, he decides to apologize to her for his rudeness and also for breaking her heart.

Because who knows better than him how much pain a broken heart causes.

" I'm sorry for the way I spoke to you in the cafeteria." He says without looking at her, to which she looks at him

" What I said, I shouldn't have said it and I hope that you will forget whatever it is and move on." He says this to which she doesn't say anything.

" Currently I am on my periods, why is he having mood swings....he told me in the office never to talk to him then why is he apologising now." Looking at him She thinks.

And, move on? Who is he to tell her that?

Meanwhile Aarav feels her silence on his words and turns towards her

"I am saying something..." he says looking at her

" what ?" She asks

" I'm sorry." He says

" Not accepted!" she says, to which he looks at her.

" Mujhe aapka sorry nahi chahiye, dil-wil dena hai toh do." She says it again in the same tone which Aarav does not like.

And after hearing this, Aarav immediately starts regretting his decision of why he decided to apologize to her. It would have been better if he had let her go.

" Go, now." He says, straightening his body and looking away from her.

" Why should I go? When you say I will stop, when you say I will go... What do you think of me, on whom are you giving these orders?" She says to which he looks at her

" I said go, get out of the car...mujhe deri ho rahi hai..." He says.

" Oh, main toh bhul gyi thi, aap toh desh ke pradhan-mantri hai. aapko toh desh ke liye bade bade faisle lene jaane me deri ho rahi hogi." She taunts him, annoying him more and he sees her.

" Look, I said, go." He again asks her to leave.

"I will not go, I will not listen to you, I will stay here." Saying this, she sits comfortably on the seat with her hands folded on her chest, seeing which Aarav gets irritated.

Why is she doing this?

But at the same time he knows that the more he speaks now, the more she will sit with arrogance and with this thought in mind, he does not say anything further but waits for her to leave on her own, and quietly he too sits with his hands folded across his chest, and Ikshita looks at him.

10 minutes pass but neither of them says anything, but his actions definitely irritate Ikshita

"You know what, you really are a dog." Saying this she finally gets out of the car

" And you are his female version." Finally today Aarav also says this from behind to which Ikshita turns back and glares at him

" You abused me?" Ikshita asks him

" Here you go.... I told you, if I answer then this is the reaction I will get from you...that is why before saying anything to anyone, learn to control your words miss Ikshita." He says to which she sees him

"What control over words? One day I will control you too, grumpy dog." Ikshita does not say these words out loud, but thinks while glaring at him: Ok she loves him but she can't ignore his dog behavior, and also calling him dog is her love language.

And she doesn't say anything further but turns back and goes inside her house and here he takes a sigh of relief after all her drama is over.

And then he heads towards his home from there.

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" Main kya karu ?" Aaira asks Reyansh, she is currently sitting on the kitchen counter with her legs hanging down in the air

And there Reyansh is making coffee for her and also something to eat.

" Sirf mujh se baate." Reyansh answers her question by coming close to her and touching her nose tip with his finger on which he does not forget to tease her by applying the cream on her nose tips which she rubs annoyingly.

But there she also gets a chance to tease him.

Last time she had asked him the same question in this kitchen, "How can she help him?" And in response he told her to "shut her mouth".

" Nahi, tumse baate nahi...mera man nahi kar raha, main chup hi rehti hu." She says as he looks at her, he is currently standing right in front of her where she's sitting.

And after hearing her words, it is not difficult for him to understand why she is saying this.

Uff, their first time was all bad in every corner of this house, he will have to set everything right.

" Moonlight, don't say such things which you cannot do. You will not be able to keep quiet in this life, my chatterbox." He says to which Aaira smiles.

" huh, I will do it..." she says to which he raises his eyebrows

"Let's see." he says

" yaa, You will see." she says

" hmm, well let's talk about all this later, let's have coffee now." Saying this, he serves her cold coffee made by his own hands.

" Just one ? Your coffee?" she asks him

"Isn't one enough for us?" He says this to which she smiles and after saying this Reyansh asks her to take a sip while holding the cup in his hand.

And there Aaira takes a sip and then Reyansh sips from the same place where her lips had touched and seeing this action of his, Aaira automatically starts blushing.

Soon both of them finish their coffee in this blissful moment, and Reyansh still stands close to her between her legs which he has now pulled even closer by wrapping them around his waist for her comfort.

His hand is wrapped around her waist and her is around his neck, both of them are looking into each other's eyes in a comfortable silence.

Reyansh leans towards her and Aaira closes her eyes as Reyansh softly kisses her on the cheek, making her smile shyly.

Then he moves down from her cheeks, kissing her jaw, only to feel her grip tighten around his neck.

Kissing her jaw, he moves a little lower and places his lips on her neck and then he starts kissing her there gently, making her feel a blissful sensation.

After kissing her neck to his heart's content, he cups her face again where they rest their foreheads together, and their faces are so close that their noses are also touching each other, both are looking into each other's eyes and are feeling each other's breath on each other's lips.

But before their lips can touch each other, both of them get shocked when they suddenly hear Priyal's voice.

" Yes, I just reached home..." Priyal reaches the kitchen door while talking to someone on the phone

And both of them hear Priyal's voice which makes them a little alert but before they could separate, Priyal has already seen them in that condition and her eyes widen seeing this incarnation of her son.

Both of them look at Priyal who is looking at them and then Aira pushes Reyansh back and gets down from the kitchen counter and stands lowering her eyes, embarrassed.

And Reyansh's eyes meet his mother's, who is looking at him with a teasing look and asking through her eyes, what is all this.

Meanwhile Reyansh looks at his mother silently and Priyal smiles seeing the faces of both.

" I didn't know my boring son is so romantic..." says Priyal breaking the silence between them which embarrasses Aaira and Reyansh too.

" Mom..." Reyansh is unable to say anything further when Priyal interrupts him

"You both continue, I am going back." Priyal says, embarrassing them further.

Well Priyal comes home from outside and comes to the kitchen for water but now she decides to go back giving them a chance to complete their moment but somewhere she also knows that she has ruined their moment but what can she do now, she did not do this intentionally.

She gives a teasing smile to her son and walks away from there and now Aaira looks up and sees Reyansh with a pout.

" How will I face her now?" she asks embarrassed

" Should I carry you in my arms in front of her ?" He teases her, trying to lighten the mood, to which she punches him in the arm.

" It was very embarrassing," she says.

" It's ok, you know how mom is, she won't tease you much but yes, she won't leave me now." Reyansh says well aware of his mother's behavior.

He knows she will not tease Aaira but after Aaira leaves, she will not miss a single chance to tease him.

And Aaira smiles at his words and Reyansh smiles seeing her smile and both of them remember their moments together which increases their smile.

Today, the day, the moment, was truly beautiful for them which brought them closer to each other than they already were.

To be continued.....

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Chapter 64 is updated on Scrollstack and I will give the update of Chapter 65 there today as well.