XXX. met the past

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anupamaa :

I sighed.
"You will tell me what has happened. Please.", I said as patiently as possible.

He looked at me, with strange accusations in his eyes.

"I refuse to.", He stated, coldly, "You know everything pretty well and I need not repeat them-"
"Stop behaving like I am a criminal or something! Why can't you-"
"GET OUT!", He shouted.

And I had had enough.
I stormed out of his apartment and banged the door shut behind me.

Why?
Why did he always do this?
Every time I dream of a happily ever after, he decides to ruin it.

I climbed up the stairs to my apartment.
He could currently go and live in hell with all his self made problems.

And then I stopped at the threshold of my door step.
He was not exactly angry, he looked like he was hurt.

I heard the door lock downstairs.
Maybe he locked the door and went to sleep.

I had a strange gut feeling, as if something was going wrong,
But I ignored it and walked into my apartment.

vanraj:

I was driving.
Driving through the countryside at a dangerously high speed.

And I couldn't care less about it.

I just couldn't bring myself to ask he if she had someone else in her life,
I knew I wouldn't be able to handle myself if the answer was a Yes.

I knew she cared about me, maybe we kissed, maybe she gave me a so called notice period,
But does the stop her from having someone else?
Someone better, richer?

My vision blurred with tears.
And,
Suddenly I saw someone appear before the car,
I instantly turned the stearing pushing the breaks as fast as possible.

The headlights of my car flashed on her face.

She had frozen on the very spot.
As the car finally drifted to a stop, only inches from her.

I finally saw her.

Rittika Virani.

It took her moments to recognise me.
And then she ran towards the car.

"I-I need help. Please.. I-I need to get out of here-"

I stared at her.

"Fast!", She snapped me out.
I drew in a sharp breath and without thinking unlocked the doors of my car.
She ran and sat on the seat right beside me.

"Drive back to the city. Fast!"

"But-"

"We don't have time, Vanraj!"

anupamaa :

I sat up on the bed, restless.

Was he really asleep?
My mind kept going back to him, his anguish, his pain about something related to me.

Something was going wrong.
I knew it.

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