At That Moment ✔

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"It's forbidden. He's my step-brother , for fuck's sake. Not to mention he's seventeen years older than me. And if neither
of those were a factor, he's shown no interest in me."

She frowns, showing her pain at ACP Rohit's disinterest. I reach over and grab her hand.

" kya kabhi bhi tu usko bathaya tha ki tum kya feel karthi hoon about him?" I ask.

"Not exactly. But I've flaunted myself in front of him enough times that he has to be blind to not see it."

I squeeze her hand, and she looks up at me.

"Muje yakeen hai ki he's just fighting with his attraction. It can't be easy being attracted to his step-sister , especially one your age."

"ho saktha hai ! ," she mutters.

"Anyway," she visibly shakes off
her thoughts of ACP Rohit and straightens her spine.

"Enough about my problems. Batha tu kaisi hai?"

I sigh and lean back against the pillows resting along the headboard. Grabbing another pillow, I hug it to my chest.

" main teek hoon . Still a little shaky." I rub the side of my face.

"My jaw still hurts a little, but I'm hoping the pain pills I took before my shower will help."

"I'm still so angry this happened to you. If only I had-"

She stops abruptly, her lips slamming shut and she swings
her head away from me to stare out of the window.
An icy feeling slithers down my neck.

"If you had, what?" I ask.

She gives no indication she heard my question. She simply continues to stare out of the window, looking lost in her thoughts.

"Aranya ," I call and get no response. I put my hand on herknee ad give her leg a gentle shake.

"What do you mean? If you had, what? Talk to me, Aranya."

She eventually brings her eyes back to me and something dark and painful fills them. She licks her lips,

"kuch hafte pehle ......, I went to the movies with Sanjay," she
begins quietly.

"After that , ham ek house party main gaya tha which my friend
was having. Sanjay was a jerk, so I left him as soon as we got
there. Dhyan was there in the kitchen with Arav and some other friends. They were manning the kegs they managed to get .Of course, everyone drinks at these things, and I was no
exception. I had previously gone out with Dhyan, but caught
him with another girl a week after, so I wanted nothing to
do with him. After a few drinks, Dhyan cornered me right
outside the bathroom."

She stops and looks down at her lap, her brows pulled down as she plays that night over in her head. I'm tense as I listen to her story because I have a sick feeling I know where she's going with it.

Dhyan is a vile predator, that's a
no-brainer, so there's no telling what he's capable of.

She looks up when she continues.

"He explained to me that vo ladki uske peeche padi hui thi, co uski peeche nahi . And vo ye bhi bathaya tha ... That he didn't want anything to do with her. I didn't want to believe him, but with the alcohol fuzzing my head and the way he was looking at me, he seemed so sincere."

Her brows crease and her lips form a straight line.

"koyi tho meri anterse key raha tha ki usko yekeen math karo, par . Maine nahi suna ." She shakes her head.

" he asked me ,that main kaha ja rahi hai !.. and I told him that I was looking for the bathroom. He said the one we were next to was broken."

She lets out a laugh so
bitter I feel the pain of it in my sternum.

" main ..... I was so fucking stupid."

I scoot forward on my butt until our knees are touching.
Grabbing her hand, I bring it to my lap. She looks down at
our hands before lifting her eyes to me. Tears swim behind
the pretty green color.

" tu stupid, bhai hai Aranya!. You were vulnerable and that asshole took advantage."

My tone is soft at the same time filled with steel.

"But I was, Preeta. I was stupid because I let him take me
down to the basement. He said there was a bathroom down
there." She huffs out a breath.

" bech rasten main muje patha chal gaya ki ye main mistake kar hari hai , but it was too late. When I told him I was fine and ab muje nahi jana hai ... but he didn't listen to me , he kept pulling me down. Main chilane ki kooshish kiya tha but he held a hand over my mouth. He had me down on a couch with him on top of me before my foggy brain fully registered how much trouble I was in."

She stops her story right there and gets up from the bed, walking over to the window. I get up and follow her.

With the light on behind us and the dark before us, her reflection is easy to see in the glass. I want to ask her to continue because I need to know for myself, but also because I think she needs to get it out. I wait her out, my heart breaking for my new friend.

Anger sits beside the pain, and I've never wanted to hurt
someone more than I do in this moment. What Dhyan did to
me was enough, but knowing this isn't the first time he's
hurt someone triples my hate.

"Did he-" I trail off, too scared to say the word.

She turns to face me, leaning her butt on the window sill, and wraps her arms around her middle.

She shakes her head.

" nahi muje nahi patha kon tha vo , but someone opened the door to come downstairs, and he let me go. The basement was a walk out basement, and I ran
through the door leading outside. Whoever it was doesn't know it, but they saved me from being raped, because I have no doubt that's what Dhyan would have done."

Tears spill from her eyes. I walk forward and envelope her in my arms. Her arms go around me. We both stand there for several long minutes, crying over a horrible fate from the same man that we narrowly missed.
Over the last week, I've gotten to know Aranya. She always appears to be this strong and carefree girl, and for the most part, and she is.

But when faced with something as horrendous as what she and I have, it tends to break parts
of a person. Aranya hasn't let what nearly happened to her
affect her life, but it left a stain.
We both pull back at the same time and sniffles fill the air as we wipe our eyes.

"You need to tell your step-brother,"

I tell her quietly. She nods, her expression resigned.

"I know, and I will."
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Freeze

Huh so Aranya also had a terrible past because of that same person .. and she also have a crush on her brother.. oops step brother 🙂

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