𝙁𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚

Chapter 26 - One way confessions

The silence helping me more. I feel the greatest. I wasn't crying now but I was still holding onto him and he was holding me back. God this man makes my heart weak. My mind still swirls around awful memories and a fact that how stupid I was that I thought I was going strong while all the time I was acting to be strong. It took only a string to be pulled to make me fall on my face. I pull myself out of the warm embrace.

I couldn't look into his eyes, so I was looking towards his chest where my eyes have done what I expected. He holds my face on his palms and forces my face upwards, my eyes locked into his eyes. Those brown eyes now questioning. He voices his question, "What happened Tiara?," with all the sweetness and softness. I felt like crying once again. Tears starts to flow from my eyes smoothly, again. I reply, almost in a whisper, "Sometimes we think we passed all of it and got through it but just one blow and we realise how much of our thoughts was a lie."

We kept our eyes locked while he tries to process what I was trying to say. He wipes my tears while a knock on the door startles both of us. Shruti calls me with my name. I hurriedly step back from him with wide eyes. He signs me to speak up. For a moment I was so panicked I didn't reply but then I reply, "Coming. You go." She replies with a Okay.

I reach for the door when Akshit stops me and says, "Will you like to talk I mean share things with me Tiara?" I shook my head. I didn't feel like sharing anything now. And it will ruin his bright mood too. Though I guess I already did, so I say, "Sorry." He narrows his eyes and says, "Don't you dare go there Tiara. You are always welcome into my embrace, 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. Now let's leave if you don't wanna talk about it. The gathering may cheer you up or maybe I can," he says while passing a boyish smile. I chuckle on the gesture. 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵. I don't voice my thought. That nickname though makes me feel more light now. We both starts walking down the stairs toward the breakfast table.

Akshit's Pov

I felt like she wasn't really a big fan of Holi so I planned on somehow making her a part of the ocassion, not letting her sit alone in the room. So I got ready and went up to her room only to be suprised by her face. As if she was in so much pain and her eyes, beautiful hazel eyes were all red and hurt. Watching Tiara like that, all hurt and in pain made me feel so helpless in the moment. My insistent questions didn't do much help but I was determined to get something, someone who hurt her. But the hug melted my determination into a puddle and I just couldn't stop myself. She needed it and I needed to make sure she got it.

She may not trust me to tell the whole story but she trusted me enough to cry infront of me, holding me. I felt the luckiest with that tiniest bit of trust. I didn't wanted to push her much so we came downstairs to have breakfast. I keep looking her way but she was looking towards Shri while talking to her. She was smiling and I felt relieved. I hoped for the day to be better for her.

We finish our breakfast and go towards the lawn to play Holi until others start coming. But in the midst of all of it I saw Tiara excusing herself and escaping. Before she could reach her room I stop her while she turns and says, "I really don't want to be out there." I reply, assuring her, "I will be with you. Shri will be there. And I promise you will feel great Tiara." Confusion takes over her face but at last she replies with a whispered okay. While we reach their we saw Dhruv and Nitya bhabi joining us. Megha di came with arjun jiju and little suchi. They touch Maa Baba's feet and then talks to them for a while before chachu and Chachi joins too. We all applied colours and offered our prayers to God and later, we all applied colours on elders feet. Then we gathered around.

Suddenly Khushi appeared and squealed a 'Happy Holi bhai' and applied colour on my face. I was too stunned before I tried to catch her. But in the meantime Rony appears near Tiara while hiding colours on his hand and his hands in the back. He was planning to apply colour on her. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦. I thought to myself and before he could I take a handful of colour and apply it on Tiara's cheeks. We stay like that for some moments before she does the same while laughing. I start laughing too, watching her like that. I turn towards Rony and apply the rest on his face. He was faking being pissed before he ruined my whole face with colours.