" You look so pretty Mimi "
Piku whispered with dreamy eyes.
" Pretty? "
Ritz asked with a frown
" She looks sexy. "
" Thanks, guys. You look gorgeous too Ritz. "
I said
" Thanks bitches. "
Ritz said with a straight face.
" I wish I was there. "
Piku whined.
We were done getting ready for that Christmas Party, at my place, while Piku was on skype the whole time.
She was a great help even though she was miles away.
" We wish that too Piku. " I said
" Talk for yourself. I'm happy that her positive rainbowy crap is miles away. I can finally breathe properly after years. "
Ritz said with a sour face.
" You miss me, you asshole. I know. "
Piku bragged.
" Oh get lost "
Ritz huffed and stomped away.
We laughed.
" Green totally suits you, Mimi. "
Piku complimented me again.
" Thank you "
I said with a mock courtesy, making us both chuckle.
Then suddenly Piku's expression flickered into a worried and sad one, and I didn't even need to ask the cause of it.
Before she could even think about saying something, I clarified
" I'm okay Piku, I really am. "
She raised an eyebrow
" I mean I don't deny that I'm sad - 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 '𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?' - okay crushed, but I don't wanna think too much into it. It is what it is.
I'm not the most important person in his life anymore. "
" Well that's his loss "
Ritz said while entering my room again.
" It's still OUR loss. "
I whispered.
Then composed myself and said
" But I'm trying to divert my mind. I can't be thinking about that. "
They both nodded.
" And this way Your Man and I can spend some fun time at the party together. "
I said looking at the camera.
Piku blushed about 50 shades of red and yelled
" Shut up "
" Yeah we could give the poor, sulking Romeo, a few moments of adore on your behalf my cupcake "
Ritz teased Piku.
I couldn't stop snickering.
Piku slammed her head on the table, cursing herself for being friends with us.
We chatted for a few more minutes before the guys arrived.
I discreetly looked around the hall for that one person even though I knew he isn't here.
Call it habit or routine, but my eyes will wander around in search of those grey eyes that fill me with warmth.
We all got into Avi's car and started the journey to our first party without all of us here.
I sat in the passenger seat, looking at the trees passing by, with a hollow heart and incomplete soul.
I've heard a lot of people say that you don't need another person to complete you, and I would have believed it if I wasn't sure that my soul does need it.
It needs its soulmate...
𝑴𝒚 𝑯𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒔....
Maybe if we weren't so close since our birth, literally, then maybe I would have been a supporter of this saying, but that's not the case, is it?
Our habits, our walks, our talks, our everything is inspired by each other in some way or the other.
We taught each other so much, without even trying sometimes, that when we became puzzle pieces, we didn't know ourselves.
And a puzzle isn't complete without all of its pieces.
But lately, it feels like 𝐼'𝑚 more incomplete without him than the other way around.
" You vixen "
The sudden scream of Viki broke my haze, making me look at them, in the back seat.
They were giving each other this irritated yet hot look.
" Oh no, no sex in my car, got it? "
Avi yelled.
" The fuck "
They both yelled at Avi.
" As if. I wouldn't even glance at him. "
Ritz said with a bored face, giving Viki a side-eye.
" Like I would? You are probably like Megan Fox in that vampire movie, looking for good-looking guys just so you could suck their blood. "
Viki said nonchalantly.
" Such a child "
Rutz mumbled
" Fuck off "
Viki grumbled.
I just shook my head and looked ahead.
They are the weirdest people on the planet.
I swear.
Like, they both banter like they will bite each other's heads off.
Flirt like they are about to do 𝘪𝘵, that very instant.
And still, care for each other in a very weird way.
It's better to let them figure out their dynamic on their own.
I glanced at Avi, who has a cute pout on his face, making me chuckle.
" Ale yo mitting youl baby? "
I asked him in a baby voice while pinching his cheeks.
He shrugged off my hand and somehow his pout got cuter.
We all laughed and teased him further till we reached the hall's door.
" You people are the worst. "
Avi grumbled.
We entered and my mind instantly got alert, and my eyes started glancing around for 𝑯𝒊𝒎.
Before I could search any further, Haans was standing in front of me with a wide grin, and without a doubt, checking me out.
But I can't blame him because I was doing the exact same thing.
He looked like some Adonis in that Brown suit.
" Wow "
We said at the same time, then looked at each other and chuckled.
I love him in professional looks but I love it when a guy pairs his suit with a high-neck sweater, it's subtle yet badass yet classy......
You get what I mean.
" You look celestial 𝑴𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒂 "
He whispered while taking yet another long glance.
Oof, it's hot in here.
" You look really handsome.....like a Greek God "
I whispered absentmindedly, still reeling from the onslaught of his good looks.
He'll definitely be the death of me someday.
Before we could talk any further, the demoness interrupted it by showing up beside him, with her Cheshire yet somehow-still-beautiful smile.
Why are villains always so beautiful?
Urgh...
" Wow, Ahana... it's a beautiful dress. "
The demoness complimented me.
I smiled and returned the gesture.
Then she glanced to my left and scanned Ritz up and down
" You look great too Kriti "
Ritz, who we know gives absolutely no flying fuck about ' courtesy ' just gave her no answer.
So the demoness continued with a smile
" I'm wearing a Prada. "
" So Devils do wear Prada "
Avi mumbled beside me, making me snicker.
Everybody then dispersed into different corners of the hall and engaged in random conversations.
But my eyes still kept traveling back to the light of my life, and they kept connecting with those grey orbs, since he kept glancing at me too.
This acted like a soothing balm on my burns.
On the other hand, Avi did his best to be around me at all times, as he promised.
I don't say this enough...
But I have The best friends in the World.
The way they are supporting me through the hardest phase of my life, quite literally, is not something that people are usually blessed with.
And I am extremely grateful for that.
But the feeling of hollowness still gnawed at my soul.
It's like I'm getting used to it, yet somehow will never get used to it.
When the time for the couple's dance came, Avi took me to the dance area, convincing me to give it a try.
" I'm not that bad of a dancer Mimi "
Avi joked, making me smile.
But subconsciously, all I could think about was that this will be the first time that I won't be dancing with Haans.
We started dancing and Avi kept cracking jokes, while I tried my best to keep smiling, given he was putting in so much effort to keep me distracted.
Within seconds, I glanced away to find Haans.
And like always...
Our eyes found each other on the first try.
Somehow it felt like, he too was being tortured by the fact that we aren't dancing with each other.
I had prepared myself from the very morning for this onslaught of emotions.
I knew it was destined to fail, even while I was mentally convincing myself that I can do this, but encouraged myself to keep it together today for as long as possible.
I kept my mind blank to the best of my abilities, the entire day.
But .....
As predicted .....
It happened.
The hurt, anger, sadness, and thousands of other familiar emotions, finally caught a hold of me.
The familiar stinging in my eyes, and clogging of my throat, were back.
My heart squeezed further
My mind spiraled further
My soul yearned further
And we were back to square One.
I squeezed my eyes shut and kept my forehead on Avi's shoulder. My hold on his hand and shoulder tightened, alerting him of my haywire emotions.
He gave me a mini; tight hug, choosing to show his support through this gesture, instead of those same repetitive words.
And that's how we continued dancing.
I again prayed in my heart, for the umpteenth time, for the end of this gut-wrenching pain and suffering.
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Oh dear God
I'm writing after an epoch
Like I can't even remember the last time I wrote something in OFU.
I am suffering from a MAJORRRR writer's block, and motivation crisis.
In fact, I started writing another book, because I was so stuck on what to write further in this chapter.
But anyway, here we are.
Hopefully, it won't be another last written chapter, and I'll write a few more.
I'd be more than happy if I instead complete the book, but that feels too farfetched right now.
Well, enough of my rambling, and tell me how you felt about this chapter.
And I just realized that it'll be better if I mentioned in the story synopsis that this is a slow-burn book.