ARNAV
A lot had changed since Sona came back, it was such a big deal and it was really exciting to have her back, but with her being back there was a lot to deal with, like the feelings I used to have with her, and if I were to keep those feelings away entirely, she was my friend first and when I realized that I had moved on from her and fallen for Khushi, I thought maybe we could always remain to be friends.
Her friendship had always been very dear to me, we had started young, even before I knew the word Love or what it meant or when I developed those feelings towards her, it was friendship that brought us together, I had grown up with her with so many memories.
She was the first and the only girl ever in my life and somehow I never felt the need of anybody else until she was gone, until I met Khushi, she walked into my life being all happy and talkative and it took my breath away, she did so much for me without even trying, and when I realized what I felt for her, I knew I was going to make sure I did everything in my power to keep her, to love her, to make her feel happy and loved because I didn't want to lose on the second chance life had given me at love.
We were still trying to get back to where we were, and everything seemed to be going well until Sona showed up at the restaurant. First I could imagine it as a coincidence, but the second time it really dint seem like it and it felt like she was starting to become a threat to our relationship that I was trying so hard to save.
"What do you want?" I asked her.
She was seated in my office for half an hour now and she hadn't said a word, she had just been silent, every now and then she would try to say something but then stop and I had no idea why she was here or what she wanted.
"You." She looked at me seriously.
"Not this again Sona! We had our chance, we lost it and I don't have anyone to blame for it but right now I have my chance with Khushi and I wouldn't want to lose it for the world. I Love Khushi now and you can't change that."
"I was your first love Arnav, you don't get over it just like that."
"I dint get over it just like that Sona! I thought you were dead and I was a complete mess, she came into my life and healed me, taught me to love again so it might seem unbelievable to you but I love her, I really do and if you really are my friend then you would try to understand that and let us be, please."
"You're saying as if all this is my fault Arnav, I didn't choose to be kidnapped, I dint choose to go away from you, so what is wrong if I can't move on and I can't stop loving you." She was almost crying.
"I didn't say any of this was your fault, but I made it very clear to you that I love Khushi so you can't be doing this right now, you choosing to tell me over and over again that you love me and trying to show up everywhere I go with her is you choosing to ruin my relationship with her which isn't the right thing to do.
You are my friend Sona, you always will be and I'll always care about you and that's why I am talking to you calmly, if it was anyone else I would have them thrown out of here and never look at them, but you have to understand that we can't go back Sona, I have moved on and you have to.
"I can't! It's not like I haven't been trying!"
"Then keep trying, it doesn't happen in a day or a week! It took me long to get over you too and I did. Look I'm sure someday you'll find someone that will make it look so easy to get over me, you just have to accept the fact that I am with someone else now, I have a life to live with her and it's not going to change.
So please, stop trying to sabotage my relationship with Khushi, stop following me everywhere I go with her and stop trying to make me love you, it's not going to happen and I'm sorry I know you're hurt but doing all this is just going to hurt you more."
"Fine, if that's what you want. Just know that you and I were destined to be together and I'll wait for the day when you come begging to me to be with you and you know what I'll do? I'll be with you because I'm going to wait, no matter how long it takes."
"Please leave." I stood up pointing towards the door, she was acting so crazy right now, I had been nothing but understanding and patient towards her but she just dint want to understand and I couldn't keep being nice to her if she was going to act like this.
She stood up and gave me an angry look and then walked out, I sighed and sat down wondering whether I should even tell Khushi about this, she was already feeling insecure enough about her, if I told her that now she was trying to break us apart, it might really scare her and I dint want her to be scared or insecure, I just wanted for our relationship to get better and for us to be happy with each other and trust each other.
So maybe not telling her about this was the best option.
*****
"You're home early." I said as I walked in and found Khushi seated on the sofa watching TV, she smiled and stood up as soon as she saw me and came rushing to hug me.
"I was hoping you'd be early too." She kissed me so passionately.
"Wow, if I knew I'd get treated like this, I would have been earlier." I laughed.
"Go change, we can watch a movie together." She smiled, I nodded as I headed to change while she picked out a movie for the both of us. Once I was all freshened up and in my Pajamas, I headed back to the hall where she was waiting for me with a huge bowl of popcorn.
"Where's Manvi?" I asked as I sat down beside her.
"She's working till late today, then I think she had plans to go on a date so she'll be back home very late, so I thought we can have our own romantic movie date right here." She smiled.
"Living together is already sounding so good to me." I laughed. She played the movie and we both cuddled while we watched it, being her romantic self she had picked some cheesy romantic movie for us to watch and I didn't complain, I just watched it along with her.
This is the kind of life I had dreamt of having with her, coming home and us doing something together and just spending quality time with each other peacefully.
The doorbell rang at the exact time as the end credits rolled up, she stood up and rushed to open the door while I tried to find something else to watch meanwhile. She walked back in with a box of pizza and smiled at me excitedly.
"Dinner's here. I had ordered pizza for us, I hope you're in mood for pizza."
"You kidding? I'm always in mood for pizza." I smiled as I played a sitcom while we both had dinner together and then cleaned up afterwards.
"Okay, it's pretty late, I have an early day tomorrow so I should get to bed." She said looking at the watch.
"I'll join you, I'm sleepy too." I said so we both walked into her room, okay by now I should be addressing it as our room because we were sharing it now, I guess I would get used to with time.
We both lied down facing each other and she had this cute smile on her face that hadn't gone away since I got back home today.
"What's made you so happy today?" I asked.
"You. It feels good to have you here and I kind of realized I had over reacted yesterday at the restaurant and I thought to myself, maybe I should stop being so insecure you know and just trust you because how is our relationship going to work if I don't trust you right?"
"Right. I love you for that."
"I love you too." She blushed a little and then turned around, I scooted closer to her and wrapped my arm around her as we both dozed off immediately.
*****
She was kidding when she said she had an early morning today, I woke up at around seven and she was already gone. She had left me a cute note on the night stand saying she would be back late tonight and I should wait for her at dinner.
I had a meeting outside of office later today so I decided to stay home and then leave direct for the meeting, I took a quick shower then headed out to make some breakfast for myself.
I sat down and continued watching my sitcom while I had breakfast as some thoughts about Sona came to mind. I really hoped she wasn't going to try anything now and she would just leave us alone.
"Good morning." Manvi said as she walked out of her room.
"Morning. There's some breakfast in the kitchen if you're hungry." I smiled.
"I already love having you here." She smiled happily as she rushed to the kitchen to get the food, I laughed realizing how similar she was to Khushi, the both reacted the same way about some things. I guess it was the living together, the picked up each other's habits and tactics.
She walked back and sat beside me and joined me in watching the sitcom.
"Where were you before, why didn't you move in sooner? I have been starving my entire life." She said.
"You guys don't cook breakfast?" I asked.
"No, we're too lazy to, we just make coffee and that's it, or eat left over from dinner." She said.
"So from today onwards I've become your chef." I said.
"Imagine getting a free chef, Khushi and I have definitely scored." She laughed making me laugh too.