THE FESTIVAL HYPE CALMED DOWN AND NOW THE VILLAGE WAS BACK TO DEPRESSION. LOVE WAS, HOWEVER STRONG AS A HAMMER AND AARAV HAD DECIDED TO CONFESS TO VAMSHIKA ON HIGHER DEMAND FROM PUBLIC AKA THEIR FRIENDS. THEY HAD HAD TOO MUCH EYE CONTACT ON THE DAY OF LAKSHARCHANA, THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL. THE GIRLS WERE HELPING WITH COLLECTING FLOWERS IN A BASKET FOR THE BOYS. VAMSHIKA AND AARAV HAD SAT PARALLEL SO, EYE CONTACT WAS INEVITABLE.
THEIR EYE CONTACT SPOKE STRENGTHS TO THEIR LONGINGS. HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO HOLD EACH OTHER AND HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BE ONLY WITH EACH OTHER. THEIR EYE CONTACT COULD MAKE THE SEA WEEP WITH EMOTIONS AND CLOUDS BLUSH WITH INTIMACY. SO, AFTER A PAINFUL THREE WEEK OF CONSTANT BATTLE IN HIS MIND, AARAV FINALLY DECIDED TO CONFESS.
HIS MIND WAS READY BUT HIS HEART WAS TOO SCARED AND TWO SIDED WHICH, SAID SOMETIMES THIS COULD RUIN THEIR FRIENDSHIP. BUT AT TIMES IT SAID THEY COULD HAVE A HAPPY ENDING. HE SPOKE WITH ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND ARYAN ADVISED HIM TO NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKE HE DID AND LATER REGRET IT.ARYAN HIMSELF WAS PLANNING ON CONFESSING TO MIHIKA.
THE OTHERS SAID, IF PEOPLE WERE SCARED IN LOVE THIS WORLD WOULD SEE HEARTBREAKS MORE THAN LOVE STORIES. MIHIKA AND SHANAYA SAID THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE WERE NOT MEANT TO BE, THEIR LOVE WOULD ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED SOMEHOW SOMEWHERE IN THIS UNIVERSE. TAKING ALL OF THAT AARAV WENT FORWARD TO CONFESS TO VAMSHIKA.
HE CALLED HER ONE DAY AND ASKED TO MEET AT THE POND. VAMSHIKA WAS HALF SCARED AND THE OTHER HALF OF HER DELUSION SAID HE MIGHT PROPOSE. SO IN THE EARLY MORNING OF MAY VAMSHIKA MADE HER WAY TO THE POND. THEIR, AARAV WAITED IN ANTICIPATION. HE WAS WEARING A SIMPLE HOODIE AND JEANS AND VAMSHIKA WAS WEARING THE SAME BUT IN DIFFERENT STYLE. AARAV SMILED WARMLY TAKING IN THE BEAUTY IN FRONT OF HIM.
VAMSHIKA'S HEART JUST GAVE UP AT THAT AND STARTED BEATING FOR LIFE. " HEY " HE GREETED HER WITH SURPRISINGLY A HUG. ALTHOUGH VAMSHIKA WAS TAKEN BACK SHE HUGGED HIM RIGHT BACK AND SANK UNTO THE EMBRACE. HE FELT WARM AND SOOTHING. SHE FELT COLD AND A BIT NERVOUS. EACH LIKED HOW THE OTHER FELT. HOW THE OTHER PERFECTLY WRAPPED UNTO EACH OTHER.
" I WANTED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING " " YEAH THAT'S WHY YOU CALLED ME RIGHT " VAMSHIKA SAID CONFUSED. " YEAH. ITS NOTHING SERIOUS SO PLEASE DON'T BE NERVOUS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE NERVOUS " HE SAID. IF VAMSHIKA WERE ICE THEN SHE WOULD HAVE BECOME A POOL OF WATER BY NOW. " GO AHEAD " SHE SPOKE SOFTLY LIGHTLY TOUCHING AARAV'S HANDS. THIS GAVE AARAV THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SPEAK FORWARD. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATHE AND SPOKE AS IF HE HAD MUGGED ALL OF THIS AND HAD CRAFTED EACH LINE SPENDING MONTHS FOR IT.
" ALL THAT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW MAY SOUND FAKE OR FORGED BUT IT IS NOT. I HAD NEVER REALLY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ANYONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE OR WHETHER IT HURTS OR WHETHER IT GIVES PLEASURE. I HAVE LIKED WOMEN IN MY LIFE BUT THAT WAS THE END OF THAT, NOTHING LESS AND NOTHING MORE. THAT WAS UNTIL ONE DAY. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CLICHE BUT I HAVE NO BETTER WAY OF SAYING IT. ONE DAY WHEN WE ALL WERE HANGING OUT, I NOTICED THAT YOUR SMILE WAS SO DIVINE THAT EVEN A PERSON WITH THE MOST STONED HEART WOULD MELT. WHEN YOU CAME TO LIVE IN MY HOUSE FOR SOME DAYS MY EYES STARTED TO PICK UP THE SMALLEST OF THINGS ABOUT YOU. HOW A DIMPLE GETS FORMED WHEN YOU SMILE. HOW GENUINE YOU ARE WITH US. HOW YOU BLUSH EVERYTIME I COMPLIMENT YOU. ON THE FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE YOU LOOKED SO ATROCIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL THAT I WAS SCARED OF FALLING FOR YOU. EVEN THOUGH I DID. I DON'T AND CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW BUT EVERYTIME I LOOKED AT YOU I FELT LIKE VOMITING BUTTERFLIES". VAMSHIKA'S MIND FELT LIKE IT WAS BUZZING AND HER EYES WERE FORMING A POOL OF WATER.
"THE DAY OF SHANAYA'S ACCIDENT, I WANTED TO KILL THE PERSON WHO HURT SHANAYA. BUT ALL THE ANGER FADED WHEN I SAW YOU SLIDE DOWN THAT WALL. YOU LOOKED SO MISERABLE, LIKE YOUR WORLD HAD ENDED AND EVEN THE GOD CAN'T BRING LIGHT IN YOUR LIFE. AT THAT MOMENT I JUST WANTED TO HUG YOU SO TIGHTLY AND PROTECT YOU FROM ALL OF WORLDS MISERY. I STOPPED AVOIDING MY FEELINGS FOR YOU. AT A TIME ARYAN WAS VEXED BECAUSE HE LIKED YOU AND LATER HE ADMITTED HE LIKED MIHI NOW. WE ARE COOL AND MORE THAN HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER NOW. SO, AT LAST ALL I WANT TO SAY IS, VAMSHIKA I LOVE YOU. NO MATTER WHAT. EVEN IF YOU REJECT ME THIS MOMENT I WON'T HATE YOU. I WILL RESPECT YOUR CHOICE AND IF YOU DO RETURN MY FEELINGS I WILL MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING I THIS WORLD HURTS YOU AND EVEN IF IT DOES I WILL BE THERE TO GET YOU THROUGH IT."
THESE VERY WORDS LEFT VAMSHIKA SHAKING. WITH ONE LEAP SHE JUMPED INTO AARAV'S ARMS. "I HAVE LOVED YOU SINCE FOREVER. THERE HASN'T BEEN A DAY I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF CONFESSING. OF SCREAMING HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. EACH TIME YOU LOOKED AT ME MY WORLD WOULD JUST SPIN AND MY HEART WOULD LEAP 1000 MILES. I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU OR HOW MUCH MY SOUL ACHED TO BE YOURS" SHE WHISPERED ALL THESE WORDS.
ALL THE WORDS WENT TO AARAV'S HEART AND THE BLOOD RUSH CAUSED HIM TO TURN RED. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT BUT HE KNEW THIS WAS ALL REAL. HE KNEW THAT THIS VERY MOMENT, BOTH OF THEM WERE CONFESSING AND BOTH OF THEM WERE VISIBALLY ON THE VERGE OF TEARS.