AUTHOR'S POV
Akhil was riding the bike. Aditi was behind him, going back to home. Neither she nor he didn't talk anything. They silently reached their home.
Before he could complete, she went inside. He sighed, took off the helmet from his head and then made his way inside.
Aditi was sitting on the couch. Akhil sat beside, and when she was about to go, he held her hand.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Akhil asked calmly controlling his nerves.
"Really? You are asking me?
"I know, you are hurt. He wasn't with you when you needed him the most. But you have tried to understand him also! He is your father, the one who raised you. The one who made you yourself-"
"Yeah! He made me a coward! He made me his pet. He himself, was the reason for this distance between us. Ever he considered me? My happiness? My likes and dislikes? Till then, he just commands, and I have to obey him like a robot. He thinks I don't have feelings at all! Huh?!"
"That's your fault!-"
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! NOT A WORD!!!" Akhil roared glaring at her.
Aditi flinched at his high pitch voice.
Akhil angrily grabbed her arms, held his face deadly closer her's.
"You absolutely don't know, what I have gone through. What I have faced?! So, it's better for you to shut the fuck up! You hear me?" Akhil's calm yet cold voice made her gulp, she nodded.
"Use your words!"
"Y-yes__"
Akhil left her and made his way towards his room. Entering the room, he closed the door behind him with a thud.
Aditi looked at the closed door. Tears made it's way from her eyes. She wiped her tears, giving some food for her dog then, sat on the couch.
She didn't had the courage to face him. And moreover, he never talked to her like that.
It's true that he used to get angry at her clumsy behaviour. But never shouted like this. Never!
Aditi buried her face in her palms and began sobbing unconditionally.
On the other hand, Akhil was sitting on bed.
He was angry! He was living his life peacefully, but his father!! He ruined it like every time.
Hurt was visible through his tear welled eyes.
What was his fault? What did he do? Why was he receiving all these? Why did she said like that? Didn't she love him? Didn't she understood him till now? His pain? His bearings?
He was hurt, that she, on whom his own life depends didn't understand him.
Both of them fell into deep slumber thinking about eachother.
Sunrays peeped through the window and kissed Akhil's sleeping figure. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at his side to find its empty.
Everyday when he wakes up, she would be beside him or in the room. Suddenly, last night's incident flashed in his mind.
Akhil sighed and got up from the bed. He opened the door of the room expecting her in the living room, but she wasn't there.
Rubbing his left eye with the back of his hand, he made his way towards the kitchen expecting her there, Yeah! She was there.
Aditi was wearing a sky blue anarkali top and long white skirt. Water droplets were dripping from her hairs. She didn't notice him till now.
Aditi was pouring the coffee in the mug for Akhil, she took the mug and turned to see him standing there watching her.
She kept the mug there and walked past him, lowering her eyelashes.
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Akhil was all ready to go to the restaurant. Both didn't utter a word. Aditi sat behind him wearing her helmet.
Within sometime they reached their restaurant.
"Hey, Aditi!" Nithya chirped.
Aditi smiled at her, feebly.
"Didn't you go to college?" Akhil asked.
"No Bhai! Today is off due to some functions." Nithya replied.
Akhil nodded.
And then he sat on the cash counter.
"What happened? Are you Okay? You seem so pale." Nithya whispered to Aditi.
Aditi shook her head.
"Nothing!" She said curtly.
Nithya wasn't convinced but she chose to shrug it for now.
"How's Rishabh?" Akhil asked.
"Good!"
"It's been so long that we have met." Akhil said.
"He was saying about this last night." Nithya said.
Akhil smiled.
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"Are you going to tell me or not?!" A frustrated Nithya said annoyed by Aditi's behaviour from the morn.
"Okay fine, if it's personal you don't nee-"
"He isn't talking." Aditi mumbled.
"And why is that?"
Aditi narrated everything.
"Hha! Bhai is hurt when you said that whatever happened was his fault. You know what happened to him, how he felt all of it. Talk to him."
Nithya patted her shoulder.
"Talk to him. Don't worry." Nithya wiped her tears which have be coming out of her eyes continuously.
"Nithya?"
Akhil entered the kitchen. Both Nithya and Aditi looked at him.
"Rishabh is here." Akhil said.
"Are you planning to stay here?" Rishabh scoffed seeing Nithya.
"Maybe." She scoffed back.
Rishabh glared at her, who just rolled her eyes away.
"Akhil, it's late. Bye." Rishabh said began to leave.
"Bye, Aditi." He said with a smile.
She smiled back.
Rishabh and Nithya left in his two wheeler.
Akhil sat back on the cash counter, and was counting today's collection.
Aditi was looking at him fiddling the hem of her cloth. The restaurant was empty. All the staffs have been left.
"I-"
"Can we leave?" Akhil asked.
She nodded.
Sitting on the bike, wearing their helmet they reached their home.
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Akhil lying on the bed turning to another side and Aditi watching his back.
She moved closer to him. With trembling hands she wrapped her arm around him, snuggling more to his back.
"I'm sorry." She mumbled. Her voice break.
"For what?" He asked remaining in the same position.
He turned towards her.
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First of all, my apologies for the late update. I was having unit test in school from the last week. And soon half yearly is going to start.
Maybe there won't be any updates for two weeks. If possible I'll surely try to update.
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