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The sun rays fell on his sleeping face and he squeezed his red, puffy eyes. He lifted her photo frame from his chest and a tear escaped his eye.

When she was there with him, his days used to be so cheerful and happy. Alas! Since she had left, his time was a burden on him. Be it the days or the nights. To say he was sleeping and dreaming all these nights would be huge lie. Because neither he was sleeping properly, nor was he dreaming. Even if he ever dreamt in these around 15 days, it was about her only.

She, the broken girl was deepening her insecurities herself. She never tried to talk to him, that was the biggest mistake of her she is going to regret the most.

These 15 days were probably the worst days of her life. Without him, Without Love, Without Life.

It seemed like she was walking on the burning coals. Every step she took pained. It wasn't like she had thought it would be. Completely different, it was. They were connected by their hearts and she knew that.

If anyone would have asked him, "What is hell?" He would have simply answered,"The distance between them.!" He was going mad.

Her absence did many crazy things to him. He sat in the balcony, looking up at the blue sky. Her picture still held close to his chest. It was as if that picture was a broken piece of him and he was continously trying to fix himself. But everytime he sticked that to him, it pained him. Both physically and mentally.

She sat at the back of the couch. Hugging her knees, she cried her heart out. She hadn't cried in these 15 days at all. Having it all bottled up inside of her, she was tired of her own self. And she thought it was the best time to pour it out, when no one was home except Aprajita.

He took out the chocolate from the fridge, the last one left. It reminded him of her suddenly and he felt the whole sky falling on his shoulders. The strange kind of hurt it was. A strange suffering that hurted him even physically.

A tear escaped his eye and he quickly rubbed it off. Grabbing the chocolate, he ripped the wrapper apart. Pushing it into his mouth, he began tasting every bit of it, as if it was her.

She heard a faint knock on the door. Mouthing a small come in, she rubbed off her tears while trying hard to smile.

"Di.." Appu's voice cracked.

"Haan Appu? Come in. Come sit." Aditi tried her best to act normal but she failed miserably.

Aprajita sat beside her on the floor. She squeezed her hand and Aditi shot a fake smile.

"See there. The aeroplane! It is so wonderful." Aditi exclaimed to handle the situation.

"Oh! Look at that tree. It is so beautiful." Aprajita almost screamed.

"Appu! That's wilted. Almost broken. How can you say it is beautiful?" Aditi was shocked. Another surprise awaited when she saw Aprajita laughing. She stared at her, clueless.

Moments later, Appu sobered completely. Looking straight into her eye, she tried to read many answers.

"Broken things are the most beautiful." Appu spoke, a tear rolling down her cheek.

"There was no aeroplane even. Why are you trying to run away from me di?" Appu held the sincerity in her eyes.

"That wilted tree! It doesn't look beautiful at all. But it is pretty deep inside. If you just cut those trunks and branches, you'll find too many scratches. But there are many flowers that still spread their scent. The leaves still seem beautiful. Those woods, they're still useful. Because you cannot judge anything from how it looks." Appu paused. Looking into her eyes, she sighed and continued,"And when the thing itself looks so beautiful, how can it be worse deep inside?"

Aditi's eyes welled up. She gathered her pieces, and again stood strong. "Kaafi badi badi baatein karne lagi hai meri behna?" Aditi lifted her hand to touch Appu but she stopped her, shocking her to the core.

"Don't. Try. To. Act. Fake. When. You. Cannot." Appu clenched her teeth, stressing on every word.

"Are you.. mad? I.. Why would.. why would I.. act fa.. fake?" Aditi fumbled, fidgeting with her fingers.

"Now, you're real."

"Mind coming to the point?" Aditi kinda warned Appu.

"Of course not. So the point is, why did you come here?" She asked out of blue.

"Is that even a Question? I came here because I wanted to meet you a..."

Her sentence was interrupted, "Jhoooot!" Appu shouted making her jump.

"You're a Liar Ms Aditi Rathore! You're a Liar.!" Aditi's eyes widened and her heart thumped.

"Appu.. what are you saying?" She asked only to meet an enraging Appu.

"Exactly what you heard! If not, let me repeat. YOU ARE A LIAR!"

"Lie again. Say that you didn't come here to escape him. Say that you didn't betray him. Say that you came here because you missed us. Say that you didn't break up with Shreedhan. Say that you're not insecure. Say that you're fine. Say that You don't Love him! Say Di. Lie again!"

Appu ran out of breathe. She exhaled sharply, before looking back at a gulity Aditi. She could see hot tears streaming down her face.

"Poonam di told me." Appu said, a bit calmly.

Aditi's head shot up,"What?!"

"Yes. Experiencing how it feels to get betrayed by someone you trust?" Appu was literally shooting her.

"Appu. Please listen to me," She pleaded.

"No way! I have already listened everything. Di, agar yehi karna thaa tou why did you tell him that you love him? Agar nahi bataya hota na tou at least he wouldn't have felt betrayed, though hurt would still have been there."

"Di, you're not Avni! And he is not Neil! That was just fictional. That, Avni leaving Neil. Here, this is reality. You are Aditi and he is Zain. Whatever it is. You are LOVED! You should feel lucky, instead you are making him even more insecure than yourself." Appu calmed down.

Aditi lifted her head up. Her eyes held do much pain. Her lips trembled and she could only break down. It was as if she was waiting for Appu's approval to cry.

"Cry..!" As soon as those words escaped Appu's mouth, a loud sob was heard. She cried out, holding onto Appu. She couldn't hold it back any longer and narrated it all to Appu. From the start to the end, she said everything. How she has suffered with her insecirities.

"Lemme show you something" Appu grabbed her phone.

Scrolling through her IG, she stopped at a post. Holding it to Aditi, she tried to knock some sense in her.

A lone tear cascaded down her eye when she saw his post.

It said,"I'm not really sure why.. But do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the betrayal hurt so much - pain, anger, frustration. And I still loved her. I still do."

That was all the post said. The caption literally pierced her heart.

"Exactly! But here's your knife. I finally got it out of my back. I'm sure you'll be needing it soon to betray someone else, just the way you betrayed me!

@ ad_aditirathore93 #betrayed #hurt #pained #lost #adiza "

She was in utter shock for some minutes. He had tagged her. He wrote adiza! How can he? But then it hit her! He had his life!

This stupid girl was still thinking out of nowhere. Oh! How a fool she was.

"Fandom has gone crazy!" Appu's voice broke her reverie. Oh! The fandom..! What about them? Did he think for the fandom once? Yes! He did. Because he always do what's right. Unlike her! Who always do the wrong despite knowing what's actually right.

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Priya