"Kyra, you know what you're saying, right? It's not a joke. This closeness, bond, and affection is not something that you should take casually. You both are getting married, and yes, a couple has a special bond between them. But you both are not a normal couple. You have experienced a lot with him already, but it did stop after some time. Now that it has been so many years, of course, you are liking spending time with him." Sarah said softly.

"I know. That is the problem. Every time he is near me, my heart says to just go and find comfort in his arms, which I haven't experienced in 8 years. It's so wrong because I find warmth there. It feels home, and I don't feel scared. I have no idea why I am feeling like this." I muttered helplessly.

"There's nothing wrong with that. You've always liked spending time with him. I would say just listen to your heart, because in a relationship, it's always about what your heart says. But in your situation you should think with your brain as well. It's really important that you have an idea what's going on with you." Sarah advised.

"Thanks. It was really needed." I said, hugging her as she was doing her makeup.

"Hey, get away! You'll ruin my makeup." She raised her voice.

"Oh, you love me." I said, placing a hand on my heart.

"I still don't know why." She replied, shaking her head.

Laughing, I went for my duffel bag to take my clothes out for the day. Deciding on the white sleeved crop top, I paired it with light washed denim jeans. I left my hair open and wore my white canvas. I didn't put on much makeup, just some eyeliner and nude lipstick, and was ready.

"Look at you! You're looking damn cute in that outfit." Sarah commented.

"Thanks. You're looking really nice as well." I said, smiling.

"Geez, thanks." She replied.

I heard my phone vibrate, and looking at it, I noticed it was a message from Ahaan.

'Come out, I am waiting. <3'

'Coming right up.' I texted back.

"Come on, they messaged me for us to get out of the room." I said, glancing at Ahaan's message for the 10th time. I still couldn't get over the heart he sent me.

"Okay." She said, and we both got out of our room, locking it afterwards, and started walking towards the swimming pool where they'd told us to meet.

Soon, we reached there, but I have to say it was a long route. The resort is pretty big. Glancing in every direction, my eyes finally found Ahaan and Dhruv. They both were laughing probably on some joke, which Dhruv must've told, and my eyes were fixed on Ahaan. His muscles were flexing in his arms when he was doing some sort of actions and the sight was so pleasing. He was wearing a navy blue t-shirt with black shorts and black trainers.

We started going in their direction, and from a distance, they must've noticed us as they stopped talking.

"Well, look who decided to show up." Dhruv scoffed.

"What? We are on time. You were early." I replied.

"Okay, stop it, you two. We don't want to waste our time listening to you two bicker. So let's just do what we had planned." Ahaan butted in with a stern voice. I think he has forgotten that Dhruv is the oldest here.

I noticed Dhruv was scowling at him, and Ahaan slapped his face lightly, which resulted in his mouth hanging open.

"You didn't just do that." Dhruv shook his head with wide eyes.

"Yes, I did. Now you have to stop. Otherwise, we three are going, and you can continue doing whatever you were earlier." Ahaan said.

"What are we going to do?" I asked with raised eyebrows.

"That's a surprise." Ahaan replied, smiling in my direction.

I just pouted.

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We were currently walking through the resort as they had planned something here for us. I was pretty excited because the direction where we were going was surrounded by large mountains, and it was such good sight. Soon, we stopped at a corner, and it wasn't what I expected.

Freaking Bungee jumping!

"So, how's the surprise?" Ahaan asked.

"Amazing." I breathed out.

I always wanted to do bungee jumping, and now my dream is about to fulfill that too in Shimla between these amazing mountains, wind blowing everywhere.

"Okay, so the management is saying it's a pair of bungee jumping, so we have to decide who is going with whom." Ahaan said.

"I will pair with Kyra. I would love to see her face while doing this." Dhruv said, smirking.

"Oh, we'll see who is more scared." I said, crossing my arms.

"Wait, that's not happening. If you two will go together, then it'll be Sarah and I. And I don't think you guys will be okay with that." Ahaan reasoned out.

"No, I am okay with it." Sarah said, smirking.

"Alright then, I don't mind either." Ahaan replied, shrugging.

Okay. What's going on here?

"No." Dhruv and I shouted together.

Ahaan and Sarah had their eyebrows raised. Meanwhile, Dhruv and I were finding a hole to get buried under it.

"I meant Dhruv and I have done quite a number of things together, so this time Sarah should pair with Dhruv." I said, smiling sheepishly.

"Yeah. She's right." Dhruv said, looking serious as ever.

Ahaan raised his eyebrow while smirking at me. Now he'll think I am jealous when I am not.

Okay, maybe a little.

"Come on, let's get going then." Ahaan said, and we all took our order for it.

The crew made us wear safety equipments which made us look like bloated fish. But it was necessary, so here we are waiting while Sarah and Dhruv are getting their straps tightened as they are going first.

Soon, they were told to jump, and man, my heart stopped by hearing them scream. A few minutes ago, I was not able to control my excitement, and now I am reconsidering my decision.

Fuck! They are still shouting.

"Scared, are we now princess?" Ahaan's smirk broke me from my trance.

"Psst. Scared? Me? Never." I replied cockily.

Maybe a little, I guess?

Okay! I am shitless scared.

The lush mountains were now looking as a death trap to me. The height of it, which was mesmerizing for me a few moments ago, is now scaring the shit out of me.

And now, Ahaan. He has especially arranged this surprise for us and I am thinking of not doing it.

"Come on. It's our turn now." Ahaan said and took my hand in his.

"Yeah." I muttered.

"Kyra, if you are not so sure about doing this with me, then we won't. It's not compulsory, okay." Ahaan reasoned out, listening the tone of my voice.

"No, it's not that." I replied.

"I am just a little scared seeing Dhruv and Sarah scream like this." I whispered.

"Hey, don't worry. Screaming is the best best part in bungee jumping. You just hold me tightly and experience the feeling. I won't let you get hurt. And just look at my face, and you'll be okay." He said, smiling.

"Okay." I replied, smiling a little.

I just wanted to try it once and take this chance.

The harnesses were tied to us, and then another rope joined Ahaan and I. A belt was wrapped around both of us together to keep us close. He wrapped his own arms around me, seeing my hesitation, and I visibly relaxed. I, too, placed my hands on his shoulders for comfort.

'1'

'2'

'3'

And we were practically thrown in between the mountains just by the support of a rope. I clutched onto him with an unbreakable grip and closed my eyes tightly, and screamed like anything.

I am sure Ahaan must be deaf by now.

At the same time, I could hear Ahaan was practically laughing. I could feel a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach and experiencing my heart beating on an unstoppable speed.

"Kyra, you can open your eyes now." I heard Ahaan whisper.

Opening my eyes, the first thing that came in front of my eyes was Ahaan's face. He had this weird smile on his face while I was shaking with fear.

"Just enjoy the feeling." He whispered.

Just then, I stopped screaming, and the first thing I noticed was that I could feel as if I was flying. Flying away from all the tension, fear, and anxiety.

I genuinely felt happy, excited, and fearless, which I wanted to do for many years. Just a bungee jumping caused me to experience these feelings that also with Ahaan. I know it's because of him only because I've done quite a number of things in past 8 years and have experienced many moments, but none of them made me happy how much being with Ahaan does.

Soon, the drop was over, and we were hanging upside down with momentum so that they could pull us upwards again.

"Did you enjoy?" He asked when we were being lifted.

"You have no idea how much I enjoyed doing this." I replied honestly.

He at least deserved this after he saved me yesterday and surprised me with this.

He smiled and sighed in contentment.

Finally, we were lifted completely, and harnesses with all other equipments were removed. Dhruv teased me about how much I shouted, but Ahaan replied that his screams were way more than mine. Even Sarah agreed to this, so he had this permanent scowl plastered on his face when we were walking through the resort for our way back to rooms.

"God, my jaw hurts." Dhruv muttered when we reached the lobby of the rooms.

"This happens if you keep scowling for 10 minutes straight." I retorted.

"It's not my fault. You three always team up against me." Dhruv said or more like complained.

"He has officially gone insane. Dhruv, I think you should just rest." Ahaan said.

"You're right. I should definitely rest." Dhruv replied, scratching the back of his neck.

I shook my head at his stupidity.

Who can even say that he's arrogant?

"Okay, guys, I am also going in our room. We'll meet at dinner tonight, right?" I asked.

"You aren't going anywhere. I have another surprise for you as well." Ahaan stated.

I looked at him questioningly.

He just smiled at me in return.

Taking my hand in his, he started dragging me in a direction. For 5 minutes straight, we kept walking, and the way where we were going looked a bit isolated. I was curious and scared at the same time what it could be.

"You aren't going to murder me here, are you? Let me remind you Dhruv is in the same resort as us." I said uncomfortably.

He laughed and shook his head at me.

"Why is this brain of yours thinking that I'll murder you? If you remember, we are going to get married." Ahaan said.

I shrugged.

"Can't help it." I replied.

We finally reached an area, which was all the way back of the resort. It looked somewhat where many people didn't come because it was absolutely dark.

As it was nearing the night, I could only see Ahaan silhouette, but still, I raised my eyebrows at him in a dramatic manner.

"Wait for a minute." He whispered near my ear, which caused a shiver to run down my spine.

And true to his words, just after a minute, the light illuminated the place, which resulted in a gasp coming out of my mouth. There was a built-in fort with blankets and pillows decorated all over with fairy lights, which are my favorite. A screen was in the middle, which had a romantic tune playing. In a corner, my favorite wine was placed with two glasses. The set-up looked so beautiful.

"You did this? For me?" I asked with my mouth wide open.

"Yeah, but with the help of staff." He replied, scratching his neck, and he looked so cute while doing that.

I was so overwhelmed with his gesture that I went and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you so much." I said with quivering lips.

"If you liked it, then why does it seem to me that you're about to cry?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"It's a happy tears idiot." I said, swatting his arms, which was on my waist.

He laughed and hugged me again, which I returned. Taking me inside the fort, he made me sit on the blanket spread below, and himself sat opposite me after pouring down two glasses of wine for both of us.

After clinking our glasses together, I gulped down the glass in a go.

"Slow down, Kyra. You wouldn't like to get drunk here." Ahaan said, sipping his own.

I shrugged and poured another for me.

Fifteen minutes had passed with both of us talking randomly about things while simultaneously drinking our wine. It was a good change for me after so long.

"Would you mind having a dance with your fiance?" Ahaan asked in a fake British accent.

I giggled and placed my hand in his palm.

"I would love to." I replied, and he pulled me up, dragging both of us out of the setup.

Connecting his phone with the music system, he played a romantic track and came back to me. Placing one of his hands on my waist, he took my hand in his other. I placed my other hand on his shoulder, and we started moving with the tune. Twirling me around by the waist, he pulled me back, which resulted in me placing my head on his chest.

I could hear his heart beating at a rapid speed, and I knew the same was happening with me. Both of us were lost into each others world, looking intently at each other's eyes, still moving with the tune of music.

The song had finished, but we both didn't make any attempt to leave other others. Another few minutes later, he placed his lips on my forehead for a chaste kiss. I closed my eyes, trying to feel the intensity of the moment.

Suddenly his phone started ringing because of which I jolted away from him and went back into the set-up without even glancing at him.

"Hey." He called out, coming back inside.

I smiled lightly at him and looked back down my lap.

Sitting beside me, he took out some sort of remote and started operating it in front of the screen. After some time, a video started playing on it.

With a confused look on my face, I glanced at the screen, thinking it might be some movie, but what took me by surprise was a photo of me in teenage playing on the screen.

I looked at Ahaan, raising my eyebrows in confusion, and he directed me to just watch it.

I think the video consisted of different photos because another photo came up on the screen, which I clearly remember was from the sports day in 10th standard, which Sarah clicked. I was standing beside Ahaan, and we both had this weird smile on our faces, which looked quite funny, but I could feel our discomfort in that photo. Another one came up, which was from a school trip, and we both were swimming in the river near the mountain, splashing water at each other, smiling brightly. The next one was from a dance competition where we were each other's partner. The video kept on playing with the memories of both us together in our teenage years. After many photos, a photo came up, which caused a gasp to come out of my mouth.

There we both stood looking at each other in adoration, smiling, in other's arms. A couple of days before before all of it happened. The day he broke me left me all alone in the mess, which could've easily been prevented. The day Kyra changed from a happy person to depressed one.

How can he look at me like that in the photo when the next day he said those things to me due to misunderstanding?

How can a person change in just a day's time?

Looking at that photo caused tears to flow down my cheeks, which weren't stopping how much I tried. I started breathing heavily, and this is what I was scared of.

I stood up frantically and ran away from the setup, wherever my legs were taking me. I could hear Ahaan shouting my name continuously and running after me, but I don't know what came over me. I ran the fastest my legs could take, and his voice started disappearing in distance.

I stopped at a random point, breathing heavily due to both exhaustion and attack. Collapsing down on the ground, I started visioning horrendous scenes in my mind, and I screamed for them to stop.

"Kyra." I heard someone calling me from a distance.

But all I could feel was fear running down my body.

That same person was continuously rubbing down soothing circles on my back with a finger, which eventually caused me to relax. My ragged breathing was scaring me to no extent, but the comfort I could feel with it was something new. Soon, I couldn't bear it anymore and closed my eyelids while darkness crept onto me.

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They got closer, and then this happened!

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