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M Y R A

Awkward zones.

I'm just like my mum when it comes to hiding feelings. I couldn't hide anything. But I'm like my dad when it comes to expressing, which means I couldn't express either.

So I just sit with a smug smile on my face after an hour, in the dilemma of not knowing what to do, when I felt someone shift next to me.

"What's up?" It was Ishaan. I have him a smile, looking at him. "Nothing," I lied.

Everything was wrong. There was a havoc in me which I couldn't explain, which mostly made me nervous. It was an hour since the guys came and it was just as good if they never left. Kaira and Abeer have been chatting non stop, and then our parents left us to ourselves. We were now in the inner dining room, doing different stuff.

I tried passing my time with wattpad but nothing could help. I seem like a mess right now.

"You know I've missed you!" He said and I smiled, giving him a side hug. "You know I've missed you too," I smiled and Ruhaana sat across us, with a plate in her hand.

"Ruh, what you eating?" He asked her. "Paneer. Nandini Maa has made, its amazing! Must try!" She praises and he got up to get himself some too.

Taking the opportunity, she immediately shifted beside me. "How're you keeping up?" She asked and I sighed, my attention slowly reaching to Kaira and Abeer. Much to my surprise, Abeer was looking here just then and I immediately looked away and so did he, cold blood flowing through my veins as I felt a sudden adrenaline push.

"It's moving just so fast," I told her, sighing. "I understand. Just don't let any of these affect our relations, okay?" She said and I nodded, smiling. Ruhaana was the sister I never had. "I won't, promise."

My phone rang beside me, grabbing the attention of all six of us. Krish. He was a senior in doctory, showing his interest in me since the past six months. He was cute, a very nice person and dad's client's son as well, but I couldn't ever gather interest in him.

"He's cute" Ruhaana states the obvious and silenced the phone, and noticed Ishaan was back. Aarav was there too, with a smirk on his face. Kaira and Abeer were walking back to where we were there.

"Who's cute?" Kaira smirked as they all settled, and now we were all in a circle together, chilling as if we were the best of friends.

"Krish" Ruhaana said, smiling ear to ear. She was very fond of him, always buzzing me to atleast give a chance to him.

"And who's Krish?" Abeer asked, his eyes went from Ruhaana to me, and I was already looking at him. It was the third time we looked at each other since the time he had come and second time I heard his voice.

"My boyfriend," I said, looking at him, before I realised what I had done. Shit.

"See! I always knew you both had something. He couldn't keep his eyes off you," Ruhaana shouted happily but I couldn't take my eyes off Abeer who's eyes were at me as well before I looked away.

"I'm just kidding," I told, breaking the bubble and covering up for the mistake I had done. Just to show Abeer that if he has a girlfriend, I can have a boyfriend too, I wasn't going to say yes to Krish. In a way, I would be playing with his feelings then.

"Oh that's bad! You both would make a lovely pair" Ruhaana sat back, pouting and I smiled, avoiding the gazes at me.

"Oh, is he the guy who came to your house last week just to see if you were okay because you hadn't gone to college?" Kaira concluded. Ruhaana nodded, a teasing smile on her face.

I rolled my eyes. "He had come to give the test's notes, not to have a gala time with me," I denied, and she booed. Kaira was the official matchmaker amongst us, always ready to pair me and Ruhaana with someone or the other.

Just then, I saw a familiar person standing in a distance. "Krish?" I was shocked beyond I could understand. I got up, and so did the girls, and then the boys.

"You look lovely, love," He smiled from cheek to cheek as he came ahead to hug me.

"And someone said he wasn't her boyfriend," Aarav said, sarcastically. He was angry that I didn't tell him I had a boyfriend but truth being said I didn't. He was just a friend and I didn't know what the fuck was he doing here.

He hugged me before being pushed a bit away with firm hands. "She's my sister. Stay away," Aarav's eyes pierced at him. Poor guy.

"Hey, chill. I just hung by because she had asked me to give her the receipts of our next practical, which happens to be tomorrow. And I'm the senior appointed for her, so I'm in charge. I've been calling her but she wouldn't pick up so I had to come upstairs," He said. My face was red in embarrassments as I took the pendrive from him. "You really didn't have to," I said. He smiled, pressing his eyes.

"I'm Krish, by the way," he said, forwarding his hand to Aarav. "Aarav, Myra's elder brother," he said and I rolled my eyes. "Elder by two minutes," I added from behind.

"Ishan" Ishan introduced, shaking his hand as well and then he turned to Aarav.

"I'm Krish," he repeated, forwarding his hand. Abeer seemed in a fix. "And I... don't care" Abeer rolled his eyes, walking behind.

"Watch that attitude, bud" I came ahead. No one insults my friends. Abeer seemed taken aback but he said nothing as he settled himself into the couch.

"I'd accompany Krish back to his car," I say, looking at Aarav. I was disappointed with Abeer, I'd thought he had changed. But he was still that egoistic playboy.

I walked Krish down, mainly in silence. "I'm sorry for what happened up—." He cute me off.

"You really like him, don't you?" He asked and I was taken aback.

"No! I— I and Abeer, we're just friends!" I stammered. He smirked. "I never said Abeer, I was talking about Ishaan" he said and I bit my tongue.

He had a sad smile on his lips. "It was always him, wasn't it?" He asked and I sighed. "It's nothing like that, Krish. It's just... I'm kinda taken aback by his sudden presence in my life after years of absence. It's just too much to take in" I say.

"You had promised you'd try for us," he said as he leaned to his car.

"I'm sorry!" I didn't know what else to say. I really was sorry.

"I'm mad. Damn, I should have been there for you as a friend and here I am, making you feel bad." He self talked. I nodded negatively, surrounding myself with a pool of guilt.

"Look, you need a friend anytime, I'm just a call away. Even if it means to break into his house and and then break his bones and two AM, okay?" He said and I nodded, a small smile on my lips as I gave him a hug before he got into his car and drove away.

As I walked back, I could feel what a mess my life suddenly was, and by just one person— Abeer Dhawan.

I got back to my friends to still see him chilling on the sofa like a douche that he was. "That was no way to behave with anyone!" I said, eyeing him.

He looked up to face me, his eyes meeting mine, "felt bad that I insulted your boyfriend?"

"Don't be a douche Abeer. You won't like if someone talks to the people you love like that!" I defended.

"So you love him?" He concluded.

"That's not how I meant it. He's a friend since a long time and I care about him. And what you did, was well—... wrong," I accused. An hour back, I was nervous to even talk to him, and now I was fighting. Dang I don't know what happens to me if someone insults my friends or the people I care about.

"You know what...," something shone in his eyes before it disappeared. "You're right, I was wrong. I'd apologise to him if I see him again!" He said, looking down and back into his phone again.

That's great, so he doesn't even want to talk to me anymore.

"Guys, why don't we play something?" Ishaan suggested, clearing the awkwardness off the atmosphere. I left my phone, looking at him, and so did Abeer. Once again, we were all in.

"What about, One Question For All?" Kaira suggested and everyone agreed. "Sounds great. I think the rules are pretty same universally and we all know it, have been playing since teenage times," Aarav agreed.

"Just for the sake of it, I'll repeat it" Ruhaana said. "We spin the bottle, whoever the bottle stops on has to ask a question, and everyone except him/her has to answer. Cool?" We agreed.

Aarav ran to the kitchen and brought an empty glass bottle, it was kept on the wooden table and we all settled on the floor in a circle. Order being: Aarav — Ishan — Me — Ruhaana — Kaira — Abeer — Aarav.

The bottle spinned and it landed on Abeer. His gaze fixed at me and he smirked as he spoke, "first crush?"

I knew it! Jerk. Jerk. Jerk. Jerk. Jerk alert.

"Rithvik" Kaira said. "He was my partner in third grade or something!"

"I think it was Ishaan. I was pretty close to him since we were young," Ruhaana accepted.

"Damn, I didn't know that" Ishaan scoffed. "I liked that girl in my art classes. Don't remember her name now." That was a lie. Ishaan was always in love with Ruhaana, he was head over heels for her... that is until, they went to London.

"It's great you don't know her name anymore. She was ugly anyways, wore braces and plates." Aarav made a disgusted face. "I like Kiara. Not this one, another girl. Prettiest girl in the whole school" He smirked.

"Every guy feels his crush is the prettiest one around, bud" Abeer patted him and he made a whatever face before the attention turned to me.

"There was this guy in Aarav's kickboxing class—.....," I was cut off when Abeer coughed. On purpose.

I sighed. "Okay, Abeer!" I accepted. He smirked.

The others already knew so there was not much reaction from any of them except goofy smiles and ready ohs.

The game moved on. And the bottle landed on me. "First kiss?" I asked. This was to save myself from a lot of embarrassment. Well, because everyone have had their first kissed and me, I haven't. Call me a prude but I haven't. Twenty Two and proud.

"My first girlfriend" Aarav said. Touchy topic, sensitive hearts.

"Same" Ishan accepted.

"You kissed Aarav's girlfriend?" Kaira teased, smirking.

"I meant my first girlfriend" he glared at her.

"I haven't kissed anyone yet." Kaira said. Our loveguru has always been single.

"My first boyfriend" Ruhaana accepted, disinterested. She has just had one boyfriend, which was silly because she was a teen or something but we never met him. Ever. He came and he went, it was short and she fell for him. So bad that she never moved on. Maybe that's why I relate myself more to her.

"Abeer?" I leaned ahead on the table and he glared, not at anyone in particular. He just seemed disinterested with the whole topic.

"I don't remember her name. Maybe Leah. Or Maisha, no I guess it was Bella. I just— forgot" he said. I nodded in disapproval. "What else can you expect from the playboy?" I said. Hurt flashed on his face but he immediately hid it with an I don't care face. Looks like no one called the playboy a playboy on his face.

The bottle was spinned again. This time, it was Kaira. "Have you guys ever fallen in love? I mean, that serious wala thing"

"I don't know" it was Aarav.

"I don't think so" Ruhaana added.

"I'd like to believe I haven't" Ishaan said.

"I have" Abeer said. My heart skipped a beat, and I knew it was the feeling of being hurt. I knew he was a playboy and didn't get into serious relations over the years, but I didn't know he had already given his heart to someone.

Maybe it was this— just this push I needed to move on in life. "Myra, you?" Aarav asked. I didn't look away from Abeer.

"I have" I whispered. "And that's the worst thing I've ever done" I added, looking away. A smile covered my face again but only I knew he tears stinging to come out.

Abeer didn't take his eyes off me, even as Ruhaana spinned the bottle again. The bottle stopped on Aarav. But before my twin could say anything, Abeer stopped him.

"Can I talk to you Myra?" Abeer stopped the game. There was pin drop silence and I could heat my heat faster. I felt the adrenaline rushing through my veins and the strange feelings returning.

"Sure" I replied.

"In private," he added, hesitantly as he got up.

"Sure," I repeated again, as I got up. My anxious eyes caught Ruhaana's and then Aarav's. I might as well have a nervous breakdown.

Aarav got up up after me, stopping Abeer by holding his hand, leaning in to whisper to him. "Kya kar raha hai tu? She's my sister!" He said, warning him. No one could hear them talk, or that is what they thought, because I could.

"I just want to talk to her, I promise." He said. It was something that shone in his eyes that Aarav let him go.

"I'm standing outside the Varanda, the second you feel uncomfortable or anything, just call and I'd be there" Aarav whispered. I nodded, trying to act all cool.

"He isn't an ax murderer or anything, chill!" I joked but his face didn't move a muscle. "Or is he?" I added, nervous.

"Shall we?" Abeer distracted. I nodded as he walked into the varanda and I followed him, my heart beating in my chest.

"What do you want to talk about, Abeer?" I asked. No beating around the bush.

He seemed calm. "About....." his voice trailed.

"Us" He said. My heart beat faster and I felt dazed. Why do you do this to me, Abeer Dhawan?

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