"Farhan.." the duo was surprised to find her on the doorway.

"Shreya?" Whispered Farhan, without any idea about her presence there. She took slow steps to him, contributing more to his confusion.

Eby shifted his look from one to one and began moving away when Farhan called him, "Eby, you.."

Eby chose not to say anything, patting his shoulder passing a small smile. Once he zoomed out of their view, Farhan drove back his eyes to her.

"Farhan, I'm going.." She started.

"Going? Where?" Those words slipped out of his mouth without thinking once.

"I'm going abroad for my higher studies. I want to post graduate in my subject. From the best university."

"Oh." Farhan let in a breathe avoiding her eyes.

"When.. when are you going?" He found his own voice shaking with a cluster of emotions.

"Maybe within a week. Classes have already started. Ishaan had settled the accomodation and all."

"That's good. But.."

"But--what?" She raised a brow.

"You will be missing here, right? Especially when you are new to this family. Still enjoying being one among here."

"Ofcourse, I will. But, what if I don't get an oppurtunity afterwards. I really want this." She pursed her lips wearing her head down.

"So, this maybe the right time to bid bye."

"Are you.. are you for real?" He found a deep lump in his throat at the thought of it.

She let out a sad smile, "Goodbye Farhan. Have a bright future."

Farhan could not believe his ears. Is she really saying goodbye to him?

From his life?

And wishing him a good future, when he wanted her to be his past, present and future too.

Farhan failed to control the ocean of emotions hovered over him. Though the thing he had for her was not mutual, he felt contented even seeing her.

At the time when they were at college, he talked with her barely but badly except when they got bonded by friendship which lasted only for a month or two.

And now, he was feeling happy that she no longer hated him but then what? Once again she was going to break his heart.

Shreya headed back ready to leave. But he stopped taking hold of her arm. She glanced at his hand and then back to him as shock was evident all over her face.

"You can't go Shreya. You can't go like that." His voice shook with the pain.

"Are you leaving me again? No! You can't do that. You can't do that." Farhan muttered shaking his head in disagreement. "I won't, won't let you go."

She gulped before saying, "You should. You should when you were the one who never cared to leave everyone and go your way. Even me." He stood frozen watching her eyes turning wet.

"You never bothered about how would I feel when you leave. Oh no! You were busy bothering on Ainu everytime, right. You even came back for her. To see her. No one cared about my existence." Her eyes displayed the depth of hurt inside.

"What? Shreya, you.. don't act like you care. Please don't! Because I could not bear with the pain you caused me last time. The reason why we parted ways." He could not help but spat out the truth which was a need of second. Recalling it was the last thing he ever wanted.

"Please! Please stop it with the reason. I don't want to dig in the thing which kept on hauntering me whole through my life. Which made me regret even living. Which caused me many sleepless nights. I don't want to hear it again."

"Ofcourse, everything is easy for you. Saying, regretting, forgetting. Every fucking things! You don't have any idea how much it hurted me." he thundered at her.

"As if you know what I felt then."

"What?" He raised a brow not getting her.

"If you are speaking on the day you heard me spitting my secret, it was nothing but just a play."

Farhan could not figure out what she exactly meant by it that he passed a look signaling to enlighen him.

"Everything was for her. My aunt, Suzan."

"It's not that I have any thing for music I joined the club. But for you. To see you, to talk with you, to get to know you. And we know that we shared a bond more than just friendship." His look softened at her words craving for more.

"But it was the last thing aunt wished for. She looked after me expecting to make myself just a way to get money. She showed me my dad when I was a teen promising she would help me to get him back. For that, she insisted me to join the same college as Ishaan's."

"And when I did, she felt eager to tie me with him. Though she knew it was impossible, she went on with her nagging."

"But then came you. The only thing I loved to go there. I know you hated me for my wild character she sketched for me. Then I felt no need to hide myself from you."

"Once we became close, she gave no way but to cheat on you that I intentionally said it to my friend knowing you were there. And then she turned to Ishaan with her dirty blackmail."

"When he proposed me before all, I was forced to accept it. I felt so pity on myself that I had to go through all these.. I'm sorry, but I had no way. No one to even share.. no one.." She spoke in between sobbing.

Farhan found him motionless as he started feeling dizzy of what was he hearing. It was then he realized how tragic her life was. He thought he was the one owning nothing and no one.

But it was actually her.

A mixture of emotions hugged him. At the same time, he felt sad, shocked, guilt, overwhelmed.. and happy?

Farhan reached for her face with quivering hand. "So.. you are saying.. you.." he didn't know what word would fit there as his emotion being uncontrollable.

Shreya nodded not forgetting to leave a smile through her wet face. "It was always you Farhan. Only you." His heart melted at her words.

Farhan was upto drag her into him but she pushed him away, "You won't ever say it, will you?" puffed her.

A smile came across his face watching her behaving like a kid asking for candies, "No." He heard her exhaling.

"But I can make my whole life a proof for it."

It was enough to bring back her happiness. They looked at each other with all their love and care. They had been yearning for each others since years and finally time brought them together.

"Not getting enough time expressing?" Aju chuckled coming out.

They headed back only to see the whole squad joining them. "Uhm, seems like everything went well." Eby wore one of his grandfather looks.

"Very well." Aju nodded taking a detailed look at their tangled hands.

"Well.." Ishaan walked to them, "You cannot hurt my sister again, right?" He made sure as he put his arm around her shoulders.

"Okay daddy." Farhan smiled one of his charming smiles feeling contented at what was he going through.

"Where is Ainu?" he enquired searching for his favourite face.

"Present." Amaaya made an effort to reply in between chewing candyfloss leaning at the corner. He laughed shaking his head in disbelief.

"You have been having it for a long time. That too without giving us." Rinu twisted her lips complaining.

"Yeah, what if something happens to you." added Anjali who was already mouth watering at it.

"Stop it with your polished concernity. I ain't gonna give it to you. I want all of this." She said still struggling to hold all those packets.

Ishaan could not help but felt his heart sank at the sight. Watching her hugging those candyfloss made him to think it was nomore the candies but him who was circled by her little arms.

Godddd!!!! I LOVE HER.. He screamed inside just like every other time he see her.

How he wished the whole crowd would vanish in a snap of finger that he could haul her into him and kiss her unstoppably like the end of the world.

"HELLO!" All peered at the doorway to see her entering in.

"Kair.." Farhan's face instantly lit up.

"Farhan." She went nearer to him gifting a warm hug.

"How.. how you here? You never said you were coming."

"Well, only to you." she smiled, "Right, Eby?"

"Yeah!" Farhan glared coming to know everyone was aware of it except him.

"How is Delhi?" Aju started.

"Good, the weather is.."

"Not that. I meant the girls." he cut her off.

"Girls there are amazing but tooooo tall to be worthy of you." she teased giving way for a group laugh.

"Remember your fiance is not the tallest guy in the universe." Aju shot back as his blood began to boil.

"I'm happy that you finally had the nerve to speak up to her." Kaira admitted glancing at Farhan and back at Shreya.

"Speak up? That's not something he know." Shreya sighed glaring him.

Farhan smiled leaving a hand over her, "We have a lifetime to speak up, why worry then?" A blush crossed her face thinking of it.

Living with him. The only thing she had ever dreamt of.

"And to you two, congrats for the big news!" She wished the engaged couple serving her gorgeous smile.

"Put it in your trash bin. You didn't made an effort to show up." Eby complained.

"So sorry Eby. As I said, I was super busy shopping each little of the little things for my great event. And he insisted me to stay there." Kaira explained softly trying hard to make him understand.

"Okay fine. But I will chope you if you did the same at my wedding." He threatened as Anjali shook her head at his childish behaviour.

"Deal." Kaira agreed.

"Yeah, but sad that it's only after a year or so." Aju butted in.

"A YEAR? You wish!" Shouted Eby.

"Why you so eager to get married? I don't mind sleeping with you for some more years." Pouted him.

"Oh oh! So that's it. I have been wondering why you were acting weird on my engagement." Eby widened his eyes at the realization.

"Oh my! Are you gonna marry a gay my alien?" Amaaya gasped.

"Really?!" Anjali glared at Eby her face all shocked.

"What? Damn! I'm gonna kill this dog." Eby was ready to attack him when others stopped.

"And what's with this surprise huh?" Kaira shifted her look to Neil and Rinu.

"Oh that!" Rinu shyly threw her look the otherside. "Uhm, fixed the marriage date?"

"Nice try Rinu. And by the way, I'm here to give you something." She pulled out a very beautiful wedding card before handing them.

"Wow wow, Kaira Haleema weds Izyan Waqas." Aju announced.

"Can't wait for your big day." Amaaya shouted excitedly.

"For yours too Ainu."

"Huh, mine?" She got flustered up at her sudden words. Her heart pounded rapidly just at the thought of it.

Her marriage? Seriously?

Ishaan gazed into her, his face all mesmerized. Ofcourse, he too had that effect on him. Maybe more than her.

"Ahem! Someone does not even bother minding me. All lost at his girl."

Ishaan cleared his throat to explain, "How are you doing Kaira?"

"Bomb blasting."

"Hey, you word stealer." Amaaya accused a finger at her.

Kaira was upto say something when she found her phone vibrating. A curve formed her lips seeing the name flashing.

IZyan Waqas.

Farhan let in a relieved sigh watching her happily talking with her fiance. He turned to look Shreya who was already looking at him.

Sooner, they got engrossed enjoying each other's company. They spent time playing cards, singing, laughing and ofcourse making fun of others.

"Ainu..?" Farhan rested his head on her shoulder as she played with the cards.

"Yeah."

"I'm a heart patient."

She shot a murdering look at him, "One more time you say, I swear I would slap."

Farhan laughed, "No! Not that way. This feeling." he sighed. "So overwhelming. Too heavy to handle you know?"

"I know." she smiled. "But I bet you are loving it." He chose to keep silent slightly smiling.

"And promise me something." she added.

"What?"

"You won't be having icecreams with her."

"What? Hell no, if you are mentioning Shreya." he dropped it to her face right away.

"No. You can't do it."

"Why not?"

"It's.. it's our thing, right? To have icecreams together. Chocolate and butterscotch." He could not help but smile seeing his bestfriend turning emotional.

"Okay unless you won't be having it with Ishaan."

"Seriously? Ishaan and icecream? Did you not know him?"

"HAH! What he always say?-Icecreams are not good for having but for getting cough." Farhan mimicked his tone before they bursted out in laugh.

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