Karan looked at his text again. Then he raised his head to look around. There was no sign of Diya. “Karan” he heard a voice and turned. His heart stopped beating for that particular moment. His expressions dead.

“Ragini” he was shocked. “Hi” she nervously spoke and all he could do was stand still. “Hey” he gave her an awkward smile. “Karan...” Ragini was interrupted. “Um. I have some pending work” he caressed his neck and started to walk from there.

“Karan stop” he heard her call and stood without moving. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath. He did not wanted to be there right now. But he can't behave so rudely with Ragini who was originally his sunshine.

“I'm sorry Ragini” he turned to her with an apologetic look. “See. I know I had proposed you and also had kind of feelings for you. But now I don't know what I want. I am confused. And I don't know what to name those feelings. Or do I still have them or not” he was half broken.

She nodded her head negatively and tried to speak something. But Karan did not let her speak. “Actually... I...” he closed his eyes. How is he going to tell the girl he proposed that he likes her sister not her anymore. What will Ragini think of him. How will he tolerate her pain. Pain of rejection, pain of deceiving.

“Hey Karan” Diya spoke cheerfully as she came out of the hiding. His heart now started to pound and he looked at her unsure. “Um.. I'm sorry for interrupting you people but...” she smiled still widely hiding her real emotion.

“But you both are so slow man” she chuckled. “I mean I know you are taking time to move on. But come on don't take so long that I will turn into a fossil waiting to be the maid of honor in my own twin sister's marriage. You both love each other so immensely, that all around people are giving your examples instead of Romeo and Juliet you know” she laughed.

Ragini looked at her twin sister weirdly. She won't speak this nonsense unless... unless she is sad. Karan looked at her and then at Ragini. How could he be selfish to push her to such a painful sorrow. From what he heard now Ragini still loved him and he was the reason for it. And now if he has grown fond of Diya then what is Ragini's fault in it.

Ragini glanced at Karan. She cannot make him the victim of her suffering. He had always loved her. He never was like Sanskar. But she cannot love him because she loved Sanskar and nobody else. But looking at the vulnerable state of Karan she hardly had courage to reveal him the truth.

Diya slowly started to walk from there. Ragini looked down blushing and tucked the hair strand behind her ear. And Karan's heart started to gallop. Not for Ragini's beauty but for the reason that Diya was moving away from him. He just watched her back. Diya on the other hand wiped the single tear left her eye.

She was determined to bring those two broken people and in the process she was breaking herself more and more.

There was just silence while Ragini and Karan walked beside each other near the hallway of the college. “Um. I got to go to the class” Ragini broke the silence and Karan smiled at her nodding his head and walked away. Ragini sighed and looked up defeated.

She suddenly felt a grip on her shoulder. And before she could realize she was inside the class pinned to the wall and the man who pulled her towering her. She looked up freaking out.

“What the hell?” she spoke annoyed.

“Hell? Do you even know what is hell?” he asked her with all the rage inside him. “Sanskar” finally his face was visible to her. “Why are you on the game spree again. Hadn't Karan tolerated enough because of you?” he locked her from both the sides.

“Sanskar I...” she wanted to speak but he did not let her to talk. He banged his hand to the wall beside her making to jump in place.

“Look Ragini. You know what will be the result of all this. We are already in a complicated relationships and you are worsening it” he looked at her.

Ragini closed her eyes annoyed. “I am not intending to do any of it alright and Karan knows that I have a twin sister and he did seemed minding it” she crossed her arms.

“Problem is not you having twin sister. Problem is you being with two guys at the same time” he gritted his teeth. “Who said I am with two guys?” she glared him. “You love me and you are being with Karan” he growled.

“Who said I love you? I don't fucking love you” she hissed. “And I was with Karan and I will be with him and you are nobody to say me not to be with him alright?” she pointed her finger at him. Now he was crossing his limit and she had to show him his place.

Before she could get out of his hold he dragged her back and crashed his lips on hers. His anger flew through  that passionate kiss and he bit her lower lip and it started to bleed.

Ragini winced in pain and closed her eyes. Sanskar dragged himself away when he was not able to breath. “Don't you... don't you ever say that you don't love me when you fucking do” he looked at her.

He left the room and Ragini collapsed on her knees and cried.

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“Diya...Diya...” Karan held her elbow and she stopped and turned to look at him with her fake smile. “Why you're doing this?” he pleaded her. “What am I doing?” she asked confused.

He looked up annoyed. She was getting on his nerves by this pretending game. “Acting like it doesn't matter that I be with your sister” he finally spoke. “I am not pretending Karan. She deserves you and I am happy for her” she smiled. But she could not hide that pain from him.

“Are you happy for me?” he looked into her eyes. “Yeah...” he smile faltered but she maintained it. “Why won't be I? You are with the girl who is your sunshine. The girl you truly fell in love with” her heart was paining but her smile just widened.

“You are not wrong though” he smiled sadly at her and looked down while she walked away. He watched her back.

“Though I failed to understand what love is” he whispered.

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Diya watched her sister while they were inside the room. There was something weird. Ragini was hiding her face behind a book. She did not even show up at dinner and she drove to home in Rebecca's car. She literally avoided Diya today.

“What?” Ragini looked up from her book still hiding her face behind it. Diya looked suspicious. “What are you hiding?” she grabbed the book but Ragini covered her face quickly.

“N... nothing. Why will I?” she acted and Diya knew it. “See there lizard” she pointed at the spot beside Ragini. “I am not falling for this” Ragini huffed. “No kidding twin sister” Diya spoke seriously. Ragini turned lazily to the side and started to jump out of her bed screaming.

“What the hell?” their father entered their room shocked. Diya was laughing and Ragini was clinging to her. She looked over Diya's shoulder and ran to her father.

“Dadda” she jumped in his embrace and he looked at Diya. Diya just shrugged her shoulder. “What happened pumpkin pie” he caressed Ragini's hair. “Lizard....” she spoke in low voice. He kissed her hair and consoled her.

“What's this?” he pointed at her lips which had swollen a bit. “Um. Some insect bite” she lied. “My goodness. It can be poisonous. Why didn't you tell me earlier?” he asked worried.

“Not to worry dad. I visited the college medical room. They said it is not poisonous” she smiled at him. He sighed. “Be careful baby” he pouted cutely and she hugged him rocking in his embrace. “I promise I will be next time” she closed her eyes feeling relaxed.

She can fight a battle and come back to her dad and all her anxiety, tiredness will be gone. After all it was her dad.

“Goodie night goody goody” he pinched her nose and she chuckled at his childishness. No wonder Diya was carbon copy of her father. Cuteness overloaded. She smiled turning when he walked out of the room.

Diya was standing with her crossed arms. “Was it an insect or the viper?” she raised her one eye brow. “Sleep Diya” Ragini pushed her and walked to her bed. She turned the lights off and Diya glared her sister one last time before falling on the bed and turned the bed light of hers.

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