[Aaruhi]:
Darshan was sitting on the couch in the hotel lobby. "I have taken the rooms, here you go, this one's yours and Aaruhi's and this one for me and Shubh", he said and shoved the room keys in air. "Excuse me sir, where's your luggage?", a hotel staff member came towards us with a luggage carrier. Darshan helped him to load the luggage on the carrier while Shubh and Priti sat on the couch and were busy in talking. I went towards Darshan, "Darshan", I called out. "Ya", he said and turned in my direction. "Thank you", I said with a smile on my face and shoved his jacket towards him. He smiled and took his jacket from me. When he was talking it from me, he touched the back of my hand. His fingers were cold af and I could see him shiver a bit. "Are you okay? Your hand is so cold, you are shivering", I asked and my eyes widened when I realised that he was wearing only a t-shirt. "Wait. Don't tell me it's just this cotton t-shirt that you have", I said and he smiled a bit. "Shit, are you serious! Why did you do that? At least you could have taken out another jacket from the bag", I said. "It's okay", he said wearing his jacket. "No, it's not. Darshan it's so cold here, and you are wearing only a simple cotton t-shirt. What if you fell ill? Why the hell did I sleep, if I would not have slept, you would not have done all this", I said and placed my hands on the either sides of my hips. "What!", he said and chuckled. "Are you serious? It's okay", he said and I looked at him. He nodded his head in agreement. "Promise me you won't do anything stupid like this again", I said. "Promise", he said.
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The four of us sat in the living room. We talked, had fun and I was very happy that everything was normal. I had thought that whenever the four of us would sit together and talk, everything would be awkward and no one will feel free but it was nothing like that. We had a great time together. "Hey Aaruhi listen", Shubh said. "Yep", I said and took a sip of coffee. "I want to talk to you, please come with me", he said and got up from the couch. "What happened? Talk here only. We also want to know your secret talks, right Darshan", Priti dramatically said. "Priti you yourself said 'secret' how can we reveal it by talking in front of you", I said. "Ya right. You and Darshan have a talk and think about our secret, we are coming in a minute", Shubh said and took me to the bedroom.
He closed the door and I sat on bed. "What happened", I asked. "Actually I wanted to tell you something", he replied. "Ya I know that, you have already said that outside, tell me what it is, don't beat around the bush", I said. "Okay, so it's about a girl", he added and a wide grin covered his face. "She's in my office, I think I feel something for her but I don't have the courage to tell her", he said and his voice softened in end and the smile faded away. "What! Shubh Arora, who never feared talking to anyone, especially girls,  don't have the courage to talk to his colleague. You remember the number of girlfriends you had in school. You were in demand those days", I exclaimed. "Shut up and listen to me", he snapped silencing me. "That was a different thing, but now I think I really like her. This one is not like the school days when I had a new crush every second day, this one's long lasting", he said and I smiled and the inner me laughed her lungs out because Shubh used to say this to me almost everytime. "Please help me, you have to talk to her for me", he added. "How can I talk to her? I don't even know her name", I said. "Kavya", he instantly said. "Now you know her name, go talk to her", he ordered. I chuckled and said, "Are you stupid? I ment that I don't know her, she don't know me, then how can I go and talk to her and say, hi, meet my friend Shubh, he likes you, please be his girlfriend", I dramatically said. "You yourself have to go and talk to her", I added. "I don't know why but, I am very nervous. I never thought this but this time my mind is filled with negative thoughts like what if she denies, what if she gets angry and stops even talking to me", he said and looked towards the floor. "Don't worry, she'll not deny. I mean look at you. You're such a charming, handsome, sweet man, how can she deny? And if she does, then trust me, she is mad", I said. "Don't talk two ways", Shubh said in disgust. "Okay. Try with me, tell me how will you talk to her, I'll help you", I said and Shubh's face filled with excitement and glowed. He sat down and faced towards me,  held my hands and looked into my eyes. His eyes had a charming spark, they reflected many stories and clearly told that he really love Kavya. He sandwiched my hands between his' and I chuckled. "I hate you", he snapped and threw my hands away. "Hey sorry, I never saw your this phase so it made me laugh. Sorry let's do it again", I managed to say between soft laughs and pulled his upper arm. He again sat in the previous position and I again wanted to laugh but I somehow managed to be quiet because I knew that if I'll laugh again, he'll kill me. "Kavya, I wanted to say something to you for a very long time", he softly said and looked into my eyes. They were filled with passionate love. If I would not have loved him as a sister, I would have definitely proposed him at that time. "I love you", he said after a brief moment of silence, making me smile. I looked away from him and seconds later, my smiled vanished and my eyes wided. Darshan stood at the door, looking at our hands.