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Abhi's POV!!

What the hell happened to puru!! Why he is acting like a stranger and ignoring me!! It has been damn two weeks from my b'day! And it has been the same damn 2 weeks since he ignoring me!

And like putting salt to my wounds, this chashmish also avoids me. They both didn't came to college for 3 days after my b'day. I thought that may be to care sarla ma more. But they neither attend my calls nor reply my messages.

To my surprise and shock, they both chatted with Mickey daily. Didn't purab irked by him at beginning?!

Purab literally ran from me whenever I tried to talk with him. This chashmish na! She ran to purab or others whenever I saw her alone. How can she? Isn't she said that she can't resist herself from being with me!?

I don't know! I don't have a single idea why they become like this! Have I done something wrong?! But the worst is I didn't remember anything about my 'wrong doings' to which why they ignores me!?

Today is Friday! I'm going to ask him about what the hell I did wrong! In these 20 years, he didn't even get angry on me. But what now?

I saw him standing under the tree near playground with chashmish. Their faces are worried and disturbed. Something is definitely wrong!

"Purab!!" I called him. He turned and tried to walk passing me.

"Purab! Stop! I want to talk with you!" I said. He snapped at me and then turned to chashmish and then to me. Again he started walking forward.

"Pragya! If you don't mind, please give us a minute." I said staring at her eyes. She saw me with open mouth. I know why! I didn't called her by her name till now! And now too I hate calling her by that name. But I don't have any option that too in front of puru. And the anger and hurt by her behavior for the past two weeks didn't help me either.

"Baby! Wait there. I'll come." Purab said calmly. She nodded but pleaded something with her eyes to purab. Then she left.

"What abhi?" He asked me like I'm a stranger to him.

"What are you doing puru? What happened to you?" I asked him as calm as I could. His eyes shows hurt, disappointment, anger, etc.. Mixed emotions.

"What I have done? And what happened to me! Nothing! I'm okay!" He said tried to bottling up his feelings.

"That's what I'm asking! What have I done! That you two were ignoring me to the hell!!!!" I yelled unable to control my emotions.

"Nothing abhi! Leave it!" He said and again started walking.

"Purab please! What's going on in ur mind! Please tell me! Please you too don't leave me like others. You are like my own brother. My family! I can't tolerate ur ignorance puru. If you are angry on me. Just hit me, yell at me, beat me. Do whatever you want. But please don't avoid me!!" I asked trying to choke back my tears.

Silence! For 2 mins!

Neither he nor I said anything!

*thud*

He slapped me!! Voah! It's paining like hell!

*thud*

He slapped me again in another side!!

I prepared for another slap. But instead of slapping, he hugged me tightly.

"Sorry abhi! I didn't intend to do like that. But situations made me to. I'm sorry abhi" He chokes up while talking to me in the same hugging position.

"Purab please tell me! What's bothering you! What wrong I had done? Please tell me!" I too choked up.

"No abhi! I can't! I made a promise to someone!" He said calmly.

Then it stricked me! Is he knows about me bullying chashmish! No!!

"Purab! Is it about ur sister?" I asked him wishing his answer will be a 'No'. But he lowered his head nodding.

Yes! So this is what the reason!

"Purab! I want to talk to you. Not here. But somewhere alone!" I told me. He saw me perplexed.

"But now we are alone only na!" He asked me. I slowly went to his ear and whispered "No purab! We are not alone here. Your little sister is watching us from a distance. Don't turn your head immediately. Try to be casually looking at that tree which is 10 feet away from us!"

He too looked casually but gasped seeing her there. I know she was standing there from beginning. So only I got doubt about the ignoring matter is about bullying chashmish.

How can I not acknowledging her presence! I know and can feel every single move of her. She is not my part of life but a part of me!

We slowly moved. But she is following us. Sneaky cat!!

We finally went to boy's washroom near playground. Usually no one came here. So we went inside. She stopped outside. We checked the washrooms. No one is there. So we locked the washroom from inside. Suddenly my mobile started ringing. I just swipe the screen to cut the call.

"Purab! I know why are you like this now! You know about me bullying chashmish. Isn't it?" I asked him. He lowered his head.

"Purab! Listen.. This may give you a thunderstorm. But it's true. I.. I.. I bullied her.. Because.. I.. I... Love her!" I said like mumbling. I literally prepared for another slap from him. But he saw me with wide eyes from tip to toe like I'm from a different planet.

"What!! You bullied her and you love her are two different things. How can you relate them? What the hell is in your mind abhi?" He asked me impatiently.

" I know purab! I understand ur confusion. But it's a damn truth. She is my love at first sight. But after knowing her name, I don't want to be in love with her. So I bullied her. But it didn't help me either. Then dadi came to know about my feelings towards her. She made me to promise that I should not confess her before our graduation. So I don't want to be a love distraction in her studies. That's why I continued to behave like before. Then only I came to know that she is ur baby, my fuggy! How can I leave her after knowing that. Simply saying, I don't want her to be in love before completing her studies. I swear puru, I surely confess my love and be with her till my last breath but after I settled in my career." I said in one breath. He just stand there dumbstruck at my confessions.

"She is in love with you." He whispered.

"What! I think I misheard you! Come again!?" I said.

"She is in love with you. My baby sister already loves you idiot!" He said.

Now my turn to stand dumbstruck at his confession.

"What.. What are you telling puru! You must be kidding right?" I said with a fake laughter. He glared me. I turned my laughter into fake cough.

"But how can this happen puru! She.. I act like a bad boy and showed myself like I hate her to the core. Then how can she fell in love with me. You must be misunderstood. Who told this to you?" I asked him calmly.

"She! My Baby, your fuggy only told me! You idiots! You both were idiots! You bullied her because you love her! And she loves you because you bullied her! What the heck!" He said with much frustration. I chuckled at his words. He glared me.

"I really don't know what to do now purab! I'll do whatever you say. Say something purab!" I asked him. He sighed deeply.

"You did whatever you can do, and now you are asking me what to do next?" He said glaring. I smiled sheepishly at him.

"Purab! How about this? I'll not talk to her here after. So she can forget me and will try to start concentrate in her studies na!"  I asked him. He glared me.

"Forget you! My foot! She'll never forget you! She's already head over heels in love with you!" He said.

Actually I'm on cloud nine hearing this. My chashmish too loves me!! My love!! But now I can't react! Poor me!😣

"Then what you are telling me to do?" I asked him.

"I don't know either! If you avoid her means, she'll be heartbroken. If you being like before means, she'll get doubt about us." He told me worriedly.

"Ok purab! Then we have only one choice! Just pretend like we never talk this and be like before. Ignore me!" I said. He stared me.

"That's not a solution abhi!" He said and sighed.

"I know it's not a solution. But we have to do this till we found a solution!" I told him. He nodded after a big pause.

Then we went to class with a blank face. Chashmish saw us suspiciously but we didn't gave a single hint to her. The rest of the day went by our pretendings.

POV ENDS!

ASHWIN'S POV!

In the same day morning!

I woke up by abhi's blabberings. I opened my eyes and saw abhi sitting in the couch blabbering something to himself. I rubbed my eyes and yawned "what happened abhi? Why are you talking to yourself? Have you gone mad? Oh my god! My friend became mad! What should I do now! Should I call mental asylum?" I said dramatically.

He picked the pillow and throw it on my face! Ouch!!

"Oyee dramabeez! Shut ur craps! I'm already perplexed and irked enough! Please don't irk me from ur part!" He said annoyed.

"What happened buddy? Any problem?" I asked concerned.

"Yes!! But I don't know what's the real problem!" He said with frustration.

"Cool yaar! Tell me what's bothering you!" I asked sitting next to him.

"I don't know what gotten into that purab idiot. It has been 2 damn weeks since he talked with me properly ! Hell, since he talked with me! The worst is I don't know the damn reason!" He said.

"Hey cool yaar! Think! Did you do something?" I asked him calmly rubbing his back to calm him.

"No Mickey! That's what I'm saying! I don't know why he behave like this and to the top of it, his sister also ignoring me to hell!" He said..

"You mean rasgulla!" I asked him not believing she ignoring him. Because they didn't even had a proper talk since I came here. But she did his b'day preparations like long time frnd.

"I mean pragya!" He told and glared me. Why! He only didn't like that name na! That's why I said rasgulla!

"Okay! Cool!! Are you sure they both were ignoring you?" I asked him.

"Am I look like assuming things? I waited patiently for damn 2 weeks thinking that may be my imagination. But no!! They are still like this." He said more irked.

"Cool abhi! First talk with him personally! That'll be the good solution for this. Go and drag him to somewhere and talk with him." I told him. He just nodded and left to his college.

I went to my bed to continue my dream with my dear rasgulla. Yes! I love her. I liked her in our first meet.

I was intrigued by her innocence, eyes, smile, childishness.. Everything! She is my first love! I may flirt with many girls. But no one attracted me like her.

I'm madly in love her. I'm going to propose her in 2 days! I did every arrangement to propose her. In fact I seeked bulz help in that. Bulz too know about my love. She too happy for us.

But rasgulla seems disturbed for the past 2 weeks. I don't know what the matter is. I tried to get the matter from her, but she didn't opened it to me. But hearing abhi's words, I'm little confused about what's going on between them. I shrugged it off thinking that they may be friends.

I went down to have breakfast after taking shower. Then after that, I felt bored as they both were went to college.

I called abhi. He attended in first ring.

"Hello abhi! Did you talk with pu...." I was cut off by abhi's voice.

"Purab! I know why are you like this now! You know about me bullying chashmish. Isn't it?" Abhi told..

Is he talking with purab? Is he attend my call by mistake? But what about him bullying Chashmish! Is chashmish is rasgulla?

"Purab! Listen.. This may give you a thunderstorm. But it's true. I.. I.. I bullied her.. Because.. I.. I... Love her!"

What!! I don't know whether it gives purab a thunderstorm but to me! Is he loves rasgulla? Oh no!

Then I heard purab voice. His question is crt! Bullying and loving are ironic!

Then I heard abhi's confession about why he bullied her!

Oh my god!! My head started spinning! I don't know what I'm gonna do!

But the next word which purab said broke down my whole heart into pieces. She is in love with him? Rasgulla loves abhi?

That's it I can't hold back my tears! I just cut the call and stuffed my face in Pillow. I cried and cried my heart out. I don't know how much time I was there.

Someone tapped my shoulder. I lifted my head to see whom. That's dadi! How can I stop my sobs! I chokes up immediately seeing her. I hugged her and again cried my heart out.

I don't know that I love rasgulla this much till abhi's confession. But thinking my life without her made me vulnerable.

They say, Positive thoughts will make us successful and happy. But in love, it may break our entire heart and mind one day and that day will vanish our entire positive thoughts and happiness and it will build a strong wall around our  heart. But what's the use! My heart is already broken. No use in building wall around it!

Dadi rubbed my back and asked worriedly "what happened beta?? Why are you crying?" I broke the hug and faked a smile at her. She just saw me perplexed.

I told her everything! She listened me consciously.

"I can understand ur situation ashu. But being totally broken will not help you either. You know one thing, marrying the one who loves you is better than marrying the one whom you love. There's a reason for everything. If you two meant for each other, then that'll happen no matter what. But if not means, it never will happen. We should learn to move on in our life. Time doesn't heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go. Sometimes holding on does more damage than letting go." She saw me with a smile. I saw her to continue..

" You know one thing ashu.. One of the most courageous decisions you'll ever make is to finally let go of what is hurting your heart and soul. Always be strong enough to let go and be patient enough to wait for what you deserve. I don't know how to calm you. Every cloud has a silver lining dear. And little did you know how much abhi and pragya loves you as their friend? Don't lose ur best companions for ur heartbroken. Trust me ashu! They are the one to heal your broken heart. Give them as well as you a chance to heal ur heart with friendship. Take ur time. If you want to be alone, you can stay here. I'll tell abhi to stay with me. Don't worry I'm not going to reveal anything. At least it's not my secret." Saying this she left me alone with my own thoughts.

What I'm gonna do!!😭 I can't forget her!!

TO BE CONTINUED!

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