rayan's pov:

i drafted a mail to the hr department asking them to only hire a male assistant for me. well, they will probably think i am gay but yeah.

i am going back home. for 3 days.

it's risky because i can't let nora know about this. i am just gonna go, meet my mom and sister and be back.

as much as i miss nora, i miss my mother. and i know my mother misses me too.

flight tomorrow.

the next day:

ruhi's pov:

i just came back home. i hate exams.

gonna brush my teeth and have a bath and sleep. yay. favourite part of my day.

*door bell rings*

oh god, my parents are sleeping, i gotta check this one.

i open the door and-

"rayan youu???" i am about to cry.

i hugged him. i missed him so much.

"i missed you" i said.

"i missed you too ruhi" he said while he kissed my forehead.

"nora is gonna be very happy-" i tell and he cut me mid sentence.

"nora is not going to know about this. am i clear?" he said strictly.

hahahaha you think.

"yes, sure" i said.

i have seen nora crying and dying since 2 years. ofcourse she's gonna know.

our mom woke up, i guess we were loud.

rayan hugged her. she started crying.

"stay away from me. you disowned me" she said. she was actually very hurt because he just changed his number and didn't contact anyone from our family. i tried my best to console mom but she was missing him so much.

"mom, i am so sorry, but what I'd done was necessary. for nora. she got into coma because of me, i had to stay away from her. you know mom, i love her" rayan told mom.

"it's all my mistake. i shouldn't have gotten you married to that problem. ever since she's gotten into your life, she just made you miserable" mom started crying.

rayan felt bad. me too. nora's my bestfriend since my childhood.

"mom, please " rayan told her.

"shut up" mom said.

"so your son is a millionaire now" rayan said.

what.

omg.

mom was shocked. me too.

"i am proud of you" mom said while they hugged again.

"i am proud of you too" i said.

rayan smiled a little and said "so mom, now i am independent enough to take care of you and ruhi, now you don't have to stay with your abusive husband"

"shut up, he's your father, he hits me because he loves me" mom said.

i am at my limit with this woman.

rayan sighed and went upstairs to his room.

his room was covered in dust.

if i were him, I'd have called and waited for househelp. but he's he.

he cleaned the whole room by himself, took him more than an hour, all while i was talking to him about his new life.

"how's nora" was the first question he asked.

"breathing" i said.

"how's her health?" he asked.

"she's lost a lot of weight, she misses you so much" i said.

"i miss her more than that ruhi" he said. with watery eyes.

"why don't you both meet, just meet her for once, she's been dead ever since you left her" i pleaded him.

"no ruhi, please don't make it hard for me" rayan said.

there was silence until he finally cleaned the room and he was about to sleep.

"goodnight rayan" i told.

"goodnight" he said with a sad voice.

the next morning:

me at university, watching lifeless nora coming to me and sitting beside me. and the professor starts his class.

"how are you" i asked her. we have to murmur because we are in a class.

"1 micrometre away from suicide" she said.

well that was rough.

"i have good news" i said.

"nothing felt good ever since rayan left me but sure, tell me about it" she said hopelessly.

"rayan is here" i said.

she froze.

"i wanna meet him" she said.

"i know, and i will arrange it" i said and we grabbed eachother's hands.

she was soo overwhelmed and flushed out. she finally seemed excited about something after years.

when the class was over, she dragged me out of the class.

"i wanna meet him now" she declared.

"ok ok hold on relax, give it some time" i told.

"i have given it enough time, take me to him" she said.

"ok you could come in the evening" i told her.

"I'll come in the night, through his window, to his room" she said.

what-

i know rayan has done this several times to get into nora's room but role reversal wow.

"do you even know how to climb" i asked her.

"no" she said.

"but i will arrange a ladder" she continued.

enthusiasm.

"sure" i said.

i know rayan will be very very mad at me but i have seen nora so lifeless and helpless since 2 years. this is the least i could do for her.

nora's pov:

finally 9pm. i have told in the home that i have a sleepover with my friends today.

mubi totally supported me in what i was doing and mubi's friends helped me get a ladder.

10pm now. good time to get in?

i wonder if someone thinks i am a thief and calls the police.

i text ruhi. "good time to come in?"

ruhi: NO. my parents didn't sleep yet. wait.

nora: i can't wait any longer i want him.

ruhi: he's working and he's busy. wait for another hour.

nora: alright, i already waited for 2 years, 1 more hour sure.

ruhi: ily

nora: ilym

11pm.

nora: that's it, i am coming.

ruhi: my mother didn't sleep yet-

nora: i don't care.

and i switch off my phone and start climbing the ladder to rayan's room.

i reach the window. window's closed. i can see him working on his laptop. his face to my sight under the moonlight. is this what heaven feels like?

i knock it.

he sees me.

he rushed to me and opens the window. "nora" he said.

and i lost my mind and balance and i almost fell through the ladder but he catches me and pulls me in.

my heartbeat is so fast rn, nothing dramatic, i  was just going to fall so bad.

"why are you-" he says while i cut him off mid sentence and press my lips on his.

i know this is wrong. but seeing the love of your life after 2 years can do so many things to you.

he forgot what he was saying.

"i love you" i said while i kissed him again.

"stay away" he shouted.

so mean.

"go away" he said.

"i waited for you for 2 years and i have died every single day and now that we meet, you push me away?" i said, almost breaking down.

"yes" he said emotionlessly.

"i know you think it's bad for my health and shit but i just don't understand what do you even have to do with my memoryloss, you're just overreacting." i tell him.

"it's not about your health. i just don't like you anymore. go away" he said.

tears start flowing down my cheeks.

"i know you're lying. why are you doing this" i say while washing my face with tears.

"leave me alone, i am not lying. i don't like you. go away" he shouted again.

someone enters the already open room and i couldn't care less who it is because my life just shattered.

"mom, ask her to go" rayan told to his mom.

"what are you doing here bitch? get out. actually, i will throw you out from my house" she said.

and she dragged me out from her house.

i am numb.

i don't understand what's happening.

how can the guy i thought about every single day since years do this to me.

i don't want to live.

i wanna die.

i take a cab to the nearest river.

i am going to jump and end my life right here.