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She entered the completely dark silent room and called out," Ved, where are you?"

No response, the same pin drop silence lingers.

She again asked in a teasing tone," Ved, please! We aren't in the age of playing hide and seek, anymore. Come out! Where are you?" and ended up smiling.

But there was again, no response.

She sighed and opened her mouth to admonish the concerned person, only to feel a huge white light suddenly turning on, behind her.

She immediately turned to witness the biggest shock of her life, well not really. The white fairy lights were arranged in a sentence:

'WILL YOU MARRY ME, DEEKSHYA?'

And below it, a tall well-built man was on his knees head bowed: right hand holding out a ring and left hand holding a vibrant bouquet of red roses.

It was none other than Ved Srivastava, the man who loves her.

She always knew that this thing will definitely happen but this soon, she never expected. 

The moment is finally here, the dreaded and already decided moment. She can't run away from this, not anymore. So, she did the best and pre-decided thing with a single word.

"YES"

She uttered slowly but audible enough to him, skillfully masking all her raw emotions buried deep inside her and probably fixing the final nail on their coffin.

She heard him say," This ring, the symbol of my love, encircling your finger Priya, will always remind you that you're surrounded by my love even in the absence of mine" while sliding the said jewellery and using his exclusive endearment of her 'Priya'. She is finally bounded to him and these words uttered by him in pure adoration felt heavy.

Her fate is sealed. She sealed it.

Her love now remains unrequited forever. She did it.

Because she is gonna marry the brother of the man she loves the most, who is also her best friend. Her reason is simple:

Being with a man who loves you unconditionally is much better than being with a man YOU love.

He picked up the call, only to hear the most devastating news of his life. And before he could even realize it, the phone slipped out of his hand and got shattered into pieces, just like his heart. 

No, this can't be true, he chanted this internally hoping for the new piece of information to be false.

"VEDDDDDDD", a loud heart-shattering scream resonated in the gigantic hall of the Srivastava mansion bringing him back from his trance. 

It was his Mother's voice. 

And before he could even bring himself to process what's happening let alone act, another scream equally heart-wrenching reverberated in the whole mansion.

"VEDDDDDDD"

But this time it was from the nearest room, where he was a while ago having a light convo.

Realizing that he ran to her room only to witness Deekshya falling lifelessly with a thud on the cold marble floor. He ran to her immediately without paying attention to the TV set.

On the TV, the news channel was flashing the breaking news with the ugly scream of some news anchor cursing the enemies. It's flashing:

"THE CONVOY OF SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM JAMMU ATTACKED AT PULWAMA DISTRICT. 

AS PER NOW, THE MARTYRS TOLL IS 20. AND THE NAMES ARE CAPTAIN VED SRIVASTAVA, SUBEDAR..."

" We have decided something for the betterment of the whole family and of course, Deekshya". His parents and her foster parents declared with a mix of certainty and uncertainty reflecting from their stature. It looked as if they are contemplating the consequences of the words they are going to utter.

Their mother, Dr Smita Srivastava held a requesting gaze to both of them, confusing the two souls, and said," We expect that you both will understand from where we are coming and also act accordingly though we hope for a positive response". 

Without beating around the bush like his wife, their father, Mr Dhananjay Sriavastava, stated with an authoritative yet soft voice," We want you both to get married" and stopped for a while to gauge his both child's reactions but couldn't as they have kept a neutral face. Dismissing his mind's urge of thinking once again, he continued," to each other. We want you both, Anirudh and Deekshya, to get married to each other. Everyone's betterment can only be ensured by this".

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