As promised, Kim talked to her boyfriend regarding the events of the party night.

"Arohi, as per Jonas, you were the one who kissed Yudhi first and it was you, who wanted to go with him." She told Arohi rolling her eyes.

Arohi knew she has feelings for Yudhi, but she was not sure if she would act the way Jonas described. Maybe the reason she was drunk made her act in that way, she thought. Anyway Yudhi was supposed to be responsible, and the reason, he remained sober, was to make sure she does not do anything stupid and he failed.

She actually hoped Yudhi would talk to her after reaching home, but he didn't and all she got from her mom was, he is very busy with his project. Guess, he cares more about his project than her.

She checked the time and it was almost 10 PM, so Yudhi should be home. She called the home number.

"Aru! how are you?" her sister Abhi asked.

"Hey Abhi, I am good, how are you guys doing? What is going on?"

"Nothing sis! everything is normal, just waiting for you to come home and I am so excited about the upcoming India trip."

"Me too! where is mom?"

"Oh! she got an emergency call and left 30 minutes ago. Dad is sleeping. Anything important?"

"Nope, just asking. What is Yudhi doing ?" she tried to sound casual.

"Oh! he is always busy with his project. He and Kat work long hours, she is in his room right now."

"What! why is Kat working with him and this late into night?" Arohi tried to suppress concern and anger in her voice.

"Common, you are one who set them up for math coaching. After her exam she qualified for the NASA project and now she is member of his team and they have been working together for some time now. She sometimes stays over here and he sometimes at her place. If you ask me, they look like a couple."

Arohi was shocked and speechless for few minutes.

"How come I don't know anything about this? You never told me before, even mom or Yudhi." Arohi was trying to stop the tears rolling down from her eyes.

"You never wanted to hear anything about Yudhi, remember you hate him ?" Abhi was surprised at her sister's concern about Yudhi.

"Ok, I will talk to you later. I need to talk to Kim about this. Bye." Arohi managed to put the phone down before Abhi could hear her crying voice.

Arohi couldn't believe Yudhi and Kat were working together and spending lot of time with each other. Kat was supposed to be with her boyfriend Roger, but she knew they were having issues and if anything happened between them, she has to blame herself, as she was the one who proposed that Yudhi should work with Kat.

She waited till Kim came back from her shift.

"Kim, I need to talk to you about your sister."

"Yes Arohi, what about her?"

"Is she working with Yudhi now? How come you didn't tell me anything? Also looks like they she stays over at my place to work with Yudhi."

"Wow! I know she is working with Yudhi on the NASA project, but I was not aware that they were working so close together. Every time I talk to her, she keeps on talking about Yudhi and how he solved some critical problem using his math skills, so I stop listening to her."

"Really, I can't believe no one told me that they are working together."

"Its you who proposed that they should work together, so I thought you were already aware of it. Are you jealous that my sister is working with Yudhi?" Kim poked Arohi.

"No, I am not, just surprised that no one told me."

"Its okay honey, you don't have to be jealous, I know she is in love with Roger and would not do anything to jeopardize her relationship with Roger."

"I hope too. Thanks Kim, I feel better now."

Four weeks later ..

Arohi was flying back to San Francisco after successfully finishing her college.

Arohi's POV

I was looking at the passing clouds through the aircraft window. This was supposed to be the best moment of my life. I am returning back home after successfully finishing my medical course and would be a full fledged doctor in a few months.

Actually I am very happy and thankful for lot of things, but there is still that one small thing that is nagging me - Yudhi. I had so many doubts about myself, whether I truly love him or was I just falling for his cute face? I wanted to be hundred percent sure that I really love him and it is not just infatuation.

But now, looks like that I took lot of time and made a few mistakes. I am going to find out the relationship between Yudhi and Kat. After my initial call to Abhi, where I came to know that both of them were spending lot of time together, Kim did talk to her sister and came to know that she and Roger have broken up and Kat was showing lot of interest in Yudhi.

She did ask me to declare my love for Yudhi, so that she can tell her sister to back out, if she had any intentions on Yudhi. I didn't do that, because I didn't like building walls around Yudhi to make him my own. If my love is true and Yudhi loves me the same way I love him, then our love should be able to withstand all these tests and survive. I understand that Kat is challenging our love, but there will be many more challenges in future, and the only way our love is going to win, if only, Yudhi loves me as much as I love him.

Initially, I was very confident about our love, but as days went on, the small nagging pain in my chest grew and enveloped my whole body. I realized that the nagging pain in my chest was holding me from celebrating my other successes.

I was so eager to see him on one hand and on the other, I was afraid what I may find out about his relationship with Kat. I have only four days to get to the bottom of this, as we are leaving for India on day five. Also I wish, Kim was there to help me, but she left for Hawaii with Jonas.

Finally the cloud layers started clearing and I was able to see San Francisco's tall buildings and the Golden Gate bridge in a distance.

I was back home.

Dad, Mom and Abhi were there to receive me. I was hoping Yudhi would come, but he didn't come. I knew he has deadlines, but this is kind of important, as I am coming home after successfully finishing college and it does not happen everyday.

As we were entering our driveway, my eyes were searching for him, hoping he would appear any moment, but he didn't. Finally I looked for him all over the house and checked his room.

"Abhi, where is Yudhi?" I asked stepping into her room.

"He is in Florida. He went there for a conference."

"Oh! when is he coming back? Also did he go alone?"

"He is coming back day after tomorrow and Kat is with him."

Hearing that Kat was with him gave me a sick feeling and I decided to spend rest of the day in bed. No matter how much I tried, I couldn't stop thinking about Yudhi and Kat and what they might be doing. I tried to remove the negative thoughts by keeping myself busy with chores, but it was not helping.

Next day, mom suggested we go shopping and I was happy to get out of the house and immerse myself in shopping, as we had a ton of things to buy for our India trip. After a full day of shopping, I was so tired and slept peacefully without any weird dreams.

Next day.

Yudhi was supposed to come today. I woke up and came downstairs to have breakfast. Mom, dad and Abhi were busy getting ready to get to their work day, but I was free and had nothing to do.

An empty mind is a devil's workshop - so I decided to keep myself busy and started packing things for the India trip. After lunch, I put on the TV and started watching Harry Potter reruns and at some point fell asleep. I woke up on hearing a buzzing sound. It was my phone.

"Hi Dad"

"Hi sweety, oh! you sound sleepy, did I wake you up?"

"Its okay dad, you know TV makes me sleepy."

"Can you do me a favor and pick up Yudhi from the airport? I told I would pick him up, but something came up."

"Sure, don't worry. Text me his flight details" I could feel my blood pressure surging and heart beat racing hearing Yudhi will be here soon.

I took a quick shower and after putting on jeans and a simple white top, headed to the airport.

I was there a bit early, so after parking the car I headed to the arrivals and stood in a corner from where I could watch the arriving passengers without being seen. I felt like a spy, but didn't feel guilty about it.

After watching arriving passengers for about 15 minutes, my eyes were getting tired. This spying thing is not for me, I decided and was about to give up, when I saw them, Yudhi and Kat. Yudhi was pushing the luggage trolley and Kat was walking by his side. She was explaining something and laughing and looking at Yudhi, though Yudhi's eyes were on the people in front of him. She was constantly touching him and trying to get his attention, but Yudhi looked very normal.

I didn't know what to make out of it, so I finally showed up in front of them.

"Hey Arohi, I am so glad to see you. Congratulations!!" Kat hugged and kissed me.

"Glad to see you Arohi and Congratulations!!! you are a doctor now" Yudhi gave a hand shake. He was looking at me like he was seeing me for the first time.

"Thanks guys, I didn't know both of you were coming together."

"I am spending so much time with Yudhi that people think we are a couple now."

I almost missed a heartbeat, did she mean it seriously. I looked at Yudhi for a response, but he was busy putting the luggage into the car.

"Arohi, let me drive." Yudhi took the keys from my hands. Before I could get into the car, Kat got into the front seat, so I had to sit in the back.

"So how was your trip?" I asked them hoping to get some insight.

"Oh it was great! They liked our pilot project and the full project has been approved with Yudhi as the program manager. He has a big budget now and lot of responsibility."

"Wow! congrats Yudhi. Dad and mom will be very happy to hear that."

"It was team effort Arohi, everyone worked very hard for this pilot presentation."

"Hey the team is so proud of you, so we are celebrating tonight. Don't forget and be ready by 7." Kat said punching his arm.

"Ok, you already reminded me a million times."

They were fighting like a couple too. I didn't like the idea of Yudhi leaving for party tonight as I was hoping to talk to him about the nature of his relationship with Kat and figure out what he thinks about me.

We drove over to Kat's place to drop her.

After she took her luggage, she came to the front and put her head through the driver's window.

"Don't forget, be ready by 7, I will pick you up." she said

"Million and one .." he said

"I know, I have a surprise for you." she bent further and whispered in his ear and looked like she kissed him, as Yudhi was pulling the car out of driveway. I couldn't see clearly as Yudhi's head was obstructing my view.

OMG! did she just kiss him?

I was hoping Yudhi would say something, but he got a call and started talking to someone about the project. I didn't get a chance to talk for rest of the drive and then as we reached home, dad was there and they started talking about the project again. After then Yudhi went to his room to get ready for the party and the whole day was gone. Kat came around 7 and picked him up.

I went to bed thinking I had one more day to deal with this before we leave for India. I won't be able to enjoy my vacation until I put this issue to rest.

I was tossing and turning and desperately trying to sleep, when my phone started buzzing. It was Kim.

"Hey Kimmie, how is Hawaii?"

"Aru, I don't know how to say this, but we have big problem?"

"What kind of problem Kim?" my brain was already overheated.

"Its about Kat."

"What about her? She is partying with Yudhi and team."

"I think it is going to happen after that."

"What is going to happen?"

"I checked just now as I was away from my phone, she texted me earlier that she is going to do it, you know, give up her v-card and I think she is going to do it with Yudhi."

"OMG! that was the surprise she was referring to... OMG!" I felt like my heart was going to come out of my mouth. I felt so sick, I could hardly breathe.

"Aru, I am so sorry. I know you have feelings for Yudhi, but I never thought anything like this was going to happen, especially my sister, since she has been with Roger for a long time now. I have been trying to call her and Yudhi too, but they are not picking up their phone."

"Ummm.." I couldn't stop the tears anymore.

"Please don't cry. We can still stop this. I know she will get back to home after the party, so please go to my home now and stop them. It is not Yudhi's fault as he knows nothing about her plan. Also he will be very drunk, so his guard will be lower. Please stop crying and get to my house now. I should have been there with you."

"I don't know what to do Kim"

"See, they both are going to regret this tomorrow as it will be for wrong reasons. My sister is doing this to take revenge on Roger, as she saw him with some other girl and for Yudhi, he is at the wrong place at the wrong time. This is so wrong. You need to stop them now."

"No Kim, its fate. I am not going to go and stop them. They are adults and if they want to do something stupid, it is up to them. Yes, I am going to suffer, but for the long term, it is good for me. If Yudhi cannot control himself every time he gets drunk or a girl wants to loose her virginity, I can't be going around and rescuing him. He needs to grow up and understand his responsibility. Thanks for looking out for me. Bye." I disconnected the phone and buried my head deep into pillows.

I cried and cried till there were no more tears left in my eyes. My head was hurting so bad and I wanted to go there and smash both of them to pieces for messing up my life. Just then my phone buzzed again. This time it was a message.

I touched and screen and a image popped up on the screen. It was a selfie from Kat - she was sitting in Yudhi's lap straddling him, and when I looked closer, she was either naked or topless as the picture showed only the top half.

I threw the phone so hard that it hit the wall and broke into pieces. My life has officially ended.

Author's note: Please bear with me till you read the next chapter which will be Yudhi's POV. Thank you all for your  support and motivation.