"What an acting by both!" I thought as I sat down waiting for my turn to see Abhi.

Abhi was conscious. He had taken a lot of sleeping pills. And that was why he collapsed onto the floor.

I didn't want to go along with Dadi and his Mother. I felt they would need their privacy to talk to him. After all I am a stranger like she said.

Alright but I am still unable to believe that Purab and Abhi had acted to make me agree to marry Kishan.

That means both had become friends again! Isn't that so??

Then why did Purab left asking me to inform him of Abhi's state.

He looks concerned......but he was not willing to stay here and check on Abhi's condition. Why is that so?

Lots of doubts are in my mind and only he can answer.

Dadi and Abhi's mother came out. Dadi looked at me as a sign of saying yes to go and see Abhi. However, his mother was glaring at me in denial. I was confused now of whether to see or don't see him.

Dadi "Pragya....you go and see him. He wants to see you....."

I smiled and quickly went inside avoiding the eye contact of Abhi's mother.

I saw him and he looked extremely frail. Again I felt painful to see him like this.

Abhi "Hi...." He called in a weak tone.

I don't know how it happened.....I was crying seeing him. I couldn't control my tears.

Tears end up fogging up my glasses. Oh my god! Why am I still crying and feeling worried for him???

Abhi "Pragya....I am fine. Why are you  crying??"

I finally manage to compose myself and said "I don't know...."

He smiled lightly and I looked at him still in worry.

Abhi "First sit...." As he said I sat at the chair beside his bed.

I wanted to ask him a lot of questions of how was he but all I could do at that moment was to stare at him blankly.

Abhi "I am sorry Pragya....I made you scared right?"

"I was not feeling scared....I felt like dying seeing you lifeless...." I replied angrily. He made me almost seeing death with his condition!

Abhi raised his eyebrow and asked "Really??"

I nodded my head as yes. He was smiling and then his smile disappeared.

Abhi "I think I was confused. Or I would say I got reminded of Jiya and mixed up things to behave wrongly with you."

I gasped when he said that. What was he thinking? This time when he touched and pulled me closer to him, he uttered my name! Not Jiya's name!!

Then why did he tell like this now? Was he feeling guilty for how he behaved so now he is lying?

That could be the reason. And I decided to use his method too.

"Yes I know....You really love her right?" I asked.

He was silent for a moment and replied "Yes...."

"Who is she?" I asked curiously.

Abhi looked nervous in response and I felt him getting tensed.

At that moment, Abhi's mother entered and said "Abhi needs to rest....."

I understood what she meant. Again another chance of me knowing who was Jiya vanished. I left from there before taking a quick glance at Abhi.

Abhi was looking at me emotionally. I felt he was hiding something from me.

I knew even if I spoke to Dadi now, she would be hesitant to tell anything.

Maybe I should ask Purab. But what if he also hides from me.

Now I am feeling why everyone around me was hiding something from me?

My head was spinning by thinking of the people around me who acts, hides and tell lies!

I really can't understand why do they have to be so complicated? Why can't they be simple by simply telling the truth??

I went to my home with all these thoughts. Ma had went to temple and Purab was waiting for me anxiously at the living area.

Purab "Is he fine??" He asked.

"Haan....he had taken a lot of sleeping pills...." I replied.

Purab "Again???" He shrieked loudly.

"What do you mean by again??" I asked.

Purab "It's nothing....Now he is fine right?"

Pragya "Yes he is fine. But you better tell me the truth now. He had done like this previously too??"

Purab "No....when did I say so?"
Pragya "You said again. Come on Purab! Why are you hiding the truth? Don't you think as a sister of yours, I deserve to know the truth. I am always truthful to you and it should be the same way for you right?"

Purab " This doesn't involve you Pragya. It's his life."

Pragya "At least for the sake of me working with him, please tell the truth!"

Purab "You worked with him. Not now anymore....."

He was being very adamant. And I am his sister! Of course I will have the same trait as him. It's today or never to know the truth!

"Alright! You would have shared everything to Ma....I would rather ask her....." I said making him gasp in shock.

Purab "No! Ma doesn't know all this. Pragya, please stay away from Abhi. He is complicated."

"I will try to make him simple then. But first tell about him!" I replied strongly.

Purab "Please....it's unnecessary to you...."

"What is necessary and unnecessary have to be decided by me and not you!" I said firmly.

Purab "Pragya, what's wrong with you? Why are you behaving this way?"

"Fine! I don't want to waste my time. I will call Ma now...." I threatened him.

Purab "No!!! Ok I am telling you!" He finally came in my way.

I smiled lightly of my achievement. But if this time he lied or acted to me, then I would kill him for sure!

"He had a love failure?" I asked first.

Purab "Love and him are poles apart."
"Then who is Jiya?" I asked in confusion.

He laughed loudly and I was looking even more confused.

"You are testing my patience Purab! Are you thinking of a story to cook up?" I asked in anger.

Purab "Oh Pragya....it's Nothing like you think....but actually your thinking is in the right path too...."

I took my phone and signalled to him that I will call Ma now! He was literally making me mad with his words!

Purab "Okay.....I will tell everything. Like you said a story was cooked up earlier. Abhi was a carefree student but he did studied for exams and all. A good thing about him was he is a fast learner."

He paused for a while looking at the time on the wall clock.

"Then?" I asked him.

Purab "Ma will be returning soon..."

"Okay let's go inside my room and you tell the rest there." I said.

Purab "Why are you being so stubborn Pragya?"

"I follow you Bhai...." I said teasingly.

Purab shook his head and followed me inside to my room. I locked the door and waited eagerly for him to continue.

Purab "Where did I left?"

"He is a fast learner!" I reminded him.

Purab smiles and tells "Yes he is. And his interest was mainly on sports and music. As usual in every typical families, this was not liked by his parents and they forced him to concentrate on his studies. To escape from them, we used Jiya."

"Used Jiya?? What do you mean by that?" I asked looking shocked of his words.

Purab "No! No! We just used a name. And it was Jiya. Abhi, Akash and me came up with a plan. In order for his parents to not force him into studies, we made up a story like Abhi was madly in love with Jiya. We made it aware to his parents. They were very worried for him and then they gave him more chances to spend more time in sports and music, thinking in that way he will forget Jiya. And Akash was the one who will report to his parents and make sure Abhi doesn't meet Jiya at all."

"Are you telling the truth?" I asked again.

Purab nodded his head as yes in response.

"Ok then why did he became a college dropout?" I asked.

Purab "Even I am a college dropout. What's the big deal in it?"

"No you were a college dropout because of financial issues. That I know. But for Abhi, that shouldn't be the case right? He is from a wealthy family." I added.

Purab "I don't know the reason for that. I left college before him. After the incident that happened in his house, I lost contact with him and after many years, I met him through you...."

"Oh...." I said and looked convinced but still Purab's words about Jiya was not very convincing to me.

"So you are not aware of what happened to him from the period you left college." I asked him.

Purab "Yes in between the years we didn't met, I heard from Akash that Abhi had taken a lot of sleeping pills and was hospitalized for a month. That is why I said again just now."

"What could have happened? Did you ask Akash?" I asked him.

Purab "Akash once mentioned that Abhi had been into depression. I didn't ask further as I was already upset with Abhi for not trusting me."

"Where is Akash now?" I asked wanting to know the rest of the truth.

Purab "I don't know. I moved house after I got a job and made sure I stopped having any form of contacts with Abhi and Akash."

"But we moved house after I completed my studies. It's not after you got a job." I reminded him.

Purab "Yes but I was doing a temporary job at that time. Don't you remember?"

"Oh that one...." I said. Purab "And I still don't understand why the buyer of our old house doesn't want to use it."

"I was also wondering that. It is a small house and the buyer bought it to double the market price. Such a Strange person...." I told him.

Purab "Okay that's all I have to tell about complicated Abhi."

"Wait! What is there complicated about him? What you told hasn't made him look complicated. It only makes me feel he is a fun and mischievous person." I said.

Purab "We call him complicated Abhi! He likes to complicate things to make it simple."

"Huh??" I shrieked.

Purab "Well Pragya, now I understand that you haven't understand him fully. He is a person who tries to complicate situations and have fun in it. He loves complications and then he himself turns complicated in the process of making the complications to be simpler. In short, I can only say he is the exact opposite of you."

"Are you sure? I never see anything like that in him before." I replied in shock.

Purab " Take your situation for example, you said that he told both of you were together at that night, and that's a complication. Through that, he made you feel complicated and he tried to make it simpler by saying he will be there with you. And when you turned the tables around like him, he felt even more complicated. He was making it simpler by avoiding you and in the end he came up with a solution of making you marry to Kishan and making me married to Bulbul."

"Does this mean he knows Kishan before?" I asked and still trying to understand what Purab have said.

Purab "Kishan is a very good friend of Abhi. He is his business partner. You didn't came across Kishan Pharmaceuticals name before?"

That's a familiar name, I thought. Yes I did! While working with Abhi, I had look through the stock details for Kishan Pharmaceuticals.

Purab "Abhi made me understand that you deserve a better person. And I agreed with him. So as per his plan, Kishan acted to be the bad guy in holding me in his custody and making you feel pressurized to marry him if not I will be harmed by him. It's simple!"

"It's simple???" I asked in shock.

Purab "Then do you feel complicated? Anyways both are the same in a way...."

"I feel so so....." I didn't want to mention the word complicated now!

Purab "And you are still marrying Kishan. He is actually a good man for you. He is a short-tempered guy but other than that he is a perfect choice for you. I will talk to Ma about him."

"Wait!!" I said loudly.

Purab "Now what?" He asked wondering what it could be.

"I like him...." I said looking shy.

Purab "Kishan? Yes I know he is a perfect gentleman."

"No!!! Abhi!! I like him!!!" I told loudly.

Purab "No way! I won't agree to this. He only knows how to complicate things. With him, you will end up having a headache all along your life! I don't want to see my sister having headache forever!"

" He is interesting to me now. Previously, I felt he was very innocent but now I know he is very smartly innocent. I love his personality now more.....In fact, I strongly feel we will be the perfect match together."

Purab "You are insane!!!"

"I am going to handle him in his way with my personal touch to it." I said smiling at my own thoughts on how am I going to handle Abhi.

Purab "Listen carefully, it is impossible to do like you think."

I frowned and ignored him. Purab "Please....you have to obey my words now. At least give respect to me as your brother...."

"Respect is to be earned naturally. It is not earned by pleading like this....Anyways I will do anything at anytime to make this happen." I said.

Purab "Does this means you are not marrying Kishan?"

"I will talk to Kishan. He is a perfect gentleman right, then he will understand and stay away from me." I replied confidently while Purab was looking how things turned against their plans.

I don't know is this a simple or complicated decision by me now! All I know is I am going to have a highly interesting man in my life who interests my ideologies about facing things in a simple way.

As a form of big big thank you to the feedback and all the support so far, I wrote this long update today. Thank you once again! I hope the update was interesting and looking forward to see how much this story will interest all of you.To all those who gave their feedback, thank you so much! It really motivated me and felt humbled to know about your opinions and thoughts on reading this story. Thank you once again. And a very big sorry on being unable to reply all of you. I hope to reply in the near future.