Abhay's POV

"Abhayyyy.", Anu whines in her seat next to mine, "where are we going?"

"That's the point of a surprise though, I shouldn't be telling you where we're going.", I tell her as I continue driving to the destination of our date

"You're annoying sometimes.", she slaps my arm playfully.

"You like it though.", I wink at her and she turns into a shade of red.

It's so cute how she was so silent at first but now she wouldn't keep quiet around me.

"And we've reached.", I tell her as we reach the destination of our date.

"Oh my god.", she tells in awe, "A carnival?? That's so amazing.".

"I'm glad you like it.", I grin at her.

"I love it.", she tells happily and then her expression suddenly turns into a confused one, "why are you wearing that?".

"So that the paparazzi don't find us.", I explain as I put on my hoodie, "Public attention this early could jeopardize a relationship and I don't want to take a risk."

"Can I ask you one thing though?", she asks me and I hum in agreement, "Why is that you celebrities wear only a hoodie and sunglasses to hide yourself? Y'all could go with something different too na?".

"I could stick on a fake moustache maybe.", I tease her, knowing what she'll say.

"I think the hoodie and sunglasses are a much better option.", she mutters and we make our way into the carnival.

"So, what shall we do first?", she asks me as we look around at the multiple things around us.

"Eat maybe?", I suggest.

"That sounds good.", she agrees.

"Eating it is.", I tell as I intertwine my hand into hers and we make our way to the food stalls.

"Wait shall we get cotton candies?", she asks excitedly like a child, "it's been a while since I've had them."

"Yes ma'am.", I tell her and we make our way to a candy stall.

"This is huge.", Anu giggles.

"We'll probably have to share it.", I tell her and we begin to devour the sweet.

After we finished eating we were just roaming around in the carnival ground feeling totally confused about what to do next because there was a lot of things to do.

"Wait, let's go to that stall.", I grab her hand as I point to gaming stall close by.

We reach there and take a halt as we look at what game to choose.

"Okay so, which stuffed animal do you want?", I ask her as we choose the game where you have to throw a disk around something placed far away to win a stuffed animal.

"Well, I like Pandas so maybe we could try that?", she tells.

"I'll do it myself.", I give her a smile and start throwing the hoops around it.

Safe to say that I was good enough cause I did it in about five tries.

"Thank youuuuu.", she squeals excitedly as I hand over.

"You need to stop thanking me, we're on a date.", I chuckle.

"We're going to the Ferris wheel now and this one's on me okay?, she tells as she grabs my hand and rushes to the ticket counter.

After getting the tickets, we go and take a seat in one of the cabins on the Ferris Wheel.

"It looks so beautiful na?", she asks me as we go higher and can see sunset in the sky.

"Not as much as who's in front of me.", I tell her.

"That's too cheesy.", she laughs.

"You're gonna have to deal with it from now on.", I grin at her.

"I've really had a great time Abhay.", she smiles at me, "this was the best date I could've ever had, thank you."

"I had a great time too.", I smile back at her, "and like I said before, don't thank me. There's so much more left to us and I don't want it to be filled with thanks. It's the least I could do to make you happy."

As we go on the next round, she places her head on my shoulder and I interlock my hands into hers as we continue watching the sunset.

I glanced at her, the light of the setting sun on her face.

She looked absolutely gorgeous.

"You look really pretty now.", I tell her softly and she looks up at me. I go closer to her and whisper into her ear, "May I?" and she nods her head.

I placed my lips on her and it was all so perfect. I place my hand on the side of her face and pull her closer to me.

It was safe to say I was falling for Anushka.

The next afternoon
Ishan's POV

"Hey, kya hua?", I frown in concern as I open the door my house to see a worried Smriti.

"Bohut kuch hua hai.", she sighs tiredly and it was enough say that she wasn't doing good.

"You don't really look good now, come here.", I tell as I pull her into a hug.

"I needed your help regarding something.", she tells me after we hug.

"Sure, sofa pe baithe baat karte hai.", I tell her as the both of us make our way to my living room.

"What happened between Shubman and Ananya after we broke up?", she asks me, "Like I know he dated her, of course. It was all over the news but uske baad?".

"Smri, kya hua?", I ask her in surprise. Ananya and Shubman was a topic she always avoided talking about, especially after her breakup with Shubman.

"Shubman and I went out for lunch day before yesterday and we met Ananya there.", she mumbles.

"Wait, what??", I ask her.

"Hmm, and ever since then he's been acting weird. He won't talk much or anything.", she tells me worriedly, "I even took half a day off at work and came home bringing his favourite Pizza just for him to eat in silence and go back to our room again. And then he just slept facing the side opposite to me."

I could feel anger rising in me. Shubman had promised me when he met Smriti again that he'd been over Ananya. Although his recent actions said the opposite.

Yeah, it probably is hypocrisy from my end that I got confused about my feelings for Kash and ended up hurting Aahana.

But this wasn't the first time Shubman had hurt Smriti because of Ananya. The previous time he'd hurt her was while they were dating. But this time, they were married. Literally husband and wife. Marriage is no chilled thing.

Although Shubman and Smriti were both equally important to me, it was his fault again and I wasn't going to let Smriti slide through this again silently.

"Shubman didn't tell you anything about what happened between him and Ananya?", I ask her.

"No.", she shrugs, "We just felt not talking about the past would be better since we were going in for a fresh beginning but I didn't realise anything big would've ever happened between them that could affect us. Again."

"I'm gonna whoop his ass.", I grit my teeth angrily, "you had every right to know what happened before getting into this wedding."

"You don't have to do that, it's okay. I trusted him thinking he wouldn't hurt me again but here we go.", she laughs mirthlessly, "So, what actually happened between them?".

"They dated for about three years and then broke up a few weeks before Shubman and you met again.", I tell her.

"WHAT", she almost yells.

"He never told you that?", I ask her, "I thought he might've told you about it when you guys met again."

"He didn't.", Smriti tells as she buries her face in her hands, "why do I keep trusting him Ishan?".

"Hey, look at me. This isn't your fault okay?",  I rub her back softly so as to comfort her.

"Yeah but I'm still the one who gets affected by it right? It could get worse Ishan.", she sighs.

"Talk to him maybe, sort things out.", I advise her, "you always say that communication is the key."

"Yeah, you're right. Thanks Kissan Jam.", she gives me a small smile.

"Anytime Maggi", I ruffle her hair.

Author's note:

The next chapter is going to be all ✨angst and drama✨ so I'm warning y'all rn🤓

I hope you liked this chapter! Writing Abhay and Anushka's date just warmed me up hehe, quite proud of the fluff🥺🤧

Lot's of love
~Saisha

Published on: 05 September 2021