This chapter is again mostly from Aryan's POV. You would find out soon, why. And please fasten your set belts because it's going to be a long chapter followed by the next... Probably spicy😏

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❝Kiss someone who makes you
feel their magic in your bones,
who makes you wonder
how can someone who looks like witchcraft at midnight
taste so holy.❞

~Aryan~

Is she fucking, kidding right now? "Wait. Six months? You mean, we are in a trial period for six months?" asked Rihan, in disbelief. "Aurora? I understand the ground rule for being abstinence. Trust me, we have not touched nor flirt, and strangely, we're not even interested in seeing any other woman since we met you but, also not advancing towards you, in anyway, that mean, you expact us to turn saint all of a sudden from a devil. It's impossible, I'm not gonna lie about it." he looked into her eyes pleading for some kind of change in rules.

She was not even fazed. "Oh yeah. I forgot to add another Very important rule. No P.A.M syndrome allowed, like earlier." She glared at Rihan and me, back and forth. Specially me. In response, I just smirked at her. "I'm giving you one and only chance to proof yourself to me, like you asked." she said, making my smirk disappear. "It's not a test just for you but, for me aswell. I'm still trying real hard to get used to the idea of, you guys being so...OK, with this..Sharing thing whereas, I never even had a real boyfriend yet." She's right. How can she believe some playboy manwhores, who have a reputation of never sticking to one woman ever.

"So, I hope you understand, its not that easy for me either. Six long months is because, I want to make sure, you guys are reliable. Six months for you guys to make sure, this is not a fluke, or just an infatuation, towards me. Six months for me to know you guys well. Six months for you guys to learn about me. Is it so much to ask for a girl like me, to take time to get over her insecurities?" her words took us all off guard. I could see her words were affecting all of us. Deep. There is pity, remourse, adoration, admiration and dare I say..Love, in my brothers's eyes.

"No, Aurora. It's not much to ask. You are right actually. We need to get over ourselves and get our shits together." said Duke. "I understand, how hard it would be for you to believe that, all of us are... Interested in you. It's all too much to take in, I get it. For a moment, we became selfish. We're too desparate to see your hesitation towards the pursuation by five men, that too brothers, and not a gentlemen at that." he gave out a small sad laugh. Aurora faced the other side, closing her eyes. Did I miss something?

"You're right Duke. We don't deserve her, actually. She's too good for us all."said Turner, not meeting anyone's gaze. "But Aurora...please consider, atleast going on an one on one date with us, just once please. We promise, we would be a perfact gentlemen for you. We won't try anything you don't like or do something stupid to hurt you. Don't you think, it would be a great way to know each other?" he tried his best to convince her into going on a date with us. We waited expectedly and with patience towards her idea.

There was a pregnant silence for god knows how long. She was taking her sweet time to think about this whole "situation". It's a good and bad thing at the same time. Because, if she's smart enough, she would refuse to go on a date with someone, she hardly knows, which might break my brothers's hearts but, if she agrees, it would definitely break mine because, I'm not ready to share her yet. I just can't put my head around the fact that, if she likes the idea of living together with my possesive and obsessive brothers and me included, They would never waste even a single second, to put their claims on her.

I know, some day it will happen because, nobody can resist her for too long. And now that they are a changed men kind of, she might consider the offer again. Will I be ok with that kind of arranments? I'm not sure yet but, if it will keep us brothers together and most importantly, Aurora is comfortable and happy with all this, I might try to fit in too, just like them. But, to be damn with me, if someone steals my first kiss from her. Those lips, they are mine to claim first before anyone of my brothers.

"Pwomise?"the little girl asked.

"Yes baby doll, I promise. But, you have to make a promise too, to not let any of my brothers kiss you. Ever. You're mine and I'm yours. Do you promise?"

"Pinky pwomise, Aayan." She giggled. "You would be my first kiss and do you pwomise too that, you would never kiss any other girl, only me?"she tilt her head, looking like the most cutest thing in the world.

"First of all princess, it Aryan, not Aayan, ok?" I asked. "Wohkaaay Aayan." She giggled again.

Her giggles have registered in my brain for ever and still haunting me like a nightmare. I can't get rid of this possessive feeling I have towards her. No matter how old she gets, 3 or 30. I'm just too obsessed with her to let anyone else put their claims on her before me. "Alright." wait, what? "I'll spend some time alone with all of you but, I won't call it a date." her gaze were challenging us to say otherwise. "I'll let you open up yourself to me. One...And I mean it. Only one "date". I choose when and who I want to go with. Don't mess this up, or else..." she shrugged.

Rihan was the first one to get over excited and rushed toward her to hug her but, she stopped him mid run. "Aa As Aa? I think, it's would be too much for me to take that right now...If you don't mind?" she released a breath, when Rihan cleared his throat and hold himself back from embarrassing Aurora. She stood there, acwardly and looked at all of our faces one by one. When her eyes met mine, she acwardly averted her eyes, not knowing how to react all of a sudden. Can't believe, she was the one who attacked me few minutes back.

"Thanks Aurora"said Rihan for all of us. "Really, that means a lot. I really appreciate that, you didn't reject us, like we predicted."said Turner, giving her an genuine smile. "I didn't except either?" she said, narrowing her eyes briefly at all of us. Rihan and Duke's smile fell. "What do you mean?" asked Titus. Really? Either they are really that stupid or they don't have better things to do so, trying to fool around with her. I'll go with the first option. "What she meant is...We're in a probation period. Not permanent yet, right baby doll?"

she fliched from my Nick name but, suddenly recovered from her shocked posture and walked straight toward me with determination. I could hear my brothers, holding their laughs, imagining how I was about to get my ass kicked. Rihan was pointing his thumb across his neck in a joking manner. I just smirked, when she was suddenly too afraid to approach me. "Do you have something to say, doll? I stressed on the word. I was expecting her to shy away but, this is not the reaction I was looking for.

"Don't you dare call me that. Anything but that." she gritted her teeth, making mine and my brothers humour evaporate instantly. "There is only one memory, I have from my childhood and it still gives me nightmares. I still remember what he did to me. He broke his promise. He let me go so easily but, I couldn't." Is she talking about me? "I couldn't because, I don't break my promises. I still stored his only memory deep inside my heart. Kept my only promise till date, word..by..word. But he broke every promise he made to me that day.

I hate him!! I hate him with everything I have in me right now!!

My throat felt sofocated all of a sudden with her Loath towards me. Damn it! She's talking about me, about us. Does she remembers, it's me. "He used to call me that." I'm not used to this crying face of her. I like her smiling and giggling. Not this. Everything except the two of us fade away this moment. My brothers fade away. The people around us fade away. The trees, the sky, everything. I tried to reach her face to wipe away the tears. "Don't! You made me like this." she said, only for my ears. I closed my eyes, regretting my actions in the past.

"You were the reason, I couldn't fall in love with anyone. You were reason, I couldn't let any men in. You were the reason, I could never trust anyone. You're a liar, a cheater and a stone hearted person, I have ever came across. I hate you!!" I tried to hug her but she fliched away. "please, I'm sorry." I wishpered. She shook her head in denial. "No. Did you forget, how much you enjoyed seeing me in pain?" she asked. I took a step towards her to bring her closer to me, to console her but, every step I took toward her, she took one back, to keep the distance between us. "Aurora, please" I pleaded helplessly.

My heart was breaking, seeing her in pain. I did this to her. I didn't realise, I was the reason, she hates me and my brothers. And I would be the reason, if she ever runs away from me. "Aurora...Please...Let me hold you?" I don't know why I was so hopeful for her, after all I have done to her. She laughed suddenly, making me and my brothers stiffen. "Its like a Déjà Wu, isn't it?" she said, tears still falling out of eyes like waterfall.

(Flashback from Aaron's Birthday party... Aurora's POV)

"Mom? Will Aryan come today? I asked my mom, excited. It's been so long since I saw him. Today, I'll meet him again. I'm so happy, we can play again together. I'll show him, how many plants, I have grown by myself . One day, when these plant will grow into a tree, I will sit under the tree with Aryan and listin to his beautiful voice, when he sings to me and strokes my hair, calling me baby doll.
"Y..Yeah sweety. They should be here any moment." Saying that, she turned around and left in a hurry. I wasn't bothered so much by her strange reaction. Maybe she is a little busy with my little brother. After waiting for like ever, they finally showed up.
"Mom! Dad! Aryan is here. Aryan is here!" I shouted excitedly. After sometimes when I turn around, I found another 4boys, maybe Aryan's brothers, smiling at me. I smiled back. "Hi", which was reciprocated with a corus of Hi and heys. But, the only person I want to hear from was not even looking at me. I walked towards him excitedly but, before I could reach him, he walked away ignoring me. Did he not see me? The entire party went on the same way. I, trying my best to make Aryan talk to me and at the same time, not to feel hurt when he ignored me or push me away. And he, trying to avoid me as best as he can. "Aryan? Aryan?" irritatedly, he turned my way. "What!" he asked, gritting his teeth. I ignored his rude behavior. Needing his attention, I raised both my hands upwards, gesturing him to pick me up. He took a sharp breath and bend down to my height. I thought, he would kiss me but, his next word hurt me so much, I'm not sure, I would ever recover from that. "You pathetic, clingy girl. You disgust me. If I ever find you near me or my brothers, I'll kill you! Go away!" He pushed me so hard, I hit my ass, from the force I fell to the ground. I saw instant regret in his eyes but it was gone, as it came. Why was he so angry at me? Why does he hate me now? I could see my mom, wishpering something to me and another lady, trying to separate Aryan and his brothers from fighting. But I was too socked to even realize, what was happening around me. For a sec, I saw Aryan's eyes flicked toward me and stared at me for quite a long time, like we are having a staring contest but, nobody could interpret, what the other one was saying. After some time, I saw Aryan and his family leaving. I was still in shock to realize, other people saying their goodbyes to me. My whole concentration was on the boy, who I though was my best friend and my knight in shining armour, who promised me the world and a lot of things but, didn't even attempt to keep any of his words. I hate you Aryan. "I hate him, dad". I mummered laying my head on my dad's shoulder, looking at the people leaving. I saw that Aryan and his brothers except the one, who got hurt, looking at me like it was the last time, we are seeing each other. Some of them waved at me sadly but, I turned my head away, too angry and hurt for the little self I was to realize that, today's event was forever going to put a mark in my head and detest any kind of feeling, that gives you warmness. Stopping myself from trusting anyone, afraid of their betrayal.

End of flashback. (Still Aryan's POV)

"Aurora, you know just half of the truth. I agree You're hurt but, You don't know the full story." Titus spoke for me because, I was a crying mess by now. "We were just kids Aurora. Half of the crazy stuff we did, it was not even intentional. How could you punish him for something, he has never committed." that got Aurora's attention. "Its true Aurora. He went through a lot of Therapies to get over his depression at age 10. He was always too protective and possessive of you, comparable to us." she didn't even meet my eyes, not wanting to see the truth in those.

"We don't even remember half of the event but, you and Aryan still remember it. That means, both of you were hurt deeply. That memory was planted deep inside your mind, never leaving. If you felt betrayed then, he wasn't all happily living here, trust me." she was listening but trying very hard not to get affected by it, due to the pain she suffered for so long. It's all because of me.

"You broke your promise. You let me suffer. You betrayed me the day, you went ahead, forgetting about me and slept with the first woman, loosing your virginity, which you promised was mine!" her voice was breaking, even if she was yelling. It was giving me pain, more than a thousand deaths. "I..I am S..Sorry, baby do.."

"No!!"

"You have no right to call me that. I don't want to be anything to you, like you mean...Nothing to me" can someone kill me please. I don't want to live anymore. "Baby, I love you" I never thought, my confession would come this way. Now it's up to her, if she wants to forgive me or...Rejects me. But, I was sure of one thing. I love her with everything I have and I just realised that, I was always in love with her.

"No you don't" she spat, like me loving her is the most disgusting feeling she ever had.

To be continued...