Sidharth's P.O.V
I arrived in town and decided to look up Shraddha. She could run from me,  but I was miserable without her. I really needed her.

It was odd. I lived so long without her and now all of a sudden it was as if I couldn't exist without her. Everything seemed boring, seemed dull, vague and nothing was interesting. I thought if her all the time and even if I was busy working, my mind wandered off to her and before I realised it, I was thinking of her again.

Shraddha. Her gorgeous brown eyed, the same kind which used to stare at me each night, the same kind which were shining brightly whenever I made her laugh, and the same eyes which stared at me when she told me she needed a break.

I was devastated and angry but I needed her. And I'm pretty sure she needed me too. Aditya is just such an ass. No one needs him.

I parked near the mansion and first checked it out. The garage was empty and there were no vehicles. It seemed as if everyone had left so I quietly sneaked into the house.

And I was right. There was absolutely no one. The place was abandoned. Everyone must be busy filming that stupid project.

But where could Shraddha be? Last time I saw her was in a cab. She needed a "break" which honestly could have been anywhere. It was not clear.

But since Shraddha was a part of the film project, it might be a good idea to start there first.

Just as I was about to leave the house, I heard voices coming from outside. "Shit!" I cursed and I ran back in the house.

"Where to hide.." I ran into the garage outside and hid myself.

"How do you know for sure he's here? He was out of town!" Arjun screamed.

"Relax dude, you're making me deaf. It's home, he's here." Parineeti said.

I couldn't hear much but I heard she was walking in the house. I let out a sigh of relief and checked my phone.
13.45 it showed. I waited till I couldn't hear Parineeti's voice any more and I slowly tiptoed away.

"BOO!" Arjun screamed.

"Eek!" I let out a high pitched scream and Arjun and Parineeti bursted out in laughter.

"Hey man! Long time no see!" Arjun said while laughing.

"How.. how did you guys find me?!" I asked.

"Oh easy. You've got a phone. We tracked it and saw you were headed here. We've got-"

"You tracked my phone?!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah dude, it's no big thing. Don't worry." Parineeti replied.

She shook her hair. "Anyways, before you so rudely interrupted me. We have some news for you."

"What?"

"I wanna say. Credits go to me after all, I found out." Arjun smirked.

"I'm already talking now, let me do the rest." Parineeti argued.

"No, I found out. Let me say."

"No, I'm already talking! Let me-"

"Will someone tell me what's going on at least?" I said being annoyed.

"I'LL TELL!" They screamed in unison.

I rolled my eyes. "Arjun, you tell."

Parineeti frowned. "Hmm... fine.."

"Okay so Sid, Aditya trapped us..."

Arjun explained the whole story to me and Parineeti interrupted him so now and then. But when I got to know everything I was in shock.

"No..you're lying." I said.

"Yep, we are." Arjun smiled.

"Really?" I asked him.

Parineeti smacked him on his chest. "Shut up! We are not lying! I swear it!"

"On what?" Arjun asked.

"On..on..On my love for pizza!" Parineeti yelled.

"Oh bro.. she's being serious. Yeah we were not lying." Arjun said.

"You better not be. If you do lie.. then I'll never ever get you a pizza again Parineeti!" I said.

Parineeti looked at me as if I was an alien. "W..what?"

"Yep."

"No more pizza?!"

"No more pizza. Ever." I said with a confident smile.

She glared at me. "Well its true."

Then she walked away. Arjun laughed.

"Is it a joke? Did you fool her?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "No bro. I was just laughing at the way she walks... like a duck.." And he giggled again.

I rolled my eyes and walked after them.

Arjun's P.O.V 

We had just arrived at the filmstudio. I was about to get out of the car when I saw Parineeti and Sidharth running into the building.

"Tigress! Hey! Wait!" I ran after her and dragged her away before she could make it to the main entrance.

"And what do you think you are doing mister?!" She sneered at me.

"I saw Shraddha coming outside okay. We need to plan this carefully. Otherwise-Wait, where's Sid?"

I looked around and saw Sid running towards Shraddha.

"Uh oh..." Parineeti said.

"He's gonna get besten up very badly.."

"Definitely.." she nodded.

It all seemed to go in slow motion. Sidharth ran towards Shraddha. She didn't seem to notice him at first. But then when she looked up, she saw him.

He ran towards her with open arms, like in the films, and he smiled widely. She smiled too and then slapped him hard on his cheek.

"Ouch.." Parineeti and I said in unison.

"Pay up." Parineeti said.

I sighed and gave her her money.

"I always win in bets." She winked.

"You'll make me bankrupt one day.." I sighed.

"Shh.. I wanna hear what they are saying."

Shraddha's P.O.V

"How dare you! How dare you leave me like that! You stupid ass! You're such a-"

"I'm sorry! Sorry, sorry, sorry!" He pleaded. "Just.. you needed a break.. I thought-"

"Thought what? That you could just leave me like that?! I cried for you okay! I was so upset. I thought you weren't ever gonna come back..." She said.

"Shrads, I'm sorry. I love you, you know that."

"Love? Then why did you leave me? Is that what they call love?"

"Come on.. Shraddha.. I love you.."

"Why did you ran away Sid? I was really worried.."

"Why? You needed a break you told me. I figured it was better if I went away and just left you alone with that Aditya. "

"What's with Aditya?" I asked.

"What's with Aditya?! You wanna know what's with him?! I don't know whether you noticed but this mess started after he came back in our lives. It took a full 180° turn!"

"So now you're saying Aditya is the cause of this?" I asked him.

"Yes! Have you not noticed at all that.."

After he explained the story, I saw Parineeti hitting Arjun. He screamed and they fought again.

"They told me." Sid said.

"When are they gonna get together dude..I'm tired of this."

"Shraddha?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you."

"I love you too Sid.."

varia_nv
29th of July 2020
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