*Pia Pov*

"Shh... Pia! Don't cry please." Nikki said sitting beside me on my bed.

"Then.. what else.. should I do?" I asked looking at her between my sobs.

"He is not worth of these tears Pia." She replied.

"I should have not fallen for him and should have come out of the crush way back. This is all my fault." I said and more tears started to flow.

"No! It is mine and Arthi's fault as we were on back of you to find your actual feelings and all. We shouldn't have and Arthi just stepped out of line than me." She said scowling.

"I don't want to be angry on anyone. I just want to cry and forget this." I said lying down.

"Well looks like that is not happening as I saw you are crying for more than one hour." We heard Sushant saying from my room door.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him sitting up.

"Are you angry at me Pia?" he asked frowning and sat infront of me.                       

"Ofcourse I am. You all know that I like him all these years but you didn't say anything in these two years at all. If you had then I would have done something so that I am not in this situation. You promised me that you will protect me but you didn't." I replied looking down.

"I am sorry. But when he first told us we didn't believed him. Then we saw the likeness for him in your eyes every time we saw you after that. It was very difficult to ignore the fact that you actually like him." He said lifting my chin.

"Now it is not about the liking. I love him and he is saying I don't. If he had told me that he doesn't like me back then I would have cried for few days and maybe forgot him. But when he is saying that I don't even love him it is hurting more." I said closing my eyes.

"I believe that you love him. We all know that and it is very easy for us to know too by the way you saw him after entering the house today. He is just trying his best to not believe it." Sushant said rubbing my cheeks to push away the tears.

"Am I an open book?" I asked opening my eyes.

"Yes! And that is not a bad thing at all." He replied smiling sadly.

"But I am still angry with you. I will not tie 'Rakhi' for you this time." I said smiling a little.

"I am hurt Pia. Do you know how much important they are for me?" he said placing his hand on his heart dramatically.

I smiled a little more and heard Nikki saying "Finally you are smiling. Don't cry again and I am staying here for few days for you. I will go and inform my Mom."

After she left Sush looked at me and asked "Are you angry at Arthi too?"

"Yeah! But she is younger than us so I kind of understand her thinking. Her intention is right but the path she chose was wrong." I replied rubbing my eyes.

"She is thinking that you are so angry that she can't face you." he said.

"I will talk to her later. For now I don't want to deal with anything." I said again lying down.

"There are so many tears waiting for to fall down right." He said looking at me seriously.

I nodded and said "I can't help it."

"Then cry! Cry everything out but after that move on with fresh thoughts." He said getting up.

"It will take time." I said looking at him.

"Then take it. No one will say anything to you." saying this he left my room and at the same time Nikki entered my room.

"Mom said ok." She said and lay down beside me.

"Thank you Nikki! For all of this." I said looking at her.

"If you said thank you again I will kill you. Now close your eyes and sleep." She said glaring at me.

As she said I closed my eyes and tried to sleep but I just couldn't. When I felt that she is asleep I released the tears and cried to myself until I fell into deep sleep.

Next day sitting on the bed I called Arthi's mobile. When she lifted it in shock I asked her to come here.

At present I and Nikki are waiting for Arthi to come. Then we heard the knock on my door and saw her coming inside.

Before I could say anything she started saying "I am so sorry Pia. I really thought Bhai too likes you. I thought maybe he is hesitating to ask about you as my parents are also always present near me while talking to him. I am so sorry and I know that this is my entire fault."

"Arthi! Stop saying anything for some time." I said in serious tone.

When she did I calmly said "Arthi! This is not your fault. Yeah I got hurt because you lied to me and we can't ignore the fact that your lie is not the trigger to all these. So it's ok and let's just forget all this."

"Really?" she asked totally surprised.

"Really!" I replied and smiled a little. She immediately came near me and hugged me.

"My Bhai is stupid to not like you." she said after releasing me.

"Maybe I am not the one or him." I said frowning.

"Ok I am tired of listening about him. Can we watch some movie?" Nikki said looking at us.

We both nodded and we three watched nearly five movies which are totally action and horror.

At night I sat near the window frowning. Nikki and Arthi just kept on asking me but I don't even know what to say to them because when I am looking at Moon it felt like it is going far away from me.

"Nothing guys! I am tired so I just want to sleep." Saying this I laid down on my bed and they followed my suit.

Even today after I felt that they both are asleep I cried again. I know I shouldn't cry this much but they are not stopping. The least I could do is I cry alone and by that my friends will not get worried for me.

Next day I woke up again with severe headache. Well this is what happens when I stupidly cry to myself right.

But the more effect is because of Nikki's shouting while jumping around my room. I turned to my left to see Arthi too holding her head.

"Nikki! What happened?" I asked yawning.

"I got the two seats. I actually got the both seats." She replied repeating the same thing.

"Will you just calm down and talk properly?" I asked her.

"Ok. As you know I want to do advance diploma right. I applied for two colleges one here and one in Kolkata. Normally there is no need to apply before but as I am lacking from the benchmark of the percentage we scored in graduation I needed to do this." She replied smiling.

"You are really good at studies." I said looking at her.

"Just shut up topper. As I am saying I got them. Mom just called me and told me." She said excitingly.

"That's great! But are you going to leave us?" I asked her frowning.

"Nope! I am going to select the Mumbai college." She replied smiling.

"This calls for celebration." Arthi said smiling.

"Let's go out today." I said suddenly. They both liked the idea so we three got ready and went outside.

We went to the small restaurant which is near to us for the breakfast. Then we roamed around the Mumbai to few places but the places where there will not be much people.

We even had lunch outside and then went to shopping. We didn't buy that much but stayed there for nearly two hours window shopping. Then after that we stayed for some time at the park which is near to our homes.

It felt good spending time with them and my mind actually diverted away from everything that's happening. I looked up to see Moon and felt like it is coming near me but just a little.

We reached my home nearly at 7pm and saw Jayker's along with Aman's friends in the living room. When they saw us my parents and Arthi's parents smiled at us.

While Aman and his friends looked at us in gloom even Sush too. Arthi, Nikki and I looked at each other in confusion and went inside.

"What is happening?" I asked looking at my Dad.

"We all just thought it is better to do now than to postpone it. We want to get you and Aman married." Dad replied smiling.

"What?" I asked him in shock.

"Yeah! We talked to Aman just before you guys came. We know that you like him so we are asking Aman to say his decision." Uncle said looking at me.

"What?" I asked again in shock. How do they even know about this?

"Before he even left to U.S, we decided that. Now I think it is correct time to talk about this. You guys need not get married immediately but just get engaged." Mom said.

"So Aman! Tell us your decision as we already know Pia's." Aunty said looking at him.

 "Can I talk to Pia?" He asked looking at them.

"Ofcourse! Pia you both go and talk to each other." Dad replied smiling.

I am still in shock but I followed him when he started going towards my room. When we entered, we both didn't open our mouths and just stood there lost in our thoughts.

Then we heard a knock on my door to see everyone except our parents entered my room. After entering they closed the door and looked at us calmly.

"We just made some excuse and came here." Nikki replied to my unanswered question.

"What are they actually talking about?" I asked them in confusion.

"Oh come on Pia! This is all you want. As Aman is not budging you went and talked to your parent's right? Or did they understand your feelings easily just like us?" Dinesh asked looking at me.

"Dinesh!" everyone shouted at him except Aman.

"Aman! I didn't tell them anything." I said looking at him.

"You need not talk to someone to let them know what you are feeling Pia. Actions speak louder than words. I am not surprised that they know about your feelings." Aman said looking blankly.

"But I always tried to hide my feelings infront of everyone." I said rubbing my temple.

"Well looks like you failed in it that too very badly. And I should be the one to solve this problem now as you can't actually hide your feelings." He said shaking his head.

"Problem?" I and Sush asked him confused at a time.

"Yeah! This is actually a problem. Don't you know?" he asked me.

I still looked at him in confusion as I actually don't find it like some problem or something.

"Or please don't tell me that you actually want to go with this?" he asked frowning.

Do I? I asked myself when he said that. I don't think so atleast not like this at all. I was about to say this but stopped in my tracks when he looked at me and started saying something really stupid.

"Are you really out of your mind Pia? Do you really want to waste your life just for some crush? Not only that did you forget that we are actually totally different from each other in all the things. We will not be happy and you need to understand it." He just continued saying all this raising his voice.

Sush stopped him and asked "What difference there is between you both?"

"There are many like we have very different thoughts about our lives. We have different opinions regarding our aims, our behavior, likes and dislikes. These are very important. If we ignore them now they will become big problem later." Aman replied and then turned towards me.

"So this is about the aim I selected then." I said looking at him.

"No! Actually that is not the only thing. There are many other things. Now if I say 'no' then they will be mad at me. As they know that you like me because of your openness. And tell me do you want to risk your happiness for just a stupid crush?" he asked in serious tone.

"Crush, crush, crush! I am fed up with that word. How dare you to say my feelings as some 'crush'? Are you really that dumb?" I want to say all these to him but I just stood infront of him calmly.

Is this the person I have actually fallen for? I asked myself and I immediately know the answer. I turned around and left my room with all of them following my trail.

When I reached downstairs I saw that our parents are talking to each other laughing. I took a deep breath and said "No!"

They stopped talking and Dad said "What?"

"I don't want to marry him Dad." I replied and just replayed whatever happened in my room while saying this.

"Are you sure?" Aunty asked frowning.

"Yes! I don't want to marry him at all. It was just a stupid crush nothing more." I replied repeating his words.

Dad looked at me for few seconds and said "Ok. Then we are sorry that we brought this topic."

After he said that I turned and walked towards my room but not before looking at the shock expressions on everyone face.

I stood near my window and looked outside towards the Moon. I couldn't believe my eyes as it looks like some dark red color ball.

"Pia!" I heard Nikki and Arthi calling me.

I turned around and they immediately looked shocked. They composed themselves and came near me and at the same time Sush came inside.

"I will talk to you later Pia. We all are leaving but please be strong." Saying this he immediately left the room.

"You are not crying." Arthi said in shock.

I touched my cheeks to see that there is not even a single tear rolling down. I frowned and tried my best to release one.

"I really want to but I am not able to cry. Is there something wrong in me?" I asked them.

"We don't know. Why are you looking at us blankly?" Nikki asked frowning.

I didn't reply but I turned around to see that the Moon is still red. It felt like I can't look at it anymore and then I saw light coming from the Aman's room.

I immediately closed the blinds and said "These are not to be opened at all."

"Pia! Talk to us." Nikki said stopping me from going near the bed.

"There is nothing to talk about it." I said and lay down.

They both looked at me for few minutes and then lay down beside me sighing. After the lights are switched off I tried my best to cry but not even single tear released itself from my eyes.

The more danger thing is that I am not feeling anything except the things he said just repeated itself in my mind.

I tossed a little but they didn't stop at all. I closed my eyes tightly and said 'I hate him, I hate him so much'. Then they stopped and I slept with a blank mind.

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This is the remaining half...........

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