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"What are you doing here?" Krithika asked her son, who is standing at the doorstep with head down and guilt up, he dared to not raise his head to look at his parents.

"I am coming with you"

This angered her more, "Are you planning some other thing there?"

Every when he hears the same thing from others hurt him.

But today when the same words spilled out of his mother, it broke him.

He killed himself inside more than a thousand times for torturing a girl like that.

Arjun's order made him stay with her, he knows when his brother is doing something, it will be correct and when it comes to his family safety he will be a fire protecting them from preying animals.

Hurting her son is also not an easy method for Krithika, she was punishing herself by hurting them.

"I will wait in the car," he said to Diya who was looking at the situation with muddle thoughts.

Wiping her tears Krithika turned towards Diya, "I have a surprise for you" her eyes shine in the falling rays of the sun.

"What?" Diya asked hoping something good should happen.

"Ta-da" the voice made Diya's eyes widen in shock and happiness.

She didn't expect this, she wanted her friend, Yaashvi, her loveable friend.

Diya got a shoulder to cry and laugh.

The next second Yaashvi was hugging Diya hard in the happiness of going out with her friend's family.

'Thanks' Diya mouthed at Krithika as she walked into the house with a smile.

"let me shift my bags into the car" she moved to the car and saw Advik sitting inside it speaking with someone.

Giving him a hard look she moved to open the door hearing his conversation, "Red will suit you"

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"Okay I will take you out for sure"

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"come on babe, smile and bid me bye I can't even think of you being sad"

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He laughed, "okay, I will compensate it another time"

Yaashvi is just glaring at him hard, of course, she knows his play with Diya.

She wanted to kill him when she told her but today she wanted to cut him into pieces.

Adivk too noticed her glares and her mockery expression whenever he talked with his girlfriend on call.

While she was stuffing the bags at the back of the car, he cut the call and got down, "arrange it neatly" order from his voice angered her.

"I will do what I know" her attitude irritated him, "then learn it" he snatched the bags and arranged it properly which gave space for some more bags.

Refusing to take lessons from him she was still glaring at him, "how long are we going 1 month?" he mocked at her.

It took a minute for her to understand the sarcasm in his tone, "it's my bag, my clothes, my money, who are you to question it?"

"such a nagging personality" and she heart it.

"What did you say?" she asked him taking a step towards him.

He did not mind her angry voice, "I said you are nagging"

Her nose flared in anger in red color, "me? nagging?"

With raised chin, he smirked at her, "Yep"

"where did you see me being a nagging person?"

"Office" he replied casually.

Her crack mind took seconds to take his words, "you mean I am torturing Diya?" he nodded at her question hiding his smile.

"Did she told you this?" she asked sadly but she failed to understand her friend is not the type of person to say this rather the person in front of her is taking all chances to play with her.

He shook his head, "except her whole office said to me this. Yaashvi is such an irritating girl, always talking stupid things, behaving like an idiot child, torturing the whole office with her nonstop rantings...." he breathed hard, "and...the list goes...on"

Those sad eyes now shined making her face look beautiful, but that made Advik confused, he is not praising her but why she is smiling?

"You don't believe me?" he asked her with a serious tone.

The smile on her face brightened, "You can't even say a lie without getting caught" she continued further in a husky voice, "do you remember Lyra"

She didn't miss the shock in his sights, she continued smirking, "I heard you were making out with her?" He immediately shook his head.

"No" his reply came quickly as feasible, "why... Why would I do such things? It's wrong"

Her laughter made him look at her, 'has she gone mad? How the hell does she know this'

She touched his chin pinching it softly, "such an innocent child" her mockery made him irritated but he can't argue back when he is doing such stupid things.

"And you are the 3rd person she made out this week" she laughed more clutching her stomach as he looked away embarrassed deeply.

"Stop laughing okay?" Without his permission, his voice slipped angrily to hide the shame.

She can't stop laughing, "I was there" she holds the car for support unable to stand properly.

" 'Oh, Advik, you are such a good man that ever captured my heart with a single look and those eyes made me drown into you' the exact way I have been hearing from her for last 3 months since she joined and you such a cute little desperate child, showed your love to her" she mocked as the same way Lyra said to him.

"Diya is calling you. Go in" he ordered her trying to drag out the topic.

"There might be a problem with your ears, maybe Lyra is calling you" he mentally groaned in irritation.

He hates how speechless she is making him

Without accepting his defeat he put the bag on her legs as she cried in pain, "Aahhh Aahhhh..." he laughed covering his mouth, "my leg is painting but you are laughing at me? wait I will tell Diya"

"Like she will punish me" the naughtiness in his voice made her cry in disappointment.

"Let me show you how a nagging person will be. These two weeks will make you mad for calling me a nagging person" her oath seems interesting in his eyes.

That small nose with red color and rosy cheeks begged him to pinch it.

Moving close to her he whispered, "let's see little naggy"

She quickly ran from there unable to tolerate his crazy eyes and words.

Thereon they started to move to their destination.

Diya knows they are taking her to their native village which is located on a hill station, but she never tried to know more about the place. Wherever she is going she hoped that it would give her some peace and a good decision to take on her life.

After a long 4 hours of journey, Diya woke up rubbing her eyes, she saw Yaashvi lying on her lap sleeping peacefully but shivering due to chillness and Advik driving the car slowly as the fog covered the whole road making it difficult to drive fast.

Diya stayed quiet to not disturb him and looked outside the window rubbing her hands to get warmth.

"At least will you take this?" He asked handing his sweater to her, she can't grasp his word at least his eyes moved to Yaashvi who is shivering in the cold while forwarding the jacket to diya. Without understanding anything she took it from him and placed it around Yaashvi.

"What's the time?"

"7.37," he said.

Still, in the murky atmosphere, she can see the beautiful tall, dense trees shine in the husk light emitting from the car.

"Where are we going?" She can't hold her curiosity anymore seeing his smooth and experienced driving in the cliffs.

He smiled at her, shyly, "to meet our grandparents"

Ohhh...

"Are they strict? But why are you blushing?" She asked him confused.

He shook his head, "see it by yourself" he smirked at her through the mirror hoping she would get her peace here with lovely family members who would pamper her more than his mother protecting her now.

For the first time in his life, he is struggling to get peace for a girl other than his family.

A little part of him is happy to see his long-time crush after a long period unaware of the storm they are yet to face.

Don't be angry with me... I know it's a small chapter.

Straight away I am going to write the next chapter... Yeah, it will be updated soon...