She was shocked looking at the scene in front of her.

Rishabh was there sitting on her porch talking to plants.

" I think she slept....." He murmured.

" But I want to talk to her....." He exclaimed at the poor plant.

" And I don't want to disturb her too....." He whined like a child.

He went quiet for a while and she thought he slept.

" You know what? I will just ring the doorbell again." He shouts making her flinch.

He stood up abruptly and was about to fall but she held him from falling. He looked up and saw her angelic face.

" Aadhya....." He whispered and she looked at his face.

" Aadhya....Aadhya....Aadhya...." He kept saying her name while she made him stand properly and looked at him if he is alright.

" You came!" He exclaimed loudly making her jump in her place.

" I was waiting for you from that time." He said pouting at her.

She raised her brows at him and thought why is he talking like that.

" What are you doing here at this time?" She asked him seriously crossing her arms.

" Earlier you were mad at me, that's why I came to see you." He said looking down.

" Yeah I am mad at you and that's why I don't want to see you." Saying this she turned to leave.

" Wait!" He called loudly.

" I am Sorry." He said when she stopped moving and she looked at him frowning.

Then he started blabbering about how stupid he behaved earlier and he was so sorry about it.

Both were silent for sometime.

" You are drunk." She broke the silence.

" You should apologise when you are in your senses." She said sternly.

" What? I am not drunk!" He exclaimed.

" Yeah I can see that." She said going into the house and he followed her.

" What is Aman doing?" He whispered.

" Dancing on the terrace." She said.

" Oh! Wait I will go and see." He said and started going towards steps.

" Are you stupid?" She asked exasperated

" No!" He shouted.

" Then what will people do in the midnight? They will be sleeping!" She whisper shouted at him angrily.

" Oh...Oh." He realised what she meant.

" You should go home." She said.

" No." He said and sat on the couch.

" Why are you here?" She asked.

" I came to talk to you." He said looking down nervously.

" Then talk." She said seriously.

" Why do you always scold me?" He asked pouting at her like a kid.

" When did I even scolded you?" She asked angrily.

" See.... again you are scolding me." He said sadly and tears were about to spill from his eyes.

She looked at him as if he had gone crazy.

" I am not scolding you." She said controlling herself.

" Ok." He grinned at her and a smile made onto her face.

He always had this effect on her. He can change her mood so easily whatever the situation is.

" Why did you drink?" She asked him.

" I...I...I wanted some courage to talk to you." He slurred.

She nodded her head and looked at his state. She understood that in no time he will pass out and listened to his blabbering.

He was continuously blabbering about how much he loves her and how much he is afraid to lose her.

All the while she was just staring dreamily at him with a smile on her face listening to his talks.

It is not every day she gets to see this side of him.

She loves him.

She loves his everything.

She loves everything about him.

She even loves his drunk state as he totally behaves like a kid when he drinks.

Whatever has happened in the past and whatever happened earlier today in their lives replayed in her mind. Everything made sense to her now.

The pain of losing her family will never go but she can't lose some one who loves her so much equally as her family because of that reason. She realised it when she returned back to India but again when he said he loved her that day in the graveyard gave her some hope that she can be happy too.

He is her happiness.

He is her angel.

He is her everything.

He is the only one that can keep her sane and happy.

He is the only one who is her life other than Aman.

He is the only one for her.

She can never ever love anyone other than him.

At this moment she realised that there is no reason for her to be angry on him. Everything he has done or did is because of his love on her.

And at this moment nothing mattered to her other than him.

She was smiling looking at him.

He slept like a kid after his blabbering session and she sat there staring at him.

She doesn't want to think anything else anymore.

What will happen in the future doesn't matter to her anymore. What matters the most is to be with him in every moment and situation of her life.

The love and happiness that has been snatched away from her has been returned to her in the form of Rishabh and she wouldn't let go of him at any cost.

She would love, cherish and protect him with all her life.

She sat beside him and kept her head on his shoulder. For the first time ever since her family died, she felt belonged.

She felt content and happy.

With that feeling she slept on his shoulder with a smile on her face.

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Rishabh woke up with a serious headache and groaned in pain. He tried to sit straight but a sharp pain shoot his shoulder and he looked at the source of his pain.

He jerked up from his sleep with shock looking at his angel sleeping peacefully beside him and that too with a cute smile on her face.

He looked at her confused and then realised that he is at her house and slept here only.

He slapped his forehead when he realised that he came to her home in drunk state and grimaced in embarrassment.

He looked at her who is slowly waking up now and gulped at the consequences that may arise now. She looked at him who looked like he would cry anytime now.

" I.I...I....." He stammered nervously.

" Good Morning." He heard and looked at her who is smiling widely at him.

He was taken aback by the happiness on her face.

What's wrong with her?

He wondered to himself while she walked into the kitchen with a bounce in her steps.

He again gawked at her stupidly.

" Go and fresh up, we will have coffee." She said smiling at him which astonished him again.

He looked at her as if she has grown two heads.

" What? Go!" She said shaking her head and started making coffee.

He was wierded out by her behaviour.

What happened to her?

Is she alright?

She is behaving as if nothing has happened yesterday.

Wasn't she angry on him for what he had done?

Or maybe she forgot?

Does she have any memory loss or something?

Or maybe he has gone crazy and seeing things?

He was just looking at her confused and she was looking at him as he was looking cute like that.

" Are you alright?" He asked her after sometime.

" Yeah! And you are still here?" She asked with hands on her hips.

" Huh?" He was baffled.

" Rishabh please go and fresh up so that we can have coffee." She said sighing.

He went away nodding but was still in shock.

She huffed at his back and went to get fresh up.

When she came back, she saw him sitting on the couch deeply thinking holding his coffee and when he saw her, he stood up immediately.

" You finished your coffee? Good. Comeon we need to go somewhere." She said and took the car keys.

" Umm but I....." He tried to say.

" Are you coming with me or not?" She asked him seriously and he nodded his head in yes vigorously making her smile.

" Good. Come on now." She said going out.

" But Aman?" He asked.

" Shanthi ma is coming to take care of him." She said getting into the car.

He was calm all the while she was driving.

" Don't you want to ask me anything?" She asked calmly.

" Yes. Aren't you mad at me?" He asked looking down.

" No." She said and he looked up at her.

She smiled.

" But you were angry at me yesterday morning." He asked exasperated.

" Yeah but not now." She said.

" But how can that be possible?" He exclaimed.

" Are you serious? Do you want me to be angry at you?" She asked him.

" What? No!" He said immediately.

They both were silent until they reached their destination.

He looked at the place they reached and looked startled at her who got down calmly from the car.

Why did she bring him here?

He followed her inside calmly and stopped when they reached her family.

" Hi everyone, how are you all? I want you all to meet someone." Saying this she grabbed Rishabh's hand while he looked at her dumbfounded.

" This is Rishabh. You all know him right?" She asked them smiling.

" Rishabh, meet my family. My mother, father, elder brother, my sister in law, my grandparents." She told him showing their tombstones.

" They all died in an accident." She said looking down with tears.

He didn't know what to say.

She was giving him shock after shock since he woke up in the morning and his mind is not working at the moment.

" You know, Papa wanted us to get married." She said smiling sadly with tears and he stood still.

" He was so happy when I said yes." She said and looked up at him.

He looked at her stunned.

Though he already knew about this, he felt like his heart leaped out of his chest listening from her mouth.

His head was already pounding due to the hangover but now his heart is also pounding hardly.

He looked at her.

She looked at him.

Neither of them spoke anything.

There was total silence around them.

" Rishabh." She called him.

" Huh....." He looked at her dumbly holding his head.

" Will you marry me?" She asked looking straight into his eyes.

He looked at her dumbfounded.

He tried to understand what just happened.

But it was too much for him now and it's a lot to take in.

And he fainted.

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To be Continued...........

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