Agastya had picked up Janhavi in his arms as he pushed the door behind him shut. The entire villa was decorated just like it would be for the wedding night. Janhavi was looking at Agastya who pecked her lips lovingly. As he put her down, her feet touched the soft, cold rose petals. She looked around taking a glance at the entire space. The villa was decorated with scented candles and fresh rose bouquets in pastel pink, white and baby's breath. The jacuzzi pool was already bubbling with candles lit around. A champagne bucket was kept with two flutes.

The decor made her a little shy as she chuckled. She was on the deck leaning over the railing watching the fishes swim by below their villa. Agastya had his hands secured around her waist, holding her gently. He kissed her earlobe as he whispered.

"Happy engagement my love! I love you."

She held his hand over her stomach with a smile. All of it felt like a dream. She was way beyond happy and had the corners of her eyes moist. She gently stroked his hand and kissed him on his left cheek bending her neck sideways.

"Thank you baby! This still feels like a dream. A dream come true!" She uttered almost in whispers. Agastya sighed closing his eyes feeling that moment, feeling her presence, feeling the warmth of her body. They both were riding high on emotions. He was aroused and Janhavi knew it.

She turned around to face him and captured his lips in a passionate kiss. Agastya's hands roamed all over her back feeling the warmth of her skin. Her hands too began caressing his nape. His fingers softly stroked her cheeks while still kissing her. Their tongues fought for dominance when Janhavi bit him a little to win over. Soon her hands undid the first button of his shirt. He smiled at her eagerness and arousal. As he sensed her hands were reaching for the next button, he gently withdrew. She looked at him in confusion.

"What?" She asked perplexed.

"You really want to take our relationship forward to that level? I mean like now?" Agastya asked her to be sure.

"To ye itna phool patti candles se kyu decorate karwaya hai?" She sounded miffed for having interrupted like that.

He chuckled at her question and hugged squishing her. "My bayko is so damn bold. Mujhe kuch karne ki zarurat hi nahi hai. She is already ready. So eager jaan? But baby, first things firsts!"

He said holding her hand and pulling her to the jacuzzi.

"Oh! You want to take a dip in the pool first, you mean?" She asked making him laugh.

"Oh my gadhi bayko! I want to talk to you about everything my life was in those lonely years. I know you had and may have many whys to ask. I want to answer all of them before I make love to you. I want to clear the slightest of doubts you may have before I pledge my body and soul to you. Let's take a dip in this warm water. I want to tell and ask and know everything that my bestest friend who's now gonna be my lovely bayko must know. My jaanu maanu! Aaja baby."

"Let me change. Five minutes please." Janhavi excused as he demanded aloud. "Wear something sexy for me jaan! Can't wait to see you!"

And soon she appeared wearing the resort's white bath robe. Untying the knot as she dropped the rope near the jacuzzi, Agastya's eyes popped out looking at her in a two piece bikini in black. It set the perfect contrast against the white, soft, sheer of her skin. It made her look supremely gorgeous and sexy. Covering his hand against his hardness, Agastya swore still looking at her as she took a dip in the pool.

"Fucking gorgeous baby!" He said kissing her briefly. Janhavi held his hand pulling it away from his crouch and leaned against his chest wrapping his arms around her stomach. His hands drew patterns over her tummy as the water bubbled. The perfect force of the jets massaged their bodies. Agastya couldn't hold himself back from kissing her.

"Soch lo fir! First things first bola tha naa tumne?" She reminded him as he felt little embarrassed on being carried away. His expressions made her chuckle.

"Can you like...stay away....I mean little away from me baby? It might make you uncomfortable. I am...a little aroused!" He asked her feeling embarrassed to voice his arousal.

"No! I have stayed enough away from you Agastya. Almost felt like a lifetime staying away from you. Please, don't push me away now. Nothing about you is uncomfortable to me. This is because of me and for me, right? Then I want to feel it all. I want to feel how it feels when your man is aroused because of you. I want to feel this physical proximity with the love of my life. Chalo, hug karo mujhe. Hmm! Aise. And why are you ashamed? Ye to mard hone ki nishani hai re Gusty! Kay laaz tyat mag (what's to be ashamed of)."

Her giggles made him chuckle.
"Alright then! I thought you might be uncomfortable. I am super proud of my mardangi my jaanu-maanu. I wanted your comfort. My chichori bayko! Wants to feel the hard on! Wow! How lucky am I?"

They both again laughed in sync. Janhavi's eyes bore only love for him as she watched him laugh his heart out. Gently, she caressed his stubble with a soft smile and kissed his left cheek and neck.

"I love you Agastya Sehgal! I have loved you since I didn't even know what love meant then. But I have always been proud of you. I was then, I am now and I will always be. Guess that's what my love is for you. I couldn't hate you even when you had abandoned me."

"Hello miss! I didn't abandon you, my sweetest heart. I could never. Aisa mat bol yaar. I feel guilty already. I could never abandon my jaanu maanu. I had just distanced for both of our betterment."

Agastya spoke in his defence. Janhavi rolled her eyes at him, twitching her lips. "Achha! Kya betterment tha usme? Mujhe door kar diya tha tumne. I had started feeling that I wasn't good enough for you!"

"Of course you were not good enough for me." He said taking a sip of his champagne from the flute.

"To fir kyu karna hai shadi tumko mujhse? Stay away from me then." She sounded hurt and moved away from him. But he pulled her back to himself and kissed her once again.

"Dumbo! You were not good enough for me. You are the best....rather the bestest for me. And enough is out of question as it will limit your love. Its limitless. What you are to me can't be measured to call it enough. No one could ever take your place. It was reserved by birth for you my love. Because I have loved only and only you. No one could ever come close to my idea of love than you. I have loved you since our boarding days. I didn't know that it was love, just like you said a while ago. But as we grew up, I realised and I knew who I wanted to spend my entire life with. Since the beginning it was only you baby"

She had tears in her eyes as she asked in crackled voice. "To fir mujhe khud se door kyu kiya tumne? Itna sab pata tha then why did you risk our love, our friendship, Agastya?"

She sobbed and he hugged her. Gently caressing her almost open back, he kissed on her shoulder.

"So that you could be someone. So that you could work towards your goal without the distraction."

He sufficed his past actions supplying her with the reason of distancing from her. She was even more confused as her eyebrows pinched together.

"What? What are these riddles now? Can you please throw a little light on it."

"Ha ha ha. I will throw sunshine on it. But first mujhe kissi chaiye. Jaise thodi der pehle di thi naa, waisi. Barbadi wali kissi. And say that you love me. I want to hear you saying I love You every few minutes. You don't know how much I have craved for you jaan."

He demanded making her giggle. "Barbadi wali kissi handle nahi hoti tumse. Your little master salutes. he he he he. Ishsha! What all are you making me say?"

She giggled and it was time for Agastya to embarrass her even further. He held her hand and kept it on his manhood. It was throbbing and hard. It was such a sudden move that Janhavi couldn't realise what had happened.

"Ishsha Agastya! Chhii! Kya hai ye?" She said feeling shy and embarrassed. He had still held her hand on his hard member while she tried to pull away.

"Kyu? Why ishsha? Tera hi hai sab kuch. You just said little master, so thought let me make you feel if you would want to correct yourself that it's not that little."

He winked and in the next moment what Janhavi did was the boldest he could ever think of her. She held it over his shorts and kissed Agastya gently stroking it. They both moaned and she withdrew feeling shy.

Her eyes were closed as she left her hold and Agastya didn't like the warmth leaving him. He grabbed her and kissed her harder, chewing her lips making her moan in the kiss. His manhood still poked her on the lower abdomen.

"Don't let the beast lose baby! That's why I wanted you to stay a little away for sometime."

"I am not gonna stay away from you. Did you get it? Come on, you have confused me way too much for years. Now spill the beans before I do something that wouldn't give you a chance to talk! Bolo naa Gusty!"

Janhavi was all ears to what Agastya had to tell her. She wanted to know why had he distanced himself and pushed her away. And what betterment did he see in doing so. Agastya braced himself to tell her about his hardest decision. He had risked their love for her, to see her flourish in life academically. He narrated her as she leaned against him. The warm water bubbled in the jacuzzi. He kissed her cheek one more time as he began talking.

"So, I had understood that you had grown possessive of me. You wanted to flaunt our friendship. You didn't like me being with other girls of our class. To be honest, I used to love it secretly. Who wouldn't like being bragged about? I wanted to ask you out formally after our 10th board exams. But during our pre term PTM, I heard the teacher and our Principal telling your mother how your grades have dropped. Aunty looked worried and disappointed in you because you've been good academically till then. I heard aunty telling you on the way to the parking that 10th board results were the stepping stones for you to choose what you aim to become. She sounded very disappointed. She even said how I scored highest. The comparison was drawn but I still saw you smiling over my name. More than the effect of your low grades, your eyes sparkled at my mention."

Agastya's throat chocked as he was narrating how hard it was for him. Janhavi looked at him with a shy smile.

"My eyes still sparkle just at your mention. My cheeks turn pink and warm just with your thought baby. I absolutely adore you even now."

"I love you jaan!" Agastya stated with a smile and damp eyes.

"That was why you befriended that girl from your class? I absolutely hated her. But thank you for being so thoughtful!"

Janhavi spoke and the hurt and pain were audible in her voice.

"I had no other option Jaanu, trust me! Had I not distanced myself, you might have flunked in the board. I wanted your parents to be proud of you. They had dreams for you. You are their only child. How could I be selfish and see you spoiling your future going mad over your best friend. Love should be your strength. I have truly loved you and hence that was the only solution I saw. And I am glad it worked. I am proud of my baby for succeeding in life and building her career with great academics."

Agastya kissed her on her forehead. Janhavi wrapped her arms around him as she kissed his nape and whispered something that made him shiver.

"Thank you for saving me. But have you ever thought, what if I would have really gone away and someone would have replaced you. Tumne door kar diya tha agar sach me koi wo space fill kar leta to kya hota hamara? Tum dekh pate mujhe kisi aur ke sath? Was it totally wise? Itna hurt kar ke door kiya what if I really would have found someone worth being with? How could you risk us and our love Agastya?"

Agastya held her tightly in his arms as his breaths become little troubled. It fastened just with that thought as he introspected. Janhavi understood that he had panicked just with the thought of it. She rubbed his back as she kissed his naked chest.

"Easy! Easy my baby! I wouldn't have loved anyone. You know it. Just telling you what you had risked distancing yourself away from me. It could have happened had I not loved you that deeply. I love you Agastya Sehgal. You're mine. And I always was and always will be yours. No one could ever have been close to my Gusty. My bestest friend. My soul mate. No one could ever take the place that was yours since always. I love you madly baby!"

She consoled him. He just kept his arms wrapped around her. He kissed her head every now and then. He professed his love to her umpteen times.

"I am so lucky jaan. Whenever this thought used to cross, I used to panic thinking what if there is someone in your life? How would I be able to live without you. Without my jaanu maanu! It used to take every ounce of my strength to console my heart that all will be just fine. But when I saw you with Arjun, I thought I that lost my love. I cursed myself and almost disliked him till I found out that he was just a friend."

Agastya voiced the insecurities that had boggled his mind and had scared him for the longest time while away from Janhavi.

"Well! To be honest, your doubt could have turned true had I accepted his proposal. Arjun did propose me. But he knew how I felt about you and it would have been unfair to him to even give us a try. He understood and had been really patient with me. He had been a very strong support emotionally all these years."

Janhavi truthfully spilled the secret. Agastya found his possessive streaks in action. He gritted his teeth.

"Fucking moron! I so guessed it. I so knew it."

"Calm down Agastya! And language please. He is my closest friend. And you should be thankful to him for saving me from trauma and depression. Coz I am very thankful to him for saving me from such a distress I could have been in. He had been always protective of me. He had always helped me in whatever capacity he could. So you better be grateful to him, if not anything. He will always be my buddy. I hope you don't spoil things for me."

Agastya was embarrassed and understood that he had helped his jaanu. And there was nothing wrong to adore someone. She made clear how he never crossed his limits and never brought the love topic out after he knew Janhavi could never love anyone as she loved Agastya.

"I am sorry jaan! I am thankful to Arjun to have looked after you. I apologise as I just was jealous for a moment learning he too had feelings for you. But anyone can have feelings for anyone. We can't stop them from loving us. But we should always be truthful to that bond and shouldn't mislead them. That was exactly what I had explained Amanda too!"

Before he could finish, Janhavi jumped in between. "I so knew it that she liked you. The way she used to look at you in pictures, explained her feelings for you."

And soon her eyes opened the gates as the tears fell off profusely dampening her cheeks. Agastya smiled as he wiped her eyes with hai thumb.

"Jaan! Stop it yaa. Just like Arjun thought you are perfect for him, so did Amanda! Where does it stamp that we had an affair or I have been unfaithful to you. She is a very close buddy and nothing else. I agree she liked me but knowing I had someone special back home, she had made peace with it. She is a very nice girl and you will know why I am friends with her when you'll meet her."

"Fir bhi usne tumko propose to kiya naa? Mujhe achha nahi laga. Main hurt hoon tumse!" She still cried feeling hurt.

"Achha to main bhi hurt hoon. Arjun le liye. Ye kya baat hui, same situation me Arjun is your buddy but Amanda can't be my friend. Wow! What logic?" Agastya spoke in his defence as he hugged Janhavi from behind and planted a kiss on her cheek.

"I am sorry my jaanu maanu. Your Gusty bikki is very sorry to have kept you away. Sorry for all those tears, the heartbreak, the loneliness and the distress that you had to deal with alone. But know that your Gusty was as lonely as his jaanu was. He felt guilty every second for hurting his jaanu. He couldn't celebrate his successes wholeheartedly as his bestest friend was not a part of his success parties. His Diwali, Christmas and new years were as lonely as his jaanu maanu's were. He was as soulless without his soulmate as his jaanu was. Trust me when I say that I was mere breathing to sustain. And the only thing that helped me stay rooted to you was that kiss!"

He chuckled at Janhavi's expressions.

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