Continued

Naina's POV

'Naina ?'

'Nainaaaaaaa....' Rads yells near my ears making me wince because of the pain that her shrieky voice caused in my ears as well as head

'Owww.... Are you crazy !' I hit her and rub the back of my ear to soothe the pain

'I called you thrice...' She rolled her eyes

'There are other decent ways to get someone's attention Radhika Khanna...' I glare at her and get up from the chair

'But I prefer the annoying way, the expression on people's face is priceless...!' she exclaims and gets up too

I glare at her and then start fixing my dress, since we were supposed to get Di out in sometimes as the Groom's side was about to arrive

'What were you thinking...?' she asks combing my hair

I wish I could tell you that I was thinking about Arjun again Rads, but I cannot bear the half n hour lecture you will give me once you know that...

'Nothing...' I lie

'Is it hard for you to move around, since he is here too....?' Rads asks

Yes !

'Don't be silly Rads ! It's not like we are exes or something, I am running around the venue comfortably doing my chores, not bothering about his presence, and why are you making it such a big issue, friends part their ways, it's normal...' I say and I see her eyes widening

Oh no..

'What do you mean by that...?' she glares at me

'Uh... No... Not you and me ofcourse...' I cover, or should rather say, tried to cover...

'This means once we move to different cities, you will stop talking to me as well...' She glares

'Of course not Rads ! Don't be silly...' I try to calm her down

'Don't talk to me...' She puts the comb on the table and walks outside

Oh no Rads... Come back

'Rads... Listen to me please...' I immediately follow her, not bothering that my dupatta isn't pinned and I am wearing pencil heels for the first time

'Rads yaar... I did not mean that....' I call her, but she wasn't listening to me

She took longer strides away from me, towards our friends, and I follow her, trying my best not to fall down

'Rads don't run, I am not accustomed to pencil heels...' I call and now the guys had their attention on us

Great...

'Naina you are so... So mean....' Rads exclaimed

'What's going on...?' Jai asks and Arjun too stopped whatever he was doing and looked at us

Kill me now

'Nothing, she's being her dramatic self, ignore her...' I say, and walk quickly towards her

'You might want to fix your dupatta first...' Sash comments holding it was sliding on the floor, rather than staying on my shoulders

'It's fine Sash...' I say and Rads stood beside Arjun, glaring at me

'You know what, I won't come to your wedding...' She says angrily and I swear I saw Arjun stiffen

From where did my wedding pop here ?

'You are getting married ! So soon...?' Adi gasps

'No ! I am not... Rads what are you saying...!' I look at her

'You said you'll stop talking to me once we move away from each other, like you and Arjun did...' Rads whined

Everyone went silent at this, Arjun sighed and looked away, and I was beyond embarrassed, I mean she just spilled everything in front of the devil himself

Rads gasped when she realised what she said and I couldn't look at Arjun now

I could literally hear my heart beating, I bet if anyone stood closer to me, they would've heard it too

After a few minutes of awkward silence and few exchanged glances, Rads finally decides to open her mouth...

Me and Arjun avoided each other the whole time... Because it was like mini confrontation, which both of us avoided since weeks

'Uh... I mean...' she began

'Rads can we drop it now, you know I didn't mean anything what you assumed, please we have other important task to do...' I cut her off and she nods

'Get back to work everyone....' I declare and turn around

A strong hand held my arms and I immediately knew who it was, thanks to my stupid stupid heartbeats who were rapid

I really need to do something about this...

I turn around trying my best to hide my frown, to see him directly staring into my eyes and there I go, I was speechless again

Those eyes really leave me short of words, and he seems to know that..

'What are you...?'

'I need to talk to you...' he said firmly and our friends look at him bewildered

'Arjun we have a wedding here...' I tried to reason

'It's not your or mine, our absence won't bother anyone...' He was adamant

'Listen Arjun, I am really busy right now... Rads needs my help...' I look at Rads who was staring at Arjun shocked as well

'Do you...?' he directly looks at Rads and she fell short of words

'Uh...I... Well....'

'It's important Radhika...' he looks at Rads pleadingly and I knew she would give in

I close my eyes in disappointment and massage the bridge of my nose with my free hand

Why is he creating a scene here...

'You should go Naina...' Rads says and I look at her shocked

Wasn't she the one stopping me from talking to him !

'What No ! There's nothing to talk... I don't want to...' I protested, but his hold was tight

I tried to read his expressions, but his face was blank, he just held my hands and tackled my protests like it was nothing...

God why did I lose weight...!

Even if I hadn't, he would've easily dragged me like a sack...

'Come with me...' he pulled me to the other side

'Arjun don't be silly, leave me...' I say, trying to get out of his hold, because honestly, my Dupatta was sweeping the floor and was coming on my way as he held the hand balancing it, I couldn't walk properly in these heels and with him dragging me like this, I was sure that I will be caught in my own veil and fall flat on my face

'Dude her dress...' Jai called

'Naina don't ruin it....' Rads said

'Do you think I have a choice...' I yell back and Arjun stops listening to this

He turns around and looks at my dishevelled state, my hair wasn't tied up, thanks to Rads, the lehenga I was wearing had a beautiful long Dupatta (Veil) which was sweeping the floor right in front of me, and my legs were about to get entangled between them

He sighed and bent down to hold the veil which was almost on the floor and carefully lifted it, making sure it doesn't tear off, I look at him still trying to understand what he is up to...

He lifts the veil and puts it on my left shoulder, while adjusting the one already on my right one, I stood there rooted to my spot as this was our closest encounter since we met last...

After adjusting the veil, he looks at me,with his captivating eyes and I look away, to avoid getting stupid all over again

'Please come with me...' he says softly

Of course my stupid heart had to give in on this... I sigh and nod, he again catches my arm and drags me out of the room, and I know our friends were not doing their work, but staring at us...

Just like those annoying TV Dramas

In the store room like place

As we enter the room, he leaves my hand and closes the gate behind us, which makes a squeaky noise indicating it wasn't oiled from like decades...

I look around the room, it had boxes, a lot of boxes actually, and the floor was dusty, I gasp and pull my lehenga up, so it doesn't sweep the damn floor and get soiled

I was busy in adjusting my lehenga, because wearing pencil heels didn't help, and didn't realise he was standing in front of me, staring...

'What you want to say ?' I ask, once I see him looking

'Are you done...?' he was apparently waiting for me to get done

I leave my work and look at him, directly at his eyes, well wearing heels did help me to reach his super tall levels...

'Yeah... Say...'

I knew what followed was an apology, and an explanation about why he did not talk to me and all that, but honestly, I did not want to hear it... It took me one whole year to get over my stupid crush over him and his ignorance did teach me important lessons like nothing is permanent

'See I wanted to apologise... For....'

'Exclusively ignoring me...? That's okay... I forgive you... Can we go now...?' I try to act casual, but was really uncomfortable inside, I don't want to cry

'Naina don't be like this... Let me explain...' he began, he looked helpless

'Arjun you don't have to... It's your life, your decision...'

'Naina your anger is acceptable to me, but your indifference isn't...' he says taking a step closer

'Well this is what you get, for being a coward and not standing up for your opinions in front of your partner.... You are her pawn.... I am not friends with people who can't stand for themselves, sorry....' I glare at him and he looks pissed

Good...

'I am not her pawn.... And certainly not a coward.....' he declares

'Then I am not indifferent either, I am respecting your decision, and listen I don't want to be the reason for your break up alright... So let the things go the way they are...'

'I have left that god damn witch Naina ! And I don't care what she thinks, she was a mistake, the fact is you did not come in between us, she was the one who came between you and me ! I realised this too late ! But please let me explain once... I don't want to lose you Naina... You are....' he stopped in between and I sighed to control my tears

'You are my best friend ! You are important to me...' he exclaimed

'Arjun we are not breaking up... Calm down...' I tried to lighten the mood, because it appeared that we both will cry now

'It's worst than breaking up Okay...! You have no god damn idea how hurtful is this... To be ignored by you...' he sighed

'So you do know how it feels...' I say and he looks at me with regret on his face

'Naina I swear on our friendship, that I did not enjoy it... She was a psycho... I was employed by her dad... I had to bear her, or else I would've been just an intern.... I gained a lot with that damn relation, but lost way more precious thing.... Please Naina don't break ties with me... You have no idea, how much it hurts when you talk to everyone but me....' he helds my arms and I couldn't control my tears

'I felt the same you know... You were my best friend, you should've shared this with me....' I manage to say

'I know... I was stupid... I made a terrible mistake by not sharing this with you... I don't want to pay the price.... Call me selfish... But I swear... This won't happen... Like ever... I swear on you... Please.... Please don't hate me...' he pleaded almost in tears too

My stupid heart defied my brain, and I couldn't stay mad at him now...

I mean how can I ? He's Arjun afterall...

'I don't hate you, you know that...' I wipe his tears

'But you are indifferent... I thought...'

'My bestie ignored me for a year, because of his girlfriend, I think I deserve to be angry on that....' I glare at him

'Of course you do.... Hit me all you want, but please don't leave me...' he sighed holding my palms

'I won't, unless you promise not to do the same again...' I hold his arms tightly

'I promise... No matter what happens, I will never ever leave you.... You have my word...' he smiled and I smile back

But why do I feel, I am going to regret this....

'What about the time when either of us get married ? Don't make promises you can't keep...' I raised my brows and he stiffened

'We'll see about that... After that witch, I don't think I have courage to get along with another girl....' he shudders dramatically and I couldn't help but smile

'Well okay... So friends again...?' I put my hand forward

'Yes.... Forever...' he tightly clasped my hand and I smile

'Come here you.... I missed you so much....' he pulled me towards him and engulfed in his arms

Now my heart couldn't stop the rapid beating and the worst part is he can feel that, but surprisingly, his heartbeats are rapid too...

Does he feel for me too ?

Don't over think Naina...

I hug him back and he held me tightly

'I missed you too...' we stood like that in comfortable silence, I was feeling happy again...

I felt I got him back, my world was bright again...

'I am glad to see that you are finally becoming a girl...' he commented and I hit him

'There's too much you don't know....' I smirk looking at him

'Ooo I know everything, I had my agents here to keep an eye on you....' he smirked back

'Stalker...' I hit him and he laughs

'Proudly....' he grinned and I couldn't help but smile

As much as I admit that I was getting flattered by his comments, I had no idea, that this man here was going to change me and  my life forever....

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