Yudhi [# A Love Story - Completed]

Arohi POV continued .. Part 8

Arohi POV continued ..

Next day, I woke up as usual and was really in a good mood, when I went downstairs to join my sister and mom for breakfast. My mom suddenly brought up the topic of cleaning my old study room. I was not in a mood to clean up and wanted to enjoy the remaining vacation days, when my whole world came crashing down on me.

“Oh my God  Arohi!!! Just yesterday, you agreed to marriage with Yudhi, at the restaurant. Please don’t tell me you were joking”

I couldn’t believe what she said. I didn’t realize, how we went from cleaning the guest room to me agreeing to marry Yudhi, my arch enemy. I felt like I was on fire and would disintegrate any moment.

“Are you crazy? Oh my God!! Why would I agree to marry him when I cannot even stand his name. Seriously Mom? Are you sure you want this? If you force me, I will end up killing him.” I shouted at her. “I would rather remain unmarried my whole life than marry him”

I really hated Yudhi, as he has been a torture to me since childhood. I was always compared to him and nothing I did ever, was as good as Mr. two bit goody goody geek.  He took away all the fun from my achievements and made me feel inferior. I am sure, I would end up killing him on our first night if we ever get married. I always felt safe that he was on a faraway continent and would never make it to US shore, but now since he is coming here and going to stay with us, I need to come up with something to shut him down forever.

Just then my sister thought of having some fun and called me “Mrs. Yudhi”. That felt like pouring gas on fire and I threw the plate at her. I was lucky it didn’t hit her, but made my sister realize my hatred towards the guy.

Well even though the idiot was a few continents away from us, he managed to create trouble in our paradise. Mom was angry with me and no one talked to me for rest of the day.

Next day, after everyone had enough time to cool down, Dad came to my room and promised me that he and Mom will never force me into anything that I am not comfortable with, but still I need to consider their proposal and give it a chance before rejecting it.

I agreed to the proposal for now, as it would buy immediate peace of mind, and since I have the right to reject, I can do it later, once Yudhi arrives.

I was sure Yudhi had so many faults, which my parents cannot see as he is far away, and even mountains seem to have a smooth skin from a distance. Once he comes and stays under the same roof, I am sure he will have difficulty maintaining the same goody image and then it will be easier for me to reject his marriage proposal.

I really couldn’t enjoy rest of the vacation and wanted to get back to campus and spend time amongst friends.

Soon, I and Kim, were back in our dorm at college. I didn’t tell her anything as I wanted to wait till we were miles away from home and it gave me time to think about the whole affair. She already knows about Yudhi and how much I hate him. Anyway she noticed the change in me and has been pestering me for more information.

“Aru, tell me what is bothering you? I cannot wait anymore and your sad face is killing my mojo too” She lifted my chin and was peering into my eyes. She gave that look, the one that is filled with love, but strong enough to crack my defenses and I spilled the beans.

“I have a fiancée now, well not official, but mom and dad want me to marry him” I said, with tears in my eyes.

“Oh!! My god !! How does he look? Is he a hunk? Tell me how he looks.. show me his picture.” She started shouting, thinking my tears were happy ones. She knew, I cry when I get emotional, too happy  or too sad.

“Well he is medium height, underweight geek with thick glasses and looks like he didn’t sleep in years and most probably needs a haircut” I replied crying.

“Oh My God!!! its Yudhi – your arch enemy.” She knew my standard profile description for Yudhi.

There was no need to explain further, she understood my pain. She took my face in her hands and wiped my tears away and hugged me and I was not sure how long we remained that way, but I felt better.

After that we didn’t talk about it for two days. Kim waited patiently for me to open up and share more information regarding my future fiancé.

I told her about his job with Google and that he is arriving in less than 3 months to US, and then I have to face him and make a go/no go decision. Well, my decision was made and not going to change, but I need to come up with solid reasons for rejecting the proposal.

“Don’t worry Aru, we will come up with something. We will take him down so badly that he will return back to India in two days.” I knew, I had friends I can rely on to get me through this. I felt confident and was cheerful again and immersed myself in studies.

After one week, I called mom without realizing she was in India. She immediately gave the phone to Yudhi and I was not prepared for having a conversation with him.

“Hi Yudhi, how are you? Hoping to see you soon.”

“Hi Arohi, I am doing good. How are you doing and what are your plans for today.”

“Good, thank you. Nothing special, just going out with my boyfriend. Ooops !! Sorry, please ignore the last part. Mom is not aware of it. Please don’t tell her.” I was hoping to see his reaction as I cannot checkout the look on his face.

“Sure, no problem. Don’t worry about it. Have a good one.” He replied immediately.

I was happy that went well, but felt a small stabbing pain in my chest. I didn’t get the reaction I was hoping for. I never thought of the possibility of him not being interested in me and that feeling didn’t go well as I felt a void in my heart.

I know enough about me to feel confident that I was good looking, smart and adorable but for some reason I felt a rejection there and it hurt me.

Maybe I was overreacting over a phone conversation. I decided to ignore his response for now. I should be happy as I fired the first missile letting him know that I was not available.