Rupali - The Mermaid

Infatuation ⛓

Mahi's POV

We were all having small talks when Piya's phone started buzzing, after looking at the phone she turned towards Taniya and said, "Its Kai, we need to get home soon Tan"

Taniya groaned and stood up from Sandeep's lap. He looked at her with longing and sadness, as if he didn't want to let her go. I smiled lightly at this.

Taniya leaned in and kissed him on his nose before saying goodbye. Both the Singhania sisters soon bid us goodbye and left. I and Piya exchanged our phone numbers since we were quite similar including our age. She sounds mature though.

After a few moments, Sandeep stood up saying that its time to leave. Everyone lazily stood up and started moving out. Vihaan had picked up Shanaya bridal style. They both were always found together. They even had a past together. I had my doubts that Shanaya was cheating on my bro with Vihaan but every time I said to him about this, he would say to me that there is nothing to worry about.
Deep inside even he knows that Shanaya can never be trustworthy but he doesn't want to go against our parents.

As we headed towards our limo, Vihaan placed Shanaya on the seat and excused himself saying that he had to meet a friend. He could have met that friend tomorrow morning,  it's already 1 am. I just sighed and got in the limo and left for our home.

After some time we reached our home and got out of the vehicle. Shanaya was still asleep on the seat but everyone kept going like she wasn't even here. I tugged at Sandeep's sleeve and said, "Bro, her" motioning towards Shanaya. He looked at her and ran his fingers through his hair in frustration.

He turned towards Arjun giving him his puppy eyes. Arjun's eyes widened as he raised his hands and shook his head abruptly saying, "No way Sandy, she is your property"

Bro then turned his head towards Raj with the same expression. Raj sighed and went to pick Shanaya in his arms. He carried her inside in a very awkward position making us all laugh.

Everyone went to their rooms exhausted,  but I went to Sandeep's room knowing that he would be in a whirlwind of thoughts and needs someone. He has always been the perfect big brother anyone could ask for. He was protective much but never made me feel uncomfortable.  He always respected my decisions and was there for me when I needed him. Now it was my turn to be there for him.

I knocked on the door before entering.  He was sitting on the couch with a glass of whiskey in his hand. I pouted at his glass for which he sighed and kept his alcohol away.

I went over and hugged him before sitting next to him on the couch. 

I started the conversation by saying, "I saw the way you were looking at Taniya. Don't even try to deny it, cause everyone could sense it. And the sexual tension was veryyyy thick"

He smiled at me and said, "My baby sis has grown up very much"

"Don't you dare change the topic, I need answers. Say me what is it" I said while trying to glare at him.

He frowned at me before saying, "I have no idea what it is, I just know that I like her - very much. But I don't know anything about her at all, for all I know she could be someone just like Shanaya. But yet every time I am with her, it feels right. Like it's meant to be."

"I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT !!" someone screamed making me jump.

I turned towards the door to find Arjun and Dimpi entering the room. Oh shit, I forgot to lock the door after entering. 
Arjun had a smirk on his face while Dimpi had the hugest grin even.

"See I knew it, the moment I saw Sandeep glaring at Arjun while he was dancing with Taniya, I knew that Sandeep liked her. Hell, I'm always right. At last, Sandeep found someone whom he likes. Now he doesn't need to marry that Shanaya bitch. Wow, you can marry Taniya now. I'm actually excited about your wedding now. Mahi we need to head back to Mumbai soon for wedding preparations.  There is still soo much to take care of. Aww, I can't wait for them to have kids, I hope the baby has blue eyes like Taniya. Omg, what if- " she was cut off from her rambling when Arjun placed his hand on her mouth to silence her.

Arjun said, "Ah Dims I know you are excited,  we all are trust me but don't you think you are going too far. Let us listen to Sandy first"

She glared at Arjun but agreed nonetheless.  Now we all turned towards Sandeep waiting for an explanation.

Sandeep said, "Umm what ?"

Arjun rolled his eyes and said, "You need to call this wedding off. You said you like Taniya so you can't marry Shanaya"

Sandeep answered,  "Ya but I need to be sure that I feel for Taniya, this could just be some sort of infatuation" 

We all sighed since he was right, also we had no idea what Taniya felt. We then spoke for some time about random things until we were sleepy. We stood up heading towards our bedrooms. Before leaving I hugged Sandeep and said, "Don't worry bro, we will sort everything out together"

Arjun and Dimpi joined the hug and said "Together" in sync.

After reaching my room I checked my phone and found a missed call from mom and a message from Piya. I made a mental note to call mom tomorrow and read the message from Piya.
It said,
Had a great time with you tonight, wanna hang out tomorrow ??

I smiled and replied,
Even I had a lot of fun, would surely love to hang out.

I changed my clothes into some comfy ones and soon fell asleep.

Vihaan's POV

After saying to the others that I have to meet my friend, I took off towards the forest in my car which I had said one of my men to get. The others are such dumbfucks to believe such a crappy lie. After reaching the forest, I parked my car in front of the old abandoned cabin which I have visited many times.

I went to the backyard and opened the door which leads to the basement of the house. The stairs still manage to scare the fuck out of me.

But I never got it cleaned for two reasons. Since it looked creepy, no one has dared to get here. And the second reason is that the creepy guy who lives here loves creepy things.

After reaching the basement,  I called out, "Banshee".

I didn't have to shout since my words echoed throughout the hall.

The creepy guy appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of me with an outstretched arm. He looked young but had long hair and a beard which covered most of his face. His clothes were torn and worn out. He took bath but wore the same ugly outfit every day.

I gave him the strand of hair with a bored expression. He took it and went away towards the darkness. He started chanting something which I assume are spells.

I had plucked that hair from Taniya when she wasn't looking. He needed it for some reason.

After a few minutes, he came back and said, "It's her" before completely disappearing into the darkness.

I sighed and went back to the beach house we were staying in.