Accidentally In Love (ASHAANGI) ✔️

Chapter 26

"Goodbye Aarav" she walks away before he could stop her. Atharva notices her tear-stained cheeks and walks to her.

"Shreya, what happened?" he pulls her by the wrist and she tilts her head.

"Let go of me, Atharva," She says, trying to get out of his hold.

"What happened? Did he hurt-"

"Let go of her, asshole" Aarav appears on her side, pulling her towards him. She inhales sharply and moves out of Aarav's hold quickly. Everyone at the party stops what they were doing and turns to watch what's happening between the three of them.

"Aarav please, don't do this-" Atharva starts but Aarav cuts him off, grabbing Atharva's collar.

"Isn't what you have done already is enough? Why are you behind her?" Aarav spats and Atharva shuts his eyes, unable to take this anymore.

"Stop you both" Shreya pulls Aarav by his arm, but he pushes off her hand, making Shreya lose her balance. She regains her balance and stands straight and reads Aarav's apologetic eyes.

"Are you okay?" Atharva runs to her side and she nods her head, still looking at Aarav. And the next thing they know, she walks off, leaving them both alone.

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Aarav opens the door to his bedroom and nearly dies when he notices a dog taking a journal under the cot.

"Hey, get out of my room" He yells at the dog, and the dog runs over to Aarav, hugging his legs.

"Move" Aarav freaks out, unable to remove the dog from his legs.

"MANI" he yells and the very next minute, mani barges into his room.

"Aww, you both look so cute together"

"Take this out of my room" He shrieks, moving his legs in an attempt to remove the dog off his leg.

"Right. I forgot you're scared of dogs" Mani rolls her eyes at her brother and gently takes the dog with her, shutting the door behind them. He releases a sigh of relief and plops on the bed, exhausted. He turns his head and the journal catches his attention. Narrowing his eyes, he opens the journal, and his eyes widen when the name Shreya gets his attention. He instantly sits up and opens the journal.

21.09.21
12:35 am

Shreya. It's the only name that has been ringing in my mind all day. All week. I don't know why but every time she looks at me, my heart flutters. Every time we accidentally brush our fingers, I could feel the electric shock her simple touch gives me. Today when she looked at me and asked if I was okay, I don't know why but I so wanted to tell her everything. Everything. I simply smiled and said I'm doing great. Lies. I know. But what surprised me the most was, she didn't push me. She simply wrapped her little arms around me and said I'm going to be okay and she is going to make sure I'm doing okay. I so want to kiss her on the forehead and tell her that means so much to me but I'm afraid I'll scare her away. Right now, she is sleeping in the bed, cuddling the pillow, and left some space in the bed for me to sleep. But like I said I don't want to scare her away, so I'm going to take the couch today too.

His mind joins the broken pieces and he slowly starts to remember Shreya. He turns to the next page, with his heart broken.

25.09.21
1:30 am

I was today years old when I found out Shreya is color blind. I should have known from the way she tenses up everytime I ask her about her favorite color. Every time she dresses only in black and white. I do not pity her. Never. She is special that way and I like her for who she is. I just hate myself for making her tense. I shouldn't have asked her to choose colors. But I wouldn't have known otherwise. However I still feel guilty for pushing her. Even after knowing somethings wrong, I shouldn't have pushed her. But all I wanted to know was, what's bothering her. I've seen it several times when she tries to pick a dress and she shuts her eyes in pain. But I never questioned it, I thought she was doing fine. I should've simply asked her what's wrong but I didn't. I'm so angry at myself for not making sure if she was doing okay. I'm a terrible husband. The best part of the day was when she wanted to eat ice cream. The little jumps she did, when I promised I'll take her to the ice cream shop. She is adorable as fuck. Like a cupcake. Fucking cute. I badly wanted to hug her but I never did cause I thought I would scare her away. She loves the rain and ice cream. And she wanted to get herself wet. I love how carefree she is. I too joined her and the next best thing happened. Her face was so wet so were her lips. The little droplets on her lips welcomed me as I leaned in to kiss her. Her lips were soft and tasted like the vanilla ice cream she ate a few minutes ago. We pulled away to catch our breath and I wanted to read the unreadable expression on her face. Did she regret kissing me? Do I regret it? No. Will she think I took advantage of her? I should apologize but I thought I will do it at home. But when we came to our house, she dashed out of the car and went straight to our room without even waiting for me. That was very strange but I asked her if she regretted it and her answer made me happy. It was a no.