Our Way Back

19. Rushi's anger

"Hey you okay? You look uncomfortable...", asked Vishal studying Advika's face.

"Huh?!...me..? No I am fine it's just the hospital smells, they make me a bit uncomfortable."
Except Vishal "everyone" understood her smooth lie.

"Oh yeah happens", Vishal replied believing her lie.

"Yeah don't feel obliged you can leave whenever you want!", Rushi said to them.

Vishal was surprised by such a blunt reply by Rushi. He wasn't able to understand why would he say something so harshly like that.

Advika knew it was all coming on her way. She felt the sarcasm and anger oozing out of his words .
Rohit and Adnan felt choked between this tension not knowing what to do.

"Oh yes, I think we should be leaving. Vishal take complete rest and recover quickly okay? We want you back on set soon! Advika come on... Let's go.", Rohit stood up and extended his hand for Advika.

Rohit and Advika left his ward, not a word was exchanged between them since they left for the hospital and even now she didn't speak a word while they were walking down the passage of the hospital.

They stood silently near the elevator. Rohit stayed silent too, he wanted to give her time for herself.

Advika was pulled out of her trance when the door of the elevator tinged. The doors of the elevator opened only to send another wave of shock in her already fucked up day!

Vishal's mom dad stepped out of the elevator. Seeing her standing in front of them after so many years, they couldn't believe their sight. Advika's eyes couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

Vishal's mom was clearly happy to see her. She gingerly touched Advika's cheek. Advika felt the guilt more strongly of leaving all of this behind, she surely had people who would understand and love her no matter what!

"Beta where were you so for so long?", Vishal's mom asked her with love and concern.

Advika couldn't answer her questions instead she just gave her a long tight hug. Vishal's Dad stroked her head lightly as he was equally surprised and happy to see her.

Rohit stood there witnessing all this only to realise why was all this so difficult for her, but his confusion had now increased to a level where he wanted to shake Advika vigorously and bring out all the answers to his questions

Advika broke the hug wiping away her tears.
"How are you child? And how come you are here?", Vishal's dad asked her lovingly.

"We had come to visit Vishal", saying so she looked towards Rohit.

"Namaste uncle I am Rohit. I am Vishal's director for the current project and Advika's friend", Rohit introduced himself and had a handshake with Vishal's dad.

"But Vishal, he doens't know...", Vishal's mom's face was confused

"We work together on the sane project aunty", Advika answered her doubt.

"Ohhh...so did you meet Adnan Rushi? What did you'll tell Vishal?", Asked his dad.

"Beta you come with us, we will also get some time together and Adnan, Rushi would also be happy.", Said his mom happily.

"Umm no aunty you head ahead it's fine", Advika said sadly.
While they were talking Rushi comes there.

Rushi completely ignored Advika's presence and started talking to Vishal's parents.

"Beta we just met her here...", Vishal's mom tried to say but Rushi requested them to go and see Vishal first.

Vishal's Dad senses that he should leave them alone and leaves to meet Vishal with his mom.

Rushi was about to leave but Advika stops him.
"Rushi", she called out to him, her voice soft and wavering.

Rushi turns around with a blank face.

"We need to talk Rushi", she managed to say without breaking into tears looking at how he was being a total arrogant jerk.

Rushi was very short tempered but when it came to Advika he always would control his temper for her but he wasn't even trying to hide his rage which hurted her as she wasn't resistant to it.

"About what?", Rushi asked sternly.

"Rushi please-", Advika pleaded.

"Fine speak, I am all ears to you", Rushi said looking her. His heart twiched looking at her upset face.

The dominant girl in front of whom even the most arrogant would kneel was not commanding him to drop his anger.
He felt this abnormal. He would never behave such with her, but he was angry.

"Rushi not here, can we not go somewhere where we can talk peacefully", asked Advika

"Oh why? How long story or speech have you prepared?", Rushi asked sarcastically.

"Drop it Rushi, we both know you want to talk it out and listen to what I have to say, we cannot talk it out here this is not the right place, doesn't your peasized brain understand this?", She said irritated.

Her patience was running thin and Rushi scratched it, causing it to tear and thus bursted out a volcano.

Rushi kind of expected exactly this! He was about to say something back at her when Rohit interrupted him by standing in between Rushi and Advika.

"Guys I suggest you should go in the canteen or somewhere out of the hospital to talk please", Rohit said standing protectively in front of Advika as he didn't know what would Rushi say or do in his anger and he didn't want Advika to be hurt not physically and not at all emotionally.

Though Rohit did not know who was at fault and what was the real story behind Advika, Adnan, Rushi and Vishal's past but still he know he would stand by her side always!

"Will you shut up please", Rushi said to Rohit.

"You shut up, you have no right to be rude to him, he was just warning you of your manners", Advika said to Rushi anger dripping through her words.

Advika quickly closed her eyes to calm her voice and racing heart. She wanted to make Rushi understand and didn't actually want to shout at him but he left no option for her other than to lash out at him.

"Rushi please let's go out and talk", she pleaded calmly.

"I am here for Vishal and not to behave how you want me to. When I was there for you, you didn't want me so why now-"

"Oh god Rushi seriously, we were kids for gods sake! You of all people knew exactly what all was going with me during those years.", Advika lashed out at him trying to keep her voice low.
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