Our Way Back

47. Breaking the big news

Rushi Adnan went and sat in the living room on the couch leaving Advika and Vishal alone. Vishal didn't move from where he was standing in front of the window staring out far away and holding back his tears.

Advika gently placed her one hand over his shoulder and held his arm gently with her other.

Vishal couldn't deny that it actually calmed him down but he won't show this to her.

"Why are you doing this to me", he asked her, his voice soft and eyes still far out of the window.

"I just wanted things to go back to how they were I am really sorry for hurting you in the process. I know how much each one of your close ones matter to you and how possesive you get, trust me I know you more than you think"

Advika still didn't remove her hand off his shoulder. She could feel his muscles calming down under her touch. She felt the effect she still had on him and was happy for a second when the thought of her getting engaged to someone other than Vishal crossed her mind. She pulled off her hands from Vishal in a slight motion when he turned to look at her.

"I will fix it Vishal, just talk to them, talk to everyone and remove all that you have kept it buried in your heart you would feel-"

"I would feel better if you leave...again!", Vishal's words left his mouth before he could totally understand what he said.
His own heart regretted the words the very second he said them out loud. But his brain was captured with rage and possessiveness.

Advika was taken back for a second with his response but steadied herself and said coldly, "I will", loud and clear the words rang in his head.
His heart sank knowing that she was dead serious and if she said it, she would actually leave, but he didn't want her to leave instead he wanted her to stay and fight with him, his possessiveness, his anger, he wanted her arms wrapped around him calming him everytime he felt out of place but it was late. She was already half way out of the bedroom.

Vishal felt numb, he was quite fine until she was trying but since she said she would do what he wanted he felt like reversing the whole scene.

Rushi Adnan looked at Advika with a questioning look. She went for her purse and pulled out the envelope. Vishal too came back into the living room and stood leaning against the wall his arms crossed at his chest and his brain going all numb.

Rushi looked at Vishal, his anger still intact and went towards Advika, "Advika you need not take him seriously, he will regret everything he said and whatever he has done and you know-"

Advika moved Rushi aside and went towards Vishal. She was hurt, angry and now trying with all her power to accept her future..... which did not have Vishal in it.

Lyrics : Aakhn paani paani ae
Aakhn paani paani ae
{The eyes are watery}

Ek dil toot jaani ae,
Ishq di, kacchi kahani ae!
{The heart is gonna break as this story of live is maybe weak!}

She pulled out Vishal's hand which was crossed at his chest and kept the envelope in his palm not looking up at him. Vishal looked down at that light envelope over his palm little did he know that it would be the heaviest thing on his heart once he comes to know what it was.

Advika pulled together all her courage and mental strength she had left within her and looked up at Vishal. Adnan, Rushi stood behind her in total confusion not knowing what was she doing.

"I am getting engaged - on Sunday - to Rohit", she shuttered while saying those words and looked back at Rushi Adnan and said, "you all are an important part of my life and I couldn't do it without telling you all and inviting you for the same, it's gonna be a private event at my place, 4 days after that I and Rohit would shift to London for 4 months and would come back only for the wedding"

When no one said anything for quite a moments she said to Rushi and Adnan, "The food is great and address is on the card, timings would be from 4pm in the afternoon till dinner", she forced a smile at them and turned back to look at Vishal, "I would always want to see you happy, do come if possible, to see me leave!"

She forced a smile at everyone of them and stepped to grab her purse and leave.

"What kind of a sick joke this is Advika?", Rushi stopped her at the door.

"Shaadi mazak nahi hoti Rushi! (Marraige us never a joke Rushi)", words barely escaping her mouth.

"Exactly, you were the one who told us just a few weeks back that there is nothing between you and Rohit, so what changed?", Rushi didn't know who to be angry with.

Adnan had already given up making anyone understand nor Vishal wanted to step back neither Advika wanted to stop stepping ahead. Adnan took the envelope from a dumbfounded Vishal and sat on the couch opening it.

"Realization happens Rushi, you would know when it would come to you", her throat would give up if she had to stop the sobs forming in it and also speak anymore.

"The invitation is beautiful", said Adnan sarcastically.

"Adnan seriously?!", Rushi glared at him.

"What are we doing Rushi? What we want, both of them don't! Why are we supposed to try when they don't want to? Let them be, let them do what they want, our efforts aren't valued bro see that", Adnan said to Rushi trying to sound calm and failing at it terribly.

Vishal all the time stayed silent while Rushi and Adnan were talking he went back to the bedroom and they could hear the door closing.

Advika looked at both of them and couldn't say anything though she wanted to give them a tight hug and cry her heart out to them. She knew she couldn't do that, not now but also she didn't know when would be the next time or would she even have a next time.

All her thoughts were making the cold face of hers fade. She couldn't stay there anymore. She swiftly opened the door and left without a single glance back and straight went to her car. She sat inside the car and let her walls down.

She felt bad, but for what?
For leaving them behind, again? For not trying harder?
For falling weak?
For not seeing any future together with them?
For failing at what she had planned?
She didn't know!
But letting the pain out helped.

Lyrics:
Seene main kuch toota toota sa hai,
Dil hai, dil ki dua hai

{Something feels broken in my chest,
It is the heart and it's wishes}

After 10-15 mins of a good cry she drove towards her place and called up Mansi to let her know they are going shopping.

It was 8 in the evening and Advika had pulled herself together quite well and kept herself from not being a total mess. They were in the shop waiting for Rohit to come so that they can finalize their outfits.

After Rohit arrived he tried on the outfits that they had segregated and finalized it.
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Hey readers,
Without extending the scenes here too much I would Directly skip to the interesting parts now.
Get dressed because it's Advika and Ayaan's engagement the next part!!!

Also, tell me what do you think, will Adnan Rushi and Vishal attend her engagement?

What would happen if they attend her engagement?

Will they stop the engagement?

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