Rahul had always loved her?

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by cricketophile

by cricketophile

I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"Mala? Tum?" Rahul asked in shock.

I was left with no choice but to face him.
I slowly looked up to him. I wasn't scared to face him, I was scared to go through the same agony again.

"Mala!" He got happy suddenly and embraced me in a tight hug.
"Where were you? Aur tum yahan kaise?"

"Ph.D ke liye 3 saal se yahin hu." I replied.

"Oh nice! Kahan thi yaar tum, kitni koshish ki contact karne ki.."

"Umm.. Yahan aayi toh sab contacts change hogye."

"Anyhow, mujhe tum mil gyi ho na dobara, I won't let you get lost this time. By the way, Utkarsh? Kahan hai vo. Main itna excited tha, uss se milne ke liye. Tumne shaadi pe bhi nahi bulaya."

I was totally numb at this question.
"Shaadi hui hi nahi, toh kaise bulati." I replied plainly.

"What? Kyun?" He asked shockingly.

"Its a long story." To be honest, this made my eyes well up.
And this didn't go unnoticed by Rahul.

"You can tell me, if you want. I am always there for you." He said putting his hand on my shoulder.

"Engagement ke baad, we realised, he was marrying us for money only. He had no love and respect for me. Neither for my family. Mahi bhai ko pata lagte hi, he called of the wedding." I said as I wiped off a lone tear escaping my left eye.
"Anyways!" I put up a fake smile.
"Tum aur Vedika? How's life going? Kab kar rahe ho shaadi?"

His charm suddenly just faded off.
"You are alright Rahul?" I asked him and he just nodded.

"My relationship with Vedika is strange. Something is always incomplete. Sab kuchh hai, bass sukoon nahi hai." He said.

I had nothing to say, so I just looked down at my phone screen and realised the time.

"Rahul, I need to go." I just turned away and started to go, when he held my hand from behind.

"Mala, mera sukoon vapis kar do yaar. Jabse tum gayi thi, sab ajeeb tha. Aaj teen saal ke baad main actually khush tha. Meri sabse khaas dost mere paas nahi thi. Mere paas koi nahi tha jis se mein sab kuch share kar saku."

I looked at him for a while and just turned away and came back to my house.
What had just happened to me? Why was I talking to him? How can I just forget he's the same person who broke my heart? Then why am I being sympathetic to him? Agar vo Vedika ke sath khush nahi hai, toh main kya karu? Was it my fault? No.

Rahul's POV:

She left abruptly, as if I didn't even exist. Am I that bad? Was I wrong?"

"Babyy?!" I heard a known voice. Yeah, Vedika. Aagyi aur ab mera dimaag khaayegi.

"Kon thi vo ladki?" She asked in her usual irritating voice.

"Mala thi. Malawika Singh Dhoni. I hope tum bhuli nahi ho." I replied coldly.

"Huh? She is alive?" She asked if Mala is a lifeless doll.

"What do you mean by alive?" I asked her.

"I mean kabse gayab thi. Death was a possibility too." Now she is clarifying herself. Why the hell am I tolerating her?

"By the way, tumhari aankhein toh aise moist hain jaise tumhari purani mohhabbat laut aayi ho." Her question just hit my heart.

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