Chapter 22

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Third Person POV:

Suhana and Aryan's parents decided to drop by and surprise them at their LA house. They were having breakfast with them, AbRam, Rohan and Ruhi.

Aryan smiled across the table when he saw Ruhi getting along with his mom. "Have some of this aunty it's really good" She offered sweetly to his mother.

Aryan watched the two engage in small conversations. They seemed to be equally fond of each other.

Aryan smiled cheekily as he watched two out the three favourite women in his life. The third was watching him instead, constantly smirking as her plan worked.

Suhana got distracted by Rohan who asked her to pass her the water. "Oh here" She poured it for him.

Shah Rukh Khan noticed his eldest being a little too happy with the interaction happening between his wife and the lovely girl related to his daughter's boyfriend.

Speaking of boyfriend, he oqwas surprised Aryan was not as protective as he usually is. He watched Aryan who was constantly looking at Ruhi.

Shah leaned in to Aryan who was sitting next to him. "Beautiful huh?" He whispered softly so only Aryan would hear.

"Yeah" Aryan breathed out as he continued looking at Ruhi. He finally realised what he just did and whipped his head towards his dad who was smirking at him.

"I-" He couldn't form a sentence. His dad just shook his head and continued his meal. Aryan shut up and finally turned his attention to his plate.

Gauri Khan on the other hand was impressed by Ruhi and really enjoyed her company. However, her thoughts on her younger brother were not pleasant.

The way Suhana had been so upset about him before and the conversations she had told her about made her doubt their relationship.

She felt as if something was wrong and her daughter wasn't acting the way she usually does. She didn't understand how Suhana fell for him when he had insulted her so much.

There were so many questions going through her head as she watched her daughter laugh with Rohan.

Beside Gauri Khan, there was Ruhi who was stealing glances of Aryan. Aryan and her were such close friends before and they had hit it off really well.

There was a night where they both stumbled into bed together. Every bit of that night was clear to Ruhi.

Aryan didn't show any interest in being a couple so when Jason asked her out she said yes. Aryan and her hadn't been so close since then.

Last night she finally thought the old Aryan was back but this morning, it felt like he was back to being distant.

She watched him fully concentrate on his plate and not look at her direction even once. She missed his presence.

Once done with breakfast, Ruhi made sure to help clear out the table with Suhana while everyone else sat in the living room.

"Well that was a good Californian breakfast" Shah said as he sat down. "Thank you for this we owe you two" Gauri Khan said.

Suhana and Ruhi sat down with the rest. "Please aunty there's no need" Rohan said. "We should still do something, it's Aryan birthday after all" Gauri said.

"Why don't you invite some of your friends and we'll arrange for a little get together" Shah Rukh suggested.

"Oo party!" AbRam exclaimed. "That sounds nice thank you" Bhaiyya said gratefully. I knew he hated such gatherings.

Gatherings that consisted of too little people and small talk. He knew he couldn't slip away to get drunk at such a gathering.

He loved our parents too much to ever turn down their suggestion for something that was being planned for him.

Aryan's POV:

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Aryan's POV:

I made sure to invite decent people to the house since our parents were going to be there. I clicked another photo of my mom and my sister.

"Come on enough already" I whined. "One more Aryan" My mom said and posed with Suhana. I clicked yet another picture for them.

"Great can I enjoy my birthday now" I said sarcastically. My mom gestured for me to go on while she looked at the pictures with Suhana.

I saw the front door open. Rohan and Ruhi walked into our house. They had left earlier to get ready for the party.

"Hey happy birthday once again" Rohan wished me. "Thanks man, Suhana's there" I pointed to her.

Ruhi and I were left alone. "Hi" I said softly. "Hey" She replied. "Happy birthday" She said sweetly. "Thanks" I said.

It was as if we were meeting for the first time. "I got you a gift" She handed me a small box. "Thanks. Can I?" I asked her.

"Oh yes please do" I opened the box carefully to see what was inside. I paused for a moment when I saw what she had gifted me.

"You remembered" I whispered softly. It wasn't as soft as a whisper as I thought. "Remembered what?" Suhana asked.

We were now with Suhana and Rohan. "Oh nothing" Ruhi said. "The party looks so great" She tried to change the topic.

"When we first met..." I didn't let her change the topic. "...I was playing my guitar with a few of my buddies" I told them.

"She uh came up to me after our song and complimented me" I said. I looked up from the gift.

"That's how we got to talking and we walked around" I continued. "I told her that I wanted this guitar pick that we saw on display" I said.

"But then I honestly forgot about it and never went back to buy it" I finished my story. "You really remembered" I said softly.

I didn't think about my next step. I took a step forward and towered over her. I placed my hand on her cheek.

"Aryan..." She said softly. "Shh" I told her. I leaned down and placed my lips onto hers and took her into a kiss that I had craved for ages.

"Well that's one way to celebrate your birthday" Someone said making Ruhi and I chuckle. I saw dad shake his head at me with a smirk.

The two of us sat next to each other on the porch after the party. "I'm sorry I took so long to tell you how I feel" I told her.

"I'm sorry I didn't let you sooner" She said softly. She rested on my arm as we sat under the moonlight.

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