Aashiqui 3 -FANFICTION

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We checked the footage all around the building and luckily we caught that anonymous person on a footage of the main gate. We tried to zoom on at his face but unfortunately he was wearing a mask and the footage wasn't even clear. Having the footage alone was no help at all. We enquired the guard if he saw that person but he denied saying that he fell asleep by chance around that time.

Nothing seemed to help. Tension was increasing as we couldn't do anything.

Just then a notification popped on all of our phones. I was too occupied to check it. But I definitely saw Vivek's face being colourless after he saw the message or whatever on his phone.

"What happened Vivek?" Sehgal uncle asked him noticing his fearful expressions.

Vivek didn't say anything which caused more of our curiosity.

"Vivek please say something!" I pleaded him to reply.

He looked at me and turned his phone screen towards me. What I saw was truly unbelievable and breathtaking.

"No!" I wasn't prepared for this.

"Will you two please explain what's happening?" Sehgal uncle asked again losing his temper.

Vivek showed him the pictures of Rahul from yesterday which were now circulating all over the social media.

"Oh God!" He exclaimed.

I ran towards my apartment where Rahul was. I hurriedly unlocked the door and saw him sitting on the chair with his phone in his hands.

"Rahul" i called him. He turned towards me. To my shocking, he was smiling and looking totally fearless. It frightened me more.

"Did you..." I was asking him if he saw the pictures.

"Yes I did." he replied before I could complete my question. "But...."

"What? Please don't speak anything. Everything will be fine. We will fight this time. We...."

"I know baba. Do I look like I'm scared? I told you yesterday that nothing is going to scare me now. I've come out stronger Aarohi. I won't back out now. Yes We will fight together. We all will." He looked towards Vivek and Uncle.

His words calmed the storm inside me. Seeing him smile calmed my palpitating heart. I was no more scared. I knew we were going to handle everything this time.

"This is good that this news came out itself as we won't have to tire our brains thinking about ideas. Now, we just have to explain and convince everyone." He stopped for a while, looked at the ground, inhaled sharply and continued, "I will tell the truth publicly. I will tell them what happened with me and why I was hiding." He looked at me again with those guilty eyes and said, "i will convince them that it wasn't her fault. I will tell them she has tolerated more than they can ever imagine. They have to understand that she's the best person anyone could ever ask for. They have to understand. Everything."

I moved closer to him and hugged him tightly. No matter how strong he presented himself infront of us, there was a weak and scared side of him. I could hear his pacing heartbeat which screamed that he needed me, he needed my support and he needed this hug. And he didn't even need to tell me such things, i knew it all and i was going to have his back forever.
Rahul and Aarohi are together now and nothing will shake them now.

We broke our hug as there was loud noise coming from downstairs. We looked through my window and oh God..there were a lot of people. More than a lot actually. Media people, public, and cameras were everywhere. It was happening. But I wasn't scared anymore. Neither Rahul was. All the four of us gathered together and held each other's hand. We looked towards each other, smiled brightly and said, "we've got this! We're together in this and we're gonna fight"

The noise was only becoming louder. The guards had closed the gate but the crowd was uncontrollable. Our phones kept ringing but we didn't check. After a discussion we decided what we were going to do. Sehgal uncle and Vivek were going first to address the crowd. Once they were in control, I and Rahul will go and Rahul will speak all that was needed.
Yes, it wasn't as easy as it looked.
But we didn't have the other choice. We had to do this. We were probably going to be boycotted after this but being labelled as liers wasn't something we wanted to live with.

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