Rehnuma ❤️

Chapter 22

Rey looked at Sharon in disbelief, "really Sharon, now even I feel you guys are so self centred, tum logo ki wajah se I lost Taani", "not because of us, it was you who did the fake breakup" said vishaka interrupting, "you're right but let me correct you, it was you people who always had problem with her, you people didn't leave any chance to insult her and I was so blinded in my friendship that I couldn't see you guys were at fault not her and leave that when kriya left me you guys weren't there to console me, even when I was with her that time too some of you were having issue, and after she left I was blamed that maybe I was the reason for her leaving, kyu vishaka" staring at vishaka, "yeah even now I feel somewhere you are the reason for her leaving, look uske jaane ke baad you moved on so easily with that behenji Taani" said Vishakha splitting venom, "don't, Taani ko beech mein lane ki koi jarurat nahi hai, see Sharon you ask me the reason for my behaviour have you ever thought about their behaviour", "but Rey what's my fault in all this I was always being with you, I'm you're best friend Rey, have you forgotten our bond" asked Sharon holding his shoulder, "ofcourse I remember Sharon, my bestfriend, jispe main sab se trust karta raha, jisko maine sab se upar rakh, mere rishte se zyada be it with Kriya or be it with Taani, you're always my main priority, jab tum swayam ke saath fight karti thi over the silly things I was beside you, when you would cry on smallest things I would stay the whole night making sure you won't feel alone, but whenever I needed you, you would stay for sometime then move out, chahe woh Kriya ke time ho, yaa Taani ke time hamesha esa hi hua hai, tell me something Sharon was our friendship one sided that I had to put on so much efforts to keep it intact, you would yell at me whenever you want and turn away, in my hardest phase I dealed it alone because my bestfriend was not there, she probably was frustrated at me for not taking her calls, or me not obeying to her like always, or finding mistakes in my dance to make me leave my thought of doing MBA, you call me your bestfriend when you knew it always that I was interested in business you emotionally blackmailed me first that dance is our passion if I get into business others would be disappointed, for your happiness I step back even when I know it would hurt my parents and when I finally finally decided to make my parents happy then you guys are treating me like a culprit just great right"  Sharon removed her hands, she knew his accusations are right but it hurts, "you know what tum logo ke liye maine bahut kiya hai and even tum logo ke galti pe parda dala, but now it's enough I can't takeit anymore, now I'm done", "you mean you're ending our friendship" Sharon said being hurt, "you'll regret Rey" said Simi, "no I'm not breaking the friendship but things won't be the same now and Simi I'm already regretting lot of things, hurting my parents unknowingly many times because I gave way too much priority to my friends, hurting my partners allowing you guys into my relationship, it was my mistake and I'm regretting,I regret badly that I remained quiet all the time while you guys were humiliating her and I agree to that stupid plan of fake breakup" said with hurt looking at Sharon, "but now finally I realised my mistakes and I promised to rectify them and never repeat them so things won't be same now, you guys want me in the gang or no it's your decision but you guys aren't welcome in my personal life" said sternly and left. The gang was hurt and broken, the boys didn't utter a word, from the time they got the warning from Adi they remained quiet, earlier due to fear then later when they started observing the changes in Rey they started realising maybe  the Solanki's and Taani were right, their ego would be the reason for their failure and when they lost the competition and after listening to the conversation of Rey with judges, they felt belittle about themselves, they too decided that if they continue to be the same then they would land themselves in great trouble, so they started working on studies and doing jobs, Bharat and Amar were working in garage and also were learning about automotive, Neil and Vicky were working online, they had good knowledge about internet, they became serious about life,career and dance, they were learning dance putting their 100%, their partners were too perplexed with their change but didn't question as they had lot of issues in the gang already.
Rey went to Solanki's house, Dishaji was sitting in the hall, "arrey Rey beta aao", he just moved to her, "aunty woh Di kahan hai" asked in a low voice trying to be normal, "upar hai kamre mein, beta theek ho tum", asked with concern, "ji aunty woh kya main jao", "Haan beta jao", he moved quietly, Dishaji looked at his retreating figure, he looked disturbed. Avni was folding the clothes, Rey stood at the door and called "Di" in a low voice, she turned to him, she could see he's eyes moistened, she moved to him hurriedly, "Rey kya hua" asked worriedly cupping his face, he held her hand made her sit on the bed, he sat down, "Rey kya kar rahe ho, neeche kyu bait rahe ho" he kept his head in her lap, the tears started to roll down, only he knew how he controlled himself till now. "Rey batana kya hua hai tum ro kyu rahe ho, mujhe tension ho rahi batana kuch hua hai kya" making him look at him, he cried holding her hands, "Di mujhse nahi ho raha, aap ko pata hai gang ko hamesha khud se zyada importance or priority de, phir bhi woh log mujhe hi blame karte rahe, I lost my love Kriya, and they were blaming me, or Taani ko khone mein jitni meri galti hai usse kahin zyada unlogo ki hai, I did every possible thing to make them happy, keep the gang together still I'm the one to be blamed, ab main thak gaya ho mujhse nahi ho raha, aaj lag raha hai Taani ko kitna hurt hota hoga jab gang usko humiliate karta raha and her own brother too, or main chupchap khada raha, I feel I'm paying for my deeds" ended up crying more, she too had tears, she let him cry caressing his hairs, she made him look at her cupping his face, "Rey jo hogaya uske bare mein soch ke kuch nahi milega sivaye takleef ke, you're trying to move on right so you have to let go the past, or rahi baat tumhare friends ki toh agar unhe tumhari kadar nahi hai toh ismein unka loss hai naa ki tumhara, you have people who love you unconditionally your parents, your Di and jiju, Vikku, Adi, Rishu, maa-papa, chote maa-chote papa and most important person tumhari baby" making him smile lightly, "so stop wasting your tears on them samjhe mere buddu bhai" wiping his tears he nodded, "chalo ab getup and wash your face, tumhari baby ne tumhe rote dekh liya toh woh bhi rona start kar degi or uska rona band karna is a tough task" he chuckled lil, got up, she too stood, he hugged her tightly, she too reciprocated rubbing his back, "thank you Di" breaking the hug he said, "chup kar thapad khayega Di ko thank you bolta hai" raising her hand to slap, he moved back in fear, she chuckled patting his cheek, "chal jaa ab" he left to freshenup, Avni saw Arjun at door, he heard everything, she moved to him, hugged him, her tears rolled down, he caressed her hairs, wiped her tears, "abhi tum Rey ko itna samjha rahi thi ab khud ro rahi ho", "I feel bad for him and Taani ka soch ke toh or bura lagta hai, uske time toh koi nahi hoga usko hug karne or usko samajne" few tears rolled down, he hugged her tightly thinking about his baby sister went through so much pain he's heart churn,"tumne kaha na past ko yaad karne se takleef hogi toh humhe yaad nahi karna hai or ab toh hum sab hai uske sath itni khushiyon se apne aaj ko sajayenge ki past ka kuch yaad nahi rehega" she hummed, he broke the hug, wiping her tears kissed her forehead.
They went down to find all of them seated in hall, Rey had Aru in his lap, she was blabbering to him and he was listening with whole concentration. They too got seated, Rey saw them, "hmm Di main kal Delhi jaa raha ho",others looked at him,
Avni - but achanak kyu sab theek hai
Rey - haan Di sab theek hai bas mom called today she was missing and it's being long I didn't meet them and kal Sunday hai socha milke aao, I'll be back night
Avni - accha hai jaa ke aao
Aru - mujhe bhi jana hai mamu ke saath
Avni - Delhi bahut dur hai and mamu aajayenge raat tak
Rey - yeah baby main directly idher aaoga ok
Aru - "Rishu chachu, fairy, Sanu chachi, Adi chachu sab gaye, Vikku chachu bhi jaa rahe hai, mamu also going" said pouting, others sighed, even they feel the home empty but they consoled themselves saying its important but the kid couldn't understand she feels lonely. Arjun took her in his lap. "Princess aap se sab log daily video call pe baat karte hai naa, Adi chachu aajayenge jaldi, Vikku chachu bhi jaldi wapas aayenge or mamu toh kal hi wapas bhi aajayenge" said softly caressing her cheeks
Rey - yeah baby I'll get you gifts too ok
Aru - no mujhe jana hai
Avni - "Aru enough bola na nahi jaa sakti itni dur hai kaise jaogi" making her hid her face in his chest and sob
Arjun - "Avi bacchi hai yaar pyaar se bol sakti ho" said hugging her, Avni shaked her head.
Rey - baby hum sab saath jaayenge baad mein I promise, stop crying baby
Vikku - haan Aru hum sab jaayenge ok rona mat
They tried colling her but she didn't stop crying, Rey came with a idea, he took Rithvik along and played a song, they started dancing, she saw them from Arjun's chest, they did funny moves making her giggle, others too smiled widely at their princess, she's the apple of eye of everyone,she jump down, she too tried copying the steps, when she did right step she jumped grinning, both held her swaying, eventually she got tried and started yawning, "bhabhi main Aru ko room mein sula dunga" said Vikku carrying her, Rey pecked her forehead.
Arjun - Rey tum kaise jaa rahe ho
Rey - jiju I'll go by my car
Arjun - "then drive safely ok", he nodded
Avni - "aram se jana or pahuch ke mujhe call karna", he nodded smiling
Dishaji and sneha ji came up with some boxes with sweets and snacks, "Rey beta yeh leke jana saath mein" said Sneha ji, "but aunty iski kya zarurat thi", "Rey yeh khushi se diya hai or tum mana nahi karoge samajhe" said Dishaji a lil sternly, he smiled widely at them nodded took blessings from them touching their feet, they too smiled patting his cheeks, "khush raho or ghar pe hamari yaad dena" said Dishaji, "Rey, apne dad se kehna kabhi Mumbai aaye toh ghar pe aaye" said Alok, "ji uncle" he bidd them bye after hugging her Di and jiju.
In London, Adi took Taani to a park which was secluded with no one around, only the security and his men who were far away. Both got seated on a bench near a lake, "wow Adith, yeh kitna accha hai but yahan koi nahi dekh rah kyu", "Jaan it's a week day or abhi toh duphar hai isliye shayad koi nahi hai", 'how should I say her I didn't wanted any disturbance so I vacant' thought Adi, "Adith" snapping him out of his thoughts, "Haan Jaan" he took her in a side hug, she kept her head on his chest, "mujhe gane ka mann kar raha hai" said Taani, "then sing mana kisne kiya hai", she slapped his chest, "offo mujhe aap ke saath gana hai" huffing, he chuckled dialled, "get my guitar" he said and cut the call, "aapka guitar yahan, aap saath laye the" asked Taani looking at him, "Haan actually ek guitar mera tha London mein and jab maine decide kiya aapko yahan lane ka so I carried along", Taani grinned, "aap aise sweet kaam karte ho isliye mujhe sweetie pie lagte ho" pulling his cheeks, "Jaan" he chided making her chuckle, he pulled her close making her silent, he stared her intensely making her shy, he's men came "sir" breaking their moment, he got irritated, before he got burst in anger Taani took hold of the guitar thanking him, she passed the guitar to Adi, "please sing sweetie pie" blinking her eyelashes cutely making him smile widely he  kissed her cheeks, she too smiled widely.

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