He lifted her up from where they knelt on the floor, that kiss wasn't just a kiss, it was a promise that he would claim her at the dawn of the new day, that it would be a new beginning for both of them, he placed her on the bed and sat beside her, kissing her forehead " I'm here, you sleep, I'm not leaving okay?" she held onto to his hands and placed her cheek on them and then slept on it..
He watched this cute gesture and smiled, how did he get so lucky, he thought, then his mind drifted off to the things he had been hiding from her, he knew he needed to give a full explanation, she had too many questions and why should not she? Weren't they gonna spend their lives together, she deserved to know..
The next morning arrived in a jiffy, he has slept leaning onto the bed rest and his hands were numb now, his neck felt like it would crack, he moved to straighten himself, he would have to freshen up, he wanted it all to go perfectly, she turned around and he snuck out, allowing his princess to sleep some more..
As soon as he reached there, ragini was standing at his door, sobbing uncontrollably, she had found out about karan and on seeing randhir she yelled " you lied! You played with my feelings, you're such a jerk, I know he's dead, his family is all over the news with his body and talking about me, you lied!" she shrieked waking parth up too, randhir brought her in and explained how she wouldn't be able to handle to news and he lied for her health purpose, the doc had advised him, guilt, agony, pain, panic, most of all the feeling of letting his friend down engulfed him once more..
The entire morning went in him settling her down, the whole hostel knew and was ready to keep it a secret so that ragini wouldn't be in trouble, parth saw randhir's phone ring for the 100th time nearly, 'Sanyukta' it flashed! And randhir's heart stopped, mind went blank, her mom and their future, it looked like a blur now, it was 2pm..
He picked up on the last ring only to hear her suck in her sob " I'm the biggest fool on earth to have trusted you the nth time and you broke my trust like always, when I didn't see in the morning I knew you wouldn't come back, still I wanted to hear it from you one last time, say it randhir.." he was shocked, the trust they used to have, long gone, he didn't feel it was his sanyukta speaking anymore, it was just like some other stranger who pretended to know him but didn't.
He started " sanyukta I'm sorry.. y..." the phone was no more connected, he heard the engage tune and he knew, she'd had her share of sorries and he had had his share of chances, and she didn't deserve this, his life all messed up, she didn't have to live with this! All this while parth stared at him, his own heart breaking seeing his two best friends fight so hard for their love and fail miserably.. He knew what it meant to lose in love, and he couldn't watch them this way..
He called sanyukta up and she picked up sobbing hard, he said there's a DT task and she needs to be here immediately, he knew shed come, for engineering was her only other love, and he needed to sort these two out..
"Couldve loved you all my life
If you hadn't left me waiting,
In the cold.. "
