AAKHIR PYAAR HOGAYA

CHAPTER 26: together towards your goal

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KINDA HAVING A VERY HECTIC SCHEDULE AHEAD OF ME SOO THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE TIMINGS OF THE UPDATES BUT I'LL TRY MY BEST TO BE REGULAR!

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LYKA'S POV:

It is clearly visible that this a man's office. It's a total mess. I mean how could this guy even breathe here?? the shelves are so damn messed up and i bet he'll have to look through this shelve for hours if he needs to look for a single file. Anyhow i don't have much work here as his assistant, Atleast i need to clean these shelves. Ok, now get set go..!

I started from the bottom most shelve because it was nearest to me hehe. I took out all the carton boxes and emptied them. Damn so many papers. I need to sort them according to the dates, Later i'll ask him to choose the ones he needs and the rest can be taken care of. I started arranging all those papers according to their dates and damn it took me good 3 hours to do this. I finally placed the arranged piles of papers next to each other in front of their respective carton boxes for him to come in later and sort the useful and useless ones out. He's been out today to take his grandparents for the regular check up which they have to go through monthly and I being all alone in his office was the queen and had it all under my control.

I moved on to the middle compartment and found a few awards and certificates of recognition he got for his books and others from his college and school. This is such a disappointment i swear! who the hell keeps awards like this?? i need to arrange them neatly in a carton box and i'll have him put these up for display. No arguments he'll have to do it. It took me much less time to do this compared to the first one. Though there were too many certificates and trophies. This man is hella talented. I saw a few on fashion designing as well. I wonder where he won those. 

I finally moved on to the third and the last compartment but i guess i am too short. I wasn't able to reach the carton box. I stood on the tip of my toes and tried to pull the box and voila.. it fell on my head. I groaned slightly with my eyes closed and opened my eyes again only to find soo many sheets scattered on the floor. I slowly bent down to arrange those as well but damn i had my mouth wide open looking at what was on those sheets. They had designs of various outfits for all types of occasions and they were immensely gorgeous. Who the hell is this designer?! I need to ask sathya- Wait what? I looked at the end of the sheet only to find out sathya's signature there. That means he's the one who designed these? I just sat on the floor and started admiring each and every detail on each and every single design. Work and shelf long forgotten, I was lost in admiring those sketches. Suddenly I heard the door of the office opening and i looked up only to find sathya entering with an old couple. They must be his grand parents.

SATHYA: lyka you haven't left yet? It's past your work hours.

LYKA: I was cleaning the shelf here, I didn't realize the time.

DADI: kon hai yeh itni pyaari ladki? jo tera kaam kar rahi hai? Khud toh tujhse insaano jaise raha nahi jaata, dekha hai kitna ganda rakha hai tune office ko?

(who is this sweet girl? she's doing your work? you can't live like a human, look at how dirty you've kept this office.)

SATHYA: dadi, this is lyka. Remember i was telling you about a girl? The one who started working recently.

blood rushed to my cheeks and i was feeling my face getting hotter. He spoke to his grandparents about me? damn this man. Never leaves a chance without making me blush.

DADU: tabhi mai sochu tu itni taareef kyu karta tha iski. Yeh hai hi taareef ke kaabil. Itni pyaari bacchi hai.

(that is why you used to praise her so much. She's worth the praise. Such a sweet girl she is)

I realized i hadn't greeted his grand parents so i quickly got up and touched both their feet.

LYKA: namaste, dadi, dadu.

THEM: namaste beta, stay happy always.

DADI: gattu meri baat toh sun. Itni pyaari hai yeh ladki. Tera kaam bhi kar rahi hai. Mai toh kehti hu shaadi karle isse. Umar bhi teri nikli jaa rahi hai. Buddha horaha hai. Koi apni beti nahi dega tujhe agar abhi tune shaadi nahi ki toh. Aur mujhe toh yeh ladki poori wife material lagrahi hai. Tujh jaise jaanwar ko bas yeh hi sambhaal sakti hai.

(gattu listen to me, she's such a sweet girl. she's doing your work as well. According to me you should get married to this girl. You're getting old anyhow. No one will agree to marry you if you become an old hag. And i think this girl is a complete wife material. Only she has the ability to handle an animal like you.)

DADU: sahi kehrahi hai beta teri dadi. Abb har koi budhaape mei mujh jitna jawaan thodi dikhsakta hai.

(your grandma is right. Not everyone can look young in their old age like i do.)

Did i say i was blushing earlier? well now i am a complete tomato. I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. It didn't. TRAITOR! I looked at sathya from the corner of my eyes, he was blushing too. But his grand parents were sweet tho.

SATHYA: dadu dadi it's getting late. You guys should head home. I'll drop you guys.

DADI: nah just get us an auto. We'll go on our own. You stay here and help this sweet girl clean your mess.

DADU: yes. let us old couple also spend some alone time together. Otherwise you're always around to interrupt us.

I chucked when i saw dadi blushing. They were so sweet. Such an adorable couple. I wish i would find someone for me who loves me truly and we both are equally sweet and cute during our old age.

DADI: ok beta we'll leave now. You help this animal clean this place. I'll see you again soon. I want to be your best friend. 

LYKA: sure dadi!! i think we'll be bestest friends. 

She winked at me and went out of the door followed by dadu.

SATHYA: i uh- i-i'll s-see t-them off and return.

I just nodded at him. And went back to the designs and started arranging them while i was caught in my own thoughts. 

SATHYA: what are you doing? thinking about something?

LYKA: nope, thinking about someone.

I could see disappointment in his eyes.

SATHYA: oh, who tho?

LYKA: you.

SATHYA: huh?

LYKA: i was thinking you're such a bad friend and didn't tell me you had this beautiful talent of designing such beautiful outfits.

SATHYA: ohh those, i just did drew them when i felt bored or got a creative idea in mind.

LYKA: i see. *tired sigh*

SATHYA: what's up lyka? you don't look good.

LYKA: nothing, it's just that i am stressed about my vet exams. And also i've been confused between two things. I've always wanted to be a fashion designer but due to my love for the dogs I thought of being a vet. But now i don't know why i am feeling a little low.

He slowly got up and forwarded his hand towards me. I held it and got up.

SATHYA: let's go.

LYKA: where to?

SATHYA:  a place where you'll find peace. 

I gave him a confused look but followed him nevertheless. He took me to the terrace of our office and OH.MY.GOD. this place is just soo damn soothing i swear to god you could forget all your worries here. How come i never came here? 

SATHYA: well, the terrace at night is such a soothing place. No one knows about it except me because no one was bothered enough to come up here. I used to come here whenever i felt restless or whenever i wanted think of new ideas for my book. This place is very refreshing.

He sat down and i joined him beside him.

SATHYA: care to share what is going on in that little mind of yours?

LYKA: i am just stressed out. It's just that all my friends are doing something in their life and they have their goal fixed in their mind. I am just sitting here getting confused each and every moment. One moment i think i want to be a vet and other moment i just want to pick up a pencil and draw sketches of beautiful outfits on paper. Next i am just sitting with no work beside me.

SATHYA: lyka, i get it what you're trying to say. But no, you're not useless. You just haven't figured out pretty much what to do. And when it comes to your friends, then they've found out early because they wanted to do just a single thing. But you nugget, you're the most kind hearted and cheerful and creative person i've ever met. And when it comes to confusion between being a vet and a designer, I just want you to know the outcomes of both. Being a vet, you'll get to treat animals and be close to them and you'll have a very hectic schedule. But you won't feel worn our or frustrated if you have enough love for that field. And if you choose to be a designer, you'll get to design your own clothes but again it takes a lot of concentration and self discipline. Creativity i think is not a problem with you. And you can volunteer in pet shelters as well whenever you're free. The problem is not big nugget, just have a larger view of both.

I just sat there looking at him. How could he be so mature? And so calm? An anchor to my wandering thoughts. Peace to my chaos. I slowly leaned my head on his shoulder and rested it there. He lifted his hand and started stroking my hair. We both sat there letting the cold wind brush through us with a comfortable silence engulfing us. 

LYKA: sathya, i think i know what i want to do. 

SATHYA: and what is it?

LYKA: I want to become a designer. As you said i can volunteer at pet shelters whenever I am free and now that i think about it, I need a place to unleash all my ideas and I think i will work better and happier as a designer. But i'll need your help sathya, It's a big thing for me And i would love it if someone as special as you would support me in this.

SATHYA: of course nugget, I promise to be by your side through out your journey.

LYKA: and i promise to work hard towards my goal.

SATHYA: we'll do it together nugget, Work hard together, towards your goal.

I just looked at him in aww and rested my head on his shoulder again.

LYKA: by the way, sathya.

SATHYA: yes, nugget.

LYKA: i want you to bloody choose the papers that you want and don't out of those stacks there which i took 3 freaking hours sorting out and you better get a display shelf done to display all those awards of yours. They're given for a purpose. And the purpose is not shoving them inside freaking carton boxes.

SATHYA: *gulp* ok ma'am as you say.

We just looked at each other and burst out laughing.

I again placed my head on his shoulder. It had become the most comfortable and soothing place for me. I looked up at him and all our memories and moments we spent together started flashing in front of my eyes. Realization hit me like a wave. I HAD FALLEN FOR SATHYA VERMA. HARD. Some where my heart knew it all along, but my stupid brain took time to process it. And now that i've realized this, I won't give up on us. I'll make him mine.

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END OF THE CHAPTER~~!!

ANOTHER LOVE REALIZATION YA'LL!! 

AND AREN'T DADI AND DADU TOO CUTE??? I LOVE THEM SOOO MUCH!! 

ANDDDDD ALSOO.. I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT LYTHYA AND ADVIK CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO COME TO AN END IN 4-5 MORE CHAPTERS APPROX BUT AMANAT AND ISHAIRA MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE A LOT IS INVOLVED THERE.

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