Arranged for love

Prologue

Kiara: age 18          Rihaan: age 18

"Maybe we should break up now," I said to him.

"What?" he asked me like he has misheard me.

"We have gotten admission into colleges, Rihaan. We have to let go of each other. You knew it from the start," I said trying to resonate with him. I don't want to break his heart.

"Yes, Kiara. That was the deal with us BEFORE we got serious. I thought your mind changed too," he was right. I had changed my mind but what do I know. I am just an eighteen-year-old.

"Long distance never works and you know that. I am going to London in a month and even you are leaving Delhi to go to Bangalore soon. We both will be in different places, Rihaan. It won't work."

"Stop it, Kiara. Two days ago, you were fine with all of it, ab kya hua hai terko? Maine kuch bola? Gussa hai tu? Har baat pe break up break up thodi na karte hai, whiskey." And that is when the waterfall began. I couldn't stop my tears. I love him. I love him a little too much to hold him back to me.

("Stop it, Kiara. Two days ago, you were fine with all of it, what happened to you now? Did I say something? Are you angry? You can't breakup on everything, whiskey.")

"Shhh, kya hua hai? You are scaring me now. Kiara, baby, look at me," but I could not. I knew this would happen as soon as I realized what I had to do. But I imagined myself being a little stronger than this. I wish I was back to being a bitch I was with him before everything.

("Shhh, what happened? You are scaring me now. Kiara, baby, look at me,")

"I can't do this, Rihaan please. I w-wish I could but I-I can't" I tried again with him.

"Listen to m-" I didn't let him speak though.

"Rihaan, our relationship has run its flow. We both won't have time for each other once we start college. Instead of drifting apart and having uncanny number of fights let's just call it quits on a goo-"

"Stop with the bullshit, Kiara. I am not letting you go. It's not some game where you decide it's over and I say yes okay done. It is fucking real life. Stop playing with me, with us." His voice wasn't sweet anymore. He was frustrated, angry with me. But there was no going back. I have seen my parents and all I know is there is no such thing as happy ending in this world.

"Stop with the drama, Rihaan. We haven't even been going out for one whole year. We broke up once before too remember. We came back again just because I initiated it. You weren't even gonna try to get me back at THAT time. So what is the difference now?" I know I was being a bitch to him but there was no other way to breakup with him now.

"You weren't in love with me back then, Kiara and we both know it. I didn't try because YOU said you wanted time and I was doing just that. Giving you your fucking precious time. I would have come back to you. I LOVED YOU even then so stop bringing back old stuff" we were full on arguing now.

"SO GIVE ME TIME NOW! GIVE ME A BREAK FOR LIFETIME NOW," I shouted at him. We were alone at my house so of course there was no limit to our shouting.

"I CAN'T. Don't you get it? We don't have time, Kiara. If I let you go now there would be no coming back for us. Why don't you get it, whiskey?" he said hugging me and I could feel him breaking down. I could feel the sadness in his words. And him being so close to me so vulnerable to me broke me down again.

I started crying in his arms with no wish to ever let go of him. But I had to.

He took me with him and sat on the bed and started whispering sweet little nothings in my ear, kissing my hair and forehead. We sat like that for another 15 minutes and I knew time was running out.

"My parents will be coming home any minute now. You need to go," I said getting up from his lap but before I could fully, he pulled me back towards him and kissed me with all the love, frustration and anger he felt today. And I kissed him back with all I had. It was our last kiss after all.

"We are gonna talk more about this okay? Without any shouting this time." He said breaking our kiss with a soft smile. His soft smiles, I fell in love with those smiles first, I am always going to remember those I thought.

"Okay," I said without maintaining any eye contact with him.

He left and as soon as I shut the door I started crying.

I was home alone today because my parents had gone to get my grandparents who were coming to bid me goodbye.

What he missed to see were my many daily essentials missing from the washroom. What he missed to see were the packed bags in the third room.

As I was not leaving for London in a month but in mere 7 hours.

I had to leave for the airport in 4 hours. There was no time left. He was right we had no time left.

With fresh tears joining the dried one on my face I blocked him from everywhere.

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Yeah I plan on giving this story many tropes, hehe.

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