THE IMPERFECT PERFECTIONS

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Aditya went to his home office to find a file while Taniya went to their room. She wasn't feeling sleepy so she decided to go onto their balcony to wait for Aditya.

After a few minutes, she heard a knock at the door. She answered with a simple “hmm” and saw Aditya coming in. He threw the fileon the bed and walked over to stand beside her on the balcony.

“You don't need to knock every time. You told me this is our room, so it is your room too.”Taniya said,breaking the silence.

Aditya hummed in response. They were standing in silence,gazing at the stars when  Aditya spoke, “How was your day?”

“It was good,” Taniya answered with a gentle smile. “And yours?”

“Fine,” Aditya replied. “I heard Bua came today.”

“Yes,” Taniya confirmed. “Dadu told us about her yesterday and when I came home, she was already here.”

Aditya hummed quietly. He was curious whether Bua had said anything to Taniya because of him.

“Did Bua say anything to you” he asked.

“She likes Veer and Naira a lot.” Taniya said at the same time making Aditya nod in response.

“Did she say anything to you?” Aditya asked again.

“No,” Taniya replied. “Was she supposed to?”

"Well," Aditya confessed, "Bua and I aren't on good terms, so I thought maybe because of me..."

"Naira told me you rejected her brother in law's daughter," Taniya said, "Of course she would be mad at you."

"But don't you think I also have the right to choose my life partner?" Aditya questioned.

"You do," Taniya agreed. "Every human being does. But you not only rejected her but also arranged her marriage with someone else. Maybe she didn't want to marry him."

She knew Aditya wouldn't choose anyone wrong for her but she was still concerned for her and also a tad curious as to why he did it”.

"I got her married to my secretary. Me and Ahaana were friends for a while because she used to live  here for approximately 3 years while studying in college and during that time, we grew close. So Bua thought we were a good match but I never saw her from that perspective." Aditya began.

"When bua arranged the date for us, I had a meeting that day. My secretary, Pratik came to me and kept the office I'd card and tablet on my desk and he said and I quote "The words I am going to say to you required me a lot of courage and I can't gather that courage being your secretary so I am resigning" and when I was about to question him about it he continued "I love Ahaana but I know you wouldn't let your family member get married to a mere employee but I really love her and I can't see her being your wife"

"And then?" Taniya interrupted in between.

“I was impressed by his honesty but I couldn’t make such a big decision for Ahaana, especially when her family wanted her to marry me. I went to the restaurant where Bua had arranged lunch for us to talk things over.”

“I was looking for Ahaana when I heard her calling me.  For the first time ever, she called me “bhaiya”

Hearing this, Taniya burst out laughing. “So… she rejected you? Not the other way around!” she said while laughing.

“I reacted just like you,” Aditya said, smiling at the memory. “I started laughing so loudly, everyone there stared at me.”

“After I stopped laughing, Ahaana told me, ‘Bhaiya—I mean Aditya—I can’t marry you… I just can’t. I love someone else, I love Pratik but he rejected me, thinking you’d never let us be together. I’ve already messaged him about my family’s plans and you being here means he didn’t say anything to you. If he can’t love me, I can’t love someone else. Please say no to this marriage for me.’”