𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐬

08|| 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓

Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.

~Tessa Dare

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R U D R A K S H

"Come beta, have a seat." I heard Mumma and I looked above from my mobile to saw her- Saumaya Bajaj, the girl my family liked for me.

She looks-- simple, but still beautiful. She is wearing a plain suit and a beautiful dupatta. Her waist length long black hair were open. Her face was devoid of any makeup except for the kohl which was making her doe shaped eyes look big and beautiful. She was wearing jhunkas, which were jingling as she was talking with Maa.

I didn't even realised that I was staring at her until Chote Papa, who was sitting beside me nudged his elbow and I cleared my throat before looking down, which made Papa and Chote Papa chuckle while Maa and Choti Maa were busy talking with her.

I looked at Aastha Aunty, when she asked me about my studies and I answered her. All the while a beautiful melodious sound was ringing in my ears and I tried hard to concentrate. Now, even Papa and Chote Papa were talking with her.

Adhira, Saumaya's sister then told me that she is a big fan of my interviews, which are nothing but raw and bitter facts. I smiled at her and thanked her before asking about her.

I got to know that she was studying Hotel Management and Aayush is her twin, which was a surprise for me. They both were polar opposites to each other. While Aayush talked less, Adhira was finding it difficult to stop herself from talking. Even, I liked talking less so not gonna judge him.

Before coming to Delhi yesterday, I had asked Rahul to go through a background check on Saumaya Bajaj. I knew that she was with Vidyut and Simran in college and is their best friend. But that would never stop me from enquiring about the person. I've more enemies then friends so that's my defence mechanism you can say.

But Rahul told me that everything was clear. From him only I got to know that Mr. Aakash Bajaj, their father, died when she was twenty, in her graduation college and the twins were fifteen or something. And after him, it was Saumaya, who handled their family alongwith her studies. And if I'm being honest, my respect for her increased for being so strong even at a tender age. And that's, the reason I came here to see whats written in our destiny.

"Aastha ji, I think we should let the kids talk now, afterall it's them who have to spend their lives together, although we loved Saumaya very much."

I came out of trance hearing Maa and saw Saumaya fidgeting with her dupatta. Aastha Aunty smiled at Maa and nodded her head.

"Gudiya, take Rudraksh ji to your room."

"Uh- Aunty, please call me Rudraksh only, you're elder to me." Aastha Aunty smiled and nodded and I looked at Saumaya who was looking at me but looked down when I looked at her and lead the way.

The house wasn't too small but not too big too. We entered in one of the room which was again, neither big nor small. In two different corners, two different beds were placed, one near the window, and another far away from it. There was a door which I guessed was the washroom. Then, in one corner with the wall was a wooden cupboard and near it the dressing table. There was a study table close to the window. The walls were painted in white and light pink colour, and was decorated with different frames. Overall, the room was nice, had a different warmth to it.