Woh ek saal

Rebound

Recap : Neil proposes to Aarohi in her hostel room and Aarohi reveals that she has a boyfriend

Aarohi: NEIL I have a boyfriend!

Neil was unable to understand what she was saying: huh?

Aaru put back the saree on her body which was removed earlier and stood up

Aarohi : meine kaha.. i.. I have a boyfriend

" ofcourse you have a boyfriend, I am your boyfriend..." neil said in his defence meanwhile placing his hand on her waist and interlocking his other hand with hers

Aarohi gathered courage to unlock her hand with his and replied : Neil tum mere boyfriend nahi ho ... koi aur mera boyfriend hai and .. and mei usse kaafi time se date kar rahi ho

Neil's delicate heart started skipping beats

"Aarohi tumhe pata hai na tum bilkul bhi funny nahi ho? And mei koi joke ke mood mei nahi hu" Neil said while hugging her

Aarohi hugged his bare body back for ten seconds but then the realisation made her push him away from her

"Neil.. ple.. please door raho mujhse.. and.. and tumhara shirt kaha hai (gets his shirt which she had thrown away) .. ye lo aur ise pehen lo"
"Aur meine kab kaha ki mei mazaak kar rahi hu? Mei tumse nahi KISI AUR SE PYAAR KARTI HU .. please get that straight in your head"

The words had started poking Neil's heart a little
He made Aarohi sit on the bed while he kneeled down and placed his hands on hers

"Aarohi tum kyu aise bol Rahi ho? Is there any problem? Please tell me.. aisi koi problem nahi hai jiska solution na ho.. I know you're lying to me ..
Meine aisa kuch kiya hai jisse meine tumhe unintentionally hurt kiya ho?"

"Aarohi I'm sorry mei bohot dumb hu , mujhe realise nahi hota jaldi se.. please tum mujhe bata do meine kya kiya hai.. we can sort this out (cups her face)"

"Arre tumhe ek baar mei Samajh nahi aata kya? There's nothing to sort out.. hamare beech kuch na kabhi tha na kabhi hoga... I am dating someone else" Aarohi roared, controlling her tears and removing Neil's cupped hands from her face

Tears started dropping a little from Neil's innocent eyes "toh phir itne Dino se jo hum close aa rahe the physically, we just kissed each other twice thrice .. uske pehle bhi we've come close physically...
Woh sab kya tha huh?" Neil asked with a heavy throat

"Rebound" Aarohi defended herself
"Gen Z ko belong karte ho na tum bhi , rebound ka matlab toh jaante hee hoge... you were just my rebound nothing else ... and jo bhi abhi hua woh sab heat of the moment mei hogaya okay? Usse seriously lene ki zarurat nahi hai tumhe"
Aarohi continued to break Neil's heart

Tears started flowing heavily from Neil's eyes and Aarohi couldn't bear it. She turned her back towards him

"Tum yaha se jaane ka kya loge Neil?"

"Sach" neil replied back in anger turning her towards  him and holding her arms tightly
"Mujhe sirf sach sunna hai aur kuch nahi! Mujhe pata hai tum jhoot bol Rahi ho , meine dekha hai tumhari aankho mei saccha pyaar"

"Woh pyaar kisi aur ke liye hai Neil birla not for you! And tumhe aisa kyu laga ki mei tumse pyaar karungi huh? What are you? Just an administrative assistant. Tumhe laga bhi kaise ki ek surgeon ko surgeon ke alawa koi aur pasand aayega huh? You were just a TIMEPASS for me, get that straight " Aarohi argued