You Belong With Me

24. RADHIKA & AVYUKTA

Radhika

It was late yesterday so Avyukta asked me to go home. He told me that he'd listen to my story whenever I'd be comfortable in telling him.

Another reason I didn't tell him about my past was that he was not in the state to listen. It was the first time I saw tears in his eyes. My heart bled and my body ached listening to what happened with his mother and sister and that he was just eight and ten years old respectively when it all happened.

He was so young to experience all that and I couldn't stop myself from bursting into tears as he narrated the story of his past. I used to think that I had experienced the worst childhood but no, his was several folds worse than mine. At least none of my family members died.

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I asked for some time to open my past in front of him and he agreed. I was in awe that he told everything about himself to me without any hesitation and I was the one who was still thinking about telling him.

It took me two more days to finally make up my mind to tell him my reasons and today I would tell him everything.

I'd not waste more of his time and would be out of his life after opening up to him that is why I'm here on his secret spot.

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Avyukta

I opened up to Radhika because that was the only way left with me to make her believe that I trusted her with my past and she could trust me too, obviously if she wanted to.

Dream

"I'm sorry but I have to go."

"There's no way I'm letting you go."

"I'm sorry but I have to."

"Please don't do this to me, I...I know you don't want to."

"No, Avi...Avyukta."

I woke up immediately as I took in my surroundings, I realised it was a dream. I was breathing heavily so I gulped a glass of water and tried to calm myself down.

There's was nothing that'd help me calm down except that one person. I rapidly called maa.

"Hey Avi, is everything alright?" My brother's voice greeted me from the other side.

"Hii Bhai, I...I'm not okay but what is maa's phone doing with you at 2:08 am?"

"What happened? Tell me. I came to check on her and saw her phone ringing." He asked and then answered my question.

"I...I had a dream I couldn't sleep and I'm not feeling alright. I want to talk to maa."

"Hey Bhai you'll be okay, you're gonna be alright. But you can't talk to her she's in deep slumber because of meds, I'll make sure she calls you tomorrow."

"What meds bhaiya?"

"She didn't tell you?"

"No what are you talking about?"

"Some days ago when her usual checkup reports came, the erythrocyte count was low, so I took her to a doctor who prescribed some meds."

"Why am I knowing it now that she had fucking anemia and what was Papa's report?"

"I asked her to tell you but I don't know why she didn't maybe she didn't want to bother you as you get hyperactive in taking care of her when something happens! Also Papa's reports were fine."

"How can I not be that too when she's the only woman I have left on my side?"

"Why are you saying this? What happened with your junior?"

"Things are complicated. Anyways I'm coming home tomorrow to take care of her. Let her know and please send me the report let me see what exactly has happened!"

"Hey hey, listen, tomorrow is her appointment with the doctor. If her condition is not improved then I'll call you to land your ass here but before that there's no need to step in, I'll manage!"

"Okay, I want every detail by tomorrow."

"Yes mister, now sleep, goodnight."

"Yeah night." It'd be good when I'll have my girl with me, before that no night would be good.

I couldn't sleep that night. I always used to have dreams about how mumma would've gotten into the accident and sometimes the images of karti's suicide also used to flash infront of me in my dreams.

I stopped having those dreams after some years of that traumatic experience as therapy sessions helped me a lot and I saw world from different perspectives after and started focusing on myself. Playing football was also one of the things which helped me overcome my nightmares as they distracted me from thinking about them.

But this time I was having dreams of Radhika being snatched away from me and my heart burned just by thinking about that.

After two days, Radhika texted me to meet at our spot and here I was waiting for her and there she was, she was coming right towards me hesitantly figeting with her thumb ring.

"Hey" I said in a light tone.

"Hii." She greeted back.

"Sooo, I..I just wanted to say that whatever happened was his choice and...and you can't change it. I...I am so sorry that you had to go through all that at such a young age. I'm sorry I couldn't say anything that day-"

"Hey hey, breathe." I calmed her down after placing my hands on her shoulders.
"It's okay, you don't have to say it all for something you have no hand in."

"Yeah yeah, it's just your past was so shocking, you never...I never imagined it was all hidden inside of you because your behaviour is so golden retriever."

"You think I'm a golden retriever?" I grinned and focused on golden retriever to distract her from sad talk.

"You caught only this from all that." She rolled her eyes and my god it was the most cutest thing she's ever done.

After some chit chat, it was the time for her to open up.

"Okay okay yes, I'm telling this to you, it all started when...when." she stopped in between and her breaths became uneven.

"Calm down, hon'. If you are not comfortable then there's no need to..."

"Why have you started calling me that?" She asked me, her doe eyes staring right into mine to find the answer.

"Calling what?"

"Honey!?"

"Ahm, that's because whenever I see your eyes their colour reminds me of honey. And when the sunlight falls into them, they turn into the lighter shade just like honey when kept into sunlight. And your voice oh god, it's sweet just like what I call you."

"And your lips too I can't forget them, fuck that I can't get that kiss out of my system, Radhika. What have you done to me?" I completed with a question and my phone rang again. Ughhh. I hit the silent button again.

"I..I didn't know you you thought that much and that deeply about me." Her cheeks flushed.

"Anyways it all started ten years back. I was nine, we used to live in a joint family here in Jaipur only." Radhika started her story and I adjusted myself accordingly to listen to her.
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