The Eternity of Love

Chapter 21

Arhan sighed and turned towards her. "You wanna have it?", he asked, pointing towards the apple.

"If you cut it", she replied. He took the knife and started cutting the apple. Anaya was just looking at him. At this time, his whole focus was on cutting the apple. He was looking very serious. There were no emotions on his face. "Arhan", she called him, softly.

He hummed in response without looking at her. "Smile", she said out of the blue. Arhan's hand stopped, he looked towards her who was already smiling, while looking at him. Seeing her, his lips also curled into a smile.

"Will you bother to tell me the reason for this?", He asked, passing the apple to her.

"Nothing special, it's just the atmosphere was quite serious", she replied, taking the apple from his hand. She took the apple and started peeling it. Arhan looked at her and took it back from her.

"Can't you eat it like this?", He asked, while peeling it for her.

"No, I don't like it", she replied. He was peeling it when she spoke again, "Amm...can I ask you something?"

He hummed in response, so she continued, "What were doing in Gurudwara that day?"

"What do we do in Gurudwara, Anaya?", He questioned back sarcastically, without looking at her, still focused on his work.

"No no, not that. I mean you live here, right? Then what were you doing there?", She tried to explain her point.

"We also live in Chandigarh", he replied, while continuing his work.

"Ohh then here?? How?? I mean why??", she asked further. Her eyes gleaming with curiosity.

Arhan released a deep breath before replying, "Seven years ago, my dad shifted here for business purpose".

"Ohk, so you live with your family??"

"No, only I and Ronit"

"Then your Mom and Dad?? Where are they?"

"Maa and my little sister lives in Chandigarh with rest of my family"

"And your father?", Arhan's hands stopped and he lift his head to look at her who was already looking at him with curious eyes. He lowered his gaze before replying, "He is no more".

Listening to this, Anaya's smile dropped and heart sank. He looked at his face carefully which was again blank. She regretted asking this question from him. "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked this from you", she lowered her gaze.

"It's OK", saying this he passed the plate to her. She took the plate from his hand. She noticed the sadness in his eyes which he was probably trying to hide. While cursing herself internally, she started thinking for something to divert his mind.

She picked up a piece and broke it in half. She took one piece in her mouth and forwarded the other to Arhan. At first he looked at the piece then at Anaya and raised his eyebrow in questioning manner.

"This is for you. You also might not have eaten anything. You must be hungry, so eat this", she said while chewing, her mouth was full and her voice was sounding funny. Arhan chuckled at her antics. At is time, she was looking cute to him.

He took the piece from her hand and started chewing it. "Thanks", he said and she lowered her gaze while smiling.

Arhan was about to say something but before that, they heard a voice, "May we come in??". Anaya and Arhan both looked in the direction of voice and found Ronit and Diksha standing at the door, with a big ear to ear smile on their lips.

"Ya, come in. What's the need to ask?", Arhan said with a frown.

"Nothing, we just thought that you guys would get disturbed", Ronit replied, while coming inside.