First Ishq

Chapter 30 [Her Tears]

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|Ansh's POV |

The evening aarti was done.

So, we decided to sit on the marble floor of the Durga Mandir.

Ishika sat between Maa and Anjana Aunty. Kishor Aahaan and I sat in a group together.

Normally, we would all sit together and play chidiya udd.

But today, Maa and Anjana Aunty seemed to be in a gossip mood. They both simply held Ishika's arms and took her away from me.

'Seriously... when will this guy understand that she was never meant to stay with him', the little devil facepalmed.

'Well.. I do know that. But that doesn't matter right now', I tried to explain.

But it gave me a side eye as it replied, 'Stupid loverboi' and disappeared.

Just ignore that devil. Anyway...

We played the game and Aahaan kept losing after a few turns.

Kishor and I would take turns to tickle him each time he lost. Aahaan would throw his hands around and try to squirm away when we did so.

It was so funny to see and we were all laughing.

Suddenly, my eyes met Ishika's eyes. My heart skipped a beat and I became still.

'Why was she looking at me?' I thought in my mind as a pink tint spread across my cheeks.

I looked back at her when her eyes shined and I noticed the tears struggling to not fall down her cheeks.

All the happiness in my heart disappeared when I saw that.

My brows knitted in furrows as I questioned myself, 'What happened?'

But of course, I didn't know the answer.

Just then, a tear streamed down her right cheek, followed by another one.

I couldn't bear it any longer.

I stood up and walked to her. I raised my hands to her cheeks and wiped off those tears.

"What on earth happened, Ishika?" I questioned in a worried tone as my heart was in a lump seeing those tears.

"Huh?" She replied with. She seemed shocked because of my actions and maybe my words too.

"What are you doing, Ansh?" I heard Kishor's voice from my behind when I finally snapped back to reality.

I realised what I just did and flinched a little.

Whatever Kishor or others might be thinking right now didn't matter or scare me.

But the thought that I didn't even ask Ishika's permission before touching her terrified me.

'What if she was uncomfortable? What if she starts to hate me? What if she pushes me away forever?' These thoughts rumbled in my mind.

I felt Kishor's hand on my shoulder and I could sense his hostility.

"What were you-" he was not able to complete his question when Maa exclaimed, "Ishika!? Are you crying, beta?"

"What happened Ishi?" Susmita Aunty too asked in a concerned tone.

A tint of red appeared on Ishika's face as she replied, "N-nothing nothing... actually I was missing Maa, Papa and Vivaan.."

Who was Vivaan? Don't tell he is her something.. (I don't wish to even think of that word.)