Cursed Love

Forty Seven

"So, what happened? Is it good or bad? Because genuinely, I can't tell since Aiden walked out of here teary-eyed, but also lipstick-stained, hair messy, and shirt wrinkled," Noah asked, walking into Aru's office and closing the door.

"But you seem okay since you're not crying. So that's good, right? You are okay, aren't you?" Noah asked, stepping closer to where Aru was sitting on the ground.

"I kissed him."

"Well, damn. That's... seriously?"

"Yup." Aru responded, staring into space as she rested her head against the window. "It got heated."

"That much I can tell. His messy hair and your smudged lipstick - it's impossible not to tell it got heated."

"Yeah, and I even said, 'Kiss me. Kiss me until I am sick of it.' Then, I pulled his hips and kissed him harder."

"Oh... wow, that's more detail than I needed," Noah said, his eyebrows raising as he shuddered with disgust.

"And then I pushed him away - both literally and figuratively."

"Oh."

"Yeah. And I don't know why I'm telling my brother this." Aru sighed, "What the fuck. Where is Pooja?"

"At work. I can call her?"

"Please do." Aru replied, twirling a knife in her hands.

"She is more equipped to deal with this than I am."

"I would rather tell my sister-in-law this than my brother."

"I second that. Although, we're not actually married."

"You basically are."

"Hmm, fair enough," Noah sighed, "I do not want to hear about this side of my sister's love life. The emotions? Sure. The raging hormones? Abso-fucking-lutely not."

Noah left the room for a second to call his girlfriend, making the twins come into the room. "Aru Didi, are you okay?" Sheela asked

Hiding her knife quickly and combing a hand through her hair, Aru opened her eyes to see her little sisters hovering at the doorway, "Yeah, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, you're kinda sitting on the ground and your hair is kinda ruffled." Nikita said

"Well, I'm sitting on the ground cause I'm tired and my hair is ruffled because it's been a long day. I've had a lot of stressful cases lately and they're catching up to me." Aru lied

"Well, I guess that's a half lie. I am sitting on the ground cause I am tired but my hair's ruffled cause I just kissed the love of my life/murderer of my parents." Aru thought

"Oh, are you sure?"

"Yeah, dude, I've been through way worse."

"I've been simultaneously stabbed, shot and beaten yet I made it out alive. A little emotional dilemma is nothing."

"If you say so, how did it go with Aiden?" Nikita asked

"Terrible? I kissed him? Told him to kiss me until I was sick of it? Told him kissing him was torture but thinking of him was so much worse? That I grabbed him and kissed him so hard his lips are probably bruised? Is this what you want to hear?"

"Good, we agreed on a price so I have to e-transfer him the money. You were right, twins, he was a good photographer." Aru said, "Good at other things too." she added silently

"Yeah? I'm glad; you've been looking for the right guy for the longest time." Sheela responded

"That's some weird-ass phrasing but sure."