𝐎𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫 [Completed]

19. Warm embrace

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"Prarthana we need to talk" Devdutt said with convincing tone.

"I don't think there's something we need to talk" she said but heart was beating against her rib cage, she was praying to god so he won't listen it.

"Prarthana... I want to apologise. I am sorry for my actions" Devdutt said trying to make her understand that he truly is sorry. But her cold face didn't showed any reaction making him

"Kaise maaf kardo mein, tum hi bolo kaise maaf karu mein, tumhe pata hai tumne kya kiya mere sath. You are not different Devdutt, you. are. not. different. You are same like them. You only needed me for pass your time. And here I thought you are my "true friend"" she bitterly chuckled making making quotation fingers while saying last two words and continued

"I thought your my friend, my true friend who will protect me. I shared my trauma with you, huh I didn't shared with my family, my brother but I shared it with you. But what did I got in return. You left me"

She was overwhelmed with emotion that she didn't realised her tears are streaming down her cheeks. Her heart tightened in rib cage. But she didn't stopped.

"I was a coward Prarthana, I was coward who ran away from his feelings. I was too coward to accept my feelings for you. Please Prarthana, only five minutes" he said as his voice had hint of desperation in it. She sighed he still affected her.

Prarthana let him in, he walked in and she closed the door behind. She doesn't wanted her parents or her brother listen to their conversation.

"I can't hold it anymore, Prarthana, it's affects me, you being away from me affect's me so damn much" He said turning to face her.

"I kept my feelings hidden because I hadn't realized the depth of my love for you. I watched you go, thinking I didn't love you, but as time passed, I understood the truth. My heart was silently yearning for you, holding onto a love I hadn't acknowledged."

His voice carries a sense of introspection and sorrow, acknowledging the missed opportunities and the pain of not expressing his true emotions when it mattered the most.

"I wish I had the courage to tell you then, to let you know that you were the one who held my heart all along. But now, as I stand here with these unspoken words, I hope you can feel the depth of my love, even if it's late in coming." His voice had a tinge of sadness as he expressed himself to her.

His confession, tinged with remorse and a sense of belated realization, speaks to the complexities of unvoiced emotions and the longing for a chance to rewrite the past with newfound clarity and understanding.

Whereas Prarthana was was shocked by his sudden confession and vulnerable at the same time.

"When you walked away, I thought you believed I didn't love you. But the truth is, my heart has always been yours, even when you couldn't see it. I never got the chance to tell you how much you meant to me, how my world revolved around you." His emotions are more vulnerable than her's.

His voice trembles with the weight of unspoken words, revealing the depth of his feelings that remained hidden in the shadows of miscommunication and misunderstanding.

Prarthana wasn't believing it was tears streamed down her cheeks, he is confessing it. He had the mutual feelings.

"I wish you knew that every beat of my heart whispered your name, that every moment without you felt like a lifetime. I never stopped loving you, even when you thought my heart was closed to you. You were, and will always be, the one I've loved the most." His teary eyes screamed the truth.

His confession carries the weight of unexpressed emotions, a bittersweet revelation of a love that endured despite the silence, creating a poignant moment of vulnerability and longing.

"It's hard to forget what happened Devdutt, your actions hurted me the most" she let him see her vulnerable state as tears slipped to her cheeks.

"It's not only you Prarthana, my actions even hurted me. I thought that was easy... Easy to ignore someone who own your heart. You thought I was you true friend but you know what you are my true love" he stared into her deep brown eyes which matches his. He can even see what's happening to her through her eyes. He continued-

"I know, I made a mistake and I am truly sorry for the pain I caused you. I wish I could take it all back" he apologetically said.

"I love you Prarthana and I truly do, I can't live another minute without you. If you want you can punish me but please stay with me, please give me one last chance to prove myself" Devdutt tried to hold her hand.

"I love you too... I've always loved you" she said unknowingly pouted as tears slipped through her already wet eyes.

They break down in tears and embraced each other tightly, holding on as if afraid to let go.

"I never knew how much I needed to hear those words from you Prarthana" he whispered near her ear as he controlled his emotions.

"I've been hiding my feelings for so long... I don't want to lose you again" she sobbed in his chest.

Softly stroking her hair he mumbled- "you will never lose me. I am here and I am not going anywhere" he tightened his arms around her snuggling into her neck.

"I feel like a weight has been lifted off my heart. I am so relieved to finally say it" Prarthana said clinging on to him. Her hands made it way to his neck.

They continue to cry in each other's arms, a mix of joy, relief and overwhelming emotions washing over them.

He pulled back and wipes away her tears. "I promise to cherish you and love you with all that I am" he mumbled near her looking directly into her eyes.

"I love you" she said.

They hold each other even tighter, finding solace and comfort in their shares vulnerability and newfound love.

"But engagement"

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Ahhh I was literally jumping around while editing this part, and don't even ask me how I wrote it. I don't know about you guys but it's my most waited part.
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