Affair Of The Heart

Chapter - 18

Author's POV
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It's already noon and ishan still haven't come out his room. No matter how many times Mrs.Gill tried to make him come out of his room, he just refused to listen to her. He haven't eaten anything since morning.

Inside the room, Ishan was sitting on the floor with his back leaning against the side of bed.

He stare blankly at particularly nothing. The traces of dried tears were visible on his face.

"I love you and no matter what it will always be you..."

Shubman's words from this morning keep haunting him continuously. Ishan don't know just what dirty game is destiny playing with him.

Why his suffering keep increasing instead of ending? Why is he doing this to himself?

Suddenly Shubman's pained face flashed before his eyes and just like that, fresh tears start rolling down from his eyes.

He didn't bothered wiping his tears and he continue, sitting in same position, without making any sound. There was pin drop silent in his room.

As few minutes passed Ishan heard a lout knock on his door. Ishan stare at the door and sighed as he thought it's his mother with food again.

"Mom please...I really don't feel like eating anything...Please leave me alone for sometime..." ishan said a loudly to make his mom hear it.

But instead of his mom, he heard a familiar voice of male.

"Like hell I will leave you alone! What tantrum are you throwing by locking yourself in room?! Open this goddamn door right now!"

"Mayank? What is he doing here?" ishan muttered under his breathe and slowly get up and walked to door.

He then grabbed the doorknob and rotate it, with a click door opened. Mayank walked inside and let out a gasp as he stare at Ishan's messy appearance.

"Woah-you look like truck ran over you!..." Mayank exclaimed.

Ishan ignored his comment and went to his bed and sat there. Mayank also did the same and look at Ishan.

"Why are you here?" Ishan asked.

"You tell me, what are you doing? Do you even know how worried Aunty was when she called me?" Mayank questioned.

And ishan felt guilty. Because of his conflicted feelings, he is causing worries to his family.

Mayank stare at his guilty face and sighed.

"Look ishu! I dont know the reason behind you locking yourself in room but because of it, your loved ones are worried..." This time he used a gentler tone.

"I know mayank but whatever is happening in my life is making me insane. I'm losing myself in all this mess...do you know mom and dad wants me to convince shub to marry..." Ishan replied with helplessness.

Now this is something mayank didn't knew about.

"You refused right? " Mayank asked hopefully as agreeing to it will only bring great agony to ishan.

To which ishan let out a bitter chuckle.

"Do you really think I had any other choice than agreeing to it?! What else should I tell her, that no mom I can't see him marrying to someone else because i love him, my own brother?!" 

Ishan immediately blinked the tears away which threatened to fall.

Even Mayank, who is just listening to all this, can feel pain for his words. He  felt so much sympathy for his bestfriend.