US AGAIN| Shubmangill fanfic

14. Know You Better

Navya felt a strong arm grip her wrist, she turned around only to find Shubman holding her wrist with a smirk on his face.

"Ab kaha bhagogi" he asked grabbing her other hand as well.

"Kya kar rahe ho tum" she asked looking at her hands in his grip.

Shubman just ignored her question and slid her bangle off her hand, still holding her other hand. He examined the bangle ignoring her questions and her effort to free herself from his grip which ofc were of no use.

"I was right" he said more to himself and looked at her while she smiled confirming his statement.
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Their memory travelled back to the time when young Shubman was shopping with his mom in HYD, he saw a pink bangle and purchased it for Navya, he asked the shopkeeper to engrave his name on the inner side of the bangle in Punjabi.

Later, he gave her that bangle on his last day in HYD.

"Wow yaar, choice acchi hain tumhari" she said with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Par, tumhare haath se bada hain" he said in disappointment.

"Ha tho accha hain na, kuch saalo ke baadh bhi pehan sakti hu na" she said smiling.
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"Bangle ya person" he asked again.

She looked down and then at his hopeful and curious expression. She took a deep breath and replied "BANGLE"

"Huh!! Bangle?? Bangle??" he questioned clearly stating his disapproval of her choice of answer.

"Haa" she replied trying not to laugh. "Aisa pyaara aur sundar bangle kaha milega"

"Aisa ladka bhi kahi nahi milega" he said pointing at himself, his irritation clearly visible through his tone.

"Tum chahte ho ki main tumhe choose karu" she asked in between her laughs.

"Obviously" he replied without thinking twice.

"Mujhe nahi pata tha ki tum itne ache actor ho" she said in a soft tone.

"Actor?"

"Ache se dikha rahe ho ki tumne mere jawab ko sach maan liya"

She chose him, she always did and she thought he knew. Through out the day he kept looking at her with an expression that said he knew but may be she doesn't really know him to read his expressions.

Navya was brought back from her thoughts when she saw Shubman sliding her bangle into her hand. He spun her around with the hand he was already holding. He held both her hands when her back was facing him and placed her hands on her stomach while his hands were on hers, making sure he touched only her hands.

It almost looked as if he has back hugged her but no, that was not the case here. Not yet atleast.

"10 saal, kitna badal gayi hogi tum, waqt ne kitna badal diya hoga tumhe, itna tho tum jaanti ho na ki main tumhe yaad karta hu, par jitna yaad karta hu usme bahot kuch badal bhi gaya hoga na. So in short I want to know you, the whole of you" he said in the softest tone possible.

Navya gently pushed his hand away from her and turned around to face him, her face had no expressions which was very unusual. The thought of hurting her stuck his mind and he immediately started to shake his head, trying to convey that he had no intension to hurt her, but before he could speak, she caught his hand and dragged him with her.

They walked towards her desk as she pulled out a diary and painted at the latest words that were written on the page.