HUM TUM

TO FOREVER

Adam

"Where is it? Don't tell me that you lost it Neha please"  chaotic voices came from the tables side as I looked through umar's shoulder . " Tu to gaya beta" my best friend said and I raised my eyebrows in curiosity "what do you even mean by 'tu to gaya beta' I asked Umar . He looked at me while trying to hold his laughter . And he burst into laughter all of a sudden putting his fist  on his mouth. "You don't know?" He said .  I shook my head. "Neha..." I looked at him with a shocker in my eyes . "Neha what, is she okay? Didn't she go to refix her makeup?, is she fine or not, Umar?" . Umar put his hand on my shoulder and he lowered his voice saying "she lost the ring for your engagement "  all of a sudden my heart came to a relief that she's okay . Ring and all we will see later . But what really crossed my mind was . She actually lost the RING and she didn't feel the need to tell ME about it?  And how did she even lose it?  The "losing ring" didn't hurt but not discussing it did . I am overreacting maybe?. "Oh, it's fine we will do something about it" . Umar looked at me shockingly . "Are you serious Adam? Do you even realise how expensive it was? Neha was literally saving her  pocket money to surprise you . Because she wrote the names of you both inside the ring "
What?? She wrote the names inside of the ring? That too by saving her pocket money.? Why would she even do that? Neha is actually not that kind  of person who will not spend her pocket money. But she did.  I looked at umar as he searched for a hint of sadness in my eyes. And he was right . I was sad. But not because she lost the ring . But because she lost the ring in which she saved her pocket money. And that... That matters. " I'll go find her" I said passing by him. As my eyes looked for Neha. As soon as my eyes found her . I took a moment to embrace her beauty. She looked so beautiful wearing that pretty outfit. Hey eyes looked even prettier in the light . Her lips parted a bit. She looked at her lap sitting quietly and alone. I walked towards her and put my hand on her shoulder that made her look at me . And as soon as she did. She flinched and removed my hand. "What's wrong?" I asked still looking at her deep in the eyes. "A--adam..y.you here..? Is everything okay? I was just drinking some wat-"
"Shhh" i shushed her and she stood from the chair . With tears filled in her eyes. I grabbed her face in my hands and she put her palms on my wrists . "It's okay " I said wiping a Tear away from her eye. " We will find it " she looked up at me. "You...you know?" I sat her again on the chair and went down on my knees in front of her chair. "I do, but I don't care about the ring. We will see about that but I am hurt about - " she cut me in between saying "that I didn't tell you myself ? I just felt .. I don't know " she said as she broke "hey...hey it's okay Neha , look at me , it's okay".  . She wrapped her hands around my shoulders . As I let her cry in my arms. I felt so helpless sitting there and not doing anything about it . And when I can't see her cry . It does something to me. Something shifted inside me because she's not the kind of person who will cry easily. I wiped her tears away and grabbed her face "no this was not what I was talking about . I was just saying that why did you spend all your pocket money on the names written in that ring? You know I didn't want this , right? . She nodded to me as she spoke " I just wanted it to be a surprise for you . The ring is totally made with abba's money but it was just the names that were by my side" I looked at her and said " promise me you will never do something like this again"
"But"
"Neha , promise me"
"I promise , but ..." She started to cry again wrapping her hands around my head . I patted her in the hair and felt something solid. And as soon as I took it out . I burst into laughter as soon as I saw it. It was the ring. The one she lost. "What?" Neha said. Looking at me curiously wiping her tears from her face . I looked at the ring it was a band and under the band there was written ' Adam and neha, to forever' my eyes shined bright when I saw our names together . It was... It was so overwhelming. Neha took the ring from my hand. And stood in excitement. "Where did you find it from? Was it.. oh my god was it in my hair?"  I looked at her and nodded . "Oh god I am so glad that we got it " she said jumping in excitement. "We did" I said returning the excitement . "And I - I love it-"
"And I love you" neha said out of nowhere that made a crimson colour on my face and rose the back of my hair  . Then I realized it. The first time I actually confessed my love to her , was when she said 'i love it' to my bike and that's when I said it 'and I love you' .  "Ab chalein?" Neha said bringing me out of my flashback . I offered her  my arm and she wrapped her hands around it as we both walked on the stage with the most beautiful thing in my hands.
'neha ad Adam, to forever'"