ᴇx-ʙᴏʏʀꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ɴᴇxᴛ ʜᴜꜱʙᴀɴᴅ

Chapter 28

Yuvaan

"Nishtha?!" I ran to her and she was about to fall onto the ground, "Nishtha. Are you okay?"
"Nishtha?!"
Shit. What happened to her?
I picked her up and quickly put her on her bed in her room. I hadn't even entered her room. It was plain, not at all oozing Nishtha. I hated this.
"Doctor. I need you here right now." I said on the call while dressing well, "Please. Be quick."

Within 15 minutes the doctor was here and I led him straight to her room, where she was lying.
"We were talking and then she just fell."
He checked her vitals, "It's a case of weakness and lack of proper sleep and care. Has she been under any stress recently?"
How would I know? We barely talk.
"I... I'm not sure. We got married 3 days back."
"It can be the marriage's routine, but I think she is going through some emotional strain, I have written down some medicines which I will get delivered to you. She is unconscious so I have given her an oral supplement of glucose. She will be awake soon."
"Thank you." I said and he left.
Why don't you ever take care of yourself?!

I can't leave her alone now.
I got my phone and my laptop from my room and quickly made my way to her room. I sat on her table and attended a few meetings and calls and did a lot of work. I was getting so sleepy.

The sun's rays pierced into my eyes as I woke up.
This isn't my room.
Oh, right.
I looked around to find myself sleeping on her bed, with Nishtha lying on my chest.
I felt a smile coming on my face.
I missed having her in my arms.
I looked, she's still deep asleep. That's good.
She was lying on my chest with my arm wrapped around her. I took my other arm and slowly moved the hair on her face behind her ear. I can smell her addictive scent. Oh God. I want this.
I want to kiss her.
Don't think that way, Yuvaan.

I had to get up. I slowly placed her comfortably on the bed and then got up and went to my room. After 20 minutes, I had taken a nice shower and got changed into casual jeans and a smart top, letting my wet hair dry normally.
I was downstairs making coffee when I saw her coming down in a hurry. She had showered. Her hair was wet, and she was in a simple chikankari with jeans underneath. 
She looked hot.

"Nishtha." I said, going to her.
"Yeah?" She said, finding something in her bag.
I chuckled and picked up her clip from the couch and stood in front of her, "Here."
She looked at it then stop finding. She always loses her hair clip, keeping it in some place and
then forgetting about it.
"Oh. Thanks." She said and took it.
"Are you okay? Where are you going?" I asked.
"Baba's launch is today right." She asked.
"It's in the afternoon. It's only 9 right now and are you sure you are coming?" I questioned.
"I have to go."
"Come here." I said, pulling her to me. I took the back of my palm and pressed it against her forehead, "No fever. Good."
"I... I'm fine." She stammered.
"If you were, you wouldn't have fainted. Now pls don't annoy me in the morning and go sit on the table, I'm coming."
"What? Why?"
"Nishtha, I said don't annoy me. Go sit."
She did as I said and I got a plate of fruits and a proper breakfast with coffee and went to her.
"Eat." I said.
"Oh... no I'm fine. I just—"
"Nishtha, I said eat. I'm not allowing you to faint again." I repeated, "Take this."
"I... don't like coffee."
"What? You used to love coffee."
"Yeah... things change." She said, looking down.
I sighed, "Okay. I'll make chai, you sit."
"Where's Jeena?"
"She isn't well. She'll come later."
"Leave it then. I'll make chai. It's fine." She said.
"I won't poison you Nishtha."
"I'll drink the coffee." She said and took the cup.
"Take your medicines after this." I told her.
She nodded.
"By the way. Mom called. She wanted us to come home for dinner tomorrow night." I said.
"What?"
"I think I need to contact Chicago and ask them what they did to you."
"How did you know I was in Chicago?"
"I know everything." I causally said.
"Yu— um, how did you know?" She said.
Why won't she take my name?
"Is my name hard to pronounce? You used to scream it all night at one point. Do you need a reminder?" I smirked.
Her eyes widened, "Wh... what are you saying?"
"Let's go. We need to meet your parents."

"Everything looks perfect!" I said.
We stood outside Ghar. The restaurant is named Ghar. It was beautiful. Everything was done and we were discussing the potential earliest launch dates. I had proposed to launch it this weekend, which was in 3 days.
"Wouldn't that be too soon?" Uncle asked.
"Don't worry about all that. I will handle it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Just tell me if it's a yes or no."
"Okay. Sure." Uncle said.

We all celebrated the decision and soon got to work. I made calls and got to work to send the launch date and venue to everyone. I made sure that Ghar's food was used in all following events associated with YUVA from now on and finally, after almost 6/7 hours... we were good to go.

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