Bhumi's POV:
Aryamann is still glaring at me.
"Why would you do such a thing, Bhumi?" Daksh bhaiyya asked in frustration, and I hung my head low in shame.
I know. I am on the wrong side here. I shouldn't have let my anger take over my sanity.
"I was angry at Aryamann. He called me illiterate because I haven't gone to college yet," I said quietly.
"Why haven't you gone to college yet, Bhumi?" Gaurav asked softly.
"I just took a year break after my schooling, so that I could save up for college. What's wrong with that? Not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth," I said, and they looked at me stunned.
Why? I don't know why they are so stunned?
"Did you just say a one-year break?" Aryamann asked, bewildered, and I looked at him in confusion.
"Yes?" I said, almost as if questioning myself.
"How old are you, Bhumi?" Daksh bhaiyya asked.
"I am eighteen. I will be turning nineteen in a few months," I said, and Aryamann sucked in a sharp breath.
What is wrong with him?
"You are eighteen. Only eighteen?" He asked, and I nodded.
"Damn it!!" He cursed, running a hand through his hair.
"What is wrong with my age?" I asked, frowning at their behaviour.
"Do you know how old I am, Bhumi? I am twenty-nine. I am ten years older than you," he said in frustration.
"So?" I was still confused as to what the issue is.
"God! I feel like a paedophile," he said, and I looked at him in horror.
"What the hell? For you to be a paedophile, I have to be a child. I am not a child. I am above eighteen, Aryamann. I am an adult. I am old enough to know right and wrong. You don't have to make a big deal out of this. And if you haven't realised it yet, I am way more mature for my age. Life has taught me well," I said, challenging him to retort.
They all seemed to calm down a bit.
"But still, Aryamann, you shouldn't have called her illiterate, no matter what," Daksh bhaiyya chided his younger brother.
"I didn't. I just- I was. Arghh! She just kept on praising Jai, and I just lost it," he said without thinking and stopped abruptly as if he said something he shouldn't have.
"I was just telling the truth. Whatever he did is praiseworthy. You are his friend, and you should be proud of him too," I said, and he gritted his teeth.
I saw Daksh bhaiyya and Gaurav looking at Aryamann with a smirk.
"Yes, Aryamann. You should be proud of your friend Jai, for whatever she said he did," Gaurav said with a smirk.
"Shut up, Gaurav," Aryamann hissed.
What is wrong with him? They are friends, right? Then why doesn't he like J? He is such a sweetheart. How can anybody not like him?
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A WEEK LATER
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE COURT WEDDING
Third person's pov!
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Bhumi was standing on the roof top of her apartment complex. She came out to have some fresh air.
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Romance"Why do you care?" He asked with a sardonic chuckle, making me wince. "Why do I care? How can you ask that? Why shouldn't I care? Are you that blind, Aryamann? Don't you see that I am falling for you?" I asked, looking straight into his eyes with my...
