Aap Koun Hai? PT 1

Meet my Family👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

My feet tap furiously on the swirled floors of the hospital. The repetitive clicking rhythm of my sole smashing into concrete, is the only thing preventing me from bursting into a frenzy. Really? Whatever happened to As long as I am your boyfriend you will be safe?

Whatever happened to we caught the killer?

Whatever happened to you are my responsibility?

Prince? I scoff. He is a pathological liar.

The helicopters did evacuate us all and brought us here, to the hospitals as some patients had a panic attack from the news. And there is still effort to at least try and save the captains but it's obvious how that's going to go

And where was Vihaan?Behind a white screen at the end of the hospital hallway talking to God knows who.

My palms dig into the blue seat, as I lean in to peak inside.

However the thickness of the screen, the doctors guarding it in full force, and the bright sun filtering through the jalis fail to give a proper image.

I sigh and fall back into my seat only to meet an Ahaan next to me. He smiles to himself, arms folded and his head straight, pretending as if he can't see me. I study his features, his composure relaxed and his fingers drum on the armchair next to us. .

I follow his gaze only to be met with the dull white wall opposite to us. I linger on it for a while hoping to see what he is seeing-but it's the same.

"Ahaan" I drawl, giving up on Vihaan

"Mhm" he hums , his head unwavering, even when a noisy nurse struts past us with her rickety trolley that goes Tic tick tic, there is no movement from him.he seems to be in a trance

"What are you doing?" I ask, feeling surprisingly uneasy. He is such a strange guy. But even that statement is an understatement.

"I am being happy" he says

"Why?"

His head lolls to me and his grin rises higher. "Because I know something you don't"

The murderer?

I think, and there is a sudden constriction in my chest . He wouldn't know right? He is just a silly boy?Just trying to have fun?

But that silly boy was ready to throw his cousin under the bus. Stab him in the back.

"What" I dare to ask, my lungs not able to catch another breath.

"I knew we would be safe on that ship and I know what Vihaan is doing behind those curtains. You can say they are interlinked"

I inhale a deep breath into my lungs and exhale with just as much force. The breaths are audible. They are relieved. And the fear disappears.

I then snap at him. Of course. He likes games doesn't he? He likes acting smart-like Sam.

"So aren't you going to explain?" I ask arching a brow.

"I don't have to" he smiles, his head straightening to the wall again "Vihaan will tell you himself"

Now that is a lie. He won't tell me anything-

But Ahaan lifts three fingers "In three"

He drops one " two "

He drops another

"one-"

"Miss Mehra"

Just the sound of my name sends the bones in my body stiffening to steel. My heart hammers into my chest and I shoot a glance at Ahaan. But instead he grins and arches his brow, pointing to someone behind me.

I spin my head only to find a doctor behind me, fully covered in blue shades, with a mask , cap and goggles, shielding his face.

He pierces at me, his hands clutching the clipboard to his chest, but I can't decipher anything else from him

"Vihaan wants to see you"

Without answering back to Ahaan, I get up from my seat and follow the doctor. But that doesn't mean I've forgotten him. How can I?

How does he know so much? And what did he mean he knew we would be safe? What did he mean he knows what Vihaan is doing?

He knows quite a lot that's for sure. It makes me wonder if he was really telling the truth about Vihaan being a prince.

When I am led behind the screen, the first thing I see are at least a dozen unrecognizable faces. Did he lead me in the wrong place?

But once their eyes land on me there is a sudden shift in their face, like they knew who I was.

And then I see him, on the opposite side of the throng is Vihaan. He is seated on a single cushioned stool while the entire group of people sit a on couch together

I look between them. My brows furrow with confusion. What the hell is happening?

"Payal" his voice steals my attention.

And I look at him waiting for an explanation. But he seems just as dumbstruck as me. He opens his mouth, lurches and then speaks.

"Meet my family"

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Family?

I snap my heads at them. I thought maybe they were guests on the cruise. However,judging from their elaborate embroidered clothes, which are all traditional, I guess not.

"The r-royalty of Rajasthan. " He sighs, massaging the ridge of his nose.

"Happy now Dadi?" He snaps.

The old woman in the group, with short gray hair nods with stubborn eyes. She then looks at me.

"Sit dear" she points to the stool next to Vihaan.

But the blood drains from my body, and my mind spins with a tornado of thoughts.

This can't be possible.

I stumble into the seat, but that doesn't reinforce any stability that I need.

He was right. Ahaan was right. They are royalty.

He really is throwing Vihaan under the bus, but what else is he ready to tell me? What else does he know?

I take note of the faces as he introduced them, of the dadi, his ma, his pa, his sister, his uncle Kabir, his cousins( by that time Ahaan has made his way in. )

But I can barely process anything. What is happening? It's like everyone knows what's going on but me and I don't like it. I'm not supposed to be in this situation, I am the one who is trying to expose what's going on.

When he is done, I turn to him rage blazing in my face.

I am sure he can see that I am on the brink of exploding.

So he quickly adds "they came because they thought I was dead. It's been on the news and all"

He pauses, his eyes on the floor and he holds his breath.

I wait for him to say something more, but there is nothing and an uncomfortable expression befalls him.

"Continue" his dadi prompts him, glaring

"They want to get us married"

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