Almost Fireworks, Almost Darkness

|15. I love you|

Three days passed by

Swara was extremely nervous about a lot of things. She kept pushing away her thoughts, just did her work and talked with Sanskar happily. It was wednesday night and in the darkness of room, she could no longer control her tears.

She sat on the bed and took her phone to call Sanskar, she didn't look at the time but knew it was extremely late.

"Hello Swara?" she heard a surprised voice and blinked her eyes controlling her tears. "I am sorry for calling you so late", she whispered.

Sanskar immediately got up and sat on the couch worried. "Hey what happened?" he asked softly.

"You don't come here tomorrow, I don't want to buy land", she said crying. He frowned in confusion and asked, "Why?"

"Sanskar if I buy a land and start a school here then how will I ever come to Kolkata? I should search for a land in Kolkata", she said wiping her tears.

He sighed and got up from the couch. He switched on the lights and sat on the bed as he spoke, "But Swara you never wanted to come to Kolkata?"

"Ha but that was before, now I want to come. I want to be with you, I want to marry you", she said like a child and a small smile occupied his lips.

"Do you trust me?" he asked looking at a file that was on table. "Ha but", she started but he interrupted her, "then close your eyes and sleep peacefully. I will come tomorrow and we will handle everything, okay?"

She held the phone and lay on the bed. "I want to marry you before your Mom really brings an Ankita", she said worried and frowned at his laughter.

"Sanskar I am serious", she whined. He smiled and said, "We have a long day tomorrow Swara. We need to go for registration, we need to finalize builders so trust me and sleep peacefully. And before you worry about marriage, let me tell you one more time I am not a fool to lose you".

She smiled a little hearing it and said, "okay". He switched off the lights and went to couch. He lay down and said, "I love you, good night".

"Good night and I will tell you in person", he chuckled hearing her. She still hasn't said those 3 words to him. Whenever he said 'I love you' in the past three days, her response was she will tell him in person.

He muttered a 'bye' and cut the call when she murmured, 'bye'.

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Next day

Sanskar came to Mumbai. Both Angre and Swara came to pick him from the airport. Swara hugged Sanskar tightly and then showed her hands to him excitedly. She had beautiful hennah in her hands, she also had 'Sanskar' written in the middle of her palm.

He held her hands surprised. "Remember I told you my students performed at a mehendi function day before yesterday? I got this done there", she said excited and he smiled kissing her palm. 

"It's so beautiful", he whispered and hugged her again. 

All three of them directly went for land registration. It turned out to be a long day with registration and finalization of builders.

Swara felt overwhelmed and there were tears of happiness in her eyes during the journey back to home. She was sitting on backseat with Sanskar and Angre at front. She turned to the window with a smile on her lips feeling so content.

It was evening when they reached home. Sanskar went to freshen up and Swara sat down with her laptop checking the agreements with builder. She didn't have to worry about dinner as Angre said he was trying some new recipe and asked her to come to his house for dinner. She and Angre really bonded over cooking. She would call him to her flat when she cooked something new and he did the same.