Secret Love Story #wattys2017 (COMPLETED)

Threat

Shah Rukh Khan-2001

I stare after Rani letting my hand subconsciously reach out for Kajol's. I clasp her fingers in mine feeling her squeeze them tightly. I feel my mouth drop open and a long breathe escape my lips. Oh my God what had just happened?
"Are you okay?" I look at Kajol her left hand still over her cheek in a state of shock. She nods her head letting her hand fall slowly from her face revealing a large red mark across her cheek. I have to hold back a gasp as I delicately touch Kajol's cheek pulling her towards me by her hand.
"Haan but you need to go after Rani," Kajol smiles weakly and I nod my head. Who knows what Rani is going to do now? She actually seems destroyed which makes me feel sad for being the cause of that destruction. I let go off Kajol's hand wanting nothing more than to just stay with her but knowing Rani is volatile right now-she has just slapped her cousin! I walk out the door and ask a member of the crew in which direction Rani went. They direct me telling me she seemed 'pretty pissed off' and I laugh sheepishly. I follow in the direction and find her crying in the secluded canteen area. I pull up a chair behind her and rub my hand on her back trying to be comforting but then realising it's probably just more of an issue for her.
"Piss off," she mumbles and I'm really tempted to just leave but then I remember the look on Kajol's face and anger takes charge.
"No! How dare you slap Kajol," I shout, "who do you think you are? You waltz on in and then you slap her, for what?" Rani turns to face me a picture of utter shock painted on her face, but fury raging through her eyes.
"She told me there was nothing between you two and then I see you guys kissing each other?" Rani stammers angrily but I just shrug.
"We were practising a scene which Karan told us to play around with so we added a kiss to see how it went! You could have just asked instead of barging in and physically assaulting your own cousin," I continue to yell not caring about Rani's feelings right now. Kajol was wrong when she said Rani loved me I mean we are just good friends and Rani knows that.
"Seriously you expect me to believe that?" Rani snorts folding her arms across her chest and I nod my head forcefully.
"Why else would I be kissing Kajol?" I ask frustrated at the fact Rani cannot just accept there is nothing going on! Oh God I've actually convinced myself there is nothing going on and I know there blatantly is something going on because I frigging married Kajol.
"Because you love her! You're the reason she broke up with her family! It all makes sense now, all the weird eye contact you give her whenever we are speaking, the little whispers, the little finger touching you think I don't see, the blushes Kajol gets whenever you're around. That kiss just solidified that," Rani hisses and I have to keep my composure from smashing a table or something. It's like everything we've ever worked for, hiding our love for each other constantly, is now coming crashing down. Kajol and I aren't prepared to come out about it yet. We just need a little more time to get our head around a lot of things. I mean yes Kajol is now better in her moods but there is still something stopping the sparkle from her eyes. Telling her family about us would probably rip us apart right now because even though we love each other more than ever and we seem to be stronger together... I feel as distant from Kajol as I did when I broke her heart.
"You know what do whatever you want," I storm shaking my head standing up. Rani stands up too the look of fury becoming full blown rage. Was she hoping I'd argue back to that point? Well I'm sorry she's bitterly disappointed but I'd rather check on my wife than try to pacify her cousin.
"So you're not even going to deny it?" Rani screams pushing me. I stumble backwards staring at her.
"Deny what?" I crumple my face in confusion, "if I deny it you'll still think it's true if I accept it you'll think it's true if I don't say anything you'll think it's true. It's a no win situation because right now you're angry but when you calm down you'll realise how irrational you're being." I'm about to turn when Rani grabs me by my waist pulling me towards her. I don't know what she wants me to do, I'm at a complete loss. To be completely honest I don't really want to touch Rani knowing she can be so horrible to her own family. The rage in Rani's eyes slowly fades away to be replaced by something softer and more vulnerable.
"I can't believe you don't know," Rani mumbles, "I tried to make it so obvious for you!" I'm getting more confused by the second until Rani puckers her lips closing her eyes bringing her face closer to mine. Now I understand how Kajol got caught up in that kiss with Ajay. I bet her just jumped her at least Rani is going a bit slower giving me enough time to wriggle out of her grasp awkwardly.
"Rani... I'm really sorry but I don't like you like that. I think you're a great girl and you're a dear friend to me but I don't like you like that," I say apologetically hoping to fix any form of relationship we might still have standing. This doesn't have the desired effect though. She gets angry again making me sigh out of frustration.
"You totally love her don't you!" She screams throwing punches at my chest as I just step backwards, "you wait until I tell my uncle all about you two. He is not going to be happy with that!" I grab Rani's wrists stopping her arms from moving. I let my face go completely emotionless. I cannot believe Rani is making such absurd threats.
"Kajol hates me deep down because she knows I'm the cause of the riff in her family. All she wants is for her parents to accept me as her friend but they won't and that's why she walked away from them-she doesn't share the same values as them. If you tell her father a complete lie and ruin any slither of a chance of their relationship working out then she'll hate you too. Do you really think you can live with Kajol hating her parents because of you then hating you on top of that?" I hiss throwing Rani's hands away from me. Deep down Kajol does hold something against me, I can see it in her eyes that everything is okay but I'm not going to stand back and watch Rani destroy any hope of Shomu patching things up with Kajol. One day we'll all laugh about this, the time when Kajol and I had to keep our love a secret until we were ready to admit it to her parents. Rani looks utterly bewildered by my response as I turn and walk away. I hope I can get through to her and change her mind about telling Shomu. If she does go through with her threat... God only knows what's going to happen!