Wajah Tum Ho

5. Mysteries And Fights

Aksar teri rahon mei ruk jaata hoon apne hee intezaar mei.

[Translation:
"Often times,
I've stopped by your way,
waiting for myself."]

He was hugging Nia but his eyes were glued to her. Nandini. And she? She was looking lost, maybe in his eyes. How it hurts to see her giving him those looks which were exclusively reserved for me, only me but she has no shame or hesitation. She's doing all of this in front of me. But I don't care. Yes I don't. I don't need her. She's a bloody cheater, a fraud and I'm sure one day she'll leave him heartbroken too. I saw Nia breaking the hug and Karan hugging him.

Karan: Finally tu wapas aa gaya. We all missed you so much. At least bata kar toh jata...

Advik: Well if I had told you before, I wouldn't have received this warm welcome now, would I?

Karan playfully punched him which made him chuckle. Next up was Navya who side hugged him.

Navya: Hi Mr khadoos.. Nice to see you.

Advik: Hi Miss drama queen. Nice to see you too..

Navya: Ay, don't call me that. I'm not drama queen.

Advik (rolled his eyes): Oh come on. Such a big liar you are. And even if I accept that you are not then tell me why am I a khadoos?

Navya: Well that's quite evident in the way that you left my best friend alone for a whole damn week. Do you know how much she cried and missed you?

This time his eyes traveled to Nandini who immediately widened her eyes and started looking everywhere but him. I was definitely not liking the way he was staring at her. I so wished to scratch his eyeballs until they fell out of their sockets.

Vihaan: Yeah that's right but don't worry I was there to comfort my friend..

Although mischief was quite evident in his voice but I saw that Advik's eyes darkening as he advanced towards Vihaan or whatever and kept a hand on his shoulder. By his expressions I can literally see that it wasn't a friendly gesture but a clear warning.

Advik: My wife clearly doesn't need anyone to comfort her as long as I'm alive. Is that ok?

Vihaan: Woah woah dude! Calm down. I was kidding...

Advik: But I.AM.NOT.

He emphasized every word that made Vihaan back down. Advik turned towards Nandini who was still teary-eyed and slowly but steadily walked towards her. And if I said that I didn't care then I'd be lying, because for some unknown reason my heartbeats were drumming loudly against my chest. As soon as he reached her, they were looking directly into each other's eyes, as if they talked through their eyes. He slowly reached for her hair and after caressing them, he tucked it behind her ears and then caressed her cheeks as she leaned in his hand. I saw him smiling at her and pulling her in a hug and she readily gave in, hugging him tightly. She was sobbing while he was saying something to her which I couldn't hear, whilst caressing her back. This made me feel terrible, as if someone stabbed me and then burnt me alive. Wasn't it only my right to hug her tightly? Wasn't it only my right to touch her? What does he have that I don't? An over luxurious home? Or a huge music label? I hate you Nandini. I hate you so much for doing this to me and I'll never ever ever forgive you... They both broke the hug and he kissed her head. Wow! Such a lovely moment. He turned towards us and his eyes stopped at me. They were red. Literally red. And for the first time, I felt myself intimidated by someone. I saw his grip tightening on Nandini's waist which made her visibly uncomfortable but she didn't say anything.

Advik: I see we have some company here.

All of us looked at us while we looked at each other. Coming out of the awkward phase, I looked at Nia who immediately went towards Advik.