Lover's Lair

Chapter 3

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26 September 2013

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Harshad's POV:

"Happy birthday bro" shouted Gaurav and then came in Aman, Sachin, Dheeraj and in no time probably half of the hostel was in room no 185.

The guys hooted and cheered, they made me cut the cake, applied it all over my face, we had champagne - in all, I was having a good time. Yet, there was something missing. It wasn't a 'happy' birthday for me because Deeksha hadn't wished and I knew she would not yet I kept waiting till 2 am and then eventually fell asleep.

Early in the morning, I checked my all my social media accounts again, there were 213 wishes but my eyes tried finding her name which sadly wasn't there. I reached college and all my classmates started wishing me, Sakshi too did. She looked very pretty but nowhere close to my girl. I kept checking my account once in every 15-20 but in vain.

In the evening I took my friends to treat them and my phone vibrated while I was having a chicken pizza. Ah! someone must have sent the good old birthday message but I didn't want that. Anyway, I took out my phone to check it and

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DEEKSHA!!!💟💟

It was Deeksha, she had texted me..she had finally texted me. Her simple message, ' Happy birthday Harshad ' made my day. At that moment, it meant everything to me. Now my birthday seemed happy.

Without delay, I quickly replied.

"Thanks"

"How are you??", I typed to continue the conversation. 

"I m fine..what about you???..busy partying eh??"

"Haha..not really"

"So when are you gonna treat me??", she asked.

Gosh! she was giving me a hard time.

"Whenever you tell after all your wish is my command ma'am"

After this, we had a normal conversation regarding studies and college life. I realized that she felt it be boring but on the other hand for me, every conversation with her had no comparison.

Days passed, so did months. I used to chat with her occasionally and that helped me to survive for the next few weeks. I really tried forgetting her but failed. No other girl attracted me like Deeksha did.

I kept trying to woo her, impress her, make her realize that how much I cared for her.

I truly loved her. It needed no proof because it was genuine and pure. I was still here waiting for her.

2 years later.....

I was now in the final year of my engineering. These 4 years were amazing. I made great friends. We enjoyed a lot and my grades weren't bad either. 

Though everything seemed fine nothing was and Deeksha, she was there, every moment I missed her and loved her more. I just couldn't get her out of my head. She had created a web around me now and it seemed impossible to escape. Sometime back, I had asked her out again hoping for a miracle but it was a NO as always.

Deeksha's POV

13th November 2015

"Dee, you look pretty enough. Let's leave", shouted Radhika. It was a big day for me. This was my last technical fest in my college. It seemed to me as if these 4 years passed within a fraction of the second. I made such beautiful memories here to cherish them forever.

But Harshad, God, I hadn't seen another guy like him. I wanted him to move on with his life. I knew he truly loved and cared for me. His love needed no proof. It was genuine and pure. He was still waiting for me. But I was helpless, even if I had feelings for him, I could not confess. I wasn't ready for a relationship.  

Radhika shook me when I was lost in his thoughts. She was my best friend and we had a great project to present today. Mom served us tasty breakfast while dad was reading the newspaper and complaining about crimes and traffic in Delhi. 

I was their only daughter and apple in their eye. They loved me immensely and their world revolved around me. They were always proud of me. I have never let them down till date and I promise to continue the same.  We had breakfast at my home and left on her scooter.

The entire college was decorated. Students were busy arranging their models, sticking banners and preparing themselves. Our model was in the college itself. We had kept it there last evening. We got it, arranged stuff and were ready.

Many alumni, juniors, lecturers kept coming. It was fun and I would miss this place after a few months.

Radhika was hungry, so she went to eat in the canteen. I thought of checking my phone and saw Harshad's message which read, "All the best Deeksha :)".

Probably I had told him about the project sometime back and he remembered it. I was about to reply when four guys came to my table.

The one in the front looked ultra hot. In the black shirt and blue jeans, he looked ravishing. He asked me to explain my model.

As I started, he kept interrupting by asking extremely hard questions. One thing I got to know was that he was really smart.

Suddenly Shruti (one of my friends) came running and hugged him. Ouch!, that hurt. Were they dating?

My family knew Shruti's family for years. We were more like family friends. She was a civil engineering student here. She must have seen him torturing me with his questions. So she came to my rescue.

"Hey Deeksha, don't mind him, he loves troubling people"

I gave her a fake smile.

"Anyway, he is my cousin brother Nikhil and she is my friend Deeksha", she introduced us. Damn! they were cousins. Thank God.

"Hi Deeksha", he said while extending his hand.

D....E.....E.....K.....S.....H.....A......

My name sounded so beautiful and unique.

We had a brief handshake. I replied, "Hello Nikhil". 

Shruti asked him and the other three guys to come to her table. Before leaving, he commented "nice project" with a smirk and I stood there blushing.

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Next update: 06/07/2018

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