Pyaar ka rastha...nafrath se shuruvath(completed)(hatred to love: a flip)

chapter 66

Cool winds touched their faces as the trio walked into the little garden outside the restaurant...

Nitya: Arnav, I thought you did know about Pooja...

Arnav: I wanted to know, Nitya... Was that the reason why Pooja left Varun...?

Nitya nodded her head while Khushi was just a silent spectator...

Nitya: I thought you knew... I came to college to at least inform you this news when Pooja was struggling for her life... She cried, Arnav... She cried so much as she remained as a cheater in front of you and Varun.... She couldn't bear it but at the same time, she doesn't want Varun to know about her cancer and be in pain... She could remain as a cheater in his eyes but she couldn't be the reason for his pain by letting him know about her health... She thought, everything would be set once she stepped out of his life... She thought, Varun might get hurt but he would go on with his life later... I didn't accept her theory but she made me agree to her plan of insulting Varun and stepping out of his life... but seeing her state, I decided to tell you both, what the truth was... I tried to call you many times... but you never attended my calls... I came to college to meet you both but never found where you both were... I could meet only Sheetal... So, I gave her a letter to hand it to you, so that as a friend, you could decide whether Varun should know about Pooja or not...

Arnav(fisting his fingers): Sheetal... (he muttered under his breath)

Nitya: then, I went to hospital... and then... (she couldn't continue)

Tears rolled down her cheeks continuously...

Nitya: and then, she took her last breathe Arnav... that night, I could never forget... I lost my best friend forever... You people never arrived to the hospital... After few days, on your farewell night, I thought to meet you people... but, I couldn't find you... After that, you never had turned up in the college... Where did you both go Arnav...? Didn't you find it necessary to see Pooja for once... Even till her last breathe, she took only Varun's name...

Saying that, Nitya started crying... Memories of her friend hit her mind... Arnav's eyes too became red... his heart became heavy due to various emotions... His eyes filled with tears of guilt and anger... he now knew, he completely misunderstood Pooja...

Nitya: tell me Arnav... Where you both have vanished... I couldn't even see Sheetal or your gang on that farewell night... I have tried to call you many times... but you were never ready to receive my calls... After few days, I could just hear a switched off message... I could contact neither you nor Varun, since that time...

Arnav: Varun committed suicide, Nitya... (Arnav said while tears flowed down his cheeks)

That was a shock to Nitya... She stumbled back and was about to fall down when Khushi held her to give support...

Khushi: Nitya... (she called and made her to stand while Khushi too was crying)

Nitya: Varun...

Arnav: died, Nitya... and it was all because of that Sheetal... (he said while gritting his teeth)

Nitya: Sheetal... (exclaimed Nitya)

Khushi was also puzzled to know that... She knew Sheetal is a cunning woman but could she do that to her own friends...

Arnav(in a slow notion): It was true that I got a letter on your name, Nitya... but it had some other matter... it was written that Pooja had found an other interesting guy and she was dating him... Moreover, in that letter Varun was asked not to think about Pooja again... I was very much angry at that time that I failed to notice the evil behind Sheetal's face... and then, Sheetal said that she loved me... I didn't accept it and she talked with Varun, that evening... She said that he was a looser and his madness made Pooja to leave him and search an other man... Varun was in so much of pain that he never lifted my calls and when I went to the hostel, I saw him crying badly... I tried to comfort him.... He seemed to be okay but the next morning he was not there with me... His body was lifeless and an empty bottle of sleeping pills was on the floor... I couldn't see him like that... (Arnav's eyes totally became red and he stopped there without continuing)