Thank you to whoever opened this❤️
Peep in to read a few one shots and two shots based on couples and characters from the show Ishqbaaaz.❤️
Cover credits- Krishi aka @BlackManiacx❤️
I was wondering about an OS I had read long back, this song played on the queue and this OS was born.
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I sit after cooking your favourite meal. I know it was your turn to make dinner but I just want to be a good... roommate, well that is what I am. I am also eager to know whether you fought with her. Is it diabolical? I know.
The door opens and you come home. Your countenance tells me your date did not go well. I know you've been having problems in your relationship lately, and honestly? You haven't been a good boyfriend to her and she is right to fight like that. But I am not going to let you know. I know you will be miserable when this relationship breaks and I don't want my hand in it, but I can still hope for it to dissolve itself, right?
"Fight?" I ask innocently.
You groan in frustration and honestly? It is very sexy. You run your hands through your hair and I try not to outwardly sigh.
"She is being unreasonable," You say and I am tempted to contradict you there. I actually like your girlfriend and sometimes, when you ignore her calls to play Xbox with me, I do feel like letting you know it is unfair. But again, I don't, because that is the only time you hold me important. And all those days, the compunction of my act punctures my soul.
I should be righteous, but then, the heart wants what it wants.
I hand out a plate of spaghetti and you go on telling me about your date. Your blue-green eyes are filled with frustration and desperation that I feel like hugging your worries away. I pat your back instead.
Your phone rings and it's her. She goes on telling you it wasn't right of you to leave without resolving anything. Well, wrong move. You, predictably, get defensive and I snicker internally. I should properly tell your girlfriend how to handle you. But then again, should I?
Times like these, I wish you would seriously see me in a different way. In the way I want you to.
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you been here all along, so why can't you see You belong with me You belong with me
It is morning now and you have already left for college. I assume you stopped on your way to get some roses as a token of apology for your behaviour the previous night. She is going to forgive you. It will be better for my heart if I skip the first class because I don't want to see you two romancing the first thing in my morning. Plus, you haven't done the dishes. To be fair, I should get roses for putting up with you as well. But then Shivaay, you don't know I like roses too.
Walkin' the streets with you and your worn-out jeans I can't help thinkin' this is how it ought to be Laughin' on a park bench, thinkin' to myself "Hey! Isn't this easy?"
We bought pizza and now we are walking home. The gusty wind brushes through your hair and you are telling about what your little brother told you on the phone today. I'm glad he has a sterling humour that makes you laugh because your laughter is water to a parched soul. Also, your eyes twinkle when you talk about him and I would never have to see the stars again. Your eyes also twinkle whenever you talk about her. I suffer at that but it is my own to endure. I see your smile vanish slowly and look at where your eyes were pointed.
Aye, it is the love of your life.
She had asked for some time to think and now she is sitting here with her friends, giggling about something. You are in misery but she was giggling. I am surprised that you are not enraged. Instead, your eyes, your hauntingly beautiful eyes, pervade with despondency.
Oh no, have you already given up on the two of you?
You silly boy!
As much as it aches for me to admit it aloud, she is the best thing in your life and she loves you. What she doesn't know is, you love her more. You are terrible at evincing it and that needs to be worked upon. Even she would admit, you are an amazing boyfriend, albeit the poor communication.
I am vacillating whether or not to tell you.
But your face, your somber face... I cannot bear to see that. Hence, with heavy heart, I sit you down when we reach home and explain.
With every word of mine, your face brightens. I could destroy the universe to see that, what is there in breaking my little heart?
It has been a week and I have never seen you happier. I will always find someone else but I know no one other than her can make you this happy.
Although, I would appreciate it more if you two were not sucking faces everywhere you went.
Unable to witness you coquetting, I had resorted into the solace of my bed room. But it was way past my lunch time and I carefully come out.
"We are so sorry we drove you away," She smiles at me apologetically.
"And to show how sorry we are, we ordered Chinese." Your grin sets my heart ablaze. I conceal it and chuckle. You get a call and you go to the balcony.
"You love him, don't you?"
I scratch my neck and keeping it cool, I shrug. "Annika, he is my best friend."
"Only best friend, Daksh? I've seen the way you look at him. I know that because I see him that way too." You were right Shivaay. There is no escaping Annika.
"Look, he doesn't..."
"Oh I know. He is oblivious about even girls gushing over him; there is no way he'd know about men silently crushing..." We chuckle at that. Well, that sounds like you. "Daksh, Shivaay doesn't see..."
"Yes, I know. He's straight. Annika, more than anything else, he is my best friend. He is happy with you and I am happy for him."
"He told me you are the one that knocked sense into him. It must've been hard for you but thank you!" Her eyes gleam at me with gratitude and sorry to say Shivaay, it looks more pulchritudinous* than yours.
"It was harder to see you two devastated," I say as I squeeze her hand. It is okay, Annika. Love on its own is beautiful too.
She sighs and she smiles and I know why you love her. She smiled with her heart which is bejeweled with benevolence. "Whenever you are ready to move on, I might have a perfect guy for you."
I am truly fascinated by her.
Well, Shivaay, I think you just gave me a new best friend.
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*Pulchritudinous- longest word that means beautiful. Been wanting to use that ever since I learnt the word but never got the chance 😅
Happy Pride🏳️🌈 month, people!
And if anyone who's on IF has read the OS where the reason why Daksh kidnapped Annika was because he was in love with Shivaay, please tell me the name. I have been breaking my head around it for days.
