My arch enemy

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Rhea

The legend has it that Narcissus was a hunter in Greek mythology, son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was a very beautiful young man, and many fell in love with him. However, he only showed them disdain and contempt. One day, while he was hunting in the woods, the Oread nymph Echo spotted him and immediately fell for him.

When Narcissus sensed that someone was following him, Echo eventually revealed herself and tried to hug him. However, he pushed her off and told her not to disturb him. Echo, in despair, roamed around the woods for the rest of her life, and wilted away until all it remained of her was an echo sound.

Nemesis, the goddess of retribution and revenge, learned what had happened and decided to punish Narcissus for his behaviour. She led him to a pool; there, the man saw his reflection in the water and fell in love with it. Although he did not realise in the beginning that it was just a reflection, when he understood it, he fell in despair that his love could not materialise and committed suicide.

My narcissus is Ryan Oberoi .

And while I can't punish him to death (not that I don't want to ) but I sure as hell can punish Him in ways that are  way more uglier.
While I sat on my couch thinking about all the possible ways to strangle Ryan Oberoi, the doorbell rang and I hurried my way to the door , expecting it to be Maa and papa.

"Surprise!!!" As soon as I flung the door open , Mama screamed loud enough to exceed the audible frequency range , I pretended to fake a surprised look . Of course I know it was them, because
News flash.
No one has visited our place in the last 6 months except grandma (she's already snoring in her room), our housekeeper ( her timings are fixed), Kiran Aunty (she's sick ) so I guess it was pretty obvious.
"Hey mama , hey papa. you almost Surprised me there!" I said faking a laugh .
(Yes I fake stuff most of the times)
My mom flashed her pearl white teeth and was toying with her necklace (she does it when she's nervous. See ? That's why I fake stuff.)
She is everything a woman ever wants to be . 5'9 (I admit, I am jealous. What about you?) , her ink black hair almost touching her hips , her wheat-ish complex (not fake tan bro) , face more perfect than Priyanka Chopra.
Noo, scratch that. Her lips are fake , my Ma's ain't .
And my father is everything a daughter wants her father to be , a everything a wife wants her husband to be .
Perfectly handling me and Ma and glueing our broken yet beautiful family.
"Well, Invite us in shona." She gave me a puppy look and papa smiled at me so fiercely but yet couldn't speak up , the words wouldn't roll down because of the nagging guilt.

"Are you the descendants of klaus mikaelson ? Well, Edward Cullen? No? Then come in melodramatic people" I rolled my eyes and MAa and papa exchanged horrified looks . 
Taking references from The originals and Twilight for your parents ?
Yes I am THAT creepy . Thanks.
"Come in !!!!! Just kidding"

After Ma and papa unpacked their stuff , they ordered Idli sambhar , the three of us had dinner together and they kept bugging me about school , I told them about Jenna and the arts club , excluding the part when the students look at me like I'm a pest.

Papa tucked me and Ma both in bed and kissed our foreheads and said goodnight.
Maa has been sleeping me ever since the nightmares started crawling, and it is easier when she's around to hold my hand .
I know I've been stealing MA from papa but I am too selfish to give her up.
I closed my eyes and replayed my encounter with Ryan over And over again , hoping that I wouldn't have to face him tomorrow.

I HAD TO FIND JENNA and apologise about the previous day .
I shouldn't have left her just hanging there .
I owe her some serious explanation, but will I be able to tell her the embarrassing truth about Ryan?

Rhea: need to talk ASAP. Meet me in the cafeteria.
I waited for her for about 15 minutes before she appeared .

"Talk." She sounded serious, but not angry-serious.
I told her everything about Ryan.

"So this guy holds  some kinda grudge against you since childhood?"
"That's what his words imply" I shrugged.

"Chill dude, Jenna Rai is your friend. What else can you possibly need ?" She said while toying with my car keys And actually it was the truth . I was happy I'd gained a real friend afterall.

" the next time I see him , I'm going to cut his body and feed it to coyotes" and we both laughed and parted our ways for our next classes .

I was attending my chemistry class when the class speaker announced that I was needed at the reception and I had a visitor .
I made my way to reception overthinking about the whole situation.
I reached the visitor's lounge and as soon as I flung the door open , all the old memories came flooding back , my heart sank a little and I wanted to run away from this planet immediately.
Ishan stood up from his chair and his face almost looked pained .
"Thank god Rhea. Do you even know how badly I missed you , I was worried sick and your parents wouldn't let me meet you, you changed your number . I just wanted to talk to you Rhea" he reached me and almost touched my shoulder and I flinched. He backed off , knowing it was a hard limit for me.
I took a few steps back.
I wanted to speak something but I didn't know what.
I knew he was trying to reach me but I couldn't forget that he wasn't there , he wasn't there when I needed him the most .
The betrayal still hurts.
"Rhea I am sorry . So so sorry . I know I fucked up bad , I know I failed But you need to give me chance Rhea , you need to hear me out . Please. I knew you wouldn't talk to me willingly so I had to opt for this. I can't take it , I can't handle the guilt" His eyes were moistened. Ishan never cried , and this meant that he too was in a lot of pain.
I just stood there, frozen at the spot. I wanted to hug him , I wanted to slap him , I wanted to laugh with him .
But I couldn't.
I just stood silent.
Taking it as his cue , he spoke again.
" My father was indebted to his dad , he was neck deep in shit . The Sharma's threatened us to send papa to jail if I opened my mouthed, but I didn't care . I denied my father's wish to stay quiet and I was going to support you Rhea. Trust me I was .
But Muma threatened me to harm herself if I stood up against the Sharma's" .

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