Fates

Part 116- In Your Arms

"Rishi." Priyanka whispered after a long silence, in shock at who was standing in front of her.

"Priyanka." Rishi whispered as a chain reaction, with a small smile, moving forward as if he was going to hug her, but then stopping as yesterday's events came back to him.

'No, don't, don't lead her on like this, it will only hurt her more when I do leave, our love can never be possible. Please forgive me for what I'm about to do next. I will always love you, but you, you have to hate me.' Rishi thought to himself brokenly, his eyes filling with tears, as he tried to keep them from falling, to keep up his act in front of Priyanka.

He then roughly grabbed both of her arms and forcefully backed her into a wall, standing inches apart, the atmosphere in the room becoming hostile, and as always Rishi couldn't make eye contact with Priyanka as he told her the words that he had never wanted to.

"What are you doing here?! Was that it?! Was that your promise to never see me again?! That you follow me into my own home?!" Rishi yelled with a heavy heart, not noticing the confused look that Priyanka was giving him, and also not noticing the unfocused look in Priyanka's eyes, as she began to become dizzy because of how fast Rishi had moved, still weak because of her panic attack earlier this day.

"I should've known that you would never keep your promise! Though that was my mistake I made you promise on your love for me, when I didn't even love you!! You are nothing to me! I never ever loved you!!! Do you hear me?! I! Never! Loved! You! So just get the hell out of my life!!!" Rishi yelled angrily, his heart tearing into pieces with each word that he spoke, his head pounding, and his body shaking, not in anger, but in pain, as if all of him was protesting at what he was saying.

He let go of Priyanka's arms, and moved away from her, somehow forcing himself to turn around to leave the room without even once glancing at her, knowing that if he even looked at her once, all his stamina would break in a second, finally letting the ocean of tears flow freely when Priyanka could no longer see his face.

"If you never loved me, then why did you tell me that loved me every single day?" Priyanka asked brokenly in a mere whisper, tears streaming down her face, wanting to yell and scream, but not being able to because even standing up was too hard right now.

And Rishi, no matter how badly he wanted to leave the room right now, couldn't because it was as if he had no control over his own body, which remained rooted in its spot, as if frozen, still not turning around to face Priyanka, as he tried to choke back his sobs at how broken she sounded, broken because of him.

"Why did you care, if you never loved me?" Priyanka asked as her vision was becoming more and more blurred with each passing moment, holding on to a table nearby, clutching it tightly to keep from falling.

"Why did you ask me to marry you, if you never loved me?" Priyanka asked in a weak voice, as endless tears streamed down her face, everything starting to spin, her eyes rolling back to her head, not having any strength left to keep standing, slowly plummeting to the floor, as she began to pass out, still holding on to some consciousness.

Rishi hated himself. Hated himself for turning around to face Priyanka, one last time. Because at that moment all fight left him, all his stamina shattered, as he looked at Priyanka with endless tears streaming down his face, looking at her damaged state, hating himself for causing this.

But then he began to realize that something was wrong, very wrong when he saw one of Priyanka's hands reach up and hold her head, only to see the bandage he hadn't noticed before, looking towards her other hand to see it bandaged too, beginning to realize how she seemed to be struggling to hold herself up, and as Priyanka's eyes shut and she began to fall to the floor.