KABIR'S Pov

[Here , bcz - because]

"No, I'm not gonna marry that girl!" I finally shouted at my mom, who kept trying to convince me to marry her friend's daughter, whom I don't like at all.

"Exactly, bhaiya can't marry that fashion ki dukan, and I can't have that rude vocky tocky as my bhabhi, eww." , Kiaan interrupted in

"Shutup, Kiaan! I'm talking to your brother, and her name is Shayra,keep it in your mind next time before saying " Mom said, correcting him.

"And Kabir, what's the problem in marrying that girl? She's classy, beautiful, and absolutely your type." She said further

"What! My type?" I said, wanting to shout again, but I controlled myself.

"Do you even know what my type is? Do you know the kind of food I like? Do you know anything about me to talk about what my type is?"

"No." , "You know nothing about me, and yet you're saying she's my type."

"I don't want to argue further. Either give me a proper reason, which I already know you don't have, or marry that girl," Mom said and continued again,

"I am fixing yr meeting with her at 6 in the evening today , go and meet her."

I left, not wanting to argue further, knowing that it wouldn't change the outcome. I don't know why my words didn't affect her. She just ignored me, completely disregarding my feelings.

At 2 : 00 Pm

I was sitting in my room , trying to get some work done , but obviously I wasn't able to...

bcz of what happened in the morning and I  definitely don't want to meet that girl today...

But why can't she understand this ?

Afterall she is my mom , she doesn't even cares about my choice . Although I don't love anyone , but atleast I also have the right to choose with whom I want live my whole life.

Uughh...

While I was lost in my thoughts, I heard a voice , "knock knock."

I knew exactly who it was. It could only be Kiaan, who always says "knock knock" instead of actually knocking the door.

"Come in," I said.

"Hey, bhai," he greeted.

"What?"

"I know you don't want to marry that shayra-layra, whatever it was. Do you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow as if he already knew my answer. Well, he actually does!

"Of course I don't want to marry her! Am I bitten by a mad dog to argue with mom and ruin my one day off?" I replied

"I have an idea to save you from this marriage," he said.

"What?" I asked, looking at him with hope, but then realizing that he's Kiaan and normal things don't usually cook up in his mind. It's more like a chaotic recipe of wild ideas and crazy schemes!

"The idea is... wait," he paused, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"What?" I looked at him, my curiosity piqued ,

"But I want you to go along with , only then I am gonna tell you that" he completed

"No"  - Kabir replied firmly

"Yes" - Kiaan ,  insisted

"No" - Kabir

"No" - Kiaan

"Yes" - Kabir

"Yes" - Kiaan

"Yes, then yes, it is final," he said, concluding our yes-no fight.

As I gave up, I thought internally, "At least let me know a single way to get free from this trouble."

"So, the idea is that you will go there to meet her, but not alone..."

"Then with whom ? Are you going to accompany me ?" I replied in a monotone .

"Oho bhaiya baat to poori hone diya kro" (Oh my dear brother atleast let me finish first) he said

"So I was saying that you are going there with .........

With Aryan your bestfriend" he finally said .

"And why is that ?" I asked

"Because you are gonna meet that girl Shayra and say that you can't marry her bcz" ..... (he took a pause)

"Bcz what ?" I questioned to complete

"Because...You are a GAY" he whispered into my ear breaking  into a big laugh

"And introduce Aryan as yr boyfriend" ! He finally completed as if giving me an amazing plan

"What? You mad or what?" I exclaimed with a mix of frustration and amusement

"Can't you have any normal idea ? Aryan will kill me , and he has a girlfriend too

I was stupid to trust you..." I finally completed replied him calming myself

"No bcz I know that girl very well , she is very clingy , she won't leave you with any other reason"

"And who is asking any of you to tell this all to her girlfriend ? Can't there be any bestfriends secret?" He said acting as if he is the elder one not me .

"So tell me how's my plan , awesome like me no!" He said with excitement

"Absolutely Not" I replied casually

"No , you can't ditch me , you promised me before"  he whinned more like a child this time

"Okk , leave I'll think what I have to do with it ..." I said

He left

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I was pondering over his craziness and the silly idea, but it definitely made me laugh...

But...

Should I go along with his idea? Will it actually work out? I was contemplating all of this because deep down, I also wanted to escape from this trouble called Shayra. And suddenly, my phone starts ringing...

Aryan Idiot calling 📞

Incoming call ...

Now why is he calling me ? Should I tell him about tha plan ? No- no...

Ring ring ring

Aryan Idiot calling 📞

Incoming call ...

I should pick it first !

"Hello" I answered

"Kha busy tha tu? (Where were you busy)" he asked

"Khi nhi" (nowhere) I replied

"Then why didn't you Pick it in a first ring ? He continued again without letting me speak

"Leave it , Kiaan was telling me , you wanted to talk to me about something?

What is that ? And you can also call me directly no , I am your bestfriend you Idiot!" He said all this in a go , and stressing more on "your" this time

and that Kiaan , use to mai dekh lunga , (I will see him afterwards)

I was thinking all this just when he again continued

"Ab fir se kha go gya tu bhai" ? (Where are you lost again brother) he said

"Umm , actually..... I explained him all"

He listened it all calmly and then broke into a big laughter after listening kiaan's plan and to my surprise he just agreed and even excited for this , oh god these idiots ! I HIT MY HEAD INTERNALLY realising the kinds of idiots I am surrounded by

"Let's meet in the evening then" he said and hung up the call with this

AADHIRA'S POV :-

FINALLY , my exams of last semester are over and I am free

Now I can go at home relax .

                                   .....

It's been 2 weeks since my final exams are over so I applied as a teacher in some coaching institutes , bcz I can't tolerate students for long hours as in case of schools , and also it will help me to earn some money as well.

And here is their reply

From "The Educators" :-

You can join from tomorrow , timing 5 to 7 , your subjects are BST and Eco and you will be getting 7000 here !

All the best.

Yeah , kch to accha hua (finally something good happened atleast) I thought to myself as It will keep me busy and away from my depressive overthinking...

KABIR'S POV:-

It's been 2 days after my meeting with that girl , although I warned her very well about the consequences of telling anyone that I am Gay won't be good for her , Nobody will believe her , so she has to come up with another reason to refuse this marriage . I hope Kiaan's plan works and I get rid of this...

Yes I went with kiaan's plan , there was no other option I was having and that Aryan to my surprise was so excited to behave as my gay boyfriend as if he really got an interest in me ...

"Ooh god these jerks" !!

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It was 6 : 30 in the evening when I came back home and surprised , Actually no  shocked to see Mom's happy and loving face ...

And before I could ask anything , she came and hug me saying , "Shayra is ready to marry you and you are getting engaged next Sunday , and married the following Wednesday!"

"What!!!" It just came out of my shocked

But what's the hurry ? And I am very busy these days ," I completed, giving her reason

"There is no shubh muhurat before 6 months after this one , and I can't delay the marriage this much .So make yourself free because I have already agreed" Mom said more than ordered

"But you can't decide everything on your own , even when the dad is also not here , what will you say when he will return from his trip?" I tried to reason

"As if I earlier used to give him explainations of my actions" she replied coldly

"You go and do what I have told , I will take care of him and you are very well aware of his health so I hope , you won't like to give him any more problem. Isn't it" she said sternly

"Are you really my Mom?" I said , not able to believe her

But she didn't even bothered to reply me and left.

                                 ....

"Is this girl mad or what , how can she marry someone who pretends to be a gay ? What the hell is this !" I said with frustration to my brother 

And then he turned his laptop screen towards me showing me her dad's business statistics,

There was extreme downfall , the prices of their company's shares were going down.

"So is this the reason that she is marrying me?" I asked

"May be" he said and continued ,

"But I think something is also wrong here , bcz she is not a girl who will marry a Gay jst to save her dad's business , she looks selfish bro" he said

"Then find out idiot" I said more than shouted on kiaan because of my frustration which I regretted also later

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AADHIRA'S POV:-

It was such a long day today! The students have been having exams for the past 2 weeks, but now it's finally over. They can relax, and we as teachers can relax even more.

Finally there's a 3-day holiday in my coaching institute to give everyone some well-deserved rest after all their hard work. Isn't that great?

I have to say, this coaching institute is really good! I was thinking all of this while packing my bag after my last class in the institute was done. It feels so good to have a break!

"Hey, are you free today?" I heard Shahana's voice from behind. She teaches physics and chemistry along with me at the institute.

"For what?" I asked, curious about her sudden invitation.

"For ice cream! I mean, we can go and have some ice cream, and then we'll be back. It won't take up too much of your time," she said, remembering my consciousness about returning home early.

"Umm, okay," I replied, feeling a sense of excitement. I hopped on the back of her scooter because I also wanted to go out and relax like this.

We stopped in front of Cuchie-Muchie Ice Creams. Shahana went to get our ice creams while I stood near her scooter, eagerly waiting. As we were enjoying our ice creams, I suddenly heard a voice from behind.

"Hey, you here!"

I turned around to see who it was, and my expression changed instantly. It was Ishaan, my college mate and my crush at the same time and I suddenly felt a mix of surprise and shyness. Shahana noticed my reaction before I could hide it and I am sure we are going to discuss this afterwards

"Oh, Isshan! How are you?" I said, trying to hide my shyness and act casual

"I am good , what about you" he asked in return

"I am also good" I replied with a smile

"Alone ! here this time?" , He said looking at his watch as it was 8 and continued further "during cllg you always used to avoid whenever we make plans to have celebrations around this time"

"No no, I am with my frnd" , I replied bringing shahana beside me who was standing behind me all this while and "during college it's just that I didn't had many friends there so I mostly get bored that's why I tried to avoid them" I completed explaining my point

Ooh , I thought ... he was saying but stopped in between

"You thought what?" I asked

"Umm , I thought... You are with yr boyfriend " he finally completed

"No 😅, I am here with her only , and also one need to have bf for having icecream with him" I replied as if clearing all his doubts in a go

"So you don't have bf " He asked raising his one eyebrow

"Umm yes , but why are you asking that?" I asked to get clear more about his intentions

"Nothing, just it came to my mind" he replied casually

"Okk , It's already late we need to go , byy" I said and vanished from there

....

"So who was that handsome hunk?"

Shahana asked while riding her scooty with a hint of tease evident from her voice

"Huhh, he was just my college mate , nothing else" I replied, trying to look normal and innocent

"But I didn't say that he was something else or probably your crush" she said teasing me more

"Haww, how did you know that?" I said with shock and shyness at the same time

"It was evident the way you were talking to him and blushing constantly" she replied casually

"Really?" It came out of my mouth , shock evident from my voice's high pitch

"Yeah"

"So did he knew that?" I asked

May be , if he isn't a dumb , well he also seems interested, otherwise who asks so many questions especially about boyfriend n all" she replied explaining her point

"Ooh"  I replied

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Really, Is he also interested in me ?

He also likes me? He also loves me ?

Ooh god , I can't stop imagining about "us" . How beautiful it seems , Ishaan and aadhira " - Ahaan"  OMG😅😅

I was thinking all this while lying on my bed...

"Aaj to vakai Mera din ban gya " 😉

It was actually a very good day for me

And that's how I slept while getting lost in my crush's dream holding my pillow ❤️