Chapter 67 - The homework-1

Shanaya was panting hard when she stopped jogging in the middle of the night. The guest house of Rathore's was visible from where she had stopped and taking a long breath, she resumed walking at a fast pace.

The night was nice with cool air and, she saw the path around the Rathore Mansion illuminating. She had taken the track from Mansion to Guesthouse and then to the farmhouse and was on the second round when she felt tired.

Her mind was distracted when the music on her phone changed. She had not put the headphone and, the phone was on the speaker on a low volume, audible only to her. She knew nothing about the songs, but since her talks with Vansh, she had tried listening to them and had asked Vansh to create the playlist.

She decreased her walking speed when she found her heart rate normal and, she got reminded of her fight with Vansh thirty minutes earlier. She had gone to Vansh to talk about the drunken night and, somehow, it had led to the fight.

"Vansh! How could you do it!" she had spoken with a shock. .

"I did what I ȧssumed correct" She had heard Vansh speaking without a hint of guilt.

"You know I hate drinking and you, out of all person, you did it" pointing an accusing finger at him, she had looked at him with disbelief.

"For god sake! I had no evil intentions! I did what I could to have information that was troubling you." shaking with anger, Vansh had lost his temper and closing the distance between them, he had spoken" I gave you a week to tell me the things, but you did not even trust me!" hurt visible on his face at the word 'trust', he had continued"We are best friends friend and yet, you did not have faith on me to tell me what's troubling you!"

He stopped her from saying any further by saying" Tell me one thing and, I would accept I did wrong, If you would have been in my place and the only option would have to do the thing I hate, would you still not do anything?" and had looked at her with a serious face.

"Yes, I would have done anything to take you out of misery, but not like this Vansh!" looking at him with some kind of hope, she spoke with a calm voice. She did not want his sorry or something. She just wanted him to accept, there, was another way of knowing everything.

"Oh, really! So, you mean to say I should have waited for a month to know everything, when you would have been kind enough to tell me or the whole world, would have known it!." looking accusingly at her, Vansh had tried to calm his anger, but it did not seem to be helping.

He had paced around the room, but the anger on her for not telling him things, for accusing him, had made him lost his peace, his mind, intelligence, everything and he spoke" I must have looked like a fool to you" and walk out of the room without listening to her.

Standing in front of the guest house, remembering the past, Shanaya took another long breath and sat down on the first stair of it after pausing the music.

The night was all silent and, she remained seated, looking at nowhere particular, her mind recalling her fight. Vansh was not just her, best friend he was her everything a man could be except for someone's partner and soulmate.

She could not stand hurting him, but she knew she had hurt him. She too would have done something like he had done, and she realized she had overdone.

Absentmindedly her fingers traced her lips and the words" You kissed me" rang in her ears. The thought itself made her feel heat waves all over her body and her heartbeats increased. "What if Vihaa would have been the one to say it?" the thought flashed and, she immediately shakes her head, the thought itself was more than she could handle.

Still tracing her lips, she found they were back to normal from the day before's night, when she had found them swollen.

She must have chewed her lips, considering this as the only reason for the swelling, she had ignored it, but now sitting in silence, her heart just did not accept it.

It seemed wrong and, the various thought like" When did we talk? What happened after Vansh and Avni left? What happened during the night? Did really nothing happen? Did I did nothing to Vihaan?" considering her sėxuȧŀ attraction for Vihaan, she had every reason to doubt herself, but, at the moment she had answers of none.

But one thing she knew, she needed to talk to Vihaan, but before that, she needed to do something more important.

Picking out her phone, she texted Vansh" I am sorry, I, overdid everything" and, that's when she noticed the time. It was twelve and, exact one day more, it would be her Birthday, a birthday without her best friend.

The bitter reality made her eyes wet and, a drop of tears fell on her cheeks.

She did not dry them, she, let them where they were and came out of her sadness when she heard her phone ringing and saw "Private number" flashing on her screen.

She immediately knew who it was, but she took her time to appear normal and, strong as if she did not wish to be seen vulnerable to the person calling. Drying her tears and clearing her throat, she took two-three long breaths and spoke at last after picking it" Hi, Ms Kriti."

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