Chapter 20

Sagar's POV

Flashback



I was happy that she was smiling...

Though that one smile did cost me a lot... Well 50 pushups, one tight slap, scolding from the head girl. On top of that Gautam also punched me afterwards and Yash, our head boy, who was trying to impress our very smart head girl also scolded me.

" How would you feel, if I do the same to your precious Damini? Just stay away from my girl... " Yash shouted at me.

" Hello !! Rest assured, I am not at all interested in her. "

" But if you ever try to come near my girl, I will do the same." Yash glared at me and left.

All my other friends laughed at me.

She was getting softer on me and I could feel it. She smiled at something, I said to someone... It was a big thing, getting a reaction out of her... and here she smiled.

Next day, when the school got over, a guy from class 12th, with whom I fought as he sent that message to Damini, came and stopped her in the way outside the school. She tried to avoid him, but he was very adamant. So, I had to stand in front of her and told him to get lost. We even had a fight, he punched at me and I punched at him.

He had his older friends who must be in college, with him and by chance my friends and Sahil were inside the school.

She ran inside to call them, they came running. Gautam who was very good at boxing punched them. The fight became fair, as I was alone first, we had the upper hand now.

They were about to run away when I caught the one who was in our school and said, " How dare you to even think about approaching her? Just stay away from her in future or I will beat you to pulp and don't think of bringing friends with you. Because my friends will beat them as well. "

I looked at her, she looked a bit affected by what happened. I went near her and asked, " Are you all right?? "

" Hmm. Are... you all right??" She asked me.

Did she ask that??? OMG...

" Absolutely fine !!! Much much better than fine... " I said grinning at her.

She tried to hide her smile, but I saw it.

" You didn't have to fight with him." She said.

" Of course, I had to. I would beat him if he comes anywhere near you. "

" But... What if ?? " She was saying hesitantly, but I cut her short.

" Don't worry, he will not follow you. I will make sure of that. "

" I was not saying that. "

" Then what were you saying? " I was over the moon, as I was talking to her, all my friends were also grinning like fools.

" I was saying that what if... you were hurt?? " She said shyly but with concern.

" What?? No, I am fine... don't worry about me, I am absolutely fine. " I had gone mad that day, with happiness. It was the best moment of my life till then.

" But?? "

" How could I stand there, while he approached you. I would have beaten him for bothering you. I would not let anyone bother you. Ever... He would not dare to bother you again. " She blushed beautifully at that and she was trying hard not to blush.

" Thanks. To you and your friends, but please take care. " She said and went away.

I kept standing there like a fool. All my friends were happy for me.

I could not sleep for the whole night and the next day my eyes were absolutely red. I was smiling like a lunatic.

Another teacher asked me why my eyes were red?? And as usual, Sahil said, " Ma'am, He has been like this, since yesterday. He hasn't even blinked his eyes. "

" What?? But why?? It is not healthy."

" Ma'am, he has never felt as good as he felt since yesterday... It is like he got the biggest treasure in the world."

" Oh !!! And what is that treasure?? "

" I don't know. He has been like this since then. " He said looking at me. And I looked at her. I literally saw her blushing.

Last time, she was red with anger, this time she was red because she was blushing. My life was set.

There was a knock on the door and I came out of my thoughts. I went to open the door.



Damini's POV



What was wrong with that crazy man??? Why is he always following me?? He is the most annoying man, I have ever met...

And most handsome and interesting too. Your heart still beats much faster when he looks at you. You can deny it if you want but I know very well... My inner self said.

Why was he behaving as if I hurt him?? Why was he hell-bent to remind me of our past?? Why was he looking so shocked and depressed, when I said it was not worth remembering??

It was not worth remembering. I had fallen for his charm, though I tried my level best to avoid him.

I didn't trust guys, but he earned my trust when he did not propose me when I was alone in my class and was physically and emotionally weak. He fought with other guys for me. He made me laugh, made me feel special. I was feeling something for him as well. I had fallen for him.

I knew he was interested in me the way his eyes followed me everywhere. The intensity of his eyes was enough to convince me that he was sincere. I felt that tug too which was attracting me towards him. But I had to control my emotions.

The main reason was that he belonged to another caste... My father would have never allowed me to have such feelings for a guy of another caste. They were scared of that disgusting trend called Honour killing.

My parents suffered a lot because of that. My mom and dad fell in love with each other when they were still studying. They belonged to different castes. Parents of both my mom and dad had strong views that one should get married in their own caste. They all tried to separate them.

But my mom and dad stuck together. They got married but their parents cut all ties with him. My parents were very happy with each other, but they missed their parents. Their parents never accepted them. Till date, I saw them missing their respective families. Their parents forced them to forget about each other but when my parents didn't listen to them, they disowned them. They did almost everything to punish my parents.

At that time, Mathur uncle and his parents helped my parents... And helped them to start their new life.

My father was strong for himself but a father gets weak when it comes to his children.

Very recently another incident happened which shook their souls. My parents got scared like hell.

My first cousin was also in love with someone and she belonged to another caste. They were madly in love with each other but her family was very rigid about their customs. The brothers of that girl killed both my cousin and their own sister brutally. That was very cruel and unfortunate...

His parents even blamed my parents for being a bad influence on their kids. They said that my parents set a shameful example for the coming generations. My parents got a bit shaken after the incident.

They were really frightened and they didn't want me to suffer as well. So they told me again that I should not do any such thing as they would not be able to survive if anything happens to me. They were scared for me.

How can people kill someone just because they fell in love with a person from another cast? My mom and dad almost relived those moments again when they had to face all that. Fortunately, they were not so unfortunate, So they survived.



Flashback



So when that day Sahil said all that in front of everyone, I was scared that my parents would get to know about all this.

I got scared as it was becoming serious as almost everyone understood what Sahil said. I could not handle that much pressure and I had very high fever because of that, I was fighting against my feelings for Sagar but he was invading my thoughts.