Ep7. Forever Yours

“What?” Aahil could not believe his ears, and he looked at Meera, stunned.

“Yes, today’s incident could have been avoided. He wouldn’t have touched me with his filthy hand, if he knew that we are together,” Meera said and held Aahil’s hand, intertwining their fingers. “I am ready. We should tell everyone and end this,” Meera said. “I can’t escape this confession period like forever. I need to be strong enough to face this,”

“Bravo,” Aman said while clapping his hands as he stood up from the couch.

“A-are you sure?” Aahil asked to confirm and before Meera could say anything, Aman walked over to where they were standing and stood between them.

“Why do you mean sure? Are you giving her a chance to back out like last time? She is sure and I think that stage in the middle of the dancefloor is waiting for you guys. Wait, let me go and make an announcement.” Aman said and before Aahil and Meera could stop him, he walked out of the cabin and disappeared into the crowd.

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“Oh god!! That bastard has hit you so bad.” Ritik’s friend helped him to clean his wounds in the men’s restroom while Ritik was seething in anger.

“I won’t let this easily slip. They will pay for this,” He promised to himself and looked at his bruised face in the mirror.

“Just forget Meera and move on, Ritik. There are so many girls in the college who are ready to sleep with you in a snap of a finger. What do you find so attractive in that non-classy girl?” Ritik’s friend bandaged his forehead, but Ritik gripped his wrist on the midway.

“Meera was, is, and will be mine and if anyone tries to come between us, he will get a brutal death. You get that?” Ritik screeched and his friend gulped as he looked at the mysterious glint in his demonic eyes that held a promise, a promise to destroy every fucking thing falling in his way.

But suddenly Ritik’s facial expression changed, and he left his wrist, “Have you seen how delicate she is, her skin was so soft against my rough hands, her smile, her intoxicating smell, her wide eyes when she looked at me. Everything is so fucking mine and I can’t wait to get my hands on her and fuck her senselessly every day in every corner of my room until she remembers only my name,”

***

The music abruptly halted and Aman appeared on the stage in the middle of the dancefloor, and he too, felt this setting of the club a little unusual because who sets the stage in the middle of the dancefloor, but shrugging off all the thoughts, he held the mic.

“Everyone attention, please. Rosewood College has witnessed so many successful love stories for a really long time, and today we are going to celebrate another beautiful journey of two hearts that beat as one. So are you guys ready!?!?!” Aman exclaimed loudly on the mic and the crowd chirped in unison, eagerly waiting for the couple.

But even after the announcement, Aahil didn’t appear on the stage, “I think the couple needs motivation. Let’s cheer for Aahil and Meera.” Aman announced enthusiastically and everyone had a look of surprise on their face, and few were disappointed with their relationship but kept their mouth mum.

The spotlight boomed on Aahil and Meera’s faces as they walked up to the stage, and upon reaching, Aman gave the mic to Aahil and stepped down from the stage.

“Hello, everyone! Sorry for interrupting your party in the middle and honestly I wanted to do this a little more privately but anyway, It’s so good that you all are a part of this. I can see many eyes are holding a lot of questions for us here, for our relationship, but I have only one reply for every question.” Aahil said, holding Meera’s hand and looked into her eyes, “My and Meera’s relationship is as pure as any other relationship and we love each other,”

The surrounding crowd started clapping, watching the two most desirable personalities of their college together on the stage, and started hooting for them.

“I knew that they will end up together,”

“Aww, they make such a cute couple.”

“The hottest guy is no more bachelor.”

“This match is made in heaven.”

And when Aahil sat on his one knee, Meera’s eyes went wide, “As long as the stars twinkle in the sky, As long as angels are there up high, Till the ocean run dry and till the day I die. I will love you. I may not be the perfect guy out there for you, but no one in this universe will love you as much as I do and I will do everything in my capacity to make you happy.” Aahil confessed his love and Meera was blushing profusely.

Based on Aahil’s personality, she never expected that a private person like him, who likes to keep his life confidential to everyone would go down on his knees to propose to her and that too in front of a huge crowd, but to her surprise, Aahil held out a velvet box and opened it,

“So will you marry me, and make me the happiest man alive,” Aahil said, his eyes holding commitment and tears welled up in Meera’s eyes, her heart was thumping loudly against her chest, this was the moment for which she waited for three years and she couldn’t believe that now it was actually happening.

“At least say yes or no, Meera, my knee is hurting now,” Aahil said, and the crowd burst into laughter, including Meera.

“Yes, a million times yes,” Meera said and forwarded her left hand in his direction. Aahil slipped the sleek diamond ring on her ring finger, and standing back on his feet, he embraced her.

The crowd cheered and clapped for them, red balloons showered on them from above, and the evening turned out as a memorable date for them.

Aman walked next to where Vishal was standing, he was looking at the couple with a drink in his hand when Aman leaned into him. “Are you okay?” He asked in a whisper and Vishal looked at him, confused.

“Yes, but why?” Vishal asked.

“I know you like, Meera,” Aman said and Vishal’s head snap back in his direction, but then he smiled, looking back at the couple on the stage.

“But she loves Aahil. I knew it from the beginning, that’s why I made no attempt to attract her attention,” Vishal said and Aman nodded.

“Not every love story has a happy ending,” Aman said, patting his back and Vishal smiled, his eyes still pinned at the beautiful couple.

“But I hope they get their happy ending,” Vishal genuinely wished them good luck as he knew relationships like Aahil and Meera’s do not end on a pleasant note in their country and they will need to struggle a lot to prove their love.

***

The party was in groove again, everyone was dancing as if there was no tomorrow, and in the middle Aahil was dancing with Meera, holding her close to him.

But Ritik, standing in one corner of the club was fuming in anger, the stage where Aahil proposed Meera was for him to propose Meera, the red heart-shaped balloons showered on them, were for him and Meera, and lastly the woman Aahil proposed was his.

Ritik slammed his fist into the wall nearby, witnessing Meera and Aahil’s closeness, and vowed to separate them at any cost. Now Meera was not only the object of his sexual fantasies but actually his obsession, a trophy to show around. He walked out of the club and called his father.

“Hey dad, are you awake?” Ritik said.

“Yes, tell me. Are you enjoying the party??” His father asked.

“I am ready for the marriage and I want it as soon as possible,” Ritik replied, his face heating in anger, veins popping out.

“Are you sure? What about the girl you liked in college?” His dad asked.

“It’s all over now,” Ritik said. “I’ll see you tomorrow at home. Bye.. good night” He further added and ended the call.

Outside, Ritik was planning something big for them and inside the club, Aahil, Meera, Alina, Aman, Priya, and Vishal were clicking pictures together with a wide smiles on their faces. Little did they know that the storm was heading in their way to destroy their lives forever.

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Present time in the train,

“Wow! Aahil and Meera are officially together. Now no one can separate them, not even that evil Ritik,” Heena stated, and the ascetic smiled, looking at how happy she looked.

But the enigmatic spark in the deep blue eyes of the Ascetic told another story to the students, and even they guessed that the ascetic will make a big revelation in the latter part of the story and soon their guess turned right when the ascetic opened his mouth and said the next word.

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