Can we meet tomorrow?
Oh my God! Finally! I pump my fist in the air. The moment I’ve been waiting for all week is here.
Aditi wants to meet me?
If she planned to reject my proposal, she could’ve just done it over a call or text. But she wants to meet me! Gosh, I can already feel the positivity buzzing in the air.
Reyansh:
Sure. When and where?
I quickly type and await the response, but it pops up on my screen immediately with little ticks turning blue almost at the same moment I sent the message.
Aditi:
Evening at 5 PM. Coming to the place, can you suggest any? I just need a calmer or peaceful place, probably close to nature.
Reyansh:
Got it. I will send you the location shortly.
Aditi:
Done. See you tomorrow.
Reyansh:
I'm looking forward to it.
She reads my message and replies with a thumbs-up. That’s my cue to end the chat. I can’t believe my fretful days and sleepless nights will finally come to an end tomorrow.
I just hope we’ll be together soon.
A wide smile spreads across my face, and excitement surges through me to share the good news with my most trusted ally. I dial the number, but the call disconnects almost immediately and switches to a quick message.
Ames:
I will call you later.
Wait, she didn’t even give me a reason for cutting my call, something she does every time she ignores me. I rake a hand through my hair, a dull sting spreading through my chest as I collapse onto the bed.
My mind drifts back to the last time I saw her. Sunday, the day I confessed my feelings for Aditi. She seemed perfectly fine then. I replay every conversation, every moment, wondering if I said something that might’ve hurt her.
But no, nothing comes to mind. Nothing that could’ve made her this upset. So what’s going on with her? What’s even stranger is that she hasn’t visited me once. That’s rare…shocking, almost unreal.
But the part that truly unsettles me is how unhappy she looked when I visited Bajaj Mansion to meet her. I can still hear thatcold statement of hers, it’s etched in my mind, the one that completely knocked the air out of me.
“Adi isn't home yet. You can visit later.”
How could she misunderstand my reason for being there, for thinking I came only for her sister? My main purpose that day was to see Amyra, not Aditi. We meet almost every day, talk on the phone two or three times, and keep each other updated through messages nonstop.
None happened in the last week.
Could she still be hurt that I kept proposing to Aditi, hidden from her? But she forgave me that day, in the middle of that heavy rainfall.
That day ended so differently.
I remember insisting that Amyra come with me to Thakur Estate,as both of us were completely soaked in the rain, but she ran back to her house instead. That’s when Mom caught me sneaking into my room, drenched to the bone, water dripping off me as I tried to slip in quietly.
