First Love Or True Love (Completed)

Chapter 22: Yaadein

Kushal paused for a while and said, "Uss din airport pe jab tune Shehnaaz se mera introduction karwaya tha tabhi main samajh gaya tha tu usse like karta hai."

"Yeh t..tu kya b..bol raha hai? Aisa k..kuch nahi hai." Sidharth stuttered.

"Accha toh tu Shehnaaz se pyaar nahi karta?" Kushal again asked.

"Nahi." Sidharth said without looking at him.

"Phir toh accha hi hai. Iska matlab main chahe jitna marzi Shehnaaz ke saath ghumne jau, uske saath flirt karu, tujhe koi fark nahi padhta? Ok."

"Dekh aisa sochna bhi mat." Sidharth suddenly said.

"Ok ok I admit. I love Shehnaaz." Sidharth said.

Kushal started laughing. "Mujhe bolne mein itna time laga diya. Usko kaise bolega? Tere muh se sach sun ne ke liye maine yeh acting ki." He said.

"Toh tu itne dino se acting kar raha tha?"

"Aur nahi toh kya? Main kya kamina hoon jo apne bestfriend ka pyaar chin lunga? By the way I'm happy for you. Your this choice is better than earlier"   Kushal said.

Sidharth smiled.

"Tune Shehnaaz ko kyu nahi bataya?" Kushal asked.

"Himmat nahi ho rahi yaar. I don't think she is ready for a relationship. Meri tarah uska bhi ek past hai. Apne past ko bhul kar woh mujhe accept nahi karegi." Sidharth said.

"Usne tujhse kaha? At least try bro."

"Haan, ussi ne mujhse kaha tha."

"Kya?"

Sidharth started telling him the story.

It was friendship day. That day she didn't come to my house for practice. Her phone was also switched off. So I went to her home to check if she was okay. But she wasn't there. When I asked her parents, they told me that she had gone to her old high school. I didn't understand why she went there. It was near there house. So I went there to meet her.

As soon as I reached there, I saw her sitting on a bench. She was crying. But she immediately wiped her tears after seeing me. I sat on the bench beside her. She looked at me and gave a forceful smile.

"Tu ro kyu rahi thi?" I asked.

"Main kaha ro rahi thi?" She said taking her eyes off me.

I cupped her face and made her look at me.

"Teri aankhon se saaf saaf paata chal raha hai. Isliye mujhse kuch chupane ka fayda nahi. Ab baata kyu ro rahi thi? Aur tu iss school pe kya kar rahi hai?"

"Main issi school mein padhti thi. I mean main aur Rohit hum dono issi school mein padhte the. Aaj friendship day hai... Uss ki bohut yaad...aa rahi thi... Isliye yaaha aa gayi...." She couldn't say further and started crying.

"Shehnaaz, Shehnaaz, don't cry please. Relax, calm down." I said and massaged her hands. I gave her some water and she drank it. After sometime she was calmed down.

"Paata hai Sidharth, usne friendship day ke din hi mujhe propose kiya tha. The moment was very funny. Aaj bhi yaad karti hoon toh haasi aati hai... Aur saath mein aanshu bhi."

"Accha? Kya hua tha? Zara mujhe bhi suna." I said to make her feel better.

She didn't reply and keep looking at me.

"Arrey kya hua? I'm your friend. Aur friends ko share karne se dil halka hota hai."

She smiled and told me about that incident.