THE FESTIVAL HYPE CALMED DOWN AND NOW THE VILLAGE WAS BACK TO DEPRESSION. LOVE WAS HOWEVER STRONG AS A HAMMER AND AARAV HAD DECIDED TO CONFESS TO VAMSHIKA ON HIGHER DEMAND FROM PUBLIC AKA THEIR FRIENDS. THEY HAD HAD TOO MUCH EYE CONTACT ON THE DAY OF LAKSHARCHANA THE LAST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL. THE GIRLS WERE HELPING WITH COLLECTING FLOWERS IN A BASKET FOR THE BOYS AND WELL AS VAMSHIKA AND AARAV SAT PARALLEL EYE CONTACT WAS INEVITABLE. THEIR EYE CONTACT SPOKE STRENGTHS TO THEIR LONGINGS. HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO HOLD EACH OTHER AND HOW MUCH THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND BE ONLY WITH EACH OTHER. THEIR EYE CONTACT COULD MAKE THE SEA WEEP WITH EMOTIONS AND CLOUDS BLUSH WITH INTIMACY. SO AFTER A PAINFUL THREE WEEK OF CONSTANT BATTLE IN HIS MIND, AARAV FINALLY DECIDED TO CONFESS. HIS MIND WAS TWO SIDED WHICH SAID SOMETIMES THIS COULD RUIN THEIR FRIENDSHIP BUT SOMETIMES IT SAID THEY COULD HAVE A HAPPY ENDING. HE SPOKE WITH ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND ARYAN ADVISED HIM TO NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKE HE DID AND LATER REGRET IT. THE OTHERS SAID IF PEOPLE WERE SCARED IN LOVE THIS WORLD WOULD SEE HEARTBREAKS MORE THAN LOVE STORIES. MIHIKA AND SHANAYA SAID THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE WERE NOT MEANT TO BE THEIR LOVE WOULD ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED SOMEHOW SOMEWHERE IN THIS UNIVERSE. TAKING ALL OF THAT AARAV WENT FORWARD TO CONFESS TO VAMSHIKA. HE CALLED HER THAT DAY AND SAID TO MEET AT THE POND. VAMSHIKA WAS HALF SCARED AND THE OTHER HALF OF HER DELUSION SAID HE MIGHT PROPOSE. SO IN THE EARLY MORNING OF MAY VAMSHIKA MADE HER WAY TO THE POND. THEIR AARAV WAITED IN ANTICIPATION. HE WAS WEARING A SIMPLE HOODIE AND JEANS AND VAMSHIKA WAS WEARING THE SAME BUT IN DIFFERENT STYLE. AARAV SMILED WARMLY TAKING IN THE BEAUTY IN FRONT OF HIM. VAMSHIKA'S HEART JUST GAVE UP AT THAT PIT AND STARTED BEATING FOR LIFE. " HEY " HE GRETED HER WITH SURPRISINGLY A HUG. ALTHOUGH VAMSHIKA WAS TAKEN BACK SHE HUGGED HIM RIGHT BACK AND SANK UNTO THE EMBRACE. HE FELT WARM AND SOOTHING. SHE FELT COLD AND A BIT NERVOUS. EACH LIKED HOW THE OTHER FELT. " I WANTED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING " " YEAH THAT'S WHY YOU CALLED ME RIGHT " VAMSHIKA SAID CONFUSED. " YEAH. ITS NOTHING SERIOUS SO PLEASE DON'T BE NERVOUS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE NERVOUS " HE SAID. IF VAMSHIKA WERE ICE THEN SHE WOULD HAVE BECOME A POOL OF WATER BY NOW. " GO AHEAD " SHE SPOKE SOFTLY LIGHTLY TOUCHING AARAV'S HANDS. THIS GAVE AARAV THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SPEAK FORWARD. HE TOOK A DEEP BREATHE AND SPOKE " ALL THAT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW MAY SOUND FAKE OR FORGED BUT IT IS NOT. I HAD NEVER REALLY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ANYONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE OR WHETHER IT HURTS OR WHETHER IT GIVES PLEASURE. I HAVE LIKED WOMEN IN MY LIFE BUT THAT WAS THE END OF THAT, NOTHING LESS AND NOTHING MORE. THAT WAS UNTIL ONE DAY. I KNOW IT SOUNDS CLICHE BUT I HAVE NO BETTER WAY OF SAYING IT. ONE DAY WHEN WE ALL WERE HANGING OUT I NOTICED THAT YOUR SMILE WAS SO DIVINE THAT EVEN A PERSON WITH THE MOST STONE HEART MELT. WHEN YOU CAME TO LIVE IN MY HOUSE FOR SOME DAYS MY EYES STARTED TO PICK UP THE SMALLES OF THINGS ABOUT YOU. HOW A DIMPLE GETS FORMED WHEN YOU SMILE. HOW GENUINE YOU ARE WITH US. HOW YOU BLUSH EVERYTIME I COMPLIMENT YOU. ON THE FIRST DAY OF COLLEGE YOU LOOKED SO ATROCIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL THAT I WAS SCARED OF FALLING FOR YOU. EVEN THOUGH I DID.I DON'T AND CAN'T COMPREHEND HOW BUT EVERYTIME I LOOKED AT YOU I FELT LIKE VOMITING BUTTERFLIES"."THE DAY OF SHANAYA'S ACCIDENT, I WANTED TO KILL THE PERSON WHO HURT SHANAYA. BUT ALL THE ANGER FADED WHEN I SAW YOU SLIDE DOWN THAT WALL. YOU LOOKED SO MISERABLE, LIKE YOUR WORLD HAD ENDED AND EVEN THE GOD CAN'T BRING LIGHT IN YOUR LIFE. AT THAT MOMENT I JUST WANTED TO HUG YOU SO TIGHTLY AND PROTECT YOU FROM ALL OF WORLDS MISERY. I STOPPED AVOIDING MY FEELINGS FOR YOU. THAT TIME ARYAN WAS ANGRY BECAUSE HE LIKED YOU AND AT THAT TIME HE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT ME LIKING YOU. WE ARE COOL AND MORE THAN HAPPY WITH EACH OTHER NOW. SO, AT LAST ALL I WANT TO SAY IS, VAMSHIKA I LOVE YOU. NO MATTER WHAT. EVEN IF YOU REJECT ME THIS MOMENT I WONT HATE YOU. I WILL RESPECT YOUR CHOICE AND IF YOU DO RETURN MY FEELINGS I WILL MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING I THIS WORLD HURTS YOU AND EVEN IF IT DOES I WILL BE THERE TO GET YOU THROUGH IT."
