Opposites attract

Chapter 1(Ashika)

My phone rings again and I ignore it as usual because I know who it is, its Yakshita, my best friend who is getting married in 2 months. She wants me to be at her place today and help her with song selection for her sangeet performance. It's not I don't want to help her it's more like I know if I go there, then one thing will lead to another and before I know I will be at her place every day for practice or dress trials or card selection etc.

 Just thinking about all the time I will waste in this and all the work I will miss makes me nauseas.I pick my mobile and coffee from the table, heading toward the exit of the coffee house while I plug in my earphones playing my favourite song as always so that I can ignore all the mess that is my life lately, thanks to well..... everyone.

 Before I could look up or digest what just happened my coffee was spilled all over the white shirt of the man standing in front of me, earphones were unplugged and gorgeous by Taylor swift was playing on full volume. I can proudly say this is the most awkward and embarrassing moment of my life and the man standing in front of me is the last person I want to see right now.

"I know I am gorgeous but you don't have to play the song on full volume to tell the whole world about that miss. grumpy" said Neil.

His words pull me out of my thoughts, I pause the song and take a step back."I am sorry about your shirt but that doesn't give you the right to call your toad like face gorgeous"

"Oh baby you are saying all this now because you are all grown up, successful and rich but I still remember the teenage Ashu who use to drool all over me every time I looked in your direction."

"don't you think its high time you got out of your delusion and understand that smiling and drooling are two different things. Plus, I only smiled at you because those are my manners. Oh sorry I forgot you are unfamiliar with the concept. Anyways that wouldn't happen anymore since the only reason I use to come to your house is getting married."

His sister and my best friend, the same person whose call I have been avoiding. And his next statement made sure I regretted bringing her up in this conversation, not that I want to have this conversation.

"Is that the reason you are not answering my sister's calls, because she is getting married and you wouldn't get an excuse to be around me anymore."

"Get out of your imagination and step aside you are blocking the door and I'm getting late for work."

I try to push past him but he holds my elbow and stops me. "Whatever it is that you are hiding from your friends I don't know and I don't care. The only thing I care about is my sister. She is getting married Ashu and as much as I hate it that you are her best friend, she still needs you. If you ignoring her makes her cry one more time before her wedding, then I will make sure to kidnap you and tie you next to her for the next two months."

He lets go of me moves away from the door and now I'm free to go to work but it is the last think in my mind. I love Yakshita more than anything in this world and if not picking her calls is making her cry than I wouldn't do it ever again.

I go home, call my assistant to inform that I would be coming to the office today, and head towards Yashita's house with box of our favourite ice-cream. Yakshita opens the door and pulls me into a warm hug with a look of surprise on her face. "Ashu, you came finally, I am so happy. I thought you were so busy with your work that you and Shresth wouldn't even attend my wedding"

Neil was right I was hiding something from my friends and that was my boyfriend or I could say my ex-boyfriend. We were only together for a few months but these three had a really good feeling about him and it would kill them if they knew that I broke up with him a few days ago, the same day that yakshita told me that her mother knows about Sreshth and wanted to meet him so I would have to bring him to her wedding.

Now, that was the real problem. Yakshi's mother was a really good and kind hearted person just like her daughter. She had taken me in as a family member during the start our friendship in high school when she came to know that I was staying in Mumbai away from my family and even refused to let me stay in a PG as an early age. So I stayed in this very house for two years and she became my second mother.

As I enter the living room of Yakshi's house, I meet her mother, assuming her father would be at office right now. We then moved towards her room and in the way I take a quick glance toward Neil's room fining the door open which means he is not at home right now which is surprising since he doesn't go to work and is always in his room playing games and screaming on top of his voice.

I just hate it, cause every time I visit yakshita he is just present there to disturb us but today I wanted him to be here, I don't know why maybe to apologize about earlier or thank him for telling me about yakshita. I even wanted to ask yakshita about his whereabouts but not directly as she knew how much I hate her big brother or as I call him Mr. freebe since he is always free.

That's part of the reason I hate him, he is always at home spending time with his family and most importantly Yashika. He loves her so much not that he will never tell that directly, but we all know he does. Especially me as I have seen it with my own eyes when I used to stay here with them. 

But that wasn't all, I thought life was unfair when I have to work 70 hrs a week even after being a renounced entity in the advertising industry and having more than 25 employees to take my order when all he can do was sit around and play games.

 I finally pulled up all the courage and said to Yakshi, "it's really good Neil isn't home today, we can really talk in peace."

"So am I stealing your peace Ashu",I could recognize the silkiness of this voice in my sleep, and I am too afraid to turn around to see him because I know he heard me but I guess my feet and mind have zero coordination.

I turn around to find Neil leaning against the door frame of the kitchen in just an apron and grey sweatpants. Did I mention I hate Neil most in this world. Well strike that, I hate shirtless Neil even more.

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