Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Ehan's P.O.V.

After staying on the floor for some time, I got up and forwarded towards my room.

Taking a long cold shower, I came out. I put on a bandage on my hand. I turned to the wall clock only to get my mind to utter, “It’s almost the time.”

Getting ready, I forwarded towards the airport as Dad was supposed to come back by the flight which was supposed to reach just after half an hour.

Seeing me, Dad smiled heartily but when he caught the sight of my hand, the smile faded away.

He looked at me immediately and got uttering making a worried face, “Ehan! What happened to your hand, son?”

I looked at my hand and got uttering with a little bit of smile, “Nothing serious, dad. Exercise and all.”

Dad spoke up with the same face, “Be careful, son. Don’t hurt yourself this way.”

I got uttering immediately diverting his mind, “Okay, okay. Now tell me. How’s your meeting?”

It didn’t get working and Dad tried to utter something but interrupting him, I got uttering immediately, “Dad, I am fine. Now let’s go. I am hungry. I didn’t take my lunch yet.”

Dad just smiled at me and patted my back as he uttered, “Okay. Let’s go.”

Author’s P.O.V.

At night Naira called Ehan for few times but Ehan just kept staring at the phone screen. He didn’t get to answer the call as he knew very well that Naira would ask him about his behaviour and he didn’t want to answer it.

The Next Day at College

Ehan was at the college library explaining something to Mack. When he was done, he kept looking at the entrance every few minutes expecting Naira to enter as it was almost the time as usual.

But there was no sign of Naira that day. When Mack got uttering, “Ehan, let’s go now.”, Ehan unwillingly got up and while looking all around, forwarded to leave only to get stopped.

A girl came to his sight who had her head down on her book. It didn’t take much of time for Ehan to recognise it was no other than Naira.

Being somewhat confused, he forwarded towards Naira as he uttered to Mack, “You go ahead. I will be here for some time more.”

Mack left from there nodding at him. Reaching Naira, Ehan called her name softly, “Naira?”

But he got no response. While touching her hand, he was about to utter her name but got stopped as he felt her hand was just burning up.

Being worried, he called her name as he sat by her side while shaking her.

Naira opened her eyes slowly.

Seeing him, Naira smiled a little as she uttered, “Ehan?”

Ehan got uttering then, “You are feverish. Why are you here? You should have stayed at home.”

Naira tried to say something but couldn’t as she started coughing.

Sensing that, Ehan spoke up, “Okay. Don’t talk. Come with me.” and took her to Medicare of the college.

Checking her, the doctor prescribed some medicine and told her to take a rest.

Getting her to the bed of the medicare room, Ehan got out to buy something as the doctor said to get her to eat something before taking medicine.

Getting something, Ehan rushed to Naira. He made her take medicine after taking some food.

Naira fell asleep then and Ehan kept sitting by her side as he kept caressing her hair.

He didn’t know how long he was like that. When Ehan understood what he was doing, he got all confused.

Right then a tear escaped Naira's eye which hurt Ehan like no more and this thought itself made Ehan fallen into deep thought.

While wiping off the drop of tear, he uttered under his breath, "What’s happening to me, Naira? Have you really become someone beyond a friend to me!"

Uttering this, Ehan was about to move his hand away but at the same time, Naira moved a little while sleeping and put her one hand on Ehan’s.

Ehan got startled at that but didn’t move his hand rather hold it properly.

After almost two hours when Naira opened her eyes, she was feeling quite better. She tried to get up but got stopped feeling something holding her back from doing it. She turned to her right side only to find Ehan sleeping on a chair and holding her hand as his life depended on it.

Naira got seated and kept looking at Ehan. He was sleeping peacefully though she wondered if he really was comfortable in a position like this.

Looking at their joint hands, a smile crept on Naira’s lips.

Staying like this for a while when she tried to get her hand free, the hold of Ehan got tightened.

Naira confusedly looked at Ehan only to find him opening his eyes.

Seeing Naira all awaken up and trying to get her hand free, he immediately loosened his hold as he uttered, “Are you okay, now?" and touched her forehead.

With a smile Naira got uttering, “I am fine now, Ehan.” only to get Ehan yelling at her, “Being all feverish why did you come to college? You should have stayed at home and taken rest.”

Naira got uttering, “I wanted to meet you as you weren’t answering the phone calls of mine."

Ehan got silent at that and looking all around, Naira again spoke up, “Let’s leave from here first. I don’t like hospital-type things.” as she got down from the bed.

Ehan smiled a little as he got uttering, “I guess no one on earth likes to be in the hospital."

Taking leave from the doctor, they got out from there. As they kept walking thoughtlessly, Naira took the bundle of notes out from her bag and forwarded towards Ehan as she got uttering, “You shouldn’t have done that, Ehan.”

Ehan kept staring at her not getting her words for some moments at first.

But Naira went on, “We were at fault, Ehan. We pushed her off by the car. How could you throw this money on her face after that!" only to get him agitated the next moment as it hit his mind.

Ehan kept silent while trying to hold his anger but when Naira uttered, “You should apologize to her if you meet her any second time." Ehan lost his control.

He got uttering while glaring at Naira, “I should apologize! I should!"

Naira got startled at his tone but Ehan went on, “What do you know about that woman to defend her? Do you have any idea what did that woman have done to me? To my family?"

Remembering that woman's word, Naira got muttering under her breath being all confused, “Didn't she say that she doesn’t know Ehan!"

But Ehan heard her and that only increased his hatred towards his mom even more as he got uttering, “Yeah, right. How would she know me! How would she know when nothing mattered to her except money! How would she know me when she left me ages back! How would she know her own son!”

Naira’s P.O.V.

At night I kept calling Ehan but like he wasn’t ready to answer my calls. It was bothering me.

I started feeling feverish but didn’t feel like taking medicine. Uncle and aunt weren’t back yet.

If they were home, they would have forced me to take.

Without taking medicine or dinner, I fall asleep at some point.

The next day I woke up late. Though I was still feverish, I forwarded towards college as I felt it was urgent to meet Ehan. It was urgent to know if he was okay.

I found him at the library and he was explaining something to someone. I uttered under my breath, "This guy is really genius."

Without bothering to disturb them, I got seated at a little distance from them and at some point got my head down on the book and fallen asleep.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in the Medicare room of the college. Ehan was sleeping on a chair holding my hand securely.

Seeing that a smile crept on my lips. At some point, Ehan also woke up and we got outside of the medicare room.

I forwarded the bundle of money towards him saying all those only to get taken aback at his word.

Some words got out of my throat like automatically being all confused, “She is your Mom?”

He uttered immediately, “No. That woman can never be my mom. Never.”

His voice was filled with uttered anger and hatred.

I couldn’t get to utter anything after that. His facial expression was screaming many things only to get me wonder all those.

I uttered his name softly, “Ehan?” but he got uttering, “I don’t want to talk on this matter Naira. So stop it.”

I got silent at that. We kept walking towards the entrance silently. At some point, someone got into my sight eating ice_cream. Trying to divert his mind, I got uttering, “Ehan, I want to eat Ice-cream. Would you like one?”

Ehan gave me a disbelieving look as he got uttering, “Are you a kid or what? Little back you were all feverish and as you are feeling somewhat better now, you are demanding an ice_cream!”

I gave him a pleading look and uttered with a smile, “Just one scoop?”

Ehan spoke up in an ordering tone, “No. You are not going to get even a single bite.”

I pouted sadly and uttered, “Okay, I won’t.”

Ehan smiled at me then and seeing that, I got uttering, “You look nice while smiling. Stay like that.” only to get Ehan stop.

Thinking something, I got uttering when we reached the entrance, “You know Ehan, Dad used to call me Ira. I also love my name this way and from now you can call me by that name.”

Ehan stopped in his track and gave me a confused look but giving him a smile, I forwarded towards my place getting into a taxi.

All the way I kept thinking about Ehan and his mom.

How could a mom leave her son that even in the worst possible way which was clear from his expression!

I never imagined something like that had happened in his life. My parents also left me but the cases were too different. They both loved me till their last breath of which I was sure.

But for Ehan!

With this thought, my eyes got teary. The more I was thinking, I more I was feeling his pain which he might have gone through in his childhood days.

The teary face of Ehan from my imagination directly crossed my heart.

I loved his smiling face and kept wishing if I could somehow make him happy forgetting his all bitter past. Just if I could!

At that moment, the realization hit my mind.

I was falling for him. Falling for him hard.

Half of me was sure he felt the same way as me whereas half of me kept warning me but without caring the warn, I went on following my heart.

Without expressing my feelings, I thought of making him trust in me that I would never leave him for anything.

But he started keeping his distance from me for some reason. He started avoiding me only to get me running after him more.

Like this the day reached. The last day of College for Ehan. With the thought, that he won’t be in library with me anymore, he won’t come to college and I won't be able to meet him anymore started getting me restless like no more.

Not meeting Ehan won’t do for me. Not being with him won’t do for me.

Likewise, I started wondering what to do.

Author’s P.O.V.

It was the last day of college for Ehan. He and his friends were gossiping about how their college days, as well as academic life, came to an end.

At some point, Rivan spoke up, “Ehan, as always you maintained your image as the topper in everything till the very end, buddy. Congrats. Let’s party. It’s on you. Let’s go.”

Ehan nodded with a smile but before he could utter something, Mack got uttering making the smile fading away, “Wait a moment. Ehan, what about that dare? I have seen you roaming around with that girl. But did you..”

With this everyone turned to Ehan only to get him utter, “Do you think I have lost that dare?” with a smirk.

Akash got shocked hearing this. He didn’t notice this at all being all busy with himself lately. Not that he cared that Naira would be heartbroken but he didn’t want this to affect his friendship with Ehan.

Rivan got uttering, “So did she propose you?”

Ehan got uttering, “No but she will.”

Mack spoke up then, “When? It’s just half an hour now to end college time for today as well as your time, Ehan.”

“Okay then. Let’s wait for this last half an hour of our college time for our champion Ehan.” Rivan spoke up getting everyone to give Ehan a teasing smile.

His friends were enjoying his situation which was making Ehan to get pissed off to the core being born to win type of guy with no failure record.

But this time he was on the verge of getting failed. He was expecting Naira to confess her feelings for him but at the same time deep in his heart, he was wishing not to happen something like that which was even unknown to him.

When it was almost half an hour, Akash spoke up sarcastically, “Now let’s go and Thanks to her that we got the Golden chance to call you a ‘Loser’ at least for once, Ehan.”

Ehan was fuming in anger but right then Naira got there panting as if she was running for a while and uttered between her panting, “I have something to tell you.”

Anyone could easily tell what she had to say to Ehan. All of his friends got silent whereas Akash got at a little distance from them.

Naira spoke up with a little bit of hesitation, “Ehan, though I am not sure what do you think of me but I want to confess. I think I have fallen for you. I love you.”

Hearing Naira, letting out a sigh in relief Ehan turned to his friends and gave them an ‘I told you type look’ and then again turned to Naira who was giving him a hopeful look.

Naira was hoping to hear the same words as her from him and so when Ehan uttered, “Finally, you did it. I was waiting for this moment like no more and dying to hear it from you.”

Naira smiled heartily but the smile started fading away as Ehan went on uttering, “But Naira, I don’t love you. Making you fall for me was nothing but ‘A Dare’ for me. And you know what I can’t afford to lose. I just can’t handle it. And what did you think I, Ehan Sinha will love you! Stop daydreaming. I just hate middle-class girls like you. ”

Hearing Ehan, Naira just kept looking in disbelief at him as he then uttered looking at his friends, “Ehan Sinha never fails, be it anything.” and then again turned to Naira for once again and uttered, “Don’t show me your classless face for any second time.” only to make his friends believe that he didn’t have any attraction towards Naira.

Naira got so lost in Ehan’s words that she couldn’t get herself to utter anything. Only a tear escaped from the corner of her right eye.

Completing his say, Ehan left from there before Naira could get hold of herself and say something.

Ehan’s friends also left the place after giving Naira an all annoyed look.

Rivan uttered, “How could she think Ehan will love her like really!”

Mack got uttering sarcastically, “Poor girl!”

Naira then sat on a bench with a thud and kept staring with all teary eyes at Ehan’s descending figure whom she started to love wholeheartedly. She still couldn’t believe Ehan did that to her.

His care, his affection, his concern for her was all fake. He was doing all that only to win that damn dare. Nothing else.

Right then Laya got there and spoke up, “I was wondering why Ehan would be with you. So this was the reason. I am feeling so good. And you, middle class characterless girl, stop daydreaming, you slut. Ehan was mine and is mine and will be mine only.”

She started thinking all that to be a nightmare and kept wishing to wake up from that desperately.

Then it started to rain making her realize it was not a dream but the truth. The brutal truth.

All the memories started flashing in front of her eyes once again only to make her shedding tears like no more.

At some point wiping off the tears, Naira forwarded towards home being all hurt and broken and wishing the same as Ehan not to face him for any second time.

But what they didn’t know was destiny had already some other plans. And it was only the beginning of the game of destiny to get them crossed their paths for making them start a journey towards each other.......