28.
"Do you still love her?"
Aryan let out after a few moments.
"No, I don't." The answer was quicker than they thought.
"Aryan, I know you are worried for her, but trust me, I will never hurt her," Reyansh said.
"You are hurting her by being in a relationship In which you can never love her.
You know she always wanted to have someone who understood her like an open book, caring for her like she is the only reason for them to survive.
Love her like nobody else. She always wanted fairytale-type love, but she didn't know that it didn't happen in real life," Aryan let out and looked at the other side.
"I want to give this relationship a chance," Reyansh said, and both of them snapped their heads in his direction.
"Yes, I know that this is difficult, but I want to give myself a second chance," He said and looked at Vihaan for some help, who nodded.
"Aryan, please agree. At least he is trying, and you also know he can never hurt her intentionally," He said, trying to understand his best friend.
Aryan looked at both of them and nodded.
"Okay But Reyansh Shekhawat, I am telling you if you ever hurt my sister, I will fucking bury you alive," He said in a serious tone, and the older of them knew he was very much capable of it.
"I will never hurt her or if ever anybody tries to I will make sure he has a brutal death," He said in the same tone.
"Yay, I see how you are trying to give him a brutal death," he said, and the other two know very well whom he is referring to.
"Bold of you to assume that I won't do anything. But Thori der shanti rakh" Reyansh shrugged it off and saw his best friend's expression changing.
"Being calm doesn't suit You." Reyansh shrugged it off.
"Where is he?"Aryan asked, knowing very well that he is not roaming freely.
"In our old company building," Vihaan replied. Reyansh called him yesterday and told him to kidnap Sathvik. Vihaan didn't ask anything further nor like he was getting a reply, so he just did what he was told, but now, knowing the reason, he thinks that he should have just killed him.
"And why the hell was I oblivious to everything? You two didn't tell me anything. Why?"Aryan looked at Reyansh and Vihaan with disappointment and hurt.
"By knowing you. You will not have let him live a single second after you have known, and I don't want to give him such an easy death. Besides, we were not in good terms so.." Aryan glared at him, ready to punch him.
"You got busy with your relationship and your business.You ditched 9 out of 10 plans we made in the name of being busy. And you know what, after a certain time we made plans just to be with you, to talk to you, to know how you were doing, but you ditched them all." Aryan said
"Let it go, Aryan" Vihaan tried to stop him.
"What let it go. Friendship, just like every other relationship, needs effort, and he wasn't putting any of it.
It was the opposite every time we tried to make some effort from our side.
Even after all this, when he went through some shit, he never came to us and kept on fighting alone.
Why? Because Reyansh fucking Shekhawat, don't take anyone's help," Aryan blurted out and looked at Reyansh, who stood at a distance apologetically.
He knew he was at fault. He always ignored them, but they were always there for him. No matter how much Aryan shows he is angry at him, he knows it's just frustration. He can never be angry at his brother like best friend.
He looked at his best friends apologetically.
"I am sorry "
"Ab khada rahega udhar Ya aayega." Vihaan looked at Reyansh after a few moments.
(Will you keep standing there now?)
With a chuckle, he went and hugged both of them.
"I'm sorry is all I can say. I didn't realize when I started drifting" Reyansh genuinely apologized, pulling out of the hug.
"It's alright. But I dare you to ditch us again." Aryan pointed at him, who nodded his head.
"Now what?" Asked Aryan when they started walking back to the house.
"Now, everything's sorted," Vihaan said.
"No, I was talking about Sathvik"
"Everyone is outside after some time we will leave," He said and both nodded.
He started walking but stopped and looked at both of them. "I swear if Arya got to know about this, I will not leave you both," He said, and the other two rolled their eyes but nodded.
"Biwi ka dhar," Vihaan and Aryan whispered at the same time.
"I am listening"
"Hn is liya to bola," He yelled, only to get a glare from Reyansh and immediately shut up.
They went back to the living room, where all of them were present ready to go somewhere.
"Where are you going?" Vihaan asked his girlfriend.
"Shopping," She said excitedly. Well, the atmosphere of the house was not so good, so they decided to go out because it was better for Arya. If she stays here, she will think about everything again, so now Arya, Arohi, and Reva are going shopping, and Arav is also joining them.
"Will you join us?" She asked three of them.
"We have better things to take care of. Don't we?" Vihaan raised his eyebrows. Shrugging it off, all three of them walked away.
"I should have killed that bastard years ago. Kyon Ki kutte ki Dum kabhi seedhi nahi ho Sakti." Aryan gritted his teeth, sitting in the passenger seat while Reyansh was in the driver's seat and Vihaan in the back.
"Years ago?" Vihaan furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and saw Reyansh, clenching his jaw through the mirror. He hadn't spoken a word since they got into the car.
"He tried to harass Arya earlier as well." Reyansh's grip tightened around the steering wheel until his knuckles turned white.
Aryan rubbed his palms over his face before inhaling a deep breath to calm himself down.
"I was out with Maa and Papa and he came to the house behind our back.
Arya was 23. After that day, I never let any of my friends come to my home, including you.
It's not like I don't trust you both, but I didn't want to make Arya uncomfortable.
" Vihaan let out a shocking gasp but soon it turned into a shriek when Reyansh took a sharp turn.
"Have you gone nuts, Shekhawat!!" Aryan shouted, seeing the speed with which he was driving the car.
"Reyansh, slow the fuck down," Vihaan yelled but without a word, he kept driving. The two of them knew it was no use saying anything to this man.
"Arya wouldn't have liked you driving this fast," Vihaan mumbled slowly because he knew either the number was going to increase after her name or the car would slow down, and he sighed in relief when the latter happened.