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"Why did you leave her?" She asked nervously.
"I didn't leave her. She left me" Her brows rose in confusion. So he told her everything from the day he met her till today what happened at the mall.
"I want to stay away from all the memories because everything was reminding me of her, so that night, I went to Italy away from everyone, my family and my best friends. I was so fed up in my life that I forgot that my family also needed me. I still felt guilty about that,"he admitted.
"It's not your fault. You just needed time"
"Somewhere, it is also my fault they were trying to reach me. They were making efforts for me, but I ignored them. Like she did to me, I am no different than her." He uttered.
"You..." He cut her off.
"I did the same to you also. I hurt you, I ignored you, I ignored your efforts...feelings, I am sorry. As you said that day. Yes, I was afraid to give a second chance, afraid to open up again.
From the day I met you, I said hurtful things to you. I felt bad about that, but I couldn't help it. I was not ready," He said in a low tone.
"Is..Is s-she better than me?" She shuttered. He looked at her in disbelief. He was a little angry at her for thinking like that, but he answered it anyway.
"Don't compare yourself to others' sunshine. And you are so much better than her. As I got to know you more, I felt that you were different. You are very much different from her in a good way.
I was attracted to you from the day I saw you, but I was in denial. I was not ready to accept but my feelings were growing stronger and stronger.
I don't know when I started to care about you, when I started to adore you, I don't know when the heart inside me started beating for you when I started to love you," he confessed and looked at her.
She was looking at him with so much love.
Tears of happiness were falling from her eyes. All the insecurities are going away.
He continued. "I am sorry I hurt you many times, but I can't live without you, sunshine.
You have become my everything. Maybe my mind has not accepted you, but my heart has accepted you a long time ago.
It liked you so much that it became yours.
I am all yours now, sunshine. There is no existence of me without you.
" he said sincerely looking into her eyes.
"I love you so much, sunshine, that I want you in my life forever.
I am in love with you and your entire being sunshine.
Your hands and the way they hold mine
Your eyes and the way they smile at mine.
Your lips and the way they fit with mine
Everything about you and it's all mine." She falls into her arms, sobbing.
"Only yours," she whispered. He holds her tightly in his arms.
"Maybe she was my first love, but you are my true love, sunshine. I never felt anything close to what I feel for you with her," he said, caressing her head.
She pulled back. "Maybe she was your first, but I will be your last." He smiled and attached his lips to her. The kiss was soft and sensual. They were conveying all the words, all the feelings into this kiss. Telling each other that they were together in this.
They pulled back after lack of oxygen and attached their foreheads, breathing heavily.
"I can never get enough of your lips," he said and kissed her again. This time more passionately.
"I love you," She said between kisses.
"I love you too, Sunshine," He said and again pecked her lips.
"Why suddenly sunshine?" she asked with curiosity. It's not like she didn't like it in fact, every time he called her by the nickname, she loved it. The way it woke so many butterflies in her stomach. She was just curious so she just asked.
He caressed her cheek, and, looking into her eyes, he said.
"You're like sunshine, a ray of hope. You lighten up my dark life.” Her eyes got wide listening to his answer. She didn't expect that from him. It seems like there's a different side to him. Well, maybe not just one side, but many sides which are still unknown to her.
She smiled at him and said. "Then I will also give you a nickname." She held his index finger between her teeth and started thinking. He smiled at her antics.
Suddenly she looked at him with bright eyes and said,
"Ansh" The way she said his name with her melodious voice. He felt something in his tummy. It was a different feeling. He had never felt like this before. He wanted to listen again and again.
"Ansh" She repeated and looked at him. And he smiled nodding his head.
"Your Ansh," He said.
"Only mine," She said and hugged him.
They were now cuddling. Arya was completely lying over him. Her head was on his chest where his heart lay, listening to his heartbeats while Reyansh was caressing her back.
They were in peaceful silence when Arya said.
"I am sorry"
"Huh?"Reyansh said in confusion. She looked at him, keeping his chin at his chest.
"I am sorry for doubting you," She said and looked down, making circles at his chest with her fingers. He didn't say anything for some time. Feeling anxious, she called her.
"Reyansh," he didn't say anything.
"Reyansh" she tried again.
"Ansh," she said, and he looked at her.
"It's not your fault. It was normal for you to doubt me. Don't think about it. Hmm?" he asked and she nodded. She again kept her head on his chest and he resumed caressing her back.
He kissed her on his head, and both fell asleep in each other's arms.