Her Past 6

Shriya and Manvi spent the entire day together. Shriya asked Manvi "why she was so tired lately and why she hasn't been coming to college ?".

Manvi blushed hearing this and said "You already heard at the dinning table."

"Yeah I heard."Shriya nodded her head feeling a little awkward.

Manvi then looked at Shriya and said "Are you expecting me tell you the details?"

Shriya was dumbfounded and responded shaking his head vigorously said "no ....no ...I didn't mean that." She didn't know how to respond to her bold question and kept silent.

Manvi looked at her and smiled mischievously "So, I can see you have a few doubts regarding this"

Shriya looked at her and she felt like she was caught red-handed when she was stealing something.

Manvi looked at her with a smile and said "no need to feel shy about anything. It's not that we have committed a sin."

Seeing the way Manvi reacted Shriya felt a bit relieved and she decided to open up to her.

Shriya nodded her head.

Manvi replied "So you guys have started to do some things.. hahaha"'

Shriya answered in a hurry "no no", she shook her both hand in front of her to which Manvi replied "Tell me exactly what is that bothering you. I can see so many things are bothering you lately".

Shriya nodded her head "well I just wanted to ask you," she hesitated for a few seconds and continued " I heard that you and Uday bhaiya belong to different communities and you got married against your parent's will"

Manvi nodded her head and had a faint smile on her face. She said " Yes, I am a Christian and you know he is a Hindu. We both have different back grounds, we met when Bhaiya came to our college as a guest for a cultural event. I was in the final year of my post graduation. I used tobe a fan of bhaiya and when I tried to get his autograph, I met Uday."

She has a beautiful smile on her face when she was going through all the memories from her past," she giggled and that expression was one beautiful sight.

She then continued "After that we met once in a while and exchanged our numbers and our friendship turned into a relationship. Our both families opposed to it because we belong to different backgrounds but bhaiya was the one who helped us to get married."

Shriya listened to her each word carefully as if she was taking all the words told by Manvi directly into her brain.

Manvi continued "I know that you must be feeling inferior to bhaiya. I understand your feelings but believe me in love all these doesn't matter. What matters the most is the love between you two and I know he loves you more than anything else in this world. I know you also love him but you are not accepting it.You might be afraid of facing the truth. Bit

I really want to advice you on something, don't worry anymore about anything else. Don't hesitate to show what you feel about bhai. Reciprocate his feelings. I am not trying to force you but don't stop yourself because of these trival matters. He deserves and You deserve him too.You both are meant tobe together."

Shriya didn't say anything and kept staring at her friend who said so many things to her at once that her brain is so full.

Manvi gave her some time and thought to herself 'orelse I might scare her, enough with the serious talk, let's lighten up the mood'.

Manvi asked "So you guys made any progress in your relationship or not?"

Shriya looked at her and was silent, Manvi shook her head and asked a little disappointed "Atleast kiss?"

Shriya blushed and nodded her head as she thought she can share her thoughts with Manvi.

Manvi looked a little enthusiastic to listen to it and Shriya felt a little embarrassed to say it to Manvi afterall it was a private matter.

Manvi smiled and said "Bhaiya must be having a really having a hard time with you staying here afterall how long can he be a forced bachelor."

Shriya was in shock to hear her friend's bold words.

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Naveen dragged Brahmini out of the cafeteria. He released her hands and turned to look at her. She seemed a little tired and the dark circles under her eyes are visible even though she tried to cover them up with make up and mascara. He stared into her blue eyes and he said firmly "I wanna talk to you".

Brahmini heard his firm voice and nodded her.

He took her to a nearby ice cream parlour and both sat at a table which is in the far end of the restaurant.

Brahmini sat there silently without looking at him. She was ignoring him but after a few seconds Naveen took a deep breathe and said "Brahmini let's date".

Naveen was so straightforward in his words that Brahmini was caught off guard and she was shocked to process his words.

Brahmini looked at him with her eyes opened wide and she was like she was in a trance. She didn't expect him tobe that straightforward.

He continued after a few seconds "I know you are friends with madam and I work for her. But believe me I'll be nice to you and I hope you don't my status".

"I have been working for my boss for the four years and I have been the best employee among my colleagues since then, you should know that I have to follow my owner every where and there are no particular timings for my job. That's the reason why I never thought about being in any relationship, but when I saw you, everything changed." He was saying everything he has on his mind but Brahmini needed some time to process his every word.

She thought 'If I was not wrong he is proposing me, isn't he?' she asked herself. She felt like she was dreaming. She wanted to pinch herself to see if she was dreaming.

She pinched her right arm with her left hand fingers and she felt pain which means she isn't dreaming.

Naveen saw this and he found her act very funny but cute at the same time. She sat there and after a while she looked at him, smiled and tears rolled down from her eyes.

Naveen wiped her tears from her cheeks with his finger tips, and she held his hands in hers. He stared at her and she smiled at him.

After having ice cream, both came out of the parlour and sat on a bench on the college premises. Brahmini looked at him and said "my family is a middle class family

and I am studying here with the help of scholarships which I earned during the last year. I sometimes work part time for my pocket money. You saw my house already" she said looking towards the ground.

Naveen listened to her and nodded his head.

Naveen said " As you know I work for Abhishrk Malhotra and now I am currently working as a driver and a body guard for madam".

"What we do for living is not something we should ashamed of," he smiled at her and kissed her cheeks.