Chapter 2

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I rang the doorbell excitedly when we arrived at my aunt's home. When my aunt opened the door, she hugged me tightly, "I missed you, sweetheart."

I hugged her back, "I missed you too, aunty."

"Sweetie, let's get in," she said. We settled in the living room, and I asked her about Nia. She replied that she would come in the evening and that Aarav was arriving tomorrow morning. After talking with my aunt for a while, Mom left for home and asked my aunt to take care of me. Aunt Madhuri took me to Nia's room and helped unpack my bags. She just laughed after seeing the clothes in my bag.

"Is it your bag?" She asked me.

"Yeah. Mom put these things in my bag, aunt", I said sadly.

My bag's filled with tight jeans, skirts, knee-length dresses, and makeup. Even though I wouldn't say I liked to wear those, I had to wear them to get into the art class.

"Your mom told me about it. Don't worry. Nia will help you," the aunt said. I nodded.

At night, Nia arrived home. She hugged me tightly as soon as she saw me. "How are you doing, Siya?"

"I'm good," I replied. We went to her room, and I helped her to unpack. Later, we had an early dinner and went to bed.

The next day, I woke up early, showered, and wore jeans and a t-shirt. Later, I went to the balcony to enjoy the sunshine, which warmed my body. I took a deep breath as I felt mild air hit my face. Something about the air felt special as I enjoyed the weather with my aunt's morning coffee.

At 10:30 AM, when I was in the room, talking with Annie on the phone, I heard aunt's cheerful voice from downstairs, "Son, it's been a long. How are you? You look skinny. Were you not eating well?"

I ended the call with Annie knowing that Aarav had arrived. I decided to surprise him, ran into his room, and hid in his room with a paint bottle behind the door when I heard the footsteps. As he opened the door, I threw the red paint on his shirt and yelled, "surprise." I took a look at him properly, only to get shocked.

It wasn't Aarav. I stared at the stranger looking at me with an innocent look. He's tall and handsome with alluring brown eyes. I was instantly attracted to him as I openly checked him out. I don't know why I couldn't take my eyes off him. As he gazed at me, I felt a warm and strange feeling I'd never experienced towards anyone.

"Is this Aarav's room?" He asked.

"Yes, y...yeah," I stuttered.

"Why are you still waiting at the door?" Aarav asked from behind. When the stranger didn't reply, Aarav walked around and looked at him, only to find him drenched in paint. "What happened to you?" He asked, looking around. Once he spotted me with the paint can in my hand, he glared at me, "Siya, did you do this?"

I looked around awkwardly, "I thought it was you." I muttered.

"What?" he shouted angrily.

"I thought it was you," I repeated loudly, which started our argument.

"Your childish behavior has yet to get. You ruined my friend's t-shirt. Do you even know how expensive it is?"

"Is it my fault that you didn't appear on time? He came in your place, and it happened." I defended myself confidently.

"Don't worry, Aarav. It was a mistake. Also, it was not expensive. No need to fight with your sister." The stranger told Aarav.

Aarav ignored him and stepped toward me. "You always make mistakes, but I'll get an earful for them. You always pick a fight with me," he shouted.

"It's always you who make it worse," I exclaimed.

My aunt and Nia hurriedly came into the room to find us fighting. The guy worriedly asked my aunt, "Please stop them from fighting."

She smiled and said, "Let's go. Nothing will happen to them. Give them some time. They'll calm down. It's normal for them to fight and get back again. Don't worry. You can go to Nia's room and get cleaned."

After a while, we were tired of arguing and concluded that I'd have to apologize to his friend for ruining his shirt, which I was okay with.

"Fine. Since it's my mistake, I'll apologize to him." I stormed out of his room and walked toward mine and Nia's.


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