They reached his home and he showed her the room. Since he lives in a one room apartment they would have to share the room.

"Tumhe agar change krna hai toh kr skti ho. Mai bahar wait kr lunga."

(You can change if you want. I'll wait outside.)

He said and started moving out but stopped in his tracks hearing her call him.

He turned and looked at her. He had always seen her smiling and cheerful but today, she looked dead and gloomy.

"I am sorry tumhare saath ye sab hua. Mujhe tumhe bulana hi nhi chahiye tha."

(I am sorry because of me this happened. I should not have called you.)

He sat beside her.

"Don't blame yourself Megha. Agar mai nhi toh wo kisi aur se tumhari shaadi krwa dete. Be happy atleast I know you and understand you."

(If not me then they would have gotten you married to someone else.)

He said trying to cheer her and she smiled a bit.

"Thank you. Aur haan please abhi kisi ko mat batana about all this. Mai pehle Armaan se baat krna chahti hu. Ki aakhir wo aaya kyu nhi?"

(And yes please don't tell anyone about this. I want to talk to Armaan first. That why did he not come?)

Nikhil nodded and went out to let her change.

She opened the door after changing and Nikhil slept on the couch letting her sleep on the bed.

The next day both of them didn't go to college. 

The day after that, they went together in Nikhil's car.

Megha was mentally praying that they would not meet any of their friend's in between because it would be difficult to explain them she was coming with Nikhil.

As soon as Megha stepped out of the car Mansi out of nowhere hugged her.

"Di! Aap thik ho na? Mai bhut darr gyi thi. Pata nhi kaise papa ko pata chal gaya aur ye sara tamasha ho gaya?"

(Are you ok? I was so scared. God knows how papa and everyone got to know and all this happened?)

Megha smiled and cupped Mansi's face.

"Koi baat nhi. Mai thik hu."

(No worries. I am fine.)

Mansi's eyes went to Nikhil who was smiling looking at Megha. Her insides fumed in anger and she smirked when she saw Armaan parking his car.

"Di! Armaan!"

Megha quickly turned and saw Armaan coming out of his car looking disheveled.

"Tum aaye kyu nhi Armaan? Pata hai kitna kuch ho gaya."

(Why did you not come Armaan? Do you know what happened.)

Megha said almost crying and Armaan held her hands. Mansi smirked seeing Nikhil's mood turn sour when he saw their joined hands.

"I am really sorry. Mai aa rha tha lekin mujhe urgently hospital jaana pada. Mom ka accident ho gaya tha. I am sorry Megha."

(I was coming but I had to go to hospital urgently. Mumma had an accident.)

Megha shook her head and said.

"Aunty thik hai ab?"

(Is she fine now?)

"Better hai. Tum kuch keh rhi thi. Kya ho gaya?"

(Better. You were saying something. What happened?)

Megha looked at Nikhil and then at Armaan.

"Kuch nhi. Sab thik hai."

(Nothing. Everything is fine.)

She knew she was being unreasonable to Nikhil but she loves Armaan. Atleast that's what she thought.

They went inside and the day went by normal. Except for Nikhil and Megha. Nikhil was trying his best to ignore Megha but something in her had started pulling him to her. Maybe the fact that they were married now and she was his wife.

In the break time, they were all as usual sitting together when Shivam spoke up.

"Bhai ghurna band kr. Jaake baat kr saamne se."

(Stop staring. Go talk to her.)

He chuckled at Rahul who looked like a deer caught in headlights. Pooja's ears perked up and she looked in the direction her brother was looking. 

She recognised the girl as Preeti Singhal of LLB course. They were in the same school and Preeti was in Pooja's class. She then looked back at her brother whose ears were a little pink by now.

"Law student hai bhai. Eve teasing ka case na thokde. Sambhalke."

(She is a law student. She will sue you in eve teasing. Be careful.)

Armaan said and everyone chuckled.

Rahul looked at them and stood up.

"Ab dekho."

(Now see.)

He said and walked to her in full style. He was dying of nervousness from inside praying in his mind 'Bas thapad mat marna'.

He stood near her and cleared his throat. She looked up and frowned seeing him. Obviously she recognised him. He was the twin of one of her classmates in school.

"Yes?"

She asked and he opened his mouth to say something but nothing came out, he closed his mouth. This process was repeated a few times and then he finally muttered.

"Hi."

Her friends started laughing but she looked at him amused.

"Hi."

She replied and he said.

"Rahul Agrawal. Hum same school mai the if you remember."

(We were in same school if you remember.)

He said forwarding his hand. She smiled and nodded.

"Ofcourse I do. Preeti Singhal."

She said and took his hand. He looked at her dreamily and she tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Umm-Rahul?"

He hummed still in a daze.

"Mera haath."

(My hand.)

She pointed towards her hand which was still in his grasp.

He left it immediately and smiled sheepishly. Her friends laughed and she went with them bidding him a bye.

He smiled like a fool seeing the smile on her face.

He came back and slumped on the grass. Everyone hooted and his ears turned pink but there was a wide smile on his face.

"Yaar tum me se kisi ne padna shuru kia?"

(Did anyone start studying?)

Pooja asked. Their semester final exams were coming. 

"Maine accounts start ki hai. Dimag kharab ho rha hai yaar."

(I started accounts. I am going crazy.)

Shivam said slumping down like Rahul but instead kept his head on Pooja's lap. Her heart fluttered but before she could do something Rahul peeled him off her and laid his head instead.

"Meri behen hai."

(She is my sister.)

"Haan toh maine kab kaha ki meri hai."

(Yes so when did I say she is my sister.)

Shivam chuckled and Rahul rolled his eyes.

"Yaar ek ek topic select krte hai ek ek subject ka. Prepare kro aur ek meet rkhte hai. Sab apna apna topic samjhana. Jaldi ho jaayega."

(Let's select one topic each of each subject. Do it and keep a meet. Everyone explain their topics. It will be quick.)

Nikhil suggested and everyone nodded.

And that's how they completed their syllabus. Having little fun in between.

Still no one knew about Megha and Nikhil's forced marriage. 

Their final exams started and Megha's attention was diverted from her situation to the exams. It was her final year and she was determined to do well.

Their exams were over in about a month and then they had 15 days off before the start of the last semester.

"Yaar guys. Chhutiyan hai. Kahi ghumne chalte hai. What say?"

(We have our off. Let's go somewhere.)

Rahul suggested and everyone agreed because it had been a lot of time that they had gone somewhere.

"Megha tu Mansi ko bhi le aaio. Aur mai Preeti ko le aaunga."

(Megha you bring Mansi. I will bring Preeti.)

Rahul said and everyone looked at him.

"What!?"

Megha asked and Rahul scratched his neck sheepishly.

"Wo haan actually mai aur Preeti- we have been seeing each other from quite a time."

(Yes actually me and Preeti)

"Woah! Woah! Woah! We want the story!"

Shivam started demaning and everyone followed.

"Okk okk. So long story short. Uss din when I talked to her, ghar jaake I messaged her on Instagram and that's how hamari baatein shuru hui. Bas phir one day I confessed and she too said that she liked me."

Everyone hooted while Rahul's ears turned pink.
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