Ethical vs Practical : "Albeit I love you, I support your love" (Part 3/5)

(DISCLAIMER : The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this story are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places  is intended or should be inferred)

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Aayushi reads the letter written by Alankrita to Aryan, places it on the same table at exact position thinking that "Hope and desire kills intelligence". But somewhere in her mind she thinks that Alankrita is genuine in her feelings and sense.

Alankrita finishes meeting with the supervisor, returns to her room after a tiresome day and quickly falls asleep in her bed.

On the next day, Alankrita sends a text to Aryan, "Hey Aryan! This is Alankrita, if you don't have my contact! If you are free, shall we meet this weekend?"

Her hands start shaking after she clicks the send button as she was worried about how Aryan reacts to her text.

"Hey Alankrita! How are you? Yes, we can catch up this weekend!", a texts pops up on her mobile.

"I am fine! How are you doing? Shall we meet at the public garden?", she replied.

"I am fine too, thank you! Yup, public garden is fine! See you soon! :)", he texts back.

Alankrita feels happy after a short conversation with her love. Some people gives significance to economical status ,caste, religion etc. when then want to unite two souls, but there is much happiness and pleasure in small things than the giant complex things. Talking with the person you love and spending some time with him/her is a love orgasm. 

She waits for the weekend to meet Aryan and express her love in form of long letter she wrote for him. She visits costume store to get her into the brightest colors and visits beauty clinic to make the final adjustments to her face.

The big Sunday has arrived. She checks her dress with Aayushi, grabs the letter and leaves her room on time to meet her love.

Alankrita had a big smile on her face as she saw Aryan after long time, the same reciprocated by Aryan.

After meet and greet, Aryan came directly to the point of reason for meeting. Alankrita was taken aback by the urgency of Aryan.

She holds an eye to eye contact for few seconds, takes the letter and handed it over to Aryan with a ray of hope in her eyes. 

Aryan sits on a nearby bench and starts off to read the letter.

Her heart starts to beat faster than the speed of light. She looks tensed.

He finishes reading the letter. She was eager to know his reaction but Aryan maintained a steady face without much emotions.

Aryan gets up with the letter and tears it off in front of her face and leaves her without uttering a single word.

Alankrita was startled with the reaction and she was in complete shock with rolling tears down her cheeks.

"Alankrita ... Alankrita ... ", she hears someone calling her name while Bhagavad Gita shlokas playing in the background. 

She wakes up from her bed shouting "Aryan ... Aryan". "Are you ok?", Aayushi asks her shaking her hand to bring her to senses.

Alankrita comes to the senses realizing that it was a dream! "Thank God! It was the deadliest dream! Yes! I am fine now!", she replied to Aayushi.

Alankrita notices that Aayushi is playing a shloka from 'Gita' in loop, which she wrote in letter to Aryan. She smelled something fishy about this and realizes that Aayushi got to know about the letter.

"Are you convinced yet with my feelings for him in the letter?", Alankrita asks Aayushi. Aayushi puts an innocent face acting as if she did not understand what Alankrita is talking about.

"I know that you knew about the letter I wrote to Aryan", Alankrita confirms Aayushi.

"I am very sorry to read your personal letter Alankrita, I did not mean to read it but the papers blown off due to wind and I gathered them and the curiosity of the girly design on them made me to check them! I am sorry!", Aayushi apologizes Alankrita.

"Hey, chill! No problems! You are my best friend and you have every right to read it!" Alankrita pushes Aayushi into her comfort zone to ask her suggestion on when she should give it to Aryan.

"So, when are you planning to propose him with the letter?"

"I was about to ask your suggestion exactly on this point!" Alankrita says to Aayushi.

"Call him to ask whether he is free to meet this weekend at coffee shop" Aayushi suggests her.

She calls Aryan and Aryan confirms his appointment with her on Sunday.

"Let's go to Zara to pick up a nice outfit for you!" Aayushi asks her.

Alankrita blushes out for the encouragement from her friend.

All set for Sunday to meet Aryan at coffee shop as planned before.

Alankrita wears out a shinning black one piece she bought in Zara and Aayushi touches up her face to make her look pretty.

She leaves for coffee shop well before the time, as she was too excited to meet Aryan and propose him with the letter.

The two eyes meet after long time followed by a mandatory hug! After the meet and greet, Aryan ordered two cups of Cappuccino as he knew that Alankrita likes it.

As time progressed they both shared laughter and she had a huge curve on her face after long time. 

She was excited to propose him one more time with the letter. Her heart started to beat faster and faster as she thought to propose him. Her hands began to tremble as she takes out the letter from her bag.

"Few lines for you... ", she handed over the letter to him.

She kept checking his reactions and emotions on his face while reading the letter, but he kept his cool throughout the read.

"I love you so much!" she said to him with all the love in her eyes and heart.

"Thank you for pouring down such high emotions in the letter. I liked it!" he said to her.

"It's my pleasure Aryan!" she says.

"But I need to tell you one important thing that happened in my life after we last met", she said to her.

"Oh! What is it about?!"

"During my post graduation, I liked a girl who is a junior to me in my university. She is pretty, innocent and intelligent. She shares same interest as mine professionally. We got in touch two years ago. We both like each other to the core", he says to her.

Alankrita was completely devastated after hearing about another girl in Aryan's life. Tears were rolling down her eyes. She was completely speechless and gathered all her energy to get up from her chair and leave the shop.

"Alankrita ... please listen to me ... Alankrita", Aryan shouted as he leaves. She did not turn back as she was not prepared to hear such things.

"I am sorry! You are so special to me. But I have feelings for another girl. I am very sorry for you! You would get a nice guy for you!", a texts pops up on her mobile the next day.

"It's ok!" she replies back.

"I hope you are mature enough to understand me!"

"ok!" she texts.

Alankrita could not stop tears from her eyes after that day. Aayushi tried to console her but she left after few tries, as she wants her to cry out to the fullest, to let the sorrow levels drop down.

"Let's go to the park" Aayushi says to Alankrita.

"No! I don't want to come anywhere!"

"Please Alankrita, don't be foolish now. It's your life, don't waste it."

Aayushi finally convinces her to go to park. 

Aayushi tried to console and convince her in every angle possible to forget him. But Alankrita is very stubborn in her feelings for him. She says that she loves him and doesn't expect anything in return from him. She says her love is unconditional. She reiterates the shloka which she wrote to him. She says that she is here only to love him forever without expecting the same love from him. She wants him to be happy and that itself makes her happy. Even a small text from him makes her day, she loved him that core! 

Alankrita hoped that Aryan would be her soul mate, but he loves other girl. She lives with a hope that she would get at least some place in her heart some day! She doesn't expects it but she hopes!

"Hey! I told you about the junior girl, right?! I am facing some trouble to make the things fall in right place!" a notification pops on her mobile!

"Yes, you told me that day in coffee shop! May I know about the trouble, if you don't mind!" she texts back.

"Yes, I will tell you about it later as I am in my lab right now!" he replies.

"It's ok!"

"Albeit I love you, I support your love!" she texts with the same love and passion for him!

Interesting?!!! Continue to Episode 4