Realization of Love

Priya POV I entered the house and it was all dark maybe no ones in the house I moved towards the switch but the lights switched on itself and screams of surprise nearly gave me an heart attack I looked around and everyone my parents Dad Vanraj Shah and Mom Anu were with my friends and my best friend Priti, uncle Naveen and aunty Kavya were also there with their daughter my friend Tia we all are 18 they are my dads business partners and dad and uncle are childhood friends we even live in the same compound but they live in the house opposite to us. "Happy birthday sweetie", everyone congratulated me but my eyes were searching for someone else. "He is not coming", Tia whispered in my ear. "Who is not coming?", I asked her feeling disappointed that he is not coming. "Stop acting I know your eyes are searching for bhai", she replied looking at me. "Priya when are you going to confess to him its been four years just confess your love to Virat?", Priti questioned me while I just shrugged. "Soon when the right time comes", I replied them and you guessed it right I am in love with Virat Tias brother and she knows it I started to have a crush on him when I saw him helping a heavily pregnant lady who was going to labor  in the market his small help made me like him because before that we were enemies he is three years older then me but he behaved like he is my father keeping boys away from me reprimanding me from being out late and all bossy but when I left Kolkata for college I started daydreaming of him and our love story and I realized that just his small gesture made me fall for him. "Really when in your next birth?", Priti said sarcastically looking at me with a scowl on her face. "On Diwali", I replied and they started squealing around me bringing attention towards us. "You mean tomorrow really I cant wait for your marriage", Tia started gushing at me and I just smiled thinking if he just rejects me what will I do. Virat POV "You know you should just tell her that you don't have feelings for her and don't keep her hanging", Raj said looking at me like I don't know. "I know I just don't have the heart to reject her", I replied looking at Raj whos face turned angry after listening to me here I am sitting at Raj's house with Laksh and Dinesh our friends when there they are celebrating Priyas birthday I just wish she didnt had a crush on me.  "What do you mean you don't have a heart you don't love her but you are not coming clear to her either you will just hurt her beyond repair", he shouted at me while others nodded their head agreeing with him like its all my fault.  "Why are you shouting at me? I didnt ask her to have a stupid crush on me you are shouting at your best friend for a girl just tied you rakhi", I shouted back mad at him yes Priya is tying all of them rakhi from past ten years making them her brother because she is the only child she never tied rakhi to me first saying she hates me doesn't want a brother like me but I don't know why the idea of her tying rakhi to me didn't sit well with me too. "Yes because I promised to protect her and I know she will get hurt and you also know that you are wrong because you are not coming clear to her you know from past four years that she has started having feelings for you but you didn't say anything to her and let her grow her feelings which will just make her heartbroken", he shouted standing up from the couch. "Virat are you sure you don't have feelings for her like even a little bit", Laksh asked me looking curiously at me. "Seriously Laksh you know right how is she she does not have a goal in her life she is a hopeless romantic girl who wishes to get married and settle down and I agree that she is beautiful but she is all obedient and I don't like some one who is all obedient", I told him seriously but before I could say anything else we heard a voice that scared us all. Priya POV After my birthday surprise when everyone left I decided to go to Raj bhais house to give him his Diwali gift I know I am going without informing him but he is going to Chandigarh for tomorrow and he wont be here for Diwali that's why I am giving him a surprise I didn't ring the door bell called his guard who opened the gate for me I have been coming on every occasion from past ten years that's why he knows me and allowed me in. I was going to enter the dining room when I heard Raj bhais shout and by another of Virat and what I heard made me heartbroken they all knew but never tried to tell me that my love for Virat was useless I never had a chance for his the people I took as my brothers made me live in a world of false hope they broke my trust and Virat how can he say those words but when I had enough of him I decided to interrupt I entered the room. "Don't worry its not your fault but Virat if you would have just told me before I wouldn't have wasted my four years and probably had moved on till now", I said coldly because after hearing their words all I could feel was numbness with this all heads turned to me with shocked expressions and Raj bhai was going to say something when I held my hand up to stop him.  "And before you all accuse me of eavesdropping then let me clear it I was not I accidently overheard you all I just came to give you a diwali gift Raj bhai", passing his on the couch I left not before glancing around the room looking at each and everyone in the room who made fun of my feelings by keeping quite because I know that I will never forget them and what they did to me.