Taking What's MINE!

Friendship

Rahul's POV

I was waiting for Diya to come but, there was no sign of her. After what seemed like 10 minutes she finally decided to show up. Her face had an expression which was quite hard to understand, she carried a smile but there was something about her eyes which were trying hard to hide melancholy. She walked towards the car, opened the door and sat right next to me while Maa and Sheela were sitting at the back. I checked on Diya but, she was looking out of the window.

The drive back home was quiet and Diya was staring right out of the window. Somehow her silence was making me worried, I know that she doesn't talk much, but there was something which was bothering her. We reached home after 30 minutes, Maa and Sheela walked out of the car to meet mom and Roshni Chachi, while Diya was still in the car with me, struggling to get out of the seat belt. Her slender fingers were trying hard to unbuckle the seat belt but it seemed quite stubborn to give in.

"Hey, are you okay?", I asked trapping her in my arms, she was quiet and gave me a smile in response, "Thank you very much for letting me meet my family", she said when I bent forward to unbuckle her seat belt. I was so close to her that I could breathe in her sweet scent, I finally unbuckled her seat belt but was in no mood to let her go from my embrace. I tightened my grip around her waist resisting her to leave the car. She was trying hard to get away from me, the harder she tried to get away the more I squeezed her in my arms. A smile crept up my face when I saw her giving into my embrace, "Diya?", I called out her name while I buried my face in the crook of her neck, "Hmpf...", "Is there a problem?", I asked while drawing circles on her waist.

"No, there isn't any", she responded sitting like a rock while I was doing things to her. She must've been tired but her answer was not satisfactory. There must be something that is bothering her she was alright till the moment she went back to her room to get the books, I've decided to take on her troubles but I can't help her out unless she opens up to me!

"Look Diya, I know something is bothering you, you can talk to me, just tell me whatever it is. I promise I'll try and help you out, if not that then at least you can share your sorrow with me", this time I held her close to me. She was indifferent to my concerns and her response was quite cold, "I understand Rahul, I'll let you know", she said and with that, she opened the car door carrying the bag of books she brought. I was left all alone in the car with my thoughts about Diya, somehow she didn't seem quite well to me. I wonder how long is she going to hide things from me.

Diya's POV

I was in my room arranging the books but my mind was lost in thoughts about the entry certificate I saw today but soon I was in the kitchen to cook dinner. Maa and Sheela left after an hour after having dinner, Dadi Maa left in the evening to visit Kanyakumari and the rest of the family members were asleep.

The thoughts that were subsided during the day started to pop up now and I was going restless, I waited for everyone to go to sleep as always but, I could not find Rahul. He must have gone out somewhere with his friends. I snuck out of my room and entered the library, yes, there's a library in this huge mansion and I always stay up late reading in here. I switched on the computer and started to search for New Vision orphanage. As I was searching for it, I found a newspaper article dated 18 April 1997 that was just a couple of months after I was born, the article read as...

A scam encircling the innocent:

The most reputed NGO New Vision Orphanage has fallen under the deepest web of dark scandal. The young children who happen to be abandoned or who have lost their parents have been sold to customers abroad in exchange for a large sum of money. little kids of age group ranging from as young as 1 year to 12 years have been traded into slavery, human trafficking, and many such horrendous acts which have left the children scared and terrified for life.The children of New Vision Orphanage were mostly the abandoned children of the immigrants from east Asia and other countries.

I was reading the article with eyes spilling tears, I cannot believe this! so everything that had happened on that day was no coincidence, those kidnappers must be the same people associated with the orphanage and I was taken by them because my name was in one of its entry registers. But how did I end up here? how did Maa and Paa adopt me? there are many questions yet to be answered, I was searching for Shyam Jaiswal because I remember having seen his name on the file as the management director of the organization, just when I was going to open one of the links, I heard footsteps from the behind.

Oh No! who could it be now? I believe everyone was asleep then who could be awake now? I turned the computer off collected the entry form which I found in the old box today and walked out of the library only to find a tight grip on my wrist. I was scared to death my heart was pounding fearing who it was. I closed my eyes due to my reflex and was prepared for the consequences "Diya, would you mind explaining your presence at this time in the library?", this low pitch voice sounded very familiar and it belonged to someone I definitely didn't want to see now. "Diya?... Is everything okay?", this time I could feel a palm cupping my face and a thumb rubbing the tears from my cheeks, tears? am I crying? I opened my eyes only to find Rahul with concern written all over his face. Uh-oh, I got caught!

Rahul's POV

"Diya?... Is everything okay?" I was worried and at the same time wondering what Diya was doing at this time in the library, but she looked like a deer caught in front of head lights. I shook her and got her out of the trance. "Diya, please Diya tell me! tell me whatever it is, I'm really worried", I called out to her, "I can't help it anymore", she murmured it in a low voice but it was audible enough, "what is it Diya?", "I can't help it anymore Rahul! I just can't, why do you love me, Rahul? tell me why? I'm the worst person ever! you care for me so much and I don't even show a little bit of concern towards you! then why Rahul? I'm the most horrible person ever!", with that she fell on the floor in tears, I held her in my arms "No Diya, you are my angel!", I said while rubbing her back, "No Rahul, please! Please don't be so good to me! I don't deserve it, I don't know what you'd think of me, but I can't hide it anymore, I'm an Orphan Rahul, I'm not aware of my own Identity! I was sold to someone when I was months old and I have no idea how I ended up here. All I know is I'm not who I am and this really hurts! Since childhood, I've never had many friends, there's no one who'd love me, to be frank, I have never been loved! everything that I was living up until now was a lie! Everybody disgusts me, I'm that plague which everybody avoids, then why do you love me?", she spoke while I embraced her in my arms, her tears were rolling down and she looked very much in pain this was indeed painful for me to watch her like that, "Diya, just look me in the eye", I tried to raise her head, but she was not willing to, I held her wrist and pushed her against a wall and kissed her like my life depended on it. She was shocked and I bit her lower lip quite hard which made her gasp out in pain, I thrust my tongue and was devouring every last inch of her mouth like it was meant just for me.

She sure was trying hard to pull back, but I never let that happen. We were still like that for what seemed like forever, and then I slowly set her free, I could see my bite mark on her lower lip, I guess it was bleeding 'cause of it. "Now, this is what you get for thinking so bad about my angel", I said while lifting her off the ground, her eyes were glossy due to the fresh set of tears ready to fall over her cheeks. "I never wanted anything from you Diya, I can understand you are frustrated due to all this, but for how long have you been trying to hide this in your heart eh?", I asked her while carrying her towards our room, "I-I'm so - sorry R-Rahul, I-I just... I-I couldn't make m-myself t-to talk about it to anyone, I was s-s-scared", she said in the middle of her hiccups, I dropped her on the bed and locked the bedroom door from the inside," I want you to understand that no matter what I'll be there for you, and you can tell me anything you want", I said kissing her forehead, she gave me a faint smile, "I'm not sure if I'll be able to love as much as you do, but can we start off as friends?", she asked me with such an innocent face that I could hardly resist myself, "Of course, and you'll have to excuse me this once", "Excuse? for what... ", I pounced on her claiming her lips once more. After I pulled back her face was flushed and her lips were quite swollen I engulfed her in my embrace " Never forget that you are stuck with me forever", with that, I left her on the bed covering her with the blanket and dropped on the couch to get some sleep

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