Love from early centuries

Pranjal Knock! knock! Knock! Knock Aa who the hell? Uff it's just 7. Aaa just let me sleep. Stands up and opens the door only to find my maa there with her not so good expressions. Maa "how many times I have told you to wake up early haa. Grow up nanu you're almost going to get married, atleast think about your fiance....... nagging continues" I am Pranjal Rauniyar and that nagging lady is my mother. My friends call me "Pran" and my family calls me "Nanu". I have many names. I am a med student. I don't have many hobbies but I like to dance, it's just I cannot control my body whenever I hear music. Anyways, I have a fiance, to whom I am finally getting married. The wedding is going to be held next week. His name is Aaditya. The most common name in India. But this common name has made a special place in my heart and I am so grateful to have him. Maa "Nanu nanu are you listening?" This voice helped me to come back to reality. I replied yes and asked "Maa, why are so early in the morning so annoying? I am annoyed with you. Did you forget today is Abhi's birthday? You were so excited. Of course I didn't, I lied. How could I forget it was my best friend's birthday? This is all because of the horror movie I watched last night. These movies scare the hell out of me. Anyways, I have a lot to prepare. Maa, so can you please make breakfast. I asked her and went straight to the bathroom, washed my hair as quickly as I could, picked out my outfit. It was skinny jeans with a blue hoodie, not so girly. While I was getting ready, my Maa already prepared my breakfast sandwich. I normally skip breakfast because I am always late for college, not something to be proud of. I quickly finished my breakfast and went straight to college. The college was huge. A voice shouted PRAN PRAN heyyy stop and here we had our birthday boy. I didn't wish him. Shhh, we had a plan to accomplish. Abhi was a very popular guy, unlike me. Especially among girls, girls in my college were crazy about him. Some even mistake me as his girlfriend and try to bully me, but my boy never let that happen. Most of my friends approached me because of him. Anyways, I have to say he was more handsome than my fiance and I was very proud to have him as my best friend. We have been friends since 8th grade. Ohh and yes he was single. Abhi asked "Do you remember today's a special day". He was talking about his birthday. Ohh yes, of course, today is our assignment submission, I said, with my over-acting skills. That was so stupid. Assignment submission what kind of special day is that. I was not good at lying. The rest of the day went smoothly. The whole time he was trying to make me remember with his puppy eyes, which was very tough to ignore, and I was trying my best not to ruin my plan. Even though it was hard to come up with excuses, I was enjoying this whole time, the look in his eyes, the innocence he had. Before the last goodbye, he attempted again for the last time with his puppy eyes, but I didn't fall for it and luckily, I came up with a better excuse. The look of disappointment was so obvious, but I didn't feel bad for him because I knew something good was coming for him. Finally, I left the campus and went straight to the place where the party was going to be held. There, everything was already setup as per my plan. The next part was to call all of his friends, which was not a difficult task. The difficult task was to call the birthday boy, after all that I did and he suffered, but I had a plan. After all the preparation, now it was time to call Abhi, who probably would be at the gym working hard to release his anger. Ring Ring Ring Ring He picked up the call, a sudden excitement rose. Abhi Abhi, I said with a shivering voice. He noticed quickly than I thought, what's the matter, Pran? What happened? PRAN PRAN "Aditya said he didn't want to marry me" I said with a shivering voice. Actually, I was lying. Nothing happened between us. In fact, I even invited Aditya to the party. This was the perfect plan. Aditya and Abhi never got along. So Abhi would never tolerate this and run to me as quickly as he could. "Ahhh that stupid jerk, I knew him. I never liked that guy. You're too innocent for these guys". He started scolding me. "Uhh Abhii, can you please come here" I said. "Send me your location quickly, I'll be there in a minute" he replied. Yes, it worked finally, I said with relief. Babe, A voice called. I turned back and my tensed face suddenly had a big smile. It was my 'husband to be'. He was here. AAAAAHH YES, my inner voice shouted. He had been staying abroad for years, and he came for our wedding. That's the reason for my excitement. I hugged him, he did the same. How are you doing, he asked. I am fine. Why were you not picking up my call? Were you busy? No, how was your trip? Did you make friends? Was it difficult? Did you miss me? How was your work going? Are you here for good? Did you decide your wedding outfit? I asked Stop stop, I am fine, he replied with a chuckle. Further, he could not say anything, he was hit with a sudden punch. I didn't take time to realise it was Abhi who was bursting his anger at him due to the act I did before. Before Abhi ruined his own party, I hell for leather screamed "SURPRISE" And Abhi was actually surprised. What is this Pran? He asked with a confused face. He was so slow couldn't he see all the balloons that he made me laugh. It's your birthday stupid. A very very happy returns to the day, I said. Thanks, he replied, still with a surprised look. Before we cut the cake, can you just apologise to Aditya, I asked. Ahh yes, sorry dude, he said in a rude tone. It's OK, Aditya replied with a not-so satisfied look. They still didn't like each other, but I wanted them to get along. To cool down the environment, I said," Now shall we cut the cake. They both finally stopped staring at each other. Huss Now the cake and birthday boy were both here, so we quickly cut the cake. I was the first person to have the cake. It was delicious. Of course, I ordered it. Now it was party time, music started and my body lost control. We danced for hours, it was so fun. Dancing is therapy for me. I finally succeeded. Suddenly, I stopped and noticed that Aditya was not with me, he was there before. I asked Abhi about him but he didn't see him, so I asked people around. A friend of mine said she saw him going to the lawn. So I followed the way and started looking for him. I saw him. He was standing near the wall. I called Abhi but he didn't listen. The music was so loud there, so I started walking forward towards him. He was kissing someone. My eyes turned red with tears. My body cannot move forward. All my memories with him turned blank. My legs lost their balance and I fell on the floor. He heard the noise and noticed me. Aditya "Pran, it's nothing like that, I was just just. She wanted to do it. It's not my fault. She was asking for it. It does not matter, it was meaning less. It was a stupid mistake..... I looked at the girl. A few days back, I saw her on a video call at his house. He said she was his cousin, I believed. Did I know about this the whole time? When he was busy; he was working; he was going to be late; he hadn't come; he had important meetings; he couldn't attend calls. Could that be all excuses? Pran Pran, are you listening? I found myself still on the ground. I released my hand from his and got up from the floor and tried to stand straight. Look at his eyes with an extreme anger which was inside me and could burst anytime. But I didn't want him to see my tears. I turned back and started walking. He started following me with his excuses. Pran, I'm sorry please. It was a mistake. We are both adults. Stop acting now. Don't make me feel like a bad guy now. A kiss is not going to change anything. In fact, it's not my fault, you make me feel lonely. So I started looking for someone else. All you cared about was Abhi. Stop acting like you are all pure. What do you think? I don't know anything about you and that Abhi. Anybody can say he is more than a friend. I just kissed her but you guys have been friends for so long, maybe you even slept.. Abhi heard the conversation and punched him hard on the face and they started fighting.... His apology soon turned into a blame. This guy infront of me. Was he the one I loved? How far did I plan for us? All my dreams were set on fire. All the feelings I had for him were defending him but the words he spoke right now, made me realise THIS GUY NEVER LOVED ME. I turned around and ran as fast as I could. It was a very scary dark night, but the scene I just witnessed was terrifying. All the words he spoke were replaying in my mind again and again. The red dress that I was wearing was the color of love, but now it felt like the color of blood, fear. I stopped, took a heavy breath and screamed. AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH My anger burst heavily into the form of tears. That silent place, I could hear only my screams. Breathing heavily I regained consciousness and tried to calm down. I started walking and looking around. It was all dark. So many questions were raised in my head but suddenly I slipped from the edge. AAAAAHHHHHHH I lost my conscious. After a while, I woke up. My head was hurting like I had been hit by an iron rod. I looked around. WHERE THE HELL AM I?