Guest
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Vanika Kadam opens the door with no energy in her body while her white coat, which she is still wearing, shows how tired she is as the pure white color has gone into a color transformation.
She always keeps in mind to properly fold the coat and stuff it inside her bag to make sure that the coat is spotless and flawless, but today's scene is different as her laziness took over her conscious state of mind. Her coat is now dirty because of her laziness. She curses herself in her mind, but her body pays no attention to it.
As soon as she walks inside the house, a few pairs of eyes fall upon the newcomer, who isn't even aware of the fact that she is being watched, until she felt something drilling into her back. After closing the door and turning to look at the people sitting in the Living Room, her eyes got wide in shock as she didn't expect such an audience. There are so many people. So many people looking at her while she almost sleep-walked in front of them.
Her eyes wandered from Anvish's dad, who was trying his best not to laugh at her, totally contrasting with his son, who didn't even think twice before bursting into laughter, to Tarika, whose face is plastered with amusement, to her niece who, for the first time, understands what we call 'The Second Hand Embarrassment'. While the person herself just shrugs as a response after the initial shock of her body washes itself down.
She never cared about what people thought about her personality or the way she dressed herself. If she goes and decides to listen to each one of them, her ears will surely hurt. She doesn't want that kind of pain when she already has her own demons to capture. To her, what matters is her own happiness.
Finally, when her eyes fell upon the unknown yet familiar guy sitting on the sofa, she couldn't help but feel as if her heart was moving towards him. She is attracted to him. Duh, how will she not? He is very attractive. He has black eyes, beautiful hair and the way he dresses, he looks not only expensive but also looks like a person who understands fashion. Her heart almost leaped out of her chest when her mind intervened. Luckily not like her heart, her mind is in the right place to pull her back from staring at him for a long time and look like a creep.
"You didn't tell me that we are entertaining a guest tonight?"
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Ivaan Lee, sitting between his best friend and a cute little girl who happens to be his best friend's daughter, can't help but to think how adorable the girl is and how fast the time flies.
Remembering how she was just a one-month-old baby when he first saw her and cradled her in his arms. Now, she is 5 years old already.
He laughs, internally, at how sensitive he sounds, which, to him, isn't a bad thing, but that's not how he is, and that thought is worrying to him. After leaving behind what he loves to do, he has nothing left but sadness. So feeling these sentiments after ruining his life kind of feels out of reach for him.
He doesn't know how to get out of his darkest night, but he wants to give it a try. He desires to stand up again on his own feet. He can't stay fallen for a long time.
He wants his life to be satisfying, so that when death arrives to take him away from the world, he would happily surrender to the end of his journey without even a slight tint of regret.
The biggest fear he has in life is self-regret.
The timing was definitely wrong, so he was surprised when his best friend called him today for dinner at his home. What shocked him was when his headstrong parents, who didn't even let him go out of the house afraid of the media and people's gossip, agreed to let him go to his best friend's place.
He is an adult, and he can do everything he wants to do, and he doesn't need his parents' permission for that. Moreover, his parents aren't that demanding, but after seeing how things were currently going in his life, they have to take a stand for him. Any parents who hate to see their children deteriorating in front of them.
His sweet moment with Vaidehi is cut short when his eyes travel to the person who enters the apartment. This person looks very familiar, but the memory of where he saw her, evades him.
People say that when we meet someone for the first time, and we feel calm even when we are standing right in the center of the tornado, then that person is your soulmate.
That's how he felt when his eyes met hers. His heart, for the first time after so many years, felt the actual meaning of the word calmness. She has long black hair, brown eyes, her lipstick is smudged a little bit, and she is wearing a white coat.
'Wait, a white coat?' he thought.
The link of calmness is immediately broken at the site of the white coat, as now he understands why he is here in the first place. He is here not for dinner, but for the informal meeting with her, before they meet in the hospital.
The moment he returned, his parents pushed him to get a professional's help. So how convenient would it be for them to find out that his best friend's cousin is a psychiatrist? He kept on denying their help, saying that he got it. But after what happened yesterday after he saw his company's official disbandment statement, he doesn't think they will respect his resistance for professional help now. And he was right.
He never thought that they would make the statement so soon as they promised to reconsider their decision. But those were all fake promises. Yesterday's news put the end to his delusion that they might. Reality came crashing down on him, and he couldn't help but succumb.
"You didn't tell me that we are entertaining a guest tonight?"
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