Destiny

Do i love him?

Srivi's POV:

I got into the apartment and eyed Sasha who is sitting on the floor letting out a few muffles and giggles. What's wrong with her? I thought.

"Hey girl what's that?"I asked.

"My best Christmas gift" she replied.

"Ah..huh, and what's that?"I asked.

"Time capsule. My mom sent them"Sasha answered.

I gave a Look into that box. It has some empty chocolate boxes, her childhood photos, and a photo frame of two kids.

I took the frame. "Who are they?"I asked.

She took the frame in my hands and her eyes softened for a minute.

"It is me and Dhruv," she said.

"Dhruv?"I questioned."Wait, Is he the same Dhruv you cried for?" I asked.

She hid her face behind a pillow.

"What is your relation?"I asked.

"He used to be my neighbor and I had feelings for him, I mean more like a crush" she replied.

I broke into laughter and she gives me a serious look.

"Are you serious? Dude, you look like 5 in the photo and you have feelings for him at that age?"I asked in utter shock.

"You were a kid and how can you say that it's like crush?"I asked.

Sasha's POV:

"How should I say that? We both used to play, we always spent our time together and I used to like that. And whenever he plays with other girls I would I have got jealous. I would be sad the whole day if I could not meet him and he looks cute and charming yaar" I answered.

"And?" she asked.

"And one day we moved to another city," I said.

"And?"Sri asked again.

"And what? He became a sweet memory of mine. Actually I just faintly remember his face. Thanks to mom she gave me this as a present"I smiled.

"Umm, will you love him now? I mean if he comes into your life again?"Sri asked.

"Don't know, but maybe I will give him a try. But we will be best friends for sure" I answered.

"Not more than me"Sri did a fake pout.

"Not more than you" I pinched her cheeks.

"Hey Sas, I got a doubt," she said. I nodded in reply saying her to continue

"What if you don't like a person and then you start developing feelings for that person and then you start disliking him to avoid that feeling and then you come to know that he is always there for you, silently protecting you and all," She said all in one go and it took time for me to process what she said.

"Wait, wait, what?"I asked being sure that she is hiding something.

"Nah, just a casual doubt, you know just for a plot twist in my story," she said.

"Then if he is there for you and protecting you and also you have a tiny miny tad bit of feeling then you should give it a shot. Because girl love is hard to find if it finds you don't let it go"I answered with a smile. she smiled in return and went to her room.

Srivi's POV:

I got into my room, open my laptop to make some major edits. First and foremost I made a  change to my title

"Loved by my Mafia man".

Hehehe, I smiled reading that.

I started writing about how my anger turned into soft feelings and how I started missing him. The story starts with the girl lead and she is waiting for her Mafia man who goes out on some business.

The story starts with her missing him and ends with him kissing her.

Her Mafia man comes and surprises her and when Athira sees her Mafia man, she runs towards him, he caught her in his arms and makes a twirl and they kiss.

"I love you," she says.

"More than you can imagine" he replied.

*The End*

It took me almost two hours to write.

Sasha already slept or maybe working on her assignment.

*Is this love?is this love? is this love? what I am feeling*my phone rang and it is Alec. I lifted and "hey" I answered.

"Got a surprise for you tomorrow," he said and Hung up the Phone.

Wait, what?surprise?for me?  tomorrow? What did he just say now? I kept wondering the whole night what it might be.

*Next day*

Srivi's POV:

Sasha got no classes today, so I went alone to the college. I submitted my assignment and started waiting for Alec in my regular spot.

I sat there, just randomly thinking about life and I held my breath in when I look at him.

"David" I let out a whisper.

he is coming towards me and I felt butterflies doing kickboxing in my stomach and I stood up. Suddenly I remember the scene I wrote in the story. I got this urge of running towards him and hug him, and even worse to kiss him.

"Hey" he gave an awkward smile.

"Hey" I returned it with another awkward smile.

"So what are you doing here?" he asked casually as if nothing happened.

Dude, you almost go missing for a week and you are asking me that what am I doing? huh?

"Just sitting here casually. What about you?"I replied with a calm voice not showing him that I'm getting anxious.

"I didn't think that you will come back again, "I said.

"And what made you think like that?" he asked.

"Because I waited for you and you never showed up"I replied very casually.

"You waited? For me?" he asked being astonished.

Shit, what should I answer now?

"Umm... I mean of course if someone suddenly disappears you wait for them right?"I asked.

"Right" he smiled.

"David, why did you come here in the first place?"I asked doubtfully because  I want to know how he really feels about me.

"I already said because of you" he replied.

"Why am I important to you?"I asked. because I want to know. Am I special for him or just like any other person in his life?

"Ask that urself" he replied.

Why? how would I know? I don't want to live in this confusion. He is testing my patience.

"Why you always make me find things on myself? I asked. He always does this. He always makes me find answers on my own.

"Because being on the quest feels good and girl sorting out your feelings on your own is the best way to have a clear perception on any relation. when you involve others the opinion doesn't belong to u, their thinking doesn't be like yours, they may give you suggestions but that doesn't just include srivi, it also includes their decisions too.it will no longer be ur own opinion. that doesn't belong to srivi when it contains others too.it may sound confusing but I'm helping u to be on your own." he replied calmly.

"Aren't you going to be with me?"I asked and blushed a little. Do I regret saying my feelings indirectly to him? no.

He stood there with confusion written all over his face and out of embarrassment I ran away from there.

David's POV:

When I saw her I felt like grabbing her in my arms and crush the plump lips with mine. I wonder how they taste. She makes me go weak in my knees. She is dumb and smart at the same time.

"Aren't you going to be with me?"That very question kept me in dilemma. Even before I reply she ran away from there.

What does she mean by am I not going to be with her? Of course, I will be with her around her and make sure that she is safe. Wait, was that a proposal? Did she indirectly confess that she loves me?

I need to know because I can't wait to have her in my life like my girlfriend, like a person of my own, like a person I can rely on, the person with whom I can smile freely, like a person with whom I can be me.

Srivi's POV:

I reached the room and the first thing I did is to call Kri. She spoke like everything is fine and while listening to her voice I know something is wrong for sure.

I think it is better if we talk when she comes back here.

I called Ray. He picked up immediately.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey. I will cut to the chase. Is everything alright between you and Kri?" I asked him

"Some little misunderstandings that we can see in any relationship and other than that everything is fine," he said convincingly.

I talked for a few minutes and then I Hung up.