Author's pov

After that fight, Avyansh came back to his practice room,lay down on the slab, present in the room and closed his eyes feeling exhausted with the fight.

Meanwhile his brother's and best friends were looking at him stunned.

Avyansh was a cool, silent and padhaku type guy. He never fights with anyone, he never disturbed anyone unnecessarily. the only things he does is —to study, play basketball and play with their pet dog Leo which is an Siberian husky.

They were stunned to see this side of Avyansh again after almost ages.

When they were in school, a boy tried to touch Harika in an inappropriate way, which fueled Avyansh and he punched the shit out of the boy. That was the day when everyone got to know that Avyansh too has two different sides. One side which can break anyone's bones if they mess with his family. And the other is the calm and composed one.

That day and today they saw the same Avyansh. but this time with different emotions, last time it was a brother who fought for his sister's safety but this time it's different.

The way he got furious on knowing how Rakshit tried to bully Arya, the way he fought with him showed everything to them.

They got to know that for Avyansh, Arya is not a sister or his brother's best friend but someone more special and important than everyone.

The feeling he is feeling for her is something which is very special,true and raw.

Love, that's what it is.

“He is in love” Arush whispered looking at his friends and they nodded their heads with a smile. “How did this even happen?,” Anirudh asked, not digesting the fact that his brother loves his best friend.

“ Shayad,love at first sight” Karan said to Anirudh dreamily,remembering the day when Avyansh met Arya in college.

“Ho sakta hai,he fell in love with her in college when she bumped into him”Karan again said grinning ear to ear, feeling happy for his friend.

“ Then let's confirm things from him,” Rahul said and everyone nodded.

Avyansh opened his eyes listening to the faint Whispers. He looked at his brother's and best friend's grinning at him. Avyansh scrunched his nose at the scene.

“ Kya ho gaya hai tum sab ko ? Why are you grinning like the idiots you are?” he asked, feeling annoyed with their continued smiling.

“I heard someone is in love!!” Arush looked at Karan and signaled him to play along “Haa, I have heard it too” Karan said ,

“Who is in love?” A clueless Avyansh asked them.

“ You” everyone said in union Making Avyansh's ears and neck turned red as he understood that they were talking about him. Aayush, Rahul, Ankush and Anirudh noticed him and got shocked seeing their brother blushing .

“Bhai you are blushing!” Anirudh exclaimed in shock,

“ no, i am not” Avyansh immediately denied,

“ Yes,you are” Aayush said and smirked at him, Avyansh shook his head with a smile making his dimples pop out as they caught him.

“ Look, you are smiling too” Anirudh again said and smirked looking at his red face.

“Tell me ,who is the girl?” Arush asked curiously, wiggling his eyebrows. Avyansh signed at them.

“Promise me that you guys won't create any scene?” Avyansh asked, knowing them very well.

“ Haa nahi karenge” they said in unison, “pakka?” He again asked, making them annoyed by his behavior, “ab bol bhi do!!” Arush asked,not able to bear this suspense.

Avyansh took a deep breath and said “Arya” as those words left his mouth, the room felt dangerously silent.

while Avyansh was terrified by their reaction, “Dekho,guys i don't know, yeh pyaar hai aur kuch aur but yes, when I saw her in college coming in my direction, my feet froze on spot looking at her, then she came and bumped into me, at that moment for the first time my heart literally stopped beating for a whole minute, i never felt like that for any girl, uske baad pata nahi, mai Arya ke baare mai hi soch ne laga, i didn't even know her name that time, but still my heart beat fasten whenever I thought about her, then Anirudh invited her to dinner .and honestly I was shocked to see her there. It's true that I wanted to meet her but I don't know how. Then God sent her to me through Anirudh. Then her allergies, which made me worried and main literally Puri raat nahi soya hu, then I realized that I feel something for her. Something which is strong and deep. And yes, I know it was never just an attraction, it's something beyond it. And at first I don't want to accept the fact that I feel in love . Then the way I got worried for her, and the restless night, and the crazy heartbeats made me realize that it is love. And yes. I love her” Avyansh completed and everyone's jaw dropped to the ground at his imperfectly—perfect confession,

“ he literally poured his heart out" Aayush thought looking at the sincerity in his twin's eyes.

All of sudden, Anirudh stood up from his place and went near to Avyansh, and sat infront of him and he hold his hand

“ Bhai, vo aasan ladki nahi hai, she thinks that she don't deserve love,and—” he paused as everyone was keenly looking at him, he continued “it looks like she has a terrible past” he completed and everyone thinned their eyebrows

“ past?” Ankush asked being puzzled. Anirudh nodded his head and said “subah meri Diya se baat Hui, she said she hear screams from Arya's room followed by cries then Diya went out not wanting to interfere in her privacy” hearing his words Avyansh heart clenched at the that thought of her crying.

“ She made this much big boundary around her heart Bhai, that means,kuch toh bohot traumatizing hua hoga uske saath,but I am happy that she let us in. But there is still little trust issues in her heart towards us” Anirudh said with a sad smile, while everyone nodded feeling bad for her.

“ If she let us in, then let's promise to never hurt her means never.” Aayush said and suddenly Avyansh felt very proud looking at his twin “zindagi Mai pehli baar kuch acha bola hai tune” he said making Aayush rolled his eyes at his twin

“promise” Aayush said

“ Promise” everyone vowed together.

“ Come on now,it's time for the match” Ankush said remembering the basketball match.As they came out of the room, they saw an injured Rakshit standing there with the support of the wall. without caring about him, they left from there.

Meanwhile Rakshit took his phone out from the pocket and dailed someone's number and said everything he heard, making the other person's blood boil.

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Diya along with Arya arrived at the stadium where the basketball match is going to be held. Arya glanced around the stadium and saw many people were sitting on the either sides of the stadium.fear and anxiety crawls into her veins looking at the hundreds of people, she unknowingly clutched Diya's hand making her flinch at the sudden moment. Diya looked at Arya,her face clearly shows that she is scared. suddenly Arya's hand started to Shake making her and Diya's eyes widened .

“ No,no not now, please Diya is here” Arya pleled in her mind but it was off no use as her body started to Shake visibly.

“ Shit, looks like it's a panic attack”Diya thought to herself as she hugged Arya instantly. She started rub her back in a circular motion while murmuring sweet nothings things in her ear “shhh, it's okay, everything is okay, you are going to be fine” Arya shook her head at Diya's words.she knows that everything is not okay,she didn't wanted Diya to see her this side.

The side of her which is vulnerable, helpless and an broken one.

But it was too late, because she saw it.

“Everything will be not same anymore now ” Arya thought and a tear escaped her eye as she lost her conscious. Diya panicked looking at her friends condition. Her heart started to beat rapidly and she tried to call someone but there were no one outside the stadium. Tears welled up in Diya's eyes at her and Arya's helpless state.

Calming herself down, Diya slowly pulled her phone out and called her brother Arush. Who immediately reached them. Arush got shocked looking at an unconscious Arya lying on his sister. His heart pained looking at the girl, whom he and his friend started to treat like a sister, the girl whom his bestfriend loves. His heart clenched when he heard that she had a panic attack. Without wasting a minute,

Arush lifted Arya in his arms carefully and took her to the clinic inside the stadium.