" You really had a crush on her, Viren Ji? " Roshni asked.

" I think so... But I was only six years old at that time. " He said.

" And how old was she?? " She asked.

Why was she so interested in his stupid crush story?

Was she falling for his charm?

" Twenty three may be. " He said.

" So she was seventeen years older than you? " She asked with her beautiful eyes wide open with shock.

" So what?? She was still my first crush. " He said and she smiled.

" Can I ask you something?? Is an age gap of 7-8 years too much for a couple? Would their relationship not work?? " She asked. And immediately I could feel three sets of eyes on my face.

Two sets of them belonged to Shlok and Shaurya and the third one was of Roshni.

Oh, God!!! Is she never going to leave that topic?

" It's not like that, if you really love someone, the age gap doesn't matter. It all depends on the understanding between the couple. " Viren said getting serious for once.

Why did he have to say that??

" Yes, I also thought so... " Roshni said with a broad smile.

" Hey, don't tell me, you are having a crush on me?? " Viren asked with a broad smile.

Idiot!!

" Don't be absurd, bhai. " Sahaj said.

Right!!! But what was his problem now?? Was he interested in her?

" She asked me so it must be me. " Viren said with a smile.

" No, Viren Ji!! I was just asking as you told your experience. "

" Then it must be me, I am also 7-8 years older than her. " Ron said with a wink.

What had gotten in all of them??

" So is Shaurya and I... " Viren said.

" But she just said it's not you... and she had called Shaurya as bhaiya yesterday. So it is me. " Ron said with a broad smile.

" No, Ron Ji, please stop teasing me, all of you. And tell me, how can someone prove that he/she is serious about the relationship and in love for real?? How can you prove the intensity of your love for that someone special? " She asked again, avoiding looking at me. But I knew, it was aimed at me.

What was she doing?? How could she ask that?

" Are you already in love with someone, sweetheart?? You broke my heart. " Viren said.

" Mine too... " Ron also said making a fake sad face.

" Oh, it is not like that, I am too young and stupid to understand love, I was asking as I saw a movie recently and was trying to understand it in a better way." She said.

" Thank God!!" Sahaj said loudly. And ron and Viren hit him.

Punch him hard from my side too. Idiot!

" C'mon friends, have breakfast before it gets cold, Maharaj Ji and his team have been working on it for hours and the aroma has made me go crazy, I am really hungry," I said to change the topic.

" Same here, and if our beautiful Rosh had prepared anything out of these, I would love to try it. " Ron said.

" Try these, I made them. " She said and served Handvo and Thepla to Viren and Sahaj who were sitting on either side of her.

" Wow! It looks amazing. " Sahaj said.

" Hey, I want it too. " Shaurya said.

" Yes, sweetheart, serve it to shaurya bhaiya and other bhaiya's like Ron, as well. " Viren said and the rest of them laughed.

" Shut up, Viren... I am not anyone's bhaiya. " Ron said.

" Roohi, stop calling Ron as bhaiya. He just said he is not anyone's brother." Shaurya said. Roohi nodded and pouted.

" Sorry, Rooh!! You know what I meant. Only you can call me bhai. " Ron was pleading as Roohi was not talking to him.

" I hate you, Viren!! Look what have you done. " Ron said. Roohi smiled at that and Everyone burst out laughing.

They all were enjoying the food and praised the dishes made by her and kept taking another serving and flirting with her while she was getting comfortable with them.

I don't know why was I getting annoyed with all that.

I didn't even get to eat what she made as by the time the serving dish reached us, it only had a few of them but Saanjh and Mahi loved it so much that they wanted to take a second serving. I asked them to go ahead.

" Oh, no Bhai, you have not even tried them... You take it. " Mahi said and Saanjh nodded.

" No, I am not very hungry as it is. You take them. " I said as I was annoyed somehow.

" Are you sure?? " Saanjh asked.

" Yes! " I said.

" They are awesome Roshni. " Mahi said.

" Thanks!! I am glad you all liked them. " She said giving a smile to all of them but didn't even look at me.

Why is she even avoiding looking at me?

Is it because so many other men are giving her so much attention?

May be!!

But isn't that what I wanted??

Yes, of course, that's what I wanted.

The brunch was over and we all went to go sightseeing like Gopi talav, Surat palace and the National Museum.

Most of the time, Myra managed to stay quite close to me. I looked around. Everyone was busy looking around, they all wanted Roshni to give them a guided tour but Mihir shook his head and said that it will put unnecessary pressure on her foot. So she must sit at a comfortable place. Everyone else nodded and left to take a look around the place.

Mihir decided to stay with her as we have been visiting these places forever.

I had to go since they all were my friends.

Everyone enjoyed it a lot and clicked many pictures. Myra looked happy and tried being as close to me as possible in all the photographs.

After some time when we came back, I saw that Mihir and Roshni were engrossed in a serious discussion. I went to them and asked if there was a problem but they both shook their head though she looked a bit upset.

Why? I would have to ask Mihir.

Everyone wanted Roshni and Mihir to join us for the complete group picture. They all clicked their pictures with her, but I didn't ask her as I didn't want her to assume anything. When we posed for the group picture, she stayed far away from me as if she didn't want to be anywhere near me.

We all came back to our haveli as it was almost eight in the evening.

The dinner was served we all served food on our plates and enjoyed the food.

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" What is the plan for tomorrow? " Sujal asked.

" Waterpark... Beaches?? " Mihir suggested and everyone loved the suggestion.

We chalked out a plan to go to beaches and waterpark the next day.

Roshni was unusually quiet today after the outing. She sneaked out of the room without saying anything and went to the room.

I wanted to ask her if she was alright but didn't get any chance to talk to her. It seemed that she was avoiding talking to me.

But why?? I didn't tell her to stop talking to me.

Is she so angry because I got the flowers for Myra? She was smiling in the morning when she saw me standing there with the bunch of flowers in my hand.

But the moment Myra opened the door, her expression changed and she hadn't looked at me since then. It must have hurt her...

I hated to hurt her but it was better for her than landing in a hotter soup.

God seemed to be playing a weird game... Why did he make her fall for me when I had Myra in my life??

Why did she have to be so younger than me?

Why did she become my ward??

Why was Mihir spending so much time with her?

What were she and Mihir talking about??

I needed to see her once.

I also sneaked upstairs to talk to her. What if she is in some kind of a problem? Or dilemma? She is my responsibility. She may not be talking to me but I can't ignore her.

I knocked at her door and she opened the door and was a bit surprised to see me.

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