Riya's POV

I woke up and looked at Nikki sitting beside me, talking to someone on the phone.

"Riya" She tried to smile at me and I looked at my other friend Arul waiting for me to speak something.

"Are you okay?" He asked looking at me eagerly for my answer.

"Yes!" I nodded and a lone tear escaped from my eyes.

"Have this."Nikki brought me something to eat and handing me a glass of water.

I started chewing the food thinking about Arjun, Why didn't I see his suffering?

He even wanted to share a word with me, but what did I do? I didn't turn up, ditched him. I closed my eyes firmly trying not to think about him anymore.

"Riya," He came and sat in front of me.

"Listen, my baby, We are going to Arjun's funeral, Will you come with us?"Arul spoke slowly cupping my face.

"What?...." I asked him trying to grin a bit.

"Baby, We need to pay our last homage to our dead friend. Now that's all that we can do for him."He spoke cupping my face.

"Homage...?!" I can't get the meaning, What is he saying? I quickly looked at Nikki for help.

"Riya, Arjun's family members have arrived and they wanted to give him proper last rites at his home town.''She is trying her best to make me understand.

I nodded hastily asking her to continue unable to refrain myself from shedding tears.

"We will reach the place by tomorrow if we start now."She sat beside me and said patting my knee.

"Okay.." I spoke meekly giving them my answer.

Nikki and Arul are speaking to each other regarding the arrangements while I got drowned into his memories again.

"Smile, your smile gives me the lost serenity in my life."

"You know, One day I will earn billions and make you queen to my palace."

Arjun's words boomed in my ears.

His smile, his devilish smirk, his rich manly laugh, his sharp eyes, his every damn move flashed in front of my eyes.

I laid on my bed thinking about our broke up, Why did we break up? Is that even a valid reason? I start introspecting.

"Arjun" I went running to the cafeteria where he is talking to one of his friends with a bright face.

"Congratulate me...." I almost screamed in his ear hovering over his shoulder from behind.

"What?" Arjun looked at me in disbelief.

"Guess, guess........"I made him stand up and hugged him in front of everyone.

I didn't pay heed at the glares and glances my back feeling, let them think whatever they want but this is the most precious moment in my life.

I need to share it with the most important person in my life.

"Baby, Everyone is looking at us..." He hummed his words so sweetly.

"Let them see, I don't mind, "I mumbled sheepishly.

"Baby, Resist, I know it's hard to resist my charm." He said in a seductive tone, kept peeping into my eyes.

He gently tugged my hair back brushing my cheek with his finger making my spine shiver.

"Stupid."I slapped his cheek releasing him from my hug looking into his eyes.

"Why are you so happy my baby?"

"Tell me? Tell me?"He caught my hand and dragged me to the table.

"I got my dream job," I said closing my eyes tightly taking a deep breath.

Silence, dreadful silence, Arjun sat in awful silence.

I opened my eyes and looked at Arjun.

He sat quietly, crouching his eyebrows.

"Arjun? Aren't you happy?"I asked catching his hands, holding them firmly.

"Where is the posting?" He asked me keeping a grumpy face.

"Chennai," I spoke slowly lifting my head trying to look into his eyes.

"Yes! But please don't say no"

"You know how much I worked for it."

"Please....."I begged him, pouting

"Are you kidding?"His voice turned so harsh.

"Why? Why are you so serious?"I tried to smile a bit, still holding his hands.

"Leave me, leave me...."He muttered and dragged his hand away from my grip.

"Don't be a Selfish b*tch."He passed a statement that made few tears gush over my cheeks.

I wiped them away quickly and caught his arm, gently squeezing it.

"What did you say?" I stood up and shouted at him in rage.

He stood up and kept avoiding my gaze looking here and there.

"Selfish b*tch..." I caught his collar and pushed him a bit.

"Yes, Selfish b*tch." He muttered under his breath.

"How could you say that?" I slumped on the chair staring at his grumpy face.

"I walked out of my house, fought with my father and now I am literally on roads, Why?"

"Just for you, for this relationship."

"You know I denied my job and sacrificed my career for you, for this relationship."

"And now you want to go to Chennai leaving me alone to my fate." He shouted.

"Is that what you think?"My heart stopped listening to his words.

"Don't you know how much I love you?"

"Don't you know why I accepted this offer?"I asked swallowing a sob.

He stood clenching his fist in rage.

His eyes are ferocious and sharp enough to kill me.

His prejudice and false accusations are too much to bear,

"To mock me, show the world I am jobless, and promulgate yourself as a breadwinner."He chuckled.

What happened to this guy?

Why is he heartless?

I saw this change in his behavior from the past two months but I didn't pay any heed.

Maybe because of my love, my love blinded my eyes.

My affection masked his rude, arrogant behavior.

But now he can't restrain himself showing his true colors calling me a b*tch.

"Really?"I howled in pain.

"This is what I got?"

"A title..."

"Selfish b*tch, "I whispered looking at him helplessly.

He didn't talk but stood there like rock least bothered about me, my pain.

Isn't he supposed to protect me from pain?

Isn't he supposed to console me when I am sad?

But why the hell he is causing me so much pain and unhappiness.

Why? I looked into his eyes.

"I love you, I love you so much, more than myself, Why are you doing this?"

"Don't do that," I begged and stole a glimpse of our surroundings.

People have already started capturing our ugly fight and are enjoying throwing hostile glances at us.

"Let's go home" I gulped in pain.

"Get out of my sight, I will come."He said clenching his jaws, gritting his teeth.

I never saw him like this,

Never ever in this past three years of our relationship

Why now?

I ran away from there wiping my tears.

To be continued.....