“You mentioned 'shit' twice. Is he not worth it?”
“Not at all. He won't date!” Natasha blurted out then realized what she said. She took a swift glance at the clock. “A-ah, look, it's almost the end of the session. Gotta go.”
Thapa nodded along while jotting down some notes. “Fine, I'll let you off but we are going to talk about your secretive crush next time.” 
“Imagine, being paid for talking about my crush, puft—” Natasha guffawed as she left the office. 
At that time, Natasha's crush was none other than Kunal. As time passed, she began to loathe her sessions less and instead, listened to her therapist. Unfortunately, Doctor Thapa's sessions only lasted till three months until the doctor had to shift to another state. Additionally, Abhishek was unable to pay further while Natasha couldn't afford. Still, Doctor Thapa shared her contact details to Natasha and asked her to call if she felt the need to. She can atleast talk to her for free. 
“I hope you find the life and peace you're seeking for, my child. May you find people who will love you for you and support you forever.” 
* * * 
[Present Day]
“It's been two days, Rithik. I'm more than fine. Kindly leave your ass off this building or I'll do the honors myself,” I warned Rithik after telling him to leave for the umpteenth time. As usual, the jackass turned a dead ear to it. He only left that evening to return with a bag of clothes and accessories. Was this a love hotel? 
It was certainly appalling when I woke up to find him bawling like a cartoon character beside me. Apologizing for not realizing about aquaphobia. Did I have it? To some extent, yes. I was scared of swimming into large bodies of water. However, I was fine with drinking water, looking at it and bathing in a shower as long as it didn't trigger my memory. I explained the same to him. 
“What memory? Did you drown in the past?” 
“Something like that,” I shrugged off. He squinted his eyes at me as if he couldn't believe me entirely. I turned away, hugging my elbow. “It happened a long time ago. Hardly matters.” 
“You sure? Clearly it still affects you to this day. You were having nightmares, too. You never swim, do you?” 
The nightmares were a different 온라인카지노게임 altogether. “Yes, it still affects me to this day so what?! Do we have to talk about it? I'm not obliged to share each and every detail just because we are lov—”
I clamped my lips on force. My mouth was in a dire need of flushing from the amount of crap it uttered. However, a devious smirk played on the corner of Rithik's lips. He stepped closer. “You said something verrry interesting just now. Can you repeat it again?”
“You must have misheard it.”
“Why do you think I misheard it?
“Perhaps I didn't say anything.”
“Then, why are you blushing?” 
“I'm not!”
“You are.” Rithik walked around the house in a sing-sang voice. Even Khushboo heard it and asked what was up. “Natasha and Rithik are lovers. We are lovers, loovers~” 
“We are so not!!” I yelled behind him. My ears burned from hearing that despicable sentence repeatedly. Just as he opened his mouth to start it again, I pulled his collar to peck him on his lips. We parted, looking at each other briefly. “There, you finally stopped it.”
Rithik simply peered at me, tapping his chin in thought. Eventually, he clicked his fingers as if he found gold. “I just had a bombastic idea!”
“Bomb it. I loathe it already.”