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I paced around the room. I was just lost in my thoughts until I heard her voice.
“I thought you hurt your foot?” Ruh asked, looking confused.
Damn it. Why does it always happen to me.
I looked up at her, gulped, as she was looking dangerous at this time.
“Uh, Ruh, what are you doing here?”
She crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.
“I asked you first.”
I grinned sheepishly, trying to act casual.
“Yeah, it’s… hurting. A lot.” I sat down on the bed, grabbing my right foot like it was the source of all my problems.
She squinted her eyes, “Right foot? But didn’t you hurt your left foot?”
I froze.
Did I hurt my left foot?
For God sake Vihu, you were so lost in your thoughts that you actually forgot which foot i pretended to be hurt.
Ahhh, then it means, I had been holding the wrong foot.
“Ahhnn, yeah, left foot,” I quickly replied, pretending to be holding my left foot.
“It’s just… really bad. I can’t even stand properly.”
“You know what….Right foot was the one”, she rolled her eyes at me before glaring at me. Her sharp gaze is making me shiver in fear.
At this moment I knew, I messed up.
I rubbed the back of my neck nervously and muttered while closing my eyes, “Okay! I am sorry. I lied”
As I opened my eyes, she gave me a glare that felt like it could burn through concrete.
“Wow, congratulations, Mr. Raichand. You’re saying like you’ve achieved something big?”
“Did I?” I asked her cheerfully, trying to lighten the mood.
But damn she is looking like a hot volcano ready to explode, and I’d gladly melt under her sharp gaze.
But then I mentally slapped myself for thinking that way at this moment.
“Why did you lie?”
I hesitated. I wasn’t ready to tell her the truth. What could I say? That I didn’t want her with Varun? That I hated seeing him around her? If I could, I’d send Varun to another planet so he couldn’t get close to my Ruh. The heck, I don’t want anyone close to my Ruh who isn’t Vihaan Raichand.
“Uh, it’s… it’s complicated”
She raised an eyebrow, clearly not buying it. “Complicated? Can you elaborate more about what is being complicated”
“Ruh I was being stupid and i lied, no I mean I wasn’t being stupid but…no it was i actually don’t know….” I shrugged my shoulders as I felt the words get caught in my throat.
“I came here to help, but I think you don’t need any help” she said and threw the ointment at me in anger.
“Wait, wait!” I called out, rushing to catch up.
“Don’t go! I swear I’m sorry. You know how I am. Always messing things up.”
She gave me a side-eye.
I threw my hands up in dramatic defeat. “The truth is….I want to annoy you”
But soon I realised I dug up my own grave.
She shot me a look, like I was being ridiculous. “You’re unbelievable.”
“I know! But, I’m also handsome, right?” I asked with a grin.
She groaned. “Are you serious right now?”
“I’m very serious,” I said, grinning wider.
“You know what, go to hell,” she said and closed the door in anger.
“With you….I am ready to go any hell” I said. But she was already gone.
Uhmm Vihaan Raichand get ready for the most dangerous mission.
β’β’β’β’β’
The next morning, I was waiting by the gate, hoping she’d show up. And when she did, I couldn’t help but try to break the ice.
“Good morning, Ruh,” I said, acting casual, even though my heart was racing.
She muttered something under her breath, barely looking at me.
I walked alongside her, trying my best to get her attention, “Ruh, you want some chocolates?”
“No thanks,” she said, walking faster.
“I stopped eating chocolates.”
“Since when?” I asked, to be shocked as Ruh and Chocolates are inseparable.
“Since 6:45 a.m. When I saw your face,” she shot back, not even looking at me.
“Ouch. That hurts,” I said, clutching my chest dramatically but she gave me a side eye and walked faster leaving me behind.
All day long, I kept trying to say sorry to Ruh. One thing I learned, is that Ruh hates lies with all her heart.
It wasn’t just the fact that I lied to her. It’s me who lied to her and she’s hurt.
Ruh is someone who can’t trust easily, but she started to trust me, but when she gets to know I’ve lied, it hurts her. I can tell she’s probably overthinking now, which i definitely don’t want her to do, she will jump into another dimension of conclusion and will cry at night. And the last thing I want to do is to make her cry.
Trust-I don’t even know when this word became such an important connection between us.
She wants me to trust her, to be able to talk to her without hesitation. But I messed it up.
You are stupid Vihaan Raichand. Because of my stupid jealousy i messed up the whole situation between us.
I slumped in my seat and sighed, the weight of it all on my chest.
Yash and Siddharth were sitting beside me, exchanging curious glances.
They raised their eyebrows but didn’t ask anything to which I am grateful.
All I wanted is to figure out how to apologize to Ruh. But how could I? Should I explain why I lied? Should I tell her the truth? No, that would only make things worse. What if she got even more upset? What if she didn’t even want to talk to me again?
Of course Varun is her childhood friend she won’t like me, if she gets to know the truth.
I was lost in thought when our English teacher walked in.
Great, just what I needed. Now she’d bore us for the next hour with lessons.
I sighed heavily again, frustrated. Yash closed his book and looked at me, his gaze full of concern.
“Ab batayega kis baat ka dukh hai?” Yash whispered, nudging me.
(So, are you going to tell us what’s bothering you now?)
“Ruh is angry with me,” I said, rubbing my forehead as I leaned back in my chair, putting my elbows on the desk.
“Why? What did you do? Trust me, if you did something inappropriate, I will…” Sid started, I could see the anger and worry in his eyes.
“I lied to her,” I said, unable to hide the frustration in my voice.
Yash and Sid both stared at me, and I sighed deeply before explaining the whole mess with Varun and how it made things worse.
“Why is he always running after Ruh and Tanya?” Yash muttered, his voice filled with irritation.
Sid shot him a side glance, but Yash not so royally ignored him.
“Ab batao, main kya karoon?” I asked, my voice filled with restless energy. I wanted to just talk to Ruh, see her smile again, but it had been seven hours, and she hadn’t even looked at me.
(Now tell me, what should I do?)
“Chullu bhar bhar pani me doob ja,” Sid said, rolling his eyes in mock disbelief.
(Go drown in a small handful of water)
“Arey yaar,” I whined, feeling a bit annoyed. But they weren’t listening to me.
“Why don’t you take it easy? Ruhii doesn’t like lies, but give her some time and explain to her, she’ll eventually listen to you. She’s sweet, unlike you, bitter gourd,” Siddharth advised, trying to calm me down. I nodded, but I couldn’t help narrowing my eyes at the bitter gourd comment.
I glanced over at Ruh, who was busy reading, looking as focused as ever. Tanya, as usual, was just nodding her head to whatever was being discussed, not really paying attention.
“Why is Vani absent today?” I heard Siddharth muttering as he glanced toward the second bench.
Yash and I exchanged looks, and then a mischievous smirk crossed our faces. We raised our eyebrows in unison, clearly intrigued.
Yash couldn’t resist teasing,
“Samjh skte hain hum,” Yash said with a sly grin.
(We understand. We totally understand)
Before we could get too carried away, a piece of chalk suddenly flew toward us, making us flinch. We turned to see Shreya Ma’am glaring at us.
“What’s so interesting that you three are talking and not paying attention to the lesson?” she asked, her arms crossed as she glared at us.
“Stand up and tell the whole class what’s more important than what I’m teaching, everyone pays attention to their important lecture” she ordered, and all three of us stood up as our eyes were on the floor.
Definitely at this moment the floor is more interesting than Mam’s lecture.
The truth was, we had no idea what she was teaching.
“What was the poet emphasizing in the last stanza?” she asked.
And of course, none of us had the slightest idea. I tried to glance at the stanza, but the Shreya mam is becoming too over dramatic.
“I’m fed up with you all three behavior,” she said, clearly done with us.
“From now on, you three will sit separately in my class.”
We froze, horrified at the idea.
“No ma’am, you can’t do this!” Yash protested immediately.
“Guess what? I just did it. You three, split up and sit in three different corners,” she said, slamming the duster down onto the table with a loud thud.
I quickly decided to jump in and try to convince her.
“Mam, aap aisa nahi kar sakti,” I said, hoping she will agree with me.
(Ma’am, you can’t do this)
“Yes, ma’am, aap nahi jaanti, hum teen dil aur ek jaan hain,” Yash dramatically added with a smile, joking around, hoping to ease the tension.
(Ma’am, you don’t know, we are three hearts and one soul)
“Mam, you can’t separate us. We’re like magnets that can’t be pulled apart, no matter how much force is used,” Siddharth said, joining in on the drama.
She sighed deeply, clearly fed up with us, and said, “Done with the drama. Now behave like senior students. Yash, go sit with Pranav in the second last row.”
“No ma’am, please!” Yash and I both protested, but she didn’t give us a chance to argue further.
“And Vihaan, you go sit with Ruhanika. Sid, you sit as usual.”
I felt a pang of disappointment at the idea of sitting apart from my two clowns,
But my mind is stuck on one name Ruhanika – My Ruh.
I quickly grabbed my things and moved to sit next to Ruhanika.
Meanwhile Yash and Siddharth gave me betrayal looks, but I just smiled sheepishly and made my way to my new seat.
They glared at me for a moment, then shrugged, signaling that I should go ahead.
Ruhanika reluctantly made space for me beside her, rolling her eyes.
“Hii,” I whispered nervously.
“Bye,” she replied coldly, still not looking at me.
I sighed. She was busy with her work, and I didn’t want to disturb her. I tried to focus on the lesson too, especially since I didn’t want Shreya Ma’am to complain to my mom later.
Finally, the bell rang for recess, and I looked over at Ruh.
She signaled me to stand up.
“Ruh, where are you going?” I asked, walking after her.
“Apni baraat mein, chaloge?” she replied, rolling her eyes but with a sharp tone.
(I’m going to my wedding procession, will you come along?)
I sheepishly grinned,“Kaisi baatein kar rahi ho, woh to mai lekar aaunga na,” I muttered, grinning at her keeping my voice low so she couldn’t hear me.
(What are you saying? I’ll bring a wedding procession for you)
She shot me a glare, and I quickly composed myself.
“What did you say?” she asked, her voice full of concern.
I quickly shook my head. “Nothing.”
She didn’t say anything else, just walked away outside the class. Tanya came up to me, her expression teasing.
“You forgot I was standing beside you?” Tanya spoke, pretending to blow the air on her nails.
“So?”
“So, nothing, I’ll wear an off-white colour sequence lehenga on your baaraat,” she winked, patting my shoulder.
And I blushed, ear turning red, as my heart beat started beating. I quickly composed myself not wanting everyone to look at me.
One Lesson I learned- Never make Ruh angry again.
I went back to my seat to eat my lunch, although I had no appetite. But if my mom found out I hadn’t eaten, she’d make me eat twice as much for dinner.
As I sat back down, Yash and Siddharth shot me accusing looks.
I raised an eyebrow, and they both began dramatically singing-
“Tum toh thehre pardesi, saath kya nibhaoge…”
They slung their arms around my shoulders, pretending to cry.
“Ho gaya?” I asked, annoyed but also amused.
“Sab samajh aa rha hai,” they said in unison, grinning widely.
“Aur hum kar bhi kya sakte hain, ladki ka chakkar hai, babu bhaiya, ladki ka chakkar “ they continued, teasing me.
I rolled my eyes at them, but then, out of nowhere, I dropped a bombshell- “I’ve decided to tell Ruh how I feel about her.”
“What?”
“When?”
“Where?”
“How?”
I rolled my eyes again and replied, “After the basketball match, on our annual day function.”
They jumped up, both hugging me in excitement, which led all three of us to tumble onto the floor. I pushed them off, but they were grinning like fools.
“I’m so happy and excited!” Yash and Sid cheered.
“Me too, me too!” Sid added, fixing his glasses and grinning.
As we looked up, we noticed a few girls from our class staring at us, especially at our awkward position on the floor.
Why do I always end up in these types of situations?
I cursed under my breath, but we stood up quickly, acting like nothing strange had happened. Shrugging it off, we walked out of the classroom together.
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Vihaan had been trying so hard to get my attention, but I wasn’t ready to let it go. After everything that had happened, especially with him faking an injury, I couldn’t just forgive him that easily. I had genuinely worried about him, thinking he was hurt, and to find out it was all a lie made me feel so betrayed. That was what hurt the most, the lie- No, he lied- Yes.
But I also knew that maybe I had overreacted a bit. Still, I couldn’t shake the frustration I am having
After school gets over and didn’t want to meet him, but there he was, already waiting for me.
And this sight of him is always ready to melt my heart.
I tried to ignore him and walked past him, but I could feel his sharp gaze on me.
“Ruh,” he called softly, his voice hesitant, trying to get my attention.
I kept my head down, pretending not to hear him. I didn’t want to give in, not yet.
“Can’t talk now, Vihaan,” I said, fasting my steps. “I have to go.”
I was hoping that would be the end of it, but of course, it wasn’t. I heard him again, his voice breaking through the tension I was trying to hold onto.
“Ruh, listen to me.”
I sighed, getting frustrated. Why is he so stubborn.
“You know what I don’t want to listen to anything,” I muttered, hoping he’d just let it go.
But he didn’t. He never did.
“Ruh, we can go home together” he called out, his voice full of that same mischievous tone.
I rolled my eyes, trying to ignore the way my heart beat faster, the way my irritation mixed with something else.
“Ruh.”
I was about to leave, but then I heard him shout my name again, louder this time.
“Ajii, Vihaan ki Ruh sunti ho?” he teased, drawing attention from everyone around us.
Of course, everyone turned to look, and my face turned bright red. I could feel their eyes on me, and my heart started racing.
Damn this Chimpanzee. Why did he have to do this now, in front of everyone?
I quickly walked over to him, glaring, and grabbed his hand, pulling him away from the crowd. I didn’t want to get attention, but he was making it impossible to stay calm.
He just grinned at me, completely unfazed by my mood.
“Now I can talk to you peacefully,” I heard him mumble.
“Be quiet,” I said, grabbing his hand tightly and pulling him into the alley.
He raised an eyebrow, clearly finding my anger funny.
“I can do anything, except stay quiet,” he grinned, and I just wanted to hit him.
Ruhii you are getting violent day by day.
“Ruh…you know…”, with this he started yapping everything.
“If you don’t stop annoying me, I swear…”
I couldn’t even finish my threat. I was so flustered that my words just trailed off as he stepped closer, his smirk only growing.
“Otherwise what, Ruh?” he teased, looking down at me with that playful glint in his eyes.
I took a step back, narrowing my eyes, trying to hold onto the anger that was bubbling inside me. “I swear, I’m one step away from-“
Before I could finish, he interrupted, as his gaze was so intense, “One step away from what?”
He chuckled softly, and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes.
“I’m one step away from beating you,” I smirked and kicked his foot with my leg.
“Ouch,” he grabbed his foot, and I smiled at him.
“Now you can say you hurt your foot.”
He gave me a look like ‘you are impossible’, but he ended up walking home with me without saying anything.
I was still a bit annoyed, but it was hard to stay mad at him for too long.
What’s happening to me? I can’t even stay mad at him. I mentally smiled as he walked with his head down, not saying a word. I told him not to talk, but now I wished he would.
I just can’t stay mad at him for so long.
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After taking a nap, I quickly cleaned my study table and organized my wardrobe. My mom was giving me a lecture while I was doing it. After cleaning up, I made myself a cup of ginger tea. Since the start of December, I’ve had this feeling that I just want to drown myself in tea.
I have no mood to study, so I’ll probably cover it by staying up late tonight.
Right now, though, I don’t feel like doing anything.
My mind keeps wandering, especially wondering about the important talk Varun was supposed to have. He seemed really serious about it, and i mentally noted to have a conversation about this.
As I stepped into the balcony, sipping my tea, my eyes automatically went to Vihaan’s balcony.
After just a couple of minutes, I saw the door getting open.
I quickly straightened myself up, glancing at the window of my room, which is connected to the balcony, correcting my appearance.
Wait-what am I doing? I rolled my eyes at myself, but still, I made sure I looked presentable.
Then, I saw Vihaan looking at me as his door opened. His gaze held softness.
He motioned for me to pick up my phone.
I placed my cup on the chair on the balcony and heard him call my name, “Ruh.”
I took a deep breath, feeling a bit nervous, then looked at his face.
“Ruh, I’m really sorry about my behaviour, i shouldn’t lie to you,….I really have no intention to hurt you….uhmmm….I’ve never done this before, but I really want your forgiveness,” he said, before abruptly ending the call and going back inside his room.
What the….he cut the call.
Honestly, I’ve already forgiven him.
But what the hell he is going to do.
I’m pretty sure this chimpanzee has completely lost his mind.
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Finally Chapter 38…!!!
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