I sighed and started to tell about that childhood incident.
"Shiva,Siddhu,Me and Ramya four of us have one year difference between us. While Shiva studied in 10th std, Sidhhu studied in 9th std, I studied in 8th std and Ramya studied in 7th std. We were inseparable like now."
I started to tell her dreamily. She started to hear me like hearing some interesting stories.
FLASHBACK:
We always go to school together, play together, and eat lunch together. The only time we separated is in class hours. All the students and teachers of the school know us very well. If some teacher or student confronts us, we definitely pull a naughty prank on them. Our childhood days were simply blissful.
Anamika studied in my class with me. She is used to being jealous of me. Not only for my cousins but also for the attention I get in my class.
That's because you have an awesome mind in the world.
"Ohh mindy don't disturb me for god sake. Just shooo away for a while." I shooed my mindy.
That Anamika used to have a crush on Shiva. But at that time he never gave his attention to any girls rather than Me and Ramya. In fact he simply sticks with me. The part of school believes that Shiva and I were couples. Also he used to scare away the guys who had a crush on me or who proposed to me.
Like seriously, we never saw each other like that in the past, present and future.
But we don't take any of these seriously.
One day Anamika proposed to Shiva. But he refused her. At that time I went to a Tamil teacher as she assigned me as an incharge of collecting assignments. Ramya told me that she cursed me and she even told me that I am the reason for Shiva's refusal. We love each other because of that he refused her. Then Shiva shouted at her for cursing me.
Seriously I don't care about what happened. Cause everyone who sees us will say the same. I just shrugged it out. Then the next day after finishing lunch I went to the class teacher for an assignment to submit. After I finished that I came to our usual place where we usually eat. No one is there. I was confused because I know four of us spent time there until the bell rings.
I started to search for them. All the students saw me differently and murmured something to them. I asked one boy where Shiva is, he didn't answer me and ran away from me. I was confused. Then I spotted three of them near a tree. I don't know what is wrong but something is definitely wrong.
I went near Shiva. His head hung down, " what happened? Why are you guys here?" I asked. He still did not answer me. hell he didn't look at me at all. I pressed his chin up to make him see my eyes. But what I saw was the blood red eyes. He is controlling his tears. I never in my life saw him like that. I was shocked was an understatement.
"what happened?" I wanted to ask out loud. But I don't know why it came like a whisper.
I don't know why but a part of me is angry and another part is worried to see him like this. who won't? he is my best friend and cousin for gods sake.
He said, " Lets not talk in school."
Has he gone mad? My anger turns into concern. What if he hit his head in some tree? Patti ma will ask me why I let him his head? Shiva will go to hospital. Then doctors will push an injection in his wounded head. But there is no wound in his head.
"hmmm...Did you hit your head somewhere?" I asked slowly. he didn't answer me. I saw Siddhu and Ramya, they are also not looking in my eyes. Ramya was already crying.
Hell what happened? Why do these guys look like some of their ships are swallowed by a sea god? does any teacher bully them??
"Ramya, look at me." I ordered. She looked at me. I was burning in anger. I was angry to see my cousin and sister were crying. I was angry at them for not telling me what happened. I was angry at myself for not knowing what happened.
"WHAT WAS HAPPENED?" I asked Ramya with at most calm and anger. She started to tell me what happened after I went to the teacher, and that Anamika came there. She said that Shiva made a big mistake by rejecting her. for that he is going to regret it. And told them to go and see the boys bathroom wall.
There she wrote my name with Shiva name as a couple and wrote something like don't ask me out if you want to live. She made the situation that Shiva did. He wrote that on the bathroom wall. The head master came and saw it then he slapped and scolded Shiva very badly and called Patti ma to come to school.
I was angry was an understatement. Hell I am waiting to explode.
So Anamika did that whole bathroom thing and made Shiva as the culprit. Also that half bald head master dared to slap my cousin for his uncommitted mistake. Huh?
I immediately ran to my class room. Shiva, Siddhu and Ramya came behind me calling my name. but I didn't stop. I straightly went to her place and dragged her out of class.
" Why the hell did you do that? Have you had some shame?" I asked her.
"What did I do? I didn't do anything." She said arrogantly. That raged me more.
" You were the one who wrote that shit on the bathroom wall, weren't you?"
"Are you mad? I didn't write anything about you." she smirked at me. the nerve of her. I scowled in anger.
"Then how the hell did you know about that? You were the one who said that thing is written on the wall? Did you go to the boys bathroom and see that then came to Shiva? Haan.. you and I both know you are the one who did that."
"If you want to save your boyfriend, then go to the headmaster. Don't come to me."
" don't say that. I am not her boyfriend at all" Shiva shouted at her.
"why don't you want to accept the truth? You were the one who wrote it there." She quit some time and started to shout shiva in anger, "You are still shouting at me for that bitch. I wanted to be your girlfriend. But you shouted at me in front of the whole school for her. You wanted to save her name na? now I will sure make both your life hell. How dare you scold me in front of school. Now face the consequences." With that she slapped him.
How dare she slap him in front of me?
The very next second I pushed her down. She fall on floor and hit her head on stone. All students saw me with wide eyes. Her friends took her to first aid room.
"why the hell you pushed her? You are making it worst idiot" Shiva shouted me.
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