The next second, Ben he exclaimed and said, "What? Rica?! Isn't it the same girl's name who had bullied you yesterday and thrown water on your face? Where is she?!" Ben looked furious as he looked around the room. And hearing him say it like that, Rica's body froze.
And before she could try to hide herself further, Ben already spotted her. And he pointed his fingers towards her, and said, "Aren't you that Rica!" And that moment Rica froze. She always dreamt about getting noticed by Ben, but never in this condition.
Ben narrowed his eyes, before he said roughly, "Being so hideous in the first place, and then daring to bully people unjustly! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" And what followed his words were a pin drop silence.
"…"
Rica for a moment felt as if she was hallucinating. No way, did what she hear was right. While, the other did not know how to react! Of course, they all were very much aware of Ben's sharp tongue when he had to speak against something he did not like. And now was the same.
Rica opened her mouth and then closed it, as no words left her mouth. Her lips opened and closed like a gold fish, as her eyes watered. She had been having a crush on his guy for the longest time now. And now that he and for the first time given attention to her on his own accord, that too happened to be in a negative way!
Meanwhile, the others whispered among themselves, "Now if we think about it, Rica had indeed gone abroad. Dove did not even do anything, and she had splashed water on her face in front of the whole class."
"Exactly. And it was Senior Ben who has shown interest on her. Dove did not do anything to be deserved that." One of them said. Then from behind, another one said, "But even if Dove would have been showing interest on Senior Ben, Rica had no right to behave like that. It is not like Senior Ben is in relationship with her." Others agreed with her as they nodded.
Rica was rendered speechless and she stared at Ben without blinking.
And Ben further huffed and said, "It is so lame and stupid of someone to target a person just because the one you admire has confessed to them. Hmph! And just to be clear, she had politely rejected my confession. But even so, if anyone dares to target her for this reason again, you will be against me!" Ben said, before he harrumphed and after a while, went away after telling Dove to remain reassured.
Dove smiled at him appreciatively and both of them sharing sentiments that the other classmates did not know. Last night, Ben had reached out to her, after he came to know what happened to her, and apologised for what happened to her. "Dove, do you hate me know?" He said sadly. To which Dove raised an eyebrow and asked, "And what should I hate you for, Senior? It isn't like you asked her to do anything. And there is no need for you to apologise to. It isn't like you could do anything about it either."
Dove curled her lips up, when Ben from the other side said, "I can help! I can help to stand for you!" And hearing that, a grin appeared on Dove's face, and she asked "And how so?" And Ben said her about his plan. But what did not include in his plan was the allergic rashes on Rica's face.
Initially, Dove had just planned an allergic rashes as a revenge on Rica throwing water on her face. But with Ben, it just became better.
Just because, she remained silent, doesn't mean she wouldn't take her revenge. In fact, silent revenges were more dangerous. You would be destroyed and you wouldn't even know how did you wrong!