Chapter 2"You matter to me."
I shivered at the thought of entering my house. I didn't want to go inside. I wasn't ready to face him again. But I had to. At least for Sahil.
"No. Please. Don't do this."
"Shut up, Annika. Don't you dare open your mouth now!"
The scream echoed in my mind. I couldn't go inside. I wasn't prepared. A tear rolled down my cheek. I wiped my tears, took a deep breath and entered the house.
~~~ I walked towards the library determined to find him. I had seen him entering the library. If I just find him, I'll just thank him.
'Ah, there he is.' I said to myself as I spotted him with a bandage on his hand.
I walked towards him. His back was facing me.
"He-Hey listen. What happened yesterday, I wanted to thank you. I-" I said as he turned to face me.
And at that moment I was shocked. "Shi-Shivaay?" I stammered.
And our eyes locked. For several moments we said nothing, but just stood there surprised.
But he finally broke the silence, "Annika."
"How're you now? You shouldn't have come today. The nurse told you needed rest na."
I didn't know what to say. I didn't expect that it would be Shivaay who saved me. It was nice to see that he still cared.
"Annika? You okay?" He asked as I hadn't said anything.
Shivaay's friends at the back commented something and started laughing. I wasn't paying attention but I did realize it was about me and the way I dressed.
I looked at myself. I was wearing a blue full sleeve kurti. And then I looked around, everyone else was wearing stylish tops and designer dresses. It never bothered me how I looked or anything.
I looked at Shivaay hoping that he'd say something. My mind knew that he wouldn't do or say anything. But the Shivaay I knew wouldn't stay silent. The little hope in my heart still wished that Shivaay would say something.
Well again, I was wrong. Shivaay stood there as if he hadn't heard anything. He just looked at me blankly.
At that moment, I felt out of place.
I could feel something inside me break. It hurt. It hurt to see Shivaay stand unaffected by the comments passed at his chutki. Well, not his anymore.
I turned away and left without saying anything.
~~~
My heart does not content,
My eyes are not satisfied.
No matter for how long I keep looking at you,
The time passes and I can't stop it.
I read those lines again. And the note below it,
'Beautiful lines you've written. A lot of hidden feeling huh?
Are you a songwriter?'
Someone had read the lines I had written yesterday, and had continued it. I wondered who it could be but it would be really difficult to find out.
It couldn't be someone from Psychology class. Cause there was only one batch and as far as I knew this class was only used for Psychology.
Without giving much thought, I wrote down a reply.
'Thank you. I'm not a songwriter. Sometimes there are things you want to tell someone, but there's no one who'd listen or even understand. So sometimes there's only paper who'd listen to what I have to say.'
I quietly folded the paper and kept it in the desk.
~~~ I stood there surprised to see the guys who had made fun of me, stand in front of me holding their ears. I noticed bruises on their face.
"I'm sorry. We made a big mistake. We shouldn't have judged you just by your appearance. We know that you're really nice." They apologized.
I was wondering what had possibly made their behavior change so drastically when I spotted Shivaay behind a pillar trying to hide. I couldn't help but smile.
I walked towards Shivaay.
"I- Actually I.. " he struggled for words.
I chuckled seeing Shivaay like this. It had been a long time since I saw Sweet Singh Oberoi. And before I knew I was smiling uncontrollably.
"Wanna grab a cup of coffee?" He asked suddenly, surprising me again.
"Sure."
And we were making our way to CCD nearby.
____________________________________AN : I'm really sorry for the late update. Got busy with stuff. But here I finally got time to write the second chapter down. Hope you all like it. And do tell me your views.😳
Edited by -Rhea- - 8 years ago
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