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Chapter - 36 The birthday

Jannat's POV: I was pretty sure I was in my dreamland roaming around happily. I had fallen asleep early since I was sick, and I was totally loving my dream. Until my phone started vibrating, that is. And as soon as my phone went buzz, the night light was flicked open and someone stood beside my bed. I could smell the scent. It was something sweet. I opened my eyes lazily to look at Anushka and Riyaz standing on either side of my bed. Anushka had the most beautiful cake I had ever seen in her hands and Riyaz was holding a party popper. 

Anushka: Happy happy birthday baby!

Jannat(hugging her): Thank you Jaanu 

Riyaz soon burst the party popper creating a loud sound. A sound that made me feel celebrated. 

Riyaz: Happy Birthday Jannat!

Jannat: Thank you!

My phone didn't stop ringing. I picked it up to see my mom and Ayaan face timing me. I talked to them for a while before a few people started pouring into my room. There were tons of people waiting to give me their gifts. Reem and Avneet were included in that crowd. I didn't have a lot of friends but I genuinely loved helping people if they had problems despite the fact that I'm antisocial. I appreciated how they all wanted to repay me today. My birthday. Dad, I hope you were the first one to wish me from up there! As soon as I hung up with my call, I got another call from Siddharth's mom. Ha. Ha. No I'm not laughing. Its awkward. But anyway, I picked up the call to talk to her and my second dad. They wished me all the love and success and that made me feel like people actually cared about me. That was so sweet. After I hung up, texts started coming up. I didn't attend to anything becuz by the time I finished talking to my family, Anushka and Riyaz grew impatient. They obviously wanted to dig into the cake. I accompanied them outside where a table was put up in the canteen especially for the cake cutting. Every beautiful person that I knew was there. Except for one. I cut the cake with everyone singing happy birthday in the most wholesome way. Poppers bursting, phones flashing, cameras clicking, morphed version of everyone's singing. I fed cake to every person present there and they did the same for me. I love birthdays. Not other people's birthdays, I love my birthdays. I love how everyone makes me feel special on this one day. They have no idea how much I appreciate all this. While everyone sat down to have cake, I asked Anushka, "He forgot, didn't he?". Anushka smiled and hugged me. You see how everybody was there for me at that moment but my eyes were still searching for him, and my heart was still aching for him to show up? Siddharth freaking Nigam, everyone! I might kill him the next time I see him. No, I'm not joking. Riyaz walked up to me and smiled.

Riyaz: HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY! You're old 

Jannat(eating cake): Oh come on, I'm just 19

Riyaz: Well that's still old hun

Jannat: Was he not in the room when you were leaving to come to my room?

Riyaz: Anushka and I had been outside for a while to get the cake and everything, so I don't really know if he was there or not. As much as I feel bad about the shitty person that he's become, I want you to know that if you ever wanna talk, I'm here for you 

Jannat(smiles weakly): I appreciate it so much 

The one person who has never forgotten my birthday in these 12 years. The one person who would never fail to shove cake on my face before even feeding it to me. The one person whose face is filled with more cake than me on my own birthday. He forgot. He didn't come. 

I picked up my phone from my pocket to check my messages. I responded to every text lazily but with love from my heart. I mean, all my school homies who still remember my birthday, they have my heart. I even opened whatsapp that day just to see that Siddharth's profile picture consisted of him, Avneet and Reem. And that his last seen was 12:08 am. Nice. Sarcasm  100 intended. You know what? I'm tired. I'm tired of sitting around and waiting for him to show up some day or the other. I should have lost my hope a long time ago. I should be appreciating the people who genuinely care for me instead. I'm done with this guy. 

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