Call It Fate

Bonus Chapter - Shrishti

Mamma is so difficult.

So so difficult. Like Mathematics.

She is no square, no circle, triangle or any rectangle, okay. Not even addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.

Uff! She is neither an equation nor an algebraic expression like elder people say. No. She is nothing like that.

What I feel she sometimes is that —

A Definition.

Like......... I just don't even understand the meaning of its existence in the first place.

Mamma gives me the feeling of learning ten pages filled with only definitions on a maths exam.

I hate it. But not more than I hate when mamma is angry with me.

Though I love my mamma very much. More than my life.

Hey! Even Mamma and mathematics both start with 'ma'. Hehe

To be honest I don't hate that subject specifically but I just don't like it. Though I still get full marks in it.

What? I am intelligent.

As I was roaming around in this big house— I know mamma has forbidden me to do this but what can I say, I can't help myself.

Suddenly my head hit with something and I stumbled back.

"Ow! Ow! It's paining." I winced, rubbing my forehead.

"Can't you see and walk?" I asked angrily.

"And don't YOU have eyes?" I looked up to see an annoyed boy with dark black hair and the same black eyes. Who seemed a little older than me. He was glaring at me as if I stole his Oreos.

Oh, I forgot to mention, he also had a packet of Oreos in his hand.

I wish I could eat them. I licked my lips.

"Who are you?" He asked as I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I should ask you the same, who are you?"

"I asked you first. So you should answer first." He demanded.

"Right. You asked first so you should tell first." I said and he frowned at me.

"Don't you know? Gentlemen first introduce themselves and then ask for the lady's name." Hearing me, he only laughed.

"It's good then, that I am not a gentleman." He said while looking at me up and down. It was weird.

"And neither are you a lady. You seem so small and tiny. Maybe that is the reason, I was not able to see you and then we bumped into each other." He snickered.

I gasped.

How dare he call me small and tiny?! I know that I am not much heightened and definitely not a match to his hight but he has no right to call me small.

"At least you admit that it was your fault." I pointed out. He stopped laughing and then smirked.

"I don't think so. It was your body's fault. Just think, if an elephant stepped on an ant, then it's elephant's fault or Ant's?" He questioned, raising his eyebrows.

I thought for a moment before replying.

"It's not Ant's fault. Since she is very small, she might have not able to run faster and save herself before that huge elephant stepped on her. But........." Blinking several times, I bite my lower lip.

"It's not that elephant's fault either. How can he know about her being present Infront of him, when he can't even see her? I don't think it's anyone's fault. Bot-" I stopped talking as soon as loud laughter's reached my ears.