Bewitched

Chapter 36

Mohit's POV

Srusti came back, holding a broom, dustpan and a garbage bag.

" Oh, please don't bother, I would do it. " I started going towards her.

" Stop right there !!! Go and sit on the bed with your feet. " She said in a firm voice and started collecting all the tiny pieces with the broom.

" But I created this mess... "

" It's ok... I would clean this mess. I can do at least that much for my only friend here. Right?? "

" I... You don't have to. Please, it's not your work. " I said as I was feeling guilty.

" Oh, c'mon what are friends for?? You might just call me your friend but don't think of me as one, but I do. "

" Why are you saying that?? I consider you my friend... "

" No... You don't. Or you would have shared your problem with me. Don't say that there is nothing. I can see that you are tense. You are in a strange mood since we met those people. "

" They are not important... It's just that I am having a headache. I must have eaten something, so I got it. "

" Ok, if you say so... I trust you," she said and went out.

Oh shit !! She said she trusted me... But I was not worth it.

She came back with a mop. It was too much. She was making me feel guilty, I had to stop her.

" Enough Srusti... Please don't do it. You know that the maid would come in the morning, she would clean it. "

" No, what if some very small piece is still there on the floor, you might get hurt. It would only take 5 minutes. " She said and mopped the whole room and went out.

What kind of a girl was she?? She knew I was hiding something, still, she was so calm.

Was I wrong in hiding things from her?? Maybe but I could not take the risk.  She was oblivious to the kind of relationship I was involved in. She would not understand the complexity of my relationship with Robin.

Sometimes I feel that I should tell her but the very next moment my over-cautious mind tells me not to do that.

I like her... She is a good girl, very caring. She is my friend, I can't let her go. She might refuse to help me with my parents. I wanted her near me, she had a soothing effect on me.

I was so confused about my feelings and contradictory through, that I started having shooting pain in my head. I think I was going to have one of the Migraine attacks. I was lying on my bed pressing my head tightly.

The door opened and she came back. I was having a severe headache. So I was lying on my bed. She started going back.

" What is it? " I asked.

" Please have this ginger tea and medicine. It will cure your headache."

" No, I am having a severe headache now. Can't get up. I think I am having a migraine. " I said with difficulty, pressing my head.

Srusti's POV

He said that he was having a headache, so I left him alone. I knew he was hiding something. I was feeling bad that he didn't trust me with his problem. I was helping him with one of his problems, I would have understood what was wrong and would have supported him. But he didn't trust me.

  It was about half an hour when I thought that if he is having a headache, I must make some tea for him. He should also have medicine.

So I prepared tea and took it to his room along with medicine. I saw that he was sleeping so I started to turn around.