Lost Love

Feelings

Drishti was so lost into herself that she didn’t notice Divya coming. She was sitting beside Drishti and she noticed her condition.

“Drishti, what’s wrong? Why are you behaving like this?” Though she had a clear idea of the situation, still she asked for it.

Drishti turned towards Divya. She was still in daze. Rakshit was not leaving her mind. He was everywhere in her. But she could not tell this to Divya. So, she just nodded her head in no and closed her eyes. It took her few minutes before she finally managed to get a hold on herself. She calmed down herself and turned towards Divya.

“Where did you go from library suddenly? You were not there. You didn’t even tell me that you were going somewhere.” She asked seriously. Divya gulped down her saliva. It totally went out of her mind that Drishti would ask this to her. She tried to smile. She thought for a while before replying to her.

“Actually the book I was reading, it was so boring. I felt I will sleep there only, if I continue reading that for some more time. So, I decided to try some other book. You were too concentrated to your writing that I decided not to disturb you. I was checking other books when I saw Shekhar there. He was having some problem and there was no one around to help him. So, I decided to help him. In this I got late and you came here.” Divya stopped after saying it all in a go.

She was praying in mind that Drishti should trust her. More than that she was praying that Drishti should not ask her what was Shekhar’s problem. She didn’t have anything to say for that.
Thankfully Drishti didn’t ask anything more. She just nodded her head and concentrated on her book. Divya thanked her stars for saving her today. She wanted to ask her again about her condition but decided against that as it was not right time to talk about that. It may get her into trouble herself so she let that topic go for time being. She has realized that Drishti is still not comfortable in talking about Rakshit and her. So, she decided to wait. She wanted Drishti herself should tell her all this. She won't force her for it.

Other side Rakshit came out a few minutes later after Drishti ran out of library. If they had come out together, then other students must have doubted something. He didn’t want that at all. He wanted his and Drishti’s story be away from all kind of gossips of the school. He knew Shekhar and Priya were there to manage things still he didn't want to take any risk.

Shekhar and Priya were standing out of library worriedly. They had seen Drishti running out of there like crazy. They were out of ideas that what must have happened inside. They wanted to go in but decided against it and waiting for Rakshit to come out. When he came out, they literally jumped on him and bomber with all their questions.

“Rakshit, what happened inside? Are you both okay? Why did Drishti run away like that? It scared us, man” Priya asked worriedly looking at Rakshit’s face.
Before Rakshit could say anything,

Shekhar too joined Priya. “Yeah, she looked so tense. Did you guys had any conversation? Did she tell anything to you or you say anything to her?” Shekhar asked almost at the same time.

Rakshit left a breath which he was holding from a long time. He stood leaning to the near by wall.

“Well.... We didn’t have much conversation. We just got to say a line or two.. That's it. But now I am sure, she definitely feels something for me which she is trying so hard to hide from everyone. I saw that I am affecting her. The thing is she is not ready to accept it. She is running away form the feeling and she is not even ready to hear me. Divya was right, she is really scared of her family.” He said the last line with a sad smile on his face.

Shekhar and Priya shared a look. They could not help him in this thing. Shekhar placed his hand on Rakshit’s shoulder trying to pacify him.

“What are you going to do now?” Priya asked after some more minutes.