She chose Herself

Someone owes me

After sharing their WhatsApp ID’s the only thing these two have ever talked about was only to finalise dates to meet, besides Manik viewing Ananya’s statuses. 

And only twice sharing the codes for Among Us. Manik was too cruel to kill Ananya both the times. 

This week they decided to meet on a Friday afternoon. Same place as usual. It was the last period Ananya chose to sacrifice over her new interest.

If not in this age..then when? 

The small meet went well. And today they were on their phones, since Ananya couldn’t let go him, 2 kills? 

Enjoying the bitter sweet moments the time passed and they bid each other their goodbyes. 

Ananya was also giving birth to a new thought in the pile of her mind. She will make Manik fall in love with her. She will. 

Afterall, why not? How come someone not fall in love when they have so much in common? 

Ananya checked her phone, her (only) friend was waiting outside the college for her. She went to the washroom once, not that it was an emergency this time. But a necessity. 

As she exited the bathroom door, and took left, she stood froze. There was Manik leaning against the wall, scrolling down his phone screen. 

Instant overthinking mode on.

Did he come here for me? Did he see me here coming? Was he following me? Are we supposed to be go home together? But where does he live?” 

Her brain was now a disaster with flood of questions and eruptions of nervousness and sudden anxieties. 

 Manik looked up his phone and saw a frozen Ananya “Hey!!” with that usual bright smile greeting her.

“Hi. You.. didn’t go home yet?”

“Umm..no..actually…"

Manik was about o finish when…

“Come on, I’m done” A voice from behind came. Ananya turned round to look back. A pretty girl just came out of the bathroom, and almost threw herself over Manik, taking advantage of the loneliness near the girls’ washroom. 

“Ahh…Natasha! Meet Ananya, my friend and Ananya meet this is Natasha, my girlfriend.”

“Hey!”

“Hello”

“Which semester are you in?’’

“Second”

“Oh! I’m in same majors as Manik, Economics. Yours?”

“English”

“Cool.’’

So just now, Ananya had a small talk with her love interest's partner. What a great luck you have!

All these time when Natasha was chatting with Ananya, all that Ananya could think about and see was not even a little bit of regret, sadness or anything on Manik’s facial feature. He wasn’t sad at all. Instead, he was happy, genuinely happy. 

“Okay, so talk to you later. Bye” Natasha said as she waved towards Ananya. 

“Byee!’’ -Ananya

“Bye” – Manik.

They both turned their back to Ananya. She also noticed how Manik had hugged her waist entire time. 

Her heart was paining like crazy, she clutched on to her chest tightly.