BESTIES BUT NOT TILL THE END

Chapter 2 ( Besties To Strangers)

"I starts chuckling on them who starts telling themselves as a heartbroken,  just after a break up of their 5-6 months of relationship. I mean I can feel their agony but this is even not 1 percent of my misery."

As in the last chapter and of it's last line you have read that it's been  more than 6 year since I have talked to him. So what's the reason behind that was? Was it due to any kind of jealousy? No jealousy was not the reason.  That was just because in 6th standard our sections got separated and we both were in different classes. I know that you might be thinking that so what? as both of us can meet in recess or after the school gets over.... I agree with you guys but let me tell you something about him, he has a style of taking three months break after the final exams , in which two months were of summer break and 25-30 days leaves were taken by him before the beginning of breaks. As so he took one month leave in 6th standard too by which I made a group of good friends and starts spending time with them.
Now after the spell of three month ends it's time to put our books n geometry box in our bag and get back to school. Finally after ninety five days I saw him. He was standing in the line of class 6-C during a morning  assembly. Like always he has been dressed up decently wearing polished shoes, tied up on shirt, A "tikka" on his forehead and I can even smell the fragrance of his hair oil which he usually use. But a twist, this time I can't put myself forward to have at least a conversation of five minutes with him. He even shakes his hand seeing me but I don't know why I just shake my hand in a weirdo way and then turned  around, starts moving towards my class. Was it just because I  started giving more priority to those new friends? Ya that's one of  the excuse but also some of  a silly talks about him which was  to  brainwash my mind about him   and I was so immature and stupid that I actually got brainwashed. Like I had really forgotten that 3 months ago he used to be my best friend forever. And from this all things starts happening wrong between him and me.
More and more new friends starts backbiting about him with me and I let them do that because I started considering their conversations as a truth. If only I can understand the meaning  of this line..
'' That the world will try to take away your loved ones far from you but you have to be indestructible "
then the things would be different.In the mid of 6th standard something happens which I never wanted to be. What happened actually was that one day I am having a tough time due to many reasons like I didn't reached school on time by which I got scolded by my class teacher and also I was having a class test in which I really scored less. After all this happening my mind got freaked out and now I am gonna tell you the thriller part of story is that during a recess of that day, he erroneously pushed me from back by which I slumped on the cemented basketball court. I was so  exhausted that I had started thinking he had done it intentionally. Then I stood up and  hold his shirt's collar  and pushed him back and then this converts to a big clash between him and me, although it doesn't last long but I was dam sure that now he is not gonna talk to me again. I realised my mistake after 2 days and then I thought to say sorry to him and initiate to become friends again.  But Rahimanji truly said
" don't allow the delicate thread of love between people to snap. If it breaks once, it cannot be mended, even if you mend it there will be a knot in it, which means there will always be some awkwardness in the relationship "
and it really mean it like we both barely likes to see each others face again. I could say sorry to him but I gave prior to new friends talk as they told me that you have to keep your attitude and don't go to say sorry first .

I came to realise my mistake after 6 month that you are not like those who keeps any kind of attitude with theirs besties.

Now the 6th semester ended and I started praying to  god to put him and me in the same section so that I can clear whole mess that was created by me but besides this god has different plans for me. Although me and him got the same section in 7th standard but things were not in my favour. As I informed you before that as  he use to remains absent for one month before summer break so as such even this time he do the same thing and for me it was normal because that's the common thing that I should know about him.
I blinked my eyes and 3 months passed away.  Now I am way too excited to meet him again on the first day of school (after summer break). But he didn't came to school  on that day, nor in a week neither in a month. Actually he left the school and I came to know about this from my class teacher when she asked me that why your friend left the school. I was not ready with my reply because for me that was a "bolt out of blue in a disturbing way". Like how do you feel when your close friend unescorted you without telling a little about his leaving? I immediately take a half day of school and went back to my home. I dial his number which he gave me 5 years ago. But the number was unreachable. That really devastated my heart. Everyday I use to gave a  call on that number but each time I have to hang up phone like a failure. After a year I forget about him and started making more n more new friends. Just like this 4 more years passed away.
It's the month of march,2020 and lockdown has been implemented due to covid-19 and we all were sitting ideal at home. According to science fact when you are sitting ideal you starts thinking about your past and precious memories.Just like that one day I was sitting ideal and think to take a short nap and I do so. In the nap which was of 15 minutes shot, I dreamed about him. I got conscious after my dream ended and the only thing I wanted now was to find him in anyhow. On Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, each and every social site I searched his name. There were many profiles with the same name so I started sending  messages to each id that were connected with his name.
The message was '' Hey is that you only who use to be a good friend of a boy name Tanish Agarwal in Anselm School, Jaipur? If yes than please reply me ASAP because it's been a long time since I had talked to you. I know last time things got messed between us and I am sorry for that. Please forgive me and let's become friend again!"
As I expected I couldn't find him then suddenly I remembered about his phone  number. I quickly ran toward my store room to find out that one old telephone diary which was carrying those golden phone number but I was going on a wild goose chase.Although I got both diary and phone number but when I dial those number, it's ringing and my heartbeat starts riding up n down.
'' Hello! Who is this?" a lady asked me and I thought it might be his mother so I replied " Namaste aunt. Are you mother of my friend named ****?" she replied " no! it's a wrong number." she hanged up call. I started crying that why it's happening with me only? 'Please god show me the right path towards him!" and then suddenly the notification pooped up in my phone mentioning "somebody wants to send you message'' on instagram. I checked out my account dm's and on the top it's his message whom I was searching from past 5 years.The one to whom I want to apologise. The one to whom I want to ask his correct phone number. That's the first n only thing that I asked to him to please give me the correct number. We talked but he gets totally changed, It's seems like that I am talking to a stranger but still I was thankful to god for giving me best birthday gift ever.  Yaa the date was 22nd august 2020 and it's my birthday . Seems to be happy ending but in a strange way...