INFINITY...? 1-the tragedy

20. SOMEONE WHO COMPLETES ME

"Okay, enough. I'll take everybody's name from our class, and you'll say yes to the one who's your crush."

"sid, seriously, dude. You've asked me a hundred and twenty questions already. I'm tired of answering this bullshit. You are supposed to find my crush and not interrogate me."

"I'm going to finish a record of thousand questions. Shut up and answer my questions; this is how I'm supposed to find out your crush."

"noooo," I'm annoyed and dead answering the many questions he is asking me. We are all headed towards the theatre for a movie date. My sisters and I were sent with sid and his parents in their car while my mom-dad came riding their fascino, our favorite fascino. 

Due to space issues, few of us sat on laps of each other; Shivangi was on my lap while Vinnie was on sid's lap while ruchu sat next to sid, and heer sat next to me on the window sides. Sid mainly decided to sit there so he could fry my head by bombarding his catechism on me.

I wonder how nobody else can hear that all, not even Vinnie and shivi.

"neerav, shahid, shiv, Pranav...." he took everyone's name from the class. All the twenty-six out of twenty-seven boys in class, and the one name he didn't take was his own, Siddharth. I kept saying no to every word coming out of his mouth. He didn't even spare Muhammad sir and Chauhan sir. "then who is your crush? You are playing with me, aren't you?"

"no, I am not. Why would I? You are my best friend said; how can I lie to you."

"then why didn't you say yes to any of these names? You didn't even agree with anybody from society. Who in this world is this man? Is he someone from your former school, somebody from your family, or whatever? Just tell me at least; I want to know."

"why are you talking like that? He is not somebody from my former school; I already told you I had no crush there. As I already said, this boy is my first and only crush, and you know him."

"then who is he? I want to know."

"you'll know, have patience. I trust you; you'll find him."

"When? Three days", he said with frustration. He was trying hard to keep cool all this time which I could see, but I knew I would mess up the whole thing if I broke my silence, so I kept calm.

I smiled at him as we reached the cinema. It has been a long time since I have been to a movie. a lot has happened in the few months since I met said, and all that I can say is, WHATEVER'S BEEN HAPPENED, HAS BEEN THE BEST THINGS HAPPENED TO ME AND I COULDN'T WISH FOR ANYTHING PRETTIER THAN THIS. 

The real fairytale of us is a hundred times better than what I imagined in my head. 'THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOD, FOR CREATING HIM.' 

I and sid walked in together and sat on the opposite ends with my sisters and our mamas sitting between us and a walkway separating us all in two halves. The movie revolved around a father and a son's changing relationship as they later got into college. It reflected the modern-day parental problems and brought up the most logical solution in a very twisted and bollywoodish style. Also, the protagonist is one of the most beloved Gujarati characters, so the public was all hearts on the movie, and so were we.

When the entire ended and we got out of the theatre, the first thing sid did was he hugged his father and cried.

Dear Diary,

It was a wise thing to fall for him. EVERYTHING HE IS, IS SO LOVABLE AND BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN WAY. He has got somewhat of MAGIC in himself, and he's also got some PIXIE DUST. I know he's not some Mr. perfect or some prince charming but WHATEVER HE IS, IS SO WHOLESOME. IT COMPLETES ME AND, AT THE SAME TIME, COMPLIMENTS ME. 

As if he is who I'm meant to be with. This is what's supposed to happen. EVIL EYES OFF.

"Hey, is that me?"

is it a dream? wait no, 

I woke up; I went to school, and I also got scolded by Muhammad sir for getting significantly fewer marks on maths test. Then the van dropped us at the crossroad before our society as the driver had something important scheduled, and then was this moment when we were both alone, walking down the streets on a windless spring afternoon with our heavy backpacks on the shoulder, hair uncombed and dry, face sweaty and uniforms untidy, nothing fancy, just he and me, another Bollywood kind romantic walk where leads talk their heart out and FIND LOVE IN COMFORT OF BEING WITH EACH OTHER.

I didn't answer this question even when he asked twice again. This was my way of agreeing to it as I didn't disagree with this name. I didn't say yes, but I never said no; it was the correct guess.

"hmm... your task is harsher than the scorching heat."

"I never forced you to do that."

"I really want to know."

"why?"

"God knows. maybe because you are my best friend."

best friend? Is that all you see me as? It actually feels illegal to love him when he introduces me as his best friend. I feel guilty to have that kind of attraction to someone who thought this modestly of me.

Oh wait, every calm breeze in my life somehow turns into a storm;

the next thing I knew was that he appointed a team to help him fulfill this task and include my sisters, Trisha and shahid in it.

It was a lunch break, and I was sitting on the last bench near the wall; I could see Siddharth seated on the first bench and three girls next to him. I'm not feeling anything. It would have been understandable if I didn't feel something good, or maybe I wouldn't have felt jealous, but it's different this time. I AIN'T FEELING ANYTHING AT ALL.

Trisha walked to my side, and that's when I stopped thinking as if it was a moment that was meant to happen to me in every universe. 

"Siddharth is your crush, isn't he," she said with an evil smirk under her cheeks.

My whole body felt like it shattered, and my mind was blank. Sid was now sitting alone, his head facing downwards like he was in deep thought.

One of my girlfriends walked near me. she was dharti; I suddenly flashed back to the moment when I ended up telling her about my crush on sid; it was when he was doing so many adorable things in front of aliz that I couldn't control myself from adoring him making it too apparent about my situation and dharti was sitting next to me. The entire drama was so intense that I forgot to hide my love for him and accidentally told her about liking him, but that was all, and I never regretted it as dharti never teased me or ever brought up that topic. Also, her best friend didn't have the slightest idea about it, which assured me.

"it was Trisha who manipulated me into telling this. she said Sid knows everything and that he sent her", dharti said.

"I'm so sorry, dhvani."

His silence was an answer to me.