Fated strings of love

Ch- 16 | GIFT

tara

Next morning after breakfast I did some house chores and after that I was looking at my phone, Sid came to the hall and saw me sitting on the sofa and smiling on phone he comes to me and asks -
"what's that? "

I closed my phone and said "nothing...just"

" didn't you called your boyfriend today?" he said and scoffed

"what? Are you crazy, do you want to pick a fight with me "

" No...I was just messing with you..." he said

He sat near me

" don't ever tell anyone about this, understand. " I told him

"well you can tell me who he is? After all, I am your friend..." he said

" There was a time that you were my best friend but now you are just a stranger to me" I said while rolling my eyes

"that's a bit harsh, well let's keep in touch " he said

" mmh...ok we can" I said

" you know I tried to contact you, even though I searched for you on social media, I couldn't find you? " he said

" because I am not at any social media platform " I said while leaning towards him

He asked " why ?"

" because I was preparing for exams and didn't have much time for these things" I said.

I took his phone from his hand and saved my number in it..

" don't you have any friends like before?" he asked

" I have, I have a best friend who listens to my every problem, spends time with me, who shares his story with me, who treats me " I said

"who is that?...don't tell me that's your boyfriend now" he asked

I said " yeah, he is my bestfriend I made when I went to Delhi last time "

" are you still uncomfortable making new friends? " he asked me

" it's worse than before " I said

" hmmm... you should talk to others with a smile, it will become easy to approach them...and try to be more friendly with others I am sure you will make new friends " he said

" I try but I just feel like they make use of me and then throw me out like a tissue paper...and now I seriously have a trust issue " I said

"why? What happened?" he asked me

" ah....well when I was in 10th grade I used to have two best friends naina and sweety . I thought they were my best friend because they were nice to me, I tried to become close to them...I started to share my feelings and thoughts with them...we laughed together, we went to the café together...I thought that I finally got the best friends...whenever they skip their classes I helped them for their notes, I helped them in their studies...I did what I can to do for them to get good marks like me...but in the end what I got...they made fun of me in front of everyone, they started to treat me like I'm an idiot but I thought we were friends it's okay between friends but one day they tried to insult me by pushing me from the stairs and they were laughing at me when i was falling ...I felt terrible back then but there was no one whom I can tell my problems...so I started to ignore them...and one day I heard their conversation in the washroom that they hated me from the start because the guy she liked, he used to like me, so they started to get close to me to get his attention then they started to use my notes for better marks, they wanted me to lose my grades so they started to disturb me by taking my notes for days...I was broken, my trust in friendship was broken...since then I started to be mean and and decided not to help anyone , and just ignore them...but it all ended up having not a single friend "