Anurakti

9: Bad day

"She's weird."
Sahaj answered Shubham when he asked about what Samidha said.

"As in?"

"As in, she didn't want to come. She was making excuses to not come and she was reluctant to even talk about that matter."
Sahaj explained getting inside the cab.

"But you did ask her right?"
Shubham asked, now concerned whether she was coming or not.

"Yes I did and she is coming. Don't worry. But we have to change the venue and timing. She has to back by 8 and the venue should not be very far away. Not more than a 10 minute ride."
Sahaj spoke opening an article on his phone about neutrino.

Shubham nodded and faced the other side, smiling widely.

She was reluctant to even talk and Sahaj still made her agree. Maybe he was not wrong when he thought that maybe Samidha could help Sahaj in the matters of his life. And he also saw the photos of them being all close in the class.
There was a boy in Sahaj's class who was a good friend of Shubham and Shubham had strictly told him to update him when Sahaj did something out of the ordinary.

"Why are you fucking smiling?"
Sahaj growled, little aware of what might be going on in Shubham's mind.

"Nothing."

"You better not think anything of it. I don't even like talking to that girl. I just made her agree because you said so."
Sahaj snapped rudely, narrowing his eyes and deepening his pitch so as to assert dominance. Shubham's eyes twinkled when Sahaj got defensive and he fake cowarded.

"I won't, I won't. But mind explaining the little moment you both had when you pushed back her hair strand?"
He teased and for the first time in his 17 years of being alive, he saw Sahaj getting red.

"I-it was annoying me okay? It came on my face an-"

"How did her hair come in your face?"
Sahaj gritted his teeth. Why the hell was he getting interrogated?!

"We were sitting close and it was getting in her eye which annoye-wait! How the hell do you know? I swear to god Shubham if you've bribed someone on spying me, I'll break your limbs and feed them to crows!"
Sahaj growled getting angry and Shubham laughed awkwardly.

"I didn't do anything like that. But people sent me your photos man! You two were being all lovey dovey. You don't even talk to anyone and then you are all romantic with her!"
Shubham argued and Sahaj felt his face warming up a little.

Shubham noticed his eartips turning red.

Sahaj sighed and turned towards Shubham.
He was not being romantic with her and he doesn't even plan to. Samidha annoyed him and that was a universal truth which was not going to change. And Sahaj was not the one to waste his time on girls.

He was never like that and he'll never be.

"I'll tell you one last time, stop fucking making up things about us. There's nothing between me and her and there will be nothing. Stop trying to match her with me. I am not kidding I really will break your limbs."
Sahaj threatened lowly, his voice husky and deep, sounding dangerous to another level.

Shubham nodded, half in fear and half in disappointment.
He really disliked it when Sahaj talked to him like that.

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"Sit with me."
Samidha spoke sitting in front of Sahaj. She was waiting for him, but again he crossed past her and sat on some other bench.

"I'm not in the mood for stupid talks. Go away."
He replied rudely, not even sparing her a glance.