A Manjeri Love Story

Epi-15

Ayshu’s POV

I didn’t know how to confront her, I know that she was the furious type, who is ready to go as far as possible to get what she needed. But I had to do this for Anshu.

‘Why did you propose Anshu even though he has clearly shown no interest in you’, that statement fell off from my mouth before I could control myself. She gave me a dead look.

‘First of all, it’s none of your business and I don’t think you are dumb enough to not realize the fact that whenever a girl proposes to a boy, it is because she has some interest/crush over the boy and this matter is personal between the boy and the girl, no other outsiders are not invited to give their useless advice on these matters’, I feared her intense look but I want to do it.

‘What made you think that I’m an outsider when he discuss this right after he rejected you?’, I took a deep breath. It is more difficult than I assume.

‘Look, I know that you have a crush on him which is normal, and proposing to him is also bearable but forcing someone into a relationship that he is not willing to do is not justifiable’, I completed my sentence and waited for her reply but she continued to look at me, and I know that volcano can erupt at any moment.

‘How dare you comment on my personal affair when you are nothing but a bitch who ran after some dump guy who had an affair with a married woman, what did you think that I didn’t know about your past I dump enough to be your friend without knowing you?’, she spat the venom at me. I was speechless, I sat there just like a frozen statue.

‘What do you think your friend's reaction when he knows about your darkest and filthiest past? Do you think that he will forgive you when he comes to know that you are characterless? I don’t think that he would be willing to be your friend even after he knows about all these things’, I looked at her with tearful eyes.

‘You…How…’, I couldn’t even able to complete the sentence.

‘Now you listen, you shouldn’t advise me when you could call yourself a characterless whore, I should be ashamed of myself if I was in your place, so from today onwards I would suggest you ignore Anshu and be the good girl and support me on this. If I caught you having any conversation with Anshu I swear I would degrade you in front of him just by saying who you are’, she looked at me intensely.

I don’t want him to know about my past, so I have no option other than obey whatever she says. So I nodded my head and sat there quietly.

‘Good’, she said with a smirk.

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When we reached Manjeri, I saw Anshu waiting for us, we walked towards him.

‘Don’t forget what I said’, she whispered in my ears and I nodded.

‘Hi’, his cheerful sound never make me feel any better so I ignored him.

‘Hi, it’s so good to see you. You know what? I missed you so much’, Anugraha said pretending like nothing happened wrong between them, I should admit her guts to act so coolly even after he rejected him yesterday.

He ignored her and looked at me. But I can’t say anything other than looking at him blankly.

‘How are you?’, he asked me. I didn’t say a word.

‘Oh she is good’, Anugraha replied instead of me.

‘I’m not asking you. How are you Ayshu?’, he looked at me with concern. I want to say that I’m not good my friend and this witch is blackmailing me to never talk to you. But when I confronted him about her, I also need to say about all my secrets which I don’t want to do.

‘I’m good. Can we go? We are late’, I said and walked away, it hurts me to ignore him but what can I do?

When we came near the car, he opened the front door for me, suddenly Anugraha sat there and said ‘Thank you, Anshu’

‘Actually, I think you should sit in the back seat, Ayshu would sit with me’, he said looking at me.

‘ I don’t think it’s a good idea since Ayshu doesn’t want it, Isn’t it Ayshu?’, she looked at me with her playful eyes and Anshu looked at me like say you want to sit with me? I was in such a difficult position, but I need to do it.

‘You know what I don’t mind sitting on the back seat either, she could sit with you’, I said and sat on the back seat. He looked at me puzzledly.

She sat there with a winning smile.

‘Let’s go’, she said. Anshu get in the car and drove away to Unity College, throughout the journey he was looking at me through the mirror, I could feel his gaze on me and I decided to ignore him as much as I can.

When we reached the College Anugraha said bye to him and walked away. And when I started to follow her, he called me and said that he wants to talk with me, she said fine and walked away. He looked at me for the next ten minutes without saying a word.

‘Is it you want to say to me and even if it is I’m sorry I have an exam to attend’, I said angrily and turned away.

‘Stop, I don’t know what I did to make you angry towards me. As far as I remember everything was so good between us, then why are acting so weirdly all of a sudden?’, his doubt was genuine so it made me weak, so I decided to be quiet.

‘Did I do anything wrong? I swear Ayshu I didn’t mean to hurt you anyway and even if I do something or say something I’m apologizing to you, don’t act like this to me. it’s killing me slowly, his voice was so soft and weak that I could feel his pain

I turned around to look at him and he was still looking at me with concern.

‘I’m sorry to bother you, but it was not you but I did something wrong, something so wrong that you would never forgive me and I’m fearing that just like I lost all my friends, I would lose you too and I can’t let that happen, I’m sorry'

With that one sentence, I walked away.