A Manjeri Love Story

Epi - 16

Anshu’s POV

I don’t know why she act like this, as far as I remember I didn’t do anything to disturb her, she was acting so weird lately. How could I possibly find out what is wrong with her? She is my only friend with whom I could share and relate and she is become a part of my life. I don’t want her to disappear from my life, but her recent behavior tells me that something is so wrong with her.

I waited outside the campus, I skipped my lunch and didn’t have anything, and when she came out I approached her. She tried to go away, but I held her hands fiercely, and she looked at me shocked, I was so angry that I couldn’t even register what am I doing.

“What happened to you? Why are you behaving like this? I didn’t do anything to make you upset, then why are you treating me like this? Huh, do you think I’m a fool to play around? I need answers and that too now?”, I looked at her intensely

Ayshu’s POV

He held my hands so tightly that I couldn’t able to move even an inch, his question made me startled, why does he act like this? I’m just his friend but he was acting like a Majnu who is fighting for his Laila.

“Why are you so eager to get my answers? We are just friends but you are acting like I’m the love of your life?”, he looked at me intensely, anger and confusion can be seen in those eyes, I know that he may be very furious.

“Look I want answers to my all questions, otherwise…”

“Otherwise, what?  What are you going to do? Are you going to kill me? then go on, but tell me why are you so irritated just because I ignore you? What is the relationship between you and me that made you act like a mad person?

“Because… I”, he stopped midway and looked at me. Then he released the hold and let go of me. He hurried back to his car and sat there, meanwhile, Anugraha joined us and we drove to the bus stand

Anshu’s POV

What the fuck was that? Am I lost my mind or what? I’m just acting like a mad person. And what was I going to tell her? I what? I’m a certified fool for sure because who would scream such a sentence to a friend? What would she think of me now?

Being my friend or acting like a stranger is her choice and I shouldn’t be irritated over that fact but I was acting as if I loved her, do I have feelings towards her, Oh come on, we only know for barely a week and here I’m saying that I love her, nonsense, it is just utter nonsense, I shouldn’t fall for the tricks of my mind

I think I should give her the taste of her own medicine, I shouldn’t be bothered whether she is talking to me or not, we are just friends and if this is how she wants to treat me, I should never let it. I tried to ignore her throughout the journey, but when we fetched the Palakkad bus Anugraha came near to me and sat with me, that was so awkward but I didn’t react.

“I know that you are upset Anshu; that’s why I warned you about Aysha, she is not the person you think she is. She is entirely different, whenever she doesn’t get a guy’s attention she would try to ignore them. This is all her dirty tricks and you shouldn’t fall for that”, she said leaning so close to me. All her words made me angry

“I don’t know what is the grudge you are holding against Ayshu but I don’t ever felt she is the one whom you are describing and about the issue between us, I think it would be good if we clear that without your interference, and also I don’t like you, hope you would never forget that fact”, I said what is on my mind without a filter.

She looked at me angrily and left the seat. She step out at her stop and Ayshu also got off the bus at her stop, she didn’t look at me even once. Ok then it is clear, there is no more Anshu and Ayshu friendship.

The same situation repeated after the following exams and she don’t even remember the fact that I was in the car, she didn’t even give me a glare, which hurts me the more. I tried to ignore her too but it was so difficult than I assume.

Today is their last exam and she didn’t break this barrier between us. I tried my best to act cool but I can’t. I think I need to talk to her one more time.

After the exam, she came to the car and sat in the back seat, so I also went to the back seat. My sudden action made her surprised, her reaction can be seen on her face.

“What are you doing?”, she asked with wide eyes

“The same thing I should have done days ago” but she turned around and looked at her phone.

“Look Ayshu, enough is enough. I waited patiently for these past days and you didn’t change your behavior towards me, at least I have the right to know what I did so wrong that you hate me so much”, still she didn’t turn around.

“Today is your last exam and you would come to Manjeri after six months, Are you planning to treat me like this for the rest of our life? What is the future of our relationship? I need to know today.

I gently nudged her shoulder, she turned around.

“What do you want Anshu? Why don’t you understand the fact that I’m no longer your friend, you need to accept that fact and move on, since I could do it, why don’t you do the same, after all, why are you so bothered that I ignore you?

“It matters to me, it matters when you don’t look at me, it matters when you ignore me like I don’t exist, it matters when you don’t talk to me”

“But why?”

“Because I LOVE YOU”