I pretty much slept the whole ride.
I felt bad that I was making him drop me home without any prior notice , but his annoying personality made up for it.
"Had a good sleep?" He asked in a tone I couldn't decipher.
It was probably sarcasm.
"Well I'm bleeding like shit so no I didn't -
"Do you want something?"
"What?" I asked midsentence.
"Do you want some pain killers or anything of that sorts?"
I was surprised. Not at the fact that he was asking me openly about periods, a taboo as it still is in many parts around the world, but at the fact that he was asking me about it.
I was more or less a stranger to him, unless you count the two times we had met. He probably doesn't even remember that.
"No , I'm fine" I replied. I had given him enough trouble.
"You didn't answer my question" I set off to resume our bickering.
" Which one"
" The one about what you were doing near my college"
"Why should you know that?" He asked.
"Why shouldn't I ?" I retorted.
"My younger sister is getting married" He said.
"When?" I asked.
I knew his sister from Hir.
I knew many things about him from Hir.
"End of next month"
"Meaning you're gonna be busy till that"
"Yes"
"Why were you here again?" I asked my question.
" Shaani's groom and dress are both from Calicut, and that's exactly why I was there" he muttered in one deeply taken breath.
"So that means you'll be coming here more often than you would like, right?" I asked with a mischievous glint in my eyes.
"Yes but bad luck for you, I will not be taking any human that even remotely resembles you in this car, or any car for that matter" he finishes with a smug look on this face.
"Are you really an asshole or behaving like one?" I asked.
"Behaving like one because you are one " he replied .
The sun was setting just then. Orange and red waves of rays bled through the sky .
He didn't know where my home was. I could easily take a bus from where we were right now and reach home.
"You can leave me here" I said.
"Where's your house?" He asked.
"Near here and thankyou , I think I'll be able to manage without an asshole driving me" I said with a sneer.
I couldn't just thank him properly, could I?
"Says the one who asked for a lift, though the pleasure is all mine. Me and my car are free from a headache. Greatful that it's leaving" he replied as he returned my sneer and unlocked the car.
I got out of the car and shut the door. A millisecond later and the car was already zooming off.
"Call me when your car's going to Koykod!!!" I screamed out loud.
The head in the car turned ever so slightly, and the middle finger of his left hand rose up swiftly.
