ENTWINED SOULS: A Tale of hate and love

Past - II

Abhimanyu's POV
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"He took a step towards me and took out a rose from his pocket. He said that he liked me and asked, 'Will I be his girlfriend?' I was in shock for a moment. As I came back to reality, a hue of blush crept on my cheeks and I nodded. He gave me a smile and took me into a hug." She giggled remembering whatever they had.

I don't know why but as I imagined her hugging him, I felt a rage inside me. As I made a fist tightly, digging my nails in my palm, imagining her with him was much more painful than this. She looked at me, I couldn't let my emotions take over me at this moment so I gave her a smile.

"Continue." I asked her in a husky voice.

"Then we started spending more time together but soon our boards came and we focused on our studies. Then he left our school after farewell. Something shifted in our relationship from there, though we used to talk daily on chats, calls but that weird feeling. I didn't overthink it and was happy with whatever we had."

"This went on for about two years, I used to wake up, study, talk to him, sleep and then repeat. Sometimes we used to go out on holidays. One day we were out and I was holding his phone. I never used to check his phone but that day a notification popped up, 'Hi, Love!' with a RED heart. I asked him about it but he said it was a fake account and someone was trying to prank him." She took a deep breath and continued.

"You know, I was so DUMB that I believed him. I was so in love with him that I believed everything he said. I didn't use my own freaking brain and thought he was right. I thought I was just assuming things and overthinking a silly thing." She let out a humourless laugh, maybe mocking her younger self.

"I completed my 12th, we were out on a date. I was returning home after our date but he stopped me. He grabbed my waist and pulled me towards him. That made me a little uncomfortable, I made some distance between us. He dropped the most unexpected question 'Can I kiss you?'" She started shivering, and I rubbed her back trying to calm her down.

"Take deep breaths, Isha. Calm yourself down. I'm here." Tears started falling from her eyes as she followed my instructions. A lone tear escaped my eyes as I wiped her tears. As she calmed down, she continued.

"I was not able to understand what I should say. I didn't want to disappoint him but I also didn't want to kiss. I refused him as politely as I could but his expressions changed and he left me with a jerk. I tried to talk to him but he left from there leaving me standing alone. After that day, he changed a lot. He ignored me for a week that time. In the span of 3 years, he never ignored me for this long even if we had a fight." She sobbed

"Then he started talking to me but still he was never the same. I used to share everything with him as usual but in return I would get a 'single word' reply. I thought I was just irritating him so I reduced sharing things. But something bothered me in his behaviour, whenever we were out, he always used to touch me, making me uncomfortable. I know he was my boyfriend but I couldn't let him touch me, it felt wrong to me in many ways." Her sobbing increased and I calmly said to her, rubbing her back.

"Him being your boyfriend doesn't give him the right to touch you or make you uncomfortable with his actions. If something felt wrong to you then it was definitely wrong. NEVER THINK THAT IT WAS YOUR MISTAKE." She just hummed.

"After a few days, I got to know from some of his old friends that he was in bad influence and had started smoking and drinking. I tried to stop him from consuming that stuff but it was of no use."

"Then that day came." A shiver ran down her spine remembering the moments. If its memories scare her this much then I can't even imagine what she had actually endured. Her heartbeat fastened and her breathing became abnormal.