❝𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥❞
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"I'm here, because I couldn't stand it. You being so close," he pushes a strand of hair behind my ear, "yet so far. You're beautiful. You're pretty, smart and so attractive."
I hold my b...
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"Ma!" I say, hugging her.
She's still the same, sad brown eyes, round face, wavy black hair. She's typical natural beauty, she can look pretty without effort, unlike me.
She took express permission to stay in campus with me and Sarika (she just had to run a monolgue about how I looked sad and depressed).
"How are you?" She asks.
"Much better." I answer truthfully.
"Good." She smiles.
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After Ma settles in, I take her to a walk in the woods. I just felt I wanted to take her to the woods.
"How's life?" Ma asks.
"It's so so so good. Did I tell you I'm dating now?"
Mom's eyes expand into saucers and a smile lifts her lips, "Who is it?"
"Remember I told you about Sidhant?"
Mom's smile flaters for a second and her eyes become normal, "Yes. Him? You're dating him?"
"Yes." I say.
"I'm surprised. He seemed like the type to not date anyone." She says.
"Do you know him, Ma?" I question.
She's been showing weird signs when she hears his name.
"No." She says, her voice a little firm, "I don't know him. Tell me about him. How's he treating you? How's this thing going-"
"It's pretty serious." I can imagine Sid and me marrying any day now.
"Oooh, serious." She smiles, or rather smirks, "Do I need to start planning a wedding? Or maybe-"
"Shut up, Ma. I'm still in university."
"You graduate soon." She winks.
"Ma, please. It's just, you know I like to live in the moment. So, can we please forget about the future or the past? What Sid and I have right now is what matters."
"You're growing up." Ma says, with adoration in her eyes.
"Happy realization, duh." I roll my eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. You didn't take me to meet Sarika. I remember vaguely you telling me she's dating someone too."
"Oh she is, they'll get engaged soon too. I'm sure. Whenever they're around, they like can't stop touching each other." I tell her.
"That's kind of cute." Ma sighs, a dreamy look in her eyes.
She, ofcourse, never got love.
At a small age, she was too poor to think about love, she kept thinking about how to help her family.
It was only later, when Ma's sister (Vini, my cousin's mother) got a job, that they became rich. But by then, Ma was pregnant with me.
And she had to leave her house because of me at that time.
She's sacrificed her whole life for me, and I'm grateful. I love her for that.
"Are you dating anyone?" I ask her with wiggly eyebrows.
"No." She chuckles, "I told you, I'm not going to date at this age."
"I swear, you look like my sister. You're so uoung looking, you should date." I don't know how I feel about having a step dad, but if Ma's happy, I'm happt.
"Stop it, Niki." She says, and we laugh together.
We talk about other things, studies, friends, my drinking problem, and enjoy the walk.
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The next chapter is going to reveal a lot of things.
