Healing Hearts

Different lives

Anika Bose, A 17 year old was running towards her school gate because she was late today. The scorching heat in West Bengal wasn't helping at all either. Unfortunately just like some of us her luck wasn't the best and the gate of the school was closed right when she reached there.

"Kaku, I'm only a minute late. Can't you just let it pass by this time?" Anika asked the security guard of the school.

"No no, a minute late is also counted as being late" The security guard said while shaking his head.

After the prayer was over and all the classes were going upstairs to their classrooms, the gate was opened again and the students who were late were being lectured by a school teacher. Once she spotted Anika among the late comers, a whole new lecture begun.

"Anika, Nikhil was never late to school but you are a complete opposite of your brother. He was so punctual and on time this is why he always got the highest marks in his class, I never expected this from you" Said the teacher to Anika.

And the lecture went on and on and on, with the teacher comparing Anika with her elder brother Nikhil. It's kind of common knowledge, that when you have a elder sibling or a sibling in general then you'll definitely be compared to them once in your life.

Anika didn't mind it because it was like a daily thing for her, she was used to it. After the lecture, she headed upstairs to the 11 science classroom and sat next to her bestfriends, Nikita.

She thought that now her mood would feel lighter as her bestfriend listened to her morning problems and the lecture she just listened to but it was the total opposite to her expectations.

"Yeah, okay" Said Nikita with annoyance laced in her voice as she brushed off Anika.

"Hey..uh are you mad at me or something? Because since a few days you're getting mad at everything I say and you don't even talk properly to me these days" Anika muttered abit hesitantly as she looked at Nikita.

"I'm just mad because alot of us got scolded by our physics sir, only because of you and some other people in our class" Nikita snapped as she glared at Anika.

"Because of..me? Why? Did sir know about the cheating we did in our test?" Asked Anika while looking at Nikita.

Nikita nodded her head, making Anika's mood feel even worse but Anika still accepted her mistake because cheating wasn't good at the end of the day.

"I'm sorry, I will never cheat again. You already know that I never cheated much in exams or tests but I really didn't know anything in physics and everyone else had studied something atleast and I got scared of the fact my mother would...you know how she is but still I know it doesn't justify my actions so I promise I won't do it again" Anika apologized sincerely as she didn't want everyone else to suffer because of a mistake she made.

"Fine, can you move aside?" Asked Nikita before walking to another bench and sitting there with her other friends.

Anika sat there quietly, thinking that the person who once lifted her mood now said things in such a way or reacted in such a way that made her mood worse.

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Aditya Malhotra, a 20 year old second year student of Financial Analysis at the NYU University, was walking towards the library. After a kind of good day which consisted of attending classes and having a good time with his friends, he was walking with his bestfriend Nikhil.

"This is frustrating, devastating, infuriating aur bhi jitne bhi shabd hai english mein woh sab hai yeh!" Exclaimed Nikhil Dramatically.

(And also whatever other word there are in english, it is all that)

"Thodi der muh band rakh apna warna yahi se niche phek dunga" Stated Aditya while pulling out his Phone.

(Keep your mouth shut for a while otherwise I will throw you down from here)

"I can't live anymore, who in their right mind gives four assignments at once?" Asked Nikhil after letting out a frustrated groan.

"Stop whining everyone is going to copy from internet, there's nothing to cry about it" Said Aditya while scrolling through his phone, searching about the topic of the assignment.

"Mister 'I-am-the-smartest-in-this-world', we still have to write everything manually. Do you think writing a 90 page assignment is easy even when copying?" Asked Nikhil sarcastically while rolling his eyes.

"Now even copying is a big issue for you, I don't think you'll survive the last assignment in which we have to write our own views" Said Aditya as Nikhil cursed his entire living existence, questioning why he won the sperm race.

Aditya just scrolled through the results for his search, completely ignoring Nikhil's whines and rambling because now he was used to it.

Even though Aditya and Nikhil cursed each other with the worst insults anyone can ever say to someone, they still preserved each other's friendship silently.

You won't see either of them talking highly about the other infront of them but behind their backs if anyone says any small thing to the other, you will find them in a fight with that person.

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The two had different lives, different lifestyle and different dreams but, their wounds were the same which made them human. Every human has been wounded once, maybe in their childhood or teenage years or maybe in their adult life.

Aditya Malhotra, was once a kid who used to think he was a burden on everyone. Taking up all the pressure and responsibilities on his own small shoulders, thinking that's what he had to. In that race of worrying about others, being the responsible eldest child in the family, being the ideal son for his parents, he left himself behind somewhere in that race and never looked back, having no one to talk to.

Anika Bose, was a little girl who never experienced being loved. Not just romantically but also..just the feeling of being loved. Ignoring all the hurtful comments with a smile, Imagining what it would feel like to be loved and loosing the one person she looked up to.

Sometimes, we all need to take a step back for ourselves and focus on ourselves not always on others, it's okay to deny doing a favour if you don't want to, it's okay to think about yourself before anyone else, it's okay. The world is not going to end if you think about yourself first.

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A/N:

Hello again! I hope you liked this chapter, and I wish that you're taking care of yourselves and eating well. Also don't forget to keep yourself hydrated, taking care of yourself is the first step for becoming a better version of yourself. Please value your efforts and your needs first, it's okay to do that.

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