The Night We Met

Chapter 1

"Should I just jump?" im standing on the rooftop of some unknown building at 3am contemplating whether I should jump off or not...won't it be better to just die than live? I stare at my phone

8 missed calls and 12 messages from mom
3 missed calls and 10 messages from dad 

Do I even deserve a family like this? I dont thinks so i'd ever be able to become a good daughter to them. I feel my family would have been happier if I was just never born...yes I should have never born I dont deserve this life. I should just die...sorry mom and dad I hope u get a better daughter in your next life.

I looked down from the high building I was standing on. I was about to jump and suddenly heard a guy's voice

HEY!!ARE YOU CRAZY!?WHAT ARE YOU DOING??

and he pulled me from my arm and gave me a tight hug which somehow felt really comforting and even before realizing it I just broke down in his arms but he didn't complain instead he just held me bit softer than before. 

After few moments had passed I collected myself and pulled out of the hug said sorry and was about to go but he pulled me again and said "Hey, u wanna just sit down for a moment together?" I looked at his face for the first time and was amazed to see how handsome he was and his voice was just perfect to calm down anyone and for some reason idk I just wanted to stay with this guy longer so I said "yes"

We sat down on a chair and he turned off the terrace lighting just so I could feel more comfortable. And just as he said we literally sat down for almost 10mis and said nothing...after some time I broke the silence and said "hey thank u so much for today!" he replied "no problem I hope you're feeling better now! btw naam kya hai tumhara?"

Ishika:Ishika...tumhara naam kya hai?
Raunak:Raunak...vese agar tumhe koi problem hai toh tum mujhe bta skti ho tumhari
Raunak:im all ears no need to struggle w it alone
Ishika:thank u so much but mene already tumhe bahut si takleef dedi hai and im really sorry for that so I think aab hame chalna chahiye yaha se?
Raunak:no trust me mujhe koi takleef nhi hui and im not trying to put u under pressure but really if u want to tell me anythin yk things u can't tell others, you may. I'll listen it for u
Ishika:im not sure if its right to cause u more problem but I do wanna talk more...
Raunak:trust me it's fine I dont mind at all. So if u also don't mind may I ask why were u here at this time trying to yk jump off?
Ishika:pata nhi I just felt life's been really hard on me lately and aaj bas merese aur saha nhi gaya toh I felt dying is the best option left now
Raunak:I get the feeling sabke saath hota hai but I dont think dying is the best option take my advice everything will get better with time so please live
Ishika:Will it really?How long am I supposed to wait...is there a deadline or what?

He held my hand softly and said

Raunak:the moment u start taking things positively it will get better
Ishika:I dont know yk I feel like I just dont deserve living I feel so bad for my parents that they got a daughter like me
Raunak:Everyone deserves to live and you are no exception u must live okay and im sure your parents are really happy to have a daughter like u
Ishika:Yk I was a loner and used to get bullied in class 9th for being fat I thought things would get over once I lose weight but no I was wrong it never gets over I used to starve myself in order to lose weight and I really lost it in only 8th months...children stopped bullying me for some time...I lost weight I used to get good marks but still I had no friends I was always an introvert it was never easy for me to make friends so I was always jealous of those big friend groups and someday I wanted to be a part of it but it never really happened so I just dedicated myself to studies as I thought I would never be able to make friends and my parents were not that rich I belong to lower middle class so I thought I should I just focus on making my parents live a comfortable life so I always used to study...9th class ended I topped my school which gave me some confidence to become the topper in 10th also for which I always used to study even in games period as I had no friends to play with and I used to overhear people talk shit about  me they used to call me 'nerd' 'bookworm' 'loner' but still I ignored those things as I believed they only say this because they are jealous of me...and as I wished yes I topped once again in 10th and changed my school in 11th because of financial problems met new people in my new school and surprisingly I made some friends who were super nice and cool I thought I had finally become normal since I had friends now and im no longer a loner but still some part of me was anxious that they are gonna leave me...they wanted to bunk classes do pranks on teacher and literally everything other than studying which I did w them even got myself a bf just to be that cool kid but then I actually started to like him and later found out he was just playing around w me and that's when I experienced my first break up...I did all this just because I was afraid to become a loner again which obv reflected on my studies I barely passed my 11th class yk with really bad marks and my parents were really disappointed in me...I was so confused on what to do I didnt want to become a loner but then again I wanted my parents to be happy and at that time I thought maybe I can just make friends in college I will study hard from now and get into IIT Delhi make my parents proud and find some real friends in college so I distanced myself from my friends literally gave up everything and just focused on studies...and the friends I had badmouthed me they used to say I betrayed them and they also spread rumours about me and everyone started hating me again just as it was in 9th but I ignored everything and thought this would all be worth it once I get into my dream college...I destroyed my mental health my social life my everything just for this one college but I failed I didnt clear my mains exam I literally failed everything today my parents my college my friends my life myself literally everything!

A/N: So yess guys this was the first chapter of "The night we met" I hope u all liked it. Please support me by voting and stay tuned for the next chapter!