ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ [ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ]

• Part 53 •

Nikita POV:

Who was this? Why was he being weird?
I looked at Ved, who had walked up to Mayukh and was giving the same expression.

I didn't know what to do so I walked up to them.
"Hi?" I said. Mayukh turned to me and then looked back at her.
"Hi..." he said, looking back at me, then turned to her, back at me and then continued, "Let's go." He grabbed my hand and we walked ahead.

I followed him quietly while he walked silently. What's going on with him?
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
He didn't reply.
"Mayukh?" He stopped walking and I noticed we're next to my accommodation.
What is going on?
"I'll see you tomorrow." He said.
"Wait!" I said, catching to his arm, "Are you fine?"
"I'm fine Mishbo, don't worry." He said.
"I don't think so. You aren't talking."
"I'm okay. Don't worry." He said and walked off.

I watched him leave and then entered my room.
Why was he behaving so strange?
I went into my room and started studying.
More like distracting myself.
Should I text him?

I got my phone and quickly texted him.
Nikita: Are you fine?
He replied after 5 minutes.
Mayukh: Yes.

One word replies.
What's going on with him?
Who was that girl and why did she rile him up?
What am I supposed to do?

I got up and got my jacket on and walked out. I need to find him. I walked to Thornhill and found Ved in the reception. He saw me and then came towards me.

"Niki? What happened?" He asked me.
"I... I wanted to talk to Mayukh... what happened to him?" I asked.
He sighed, "Niki... I... I can't be the one to say."
"Why not?"
"It's not about that. It's his story to tell."
"Is everything fine?"
"Okay. Come here." He said and guided me outside. I followed him.

He walked and spoke, "So, in 12th, Mayukh and Shruti, the girl you met today, were dating."
"Oh." I said, looking down.
"Shruti and Mayukh were together since the beginning of 12th and they came to the same university - this one."
"I see."
"But, things took a bad turn after. She started acting strange and all us brothers started to find out more things about her and we found out...."
"Found out, what?"
"She was cheating. She was using him for his money, what Riya did to you... she did that to him but instead of fear, she used love. She played on his weakness of his love to get into all events and things. We were upset by it but more than that, he was broken by it. When we found out, we showed him and finally he accepted it and when he found out, his anger was very scary, but he loved her so he was not able to confront her. She found out that we know and she left the university to go abroad, but now she's come back. We don't know why and we don't want here."
That was a lot to take in.
"Oh... I see. Does Mayukh... like..."
"He hates her. He didn't know what to do after seeing he saw his ex, who had run away without confrontation 3 years ago."
"Can I... meet him?"
"Sure."

We headed towards the building and Ved led me inside. I followed him as he was talking to the receptionist. I don't know what he said. Anyway, he then looked at me and gestured me to go up.
I went upstairs in the lift.

My heart was weird, feeling very weird. It felt strange to see his ex in front of me.
Why wouldn't he have an ex?
Why would I expect that he had no one before?
But why was I not able to digest that?
Plus, I saw his ex. She was beautiful. I hated my overthinking mind but I looked at myself from the mirror in the lift and reassured myself.
It was fine, Nikita.

I got out of the lift and went towards his studio.
Taking a deep breath, I knocked on the door.
No reply.
I'll wait.
After 2 minutes, I knocked again.
No reply.
Should I just go in?
I guess so.

I slowly pushed the latch and it opened. I walked inside to find the house in a mess. Everything was scattered everywhere. What's happening?
"Mayukh?" I called out.
I heard a noise from the bedroom. I walked towards it and saw him sitting on the bed and then dropping his body back to lay. I ran to him.
"Mayukh?"
He looked up and sat up quickly, "Nikita..."
"What happened to you?" I yelled as I saw his state. He was a mess. His hair was messy. His shirt was loose, his eyes were oozing anger. I felt tears in my eyes out of fear, "Why are you like this?"
"Why did you come here?" He said slowly, while looking down.
"I... I couldn't just... leave."
"Mishbo. Leave."
"I just told you.... I can't."
"You'll burn here. Get up and go."
"I... I want to stay." I said and sat next to him.

His eyes pierced on me. His anger oozed through his eyes but there was also a sense of emotion I couldn't understand in those eyes. He came closer until he suddenly pulled me close and slammed his lips on me. I got startled but held his shoulders tightly for support as he kissed me fiercely, as if taking out his anger.
His kisses were rough but he was gentle, soft.

He slowly pulled away and touched our foreheads. I saw him caress my face and then let go and lay back down as I sat next to him.
He didn't talk.
"Who was she?" I asked him.
"My ex." He replied, looking up while laying.
"Oh." I knew, I just wanted to hear it from him.
"Mishbo, you need to know everything." He said and sat up, "Come with me."

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