Is He A She?!

Crushed hearts and storms

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Warning: I totally suck at writing fight scenes. Forgive your dear little Kavya for that.

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Crushed hearts and storms

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"Ha ha, very funny bud," Rohan said, his voice shaky, "you totally got me for a moment."

"Rohan, do I look like I'm kidding?" I whispered.

Rohan tried to smile at me, but it came out as a grimace.

"Who pranked you?" he asked again.

"Come out, guys," he called out and I looked helplessly at him.

"You got me. You win," Rohan said and laughed.

It was high pitched and artificial.

God...

"Rohan?" I called in my voice. My real voice, yeah, the feminine one and he visibly cringed at it.

"What did you say..?" Rohan's voice sounded so weak and the sight of his face crushed my heart.

I'm so stupid. Stupid, Uthra. Stupid, stupid, Uthra!

I took a breath and started from the beginning but Rohan interrupted me.

"No, I get that. What were you-" he stopped a took a deep breath "-what did you mean by... disguise?"

"I'm a girl, Rohan," I stated. Black met black but those black eyes weren't the eyes I loved. They were just black dots.

Slowly, Rohan's eyes dropped down. Then they looked up at me and then down. Then up, then down. He did it for at least five times.

"So, you lied." It wasn't a question. Just a statement.

"Yes."

"This was all pre-planned?"

"No-" I started but he interrupted me by raising his hand, palm facing me and the words died in my mouth just like that.

"I wasn't asking for an explanation," his voice was deadly cold, "yes or no?"

Rohan's not judgmental.

Guess, he is.

"Yes."

Why is it suddenly cold?

Why am I shivering?

I waited for him to tell something. One minute. Two minutes. Ten minutes... Nothing came out.

"Hrithik anna knows," I whispered it as if that was going to save me.

But my hope crumbled when I saw the hurt and disgust in his eyes.

"Hrithik knows," he said through gritted teeth, "That freaking bastard knows and I don't?! Wow, this is what friendship is?"

"Rohan, I told him because I had to! Not because I wanted to. If I hadn't told you this now, you wouldn't even know that I'm a damn girl!"

"Oh, what a sacrifice," he said sarcastically. "When did you two become that buddy-buddy?"

I sighed. God, I'm tired.

"Why do you hate him so much?" I whispered.

"Why do you care?" he barked and I scowled.

What was Rohan's problem? Where is the kind guy I knew?