Their first fight in Ruhi's words
(Ruhi's point of view)
It was 9.15AM. I was already 15 minutes late.
"I have to rush. He must be waiting for me. I am asking you for the last time, if you are coming with me or not? " I asked Ruchika in a high tone.
"No, i am not." she replied as expectedly.
How stubborn she is. Sometimes i curse myself for calling her my best friend. This college had changed most of her.
I didn't want Rahim to wait more so i ran towards library with all my strength and stamina. My payal's ghunghunu echoed as chan-chan in the empty corridors. I stood there at the door, panting like hell when i saw Rahim.
I saw that in front of him there was lieing a big bundle of books and his head was engulfed into something which was concealed behind the
stack of books. As i pushed myself few steps ahead , he saw me and closed that diary.
"I am so sorry for being late." I apologized while entering in library, gasping halfly.
"Calm down Ruhi. Take the seat , and drink some water." He offered his bottle after putting diary on his lap.
"Thanks" i replied. I was trying hard but my subconscious mind got stuck over the diary.
"By the way, i have selected few books and marked the sub-topics so let's read them and filter out the matter and diagrams." Rahim took my attention.
"Okay! May i ask you something?" That almanac was holding my mind.
"Sure"
"Are you a diarist?" I questioned.
"Yes..it is my best friend" he replied in a passive voice.
"I don't know much about you but my mind says that you had struggled a lot." and I struggled a lot to say this much in front of an introvert guy.
"It don't seem to be related to our project. So i will like you to pay your attention towards these books." His temperature expands.
"Okay! Nawab shabh." I giggled
"Listen you. I dont know what you think of yourself but stop being so much possessive about my personal life. You're no one to me . So please do your work instead of putting your leg into my affairs." He screamed and taped the bench with a brutal force, got on his knees and left the room.
"aree!! Listen! Listen Rahim! " I tried to stop him but he walked off.
I was numb. How could one be so rude? I wasn't uncivilized, yet..yet he shouted at him. Furious. What did he think of himself ? Even if he was a merit holder or the one who stood with me to fight against those monsters, this didn't give him right to take me for granted. I couldn't work with such a temperamental guy. I got up from my chair and decided to contact our Physics professor to change my partner but on the spur of the moment my heart refrained. It was taking everything in a good part. Instead of being angry, my core was shouting to know more about this unmannered gentleman. How could the guy who handled all the ragging so calmly and politely become so choleric all of a sudden? What's the story behind his diary? Is it my nature what sucks him or my calling him 'nawab shab'? Many more questions were running in my mind. I totally understood that i was no one to ask all these questions. I wasn't rather curious to scratch out his past. It was just my pure soul which needed answers. And soul never do anything meaningless. I never ever felt this way and a small tear rolled down from eyes. I couldn't figure out, if those tears were for his rude behavior, for hurting him or for the questions running in my mind which could never be answered. My heart sinked. I headed down on the table.
Rahim's realisation of his mistake in his words
(Rahim's point of view)
I was restless. I mean what type of girl she was? How could she call me 'Nawab Shab'. That name was reserved for Abbu only. She should remain in her limits.
Wait.. I choked. I was totally out of my senses. She was completely a stranger who knew nothing about my personal life. That means, his calling me 'Nawab shab' was just in the heat of moment. How could i lose my temper so easily and that too, uselessly? She was over friendly though, which i didn't like at all but this gave me no right to shout at someone this way. What she might be thinking of me? I needed to apologize.
I ran to Library. I was hoping of her being present there. My heart was beating at an unusual speed. I was praying to Allah.
I sighed when i saw her seating in library. Her head was down on the table. I hurted her a lot.
"Ruhi! " I called her as politely as i could. She looked up but didn't utter a word.
"I am sorry for shouting at you like mad. I apologize you whole heartily. " i bowed down.
"It's okay." she replied soothingly.
My heart melted by her voice but i needed to be strong so that this won't be repeated in future.
"Suffice to say, we are classmates. We have some boundaries which we should maintain. We have our own personal life, our own thinking. I hope you are understanding. I apologize once again for my rude behavior. We shall continue our project from tomorrow." i continued.
She nodded and i left for home. I just wished that she accepted my apology and understood my point.
