Miss Introvert? [COMPLETED ✔]

CHAPTER 22

[Darshan]
At around 5 PM, we were sitting on a steel bench in a park where the oldies were busy in their gossips and the tiny tots were busy in their plays. And the youngsters... Well, I don't need to say. Some were hanging out with their partners in hand in hand and some were busy in their sports. I and Adi shared silence for a moment while I broke the silence. "You know what.. When I was a child I used to do a lot of mischiefs ", I said. She chuckled and asked, "What kind of mischiefs? ". "Well.. Here is one incident... I and my friends were playing in the garden when I saw Ravi Bhaiya, one of my neighbour, working on his laptop. He was 10 years older than me. Back then I had no idea of how important works were! So what I did is, I asked Rahul to pull his hair from back. As Rahul did so, Ravi Bhaiya turned back and taking the chance, I snatched his laptop and hid it somewhere. He kept searching for his laptop and the best part is he didn't even know that it was me. So, he approached us after 30 minutes or so and said that if we found his laptop, he would give us 2 chocolates. We demanded for 5 each and he agreed. We instantly went to the place where we had hid the laptop and brought it. And as per the deal, we got 5 chocolates each and till today he doesn't know that we had hid it.. ", I said and heard her giggle. "Oh.. And here is another story", I said. "Go ahead", she said cheerfully. "Once I was in school. I needed help in my homework... So what I did is ,I took the copy of my friend, Zahira when she was not noticing and copied down the answers. However the teacher caught me because I couldn't answer the same questions as the one I had copied, when she asked me", I narrated. She laughed and said, "U r such a loser". "Well.. What about u? ", I asked and she abruptly fell silent. "Well.. I remember one incident... Once at home I had fight with my parents and so my mood was not good. The next day at school, I was so absent minded that I didn't hear when my teacher had called out my name for copy correction. As I turned back, I saw everyone had their copies checked except me. So I went to the teacher but she refused to check my copy. So I just snapped at her saying JUST DO WHAT U R MEANT TO DO. DON'T BOSS AROUND WEAK CHILDREN. The teacher was good enough not to take me to the principal's office. Another teacher who loved me dearly and whom I loved dearly explained me that we shouldn't talk like this with teachers and we should respect them.. I just listened to her because she was my second mom", she explained. I knew that my jaw was half opened and then I exclaimed, "U used to talk like this even to teachers?? ". "Shut up.. I was just 5 at that time ", she revealed. "Oh.. But still", I replied. "Well.. I had a great circle of friends in school and tuitions. So every weekend, we would show up at an open field, ground, garden or something of that sort and have a mini picnic. We would have food, games and what not.. ", I recollected another memory. She just smiled at this. "What about you? ", I asked. I hated her to pull to a conversation. She herself never spoke anything. "When I was in kindergarten, everything was great but once I entered grade 1 I used to face bullies.. Till date I don't know if I should call it a bully or not... Because one moment they would act like they were the bestest friends and the other moment they would strand me alone ... I never minded them.. When I reached class 2, a new girl had joined.. Her name was Tanya. We both had become best friends. Nothing used to bother me when she was around.. I used to talk to her about everything and anything. But once we reached high school, she had no interest in me.. All she wanted was attention.. In short she avoided me .. For 2 years until I met a girl Anjana. She was just like me but better. It seemed like we were sisters. But the same year she had to head out to Hyderabad for her dad's transfer... I was left alone again.. From then on I tried not to keep much friendships.. I used to sit alone, have lunch alone, roam around alone... My dad hated to send me out because he feared of me being a girl.. He didn't like to see me with any kind of boy... So basically, my school life was nothing special... ", she narrated everything. And now I felt it wasn't her fault that she avoided closeness. In fact that was what she believed. Everytime she inched closer, she got deceived. Any one who would be in her place would do the same thing. "If I were in place of u, I swear I would be dead", I joked even though it was not a joke. It was the truth. I could never stay without any human interaction. She smiled weakly. She was probably thinking something. Maybe she was recollecting some memories. She finally broke the silence and said, "I and she used to be the topper of our class and so,  many children never dared to approach us.. I never understood why.. Because at the end of the day we all were the same human beings.. We breath in same oxygen.. But still.. ". Her voice held the pain she wasn't showing. She knew the art of not showing the pain or anger through her eyes. No one would ever know what she was going through until she says it and all she used to do is never open up. "U never felt lonely after that? ", I asked out of nowhere. She looked at me once and clasping her hands together she rested her forehead on them while her elbows were placed upon her thighs. "I did.. But that loneliness never ate me up.. But it built me up", she said smiling feebly. It was true... Her loneliness built her in such a way that she was undervaluing her life... I had tales full of mischiefs while she had tales full of herself..

// Hey guys!! Hope you all are doing well... The two excerpts of our lead Aditi are the excerpts from my life.. Well.. All of it has happened in my life for real!! Hope you guys enjoy it😊😊.. Love u guys//