13 Reasons Why... I 💓 you

#5

I love you,
Cuz you tend to my wounds with ice-cream!

Niti was bawling her eyes out for the past half hour, maybe more. Actually eversince she came back from school, but she couldnt help it. She knew it was stupid- this was high school after all, these things kept happening all the time. And technically that knowledge should have been able to make her feel better because of course she was not the only one who had had to face this but damn it, cause it wasn't.

"Hey Taybae what's up?" The familiar voice (that always comforted her) called out.

"When did you come?" She asked lifting her face from the pillow she had buried it in.

"Just now" he said coming and plopping down by her side.

"I didn't hear you" she said while also noticing he had a big tub of ice-cream with him.

"Yeah since I'm trying to get into secret service, I thought I might as well practice" he said mischievously and she chuckled, slapping a hand on his chest.

"Shut up!" She said but she guessed she meant otherwise. "What are you doing here?"

"Come to hang with a friend" he said innocently. "Is that a crime?" He asked and Niti raised an eyebrow in response.

"Okay now you tell me what's up?" He said and got comfortable on her bed.

"You know" she mumbled looking down at her lap. He lifted his hand and touched her cheek, she didn't turn but she could feel him tracing her tear stains.

"Probably" he replied and now she looked at him. Another of her eyebrow raises that meant he wasn't fooling her. "Okay maybe I do, a bit, but not all of it. And I'd like you would to tell me" he said honestly.

She turned towards him fully now and he sat up, his undivided attention on her. She cleared her throat to feel less self concious.

"Rishabh dumped me" she said, her voice cracking a bit.

"What?" He said and tried to sound shocked  every bit but it was frankly a disastrous attempt. But she did spot something in it; what, she couldn't say.

"I know you gonna say 'told you so'" she said a fresh tear rolling down, "I'm not worth it!"

"What? What? No"  he said, almost wailing and this one sounded much more authentic and genuinely shocked that she thought of what he said that way. "Who the fuck told you that?" He asked frowning.

"Well... you had warned me and-"

"Yeah that's cause I knew he was bad news! I tried to warn you ahead and make you see that, so when he does you bad you're either prepared or dump him before he dumps you" he explained.

"Neither happened!" She answered ruefully.

"What did he say while he broke up?"

"He said I was pathetic and insecure... and well that he should have chucked me out a long time ago! He also admitted that he did make out with Jiya while we were still dating!" She poured it all out.

"Well thank god that he isn't your boyfriend anymore then! He is an abomination Niti, you could do so much better. A guy who cheats, verbally abuses and treats others like shit... you should be glad it's over" he said truthfully and she got it now, it was relief she had spotted in his voice.

"When you put it like that..." She trailed away and honestly already she felt much better. And maybe this wasn't so bad after all. "It is really not all that bad!" She said.

"It's okay you'll get over it. Now, ice-cream?" He asked opening the tub.

"Peppermint and Choco chip, you're a charmer Samthaan!" she said kissing his cheek.