Coloured Me Grey (Book Two)

Chapter 29

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I ended up texting Tuhin. And the first thing that bastard said when he called me up at half past midnight was :

"Is this about Yash?"

I sighed. "So you've already heard."

"Mhm. You've told him everything and he's currently freaking out and seeking Ishan's advice. That poor guy didn't even want to talk to his ex-crush but now here we are, thanks to you."

"We kissed."

"You- what?"

"Yash and I had just stated getting closer right before this. We first kissed a week ago."

"Oh well, this is bad." The way he said it, left a sour aftertaste in my mouth.

"Should I have not done it? Left him to find out by himself?"

"If it had been me, I would've been pissed off either way."

"You're not helping."

Shouldn't have approached him in the first place. All those assurances he had spouted when we had first butted heads over Ishan, were empty. They must have been only out of politeness. A simple strategy to win Ishan’s approval.

"Sorry, man. I'm really out of ideas here."

Fucker. "Me too. I don't know what I am supposed to do."

"Do you want advice or do you want to vent?"

"You're probably the best and worst person I should take advice from."

"True that."

"I just want him to see me for myself, Tuhin. I want him to understand that I'm trying. If we're doing this, I wanna do it right this time around. And for that, I need him to know everything and proceed with every caution that comes from that knowledge."

"It's not his responsibility to be cautious of your bullshit always. It's your responsibility to keep your bullshit under check."

"Can you stop with the reality checks already?" My bottom lip quivered.

I'm not crying on the phone with Tuhin, goddammit. Not again.

"Alright," he didn't speak for a while on the other end. "Do you have mutual friends? Judging by what Ishan said, Yash would probably not be interacting with you for a while. So the only way of communicating your good intentions is through your mutuals."

"Every relationship won't go the same way yours did, Tuhin. I don't know any classmates except him."

"Dude." He sigh was audible. "Just... how? You used to be the outgoing, jeering bully, talking that big mouth of yours... where are your social skills now? At least I had none of that!"

"The last thing I need to be is who I was two years ago."

"I know. Then I guess all you can do right now is to wait and give him time to process everything."

"I'm worried about him, Tuhin. How bad was his past with Ishan?"

"What do you mean?"

"How bad was the rejection? Was there a big argument? A fight, maybe?"

"What the fuck are you saying, Riyaaz?" I could tell Tuhin was getting agitated.

Did he not know anything at all?