you think of me in your mind.’
‘I wanted to be close to you. Never let you go.’
‘You said “deti hai to de, varna kat le”. Does that sound like being
close?’
‘It’s my useless friends, they provoked me. They said, sleep with
her or else she’ll never be yours.’
‘You discussed this with your friends first?’
‘Not everything but...'
‘But stuff like “let me go fuck her today”.’
Before I could respond she raised a hand to silence me.‘I’m going
to say something now. Listen carefully. Okay?’ she said, her voice
shaky as she tried to maintain her composure.
‘Sure.’
‘One, don’t ever try to talk to me. Two, we are not friends
anymore. I have promised my triends and myself I will choose my
friends carefully. Three, stop hounding me, it’s disturbing. I don’t
want to tell my parents or the college authorities.’
‘Riya...’
'Please go now,' she said and folded her hands, as if pleading with
me.
I took one last look at her-her beautiful but angry and sad face, the
long hair I had stroked, the lips I had kissed once - and turned around.
I heard the sound of her footsteps get fainter as she walked away.
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