章 41: Disha-
"What about B? How did you both....?" I stopped as he suddenly looked at me, I felt a little bit of irritation in his eyes.
He didn't say anything, and as soon as I stopped he turned back to listen to the speech. At this time, I felt as if I wasn't used to him being like that.... And probably that's why my eyes felt tearful. Actually, that's just how I am.... Even a little bit of harshness of someone I love or like, makes me tearful and then I start blaming myself. I hold back the tears from falling. And then suddenly he hold my hand and leaned over to me and whispered in my ears....
"You should know the rules!!"
"What rules?" I asked him as I moved my face towards him, making eye contact.
"There is a price to pay for everything..."
His voice sounded so.... heart fluttering... Everytime his breath touched my skin, I felt heat in my body and my heart beat became faster and louder and I felt as if it could be heard even among that crowd.
"Aren't you irritated?" I asked, pouting.
"To be honest, I am... I mean these people are so lame... What's the point of suger coating and presenting the same topic again and again?"
"That's not what I am asking.... Aren't you irritated with me?"
"What? What goes inside that little head of yours all the time? Why would I be irritated with you?"
"Maybe... I'm talking too much?"
"Of course not. And I couldn't possibly love it more, let alone hating it".
"Really?"
"Of course",
"What price?" I asked as I took a deep breath, it's, as if all the things that I felt a while ago disappeared as he said these to me.
"Up to you.... But if you are asking then, maybe.... You could pay with yourself", he said with a smirk.
And when I heard what he said, my heart stopped beating for a while. It took me a while to process what he said to finally let out an answer.
"Pervert", was all I managed to say.
"What? Pervert? Why?" he asked sounding innocent.
I stared at him, making a face and then he added, "What I meant by yourself is... Sharing some information about you. Give and take...." he said looking at me from the corner of his eyes.
"What?"
"Give and take... Tell me about your another friend and I'll tell you about B", he said looking at me. I could see the amusement in his eyes. But there was nothing I could do about it but satisfying his amusement.
"If I tell you about one more friend of mine, you'll tell me about B, right?"
"Right".
"I know who I'm gonna tell you about..." unknowingly a smile escaped my mouth and lit up my face.
"Who?"
"Mimma.... She and I, we have quite a history together. We have known each other through out our lives. Our educational journey started with each other. But we were.... How should I put it? Anyways you'll know.... So, are you ready to walk down the memory lane with me?" I wishpeard to him because everybody suddenly started applauding as the third spoken person left the stage after finishing his speech.
"Yeah", he said enthusiastically.
"OK, so let's travel back to January of 2007. She and I, we started our first school together... Kindergarten, and we were the only girls in our class", I smiled as I continued,
"You know she was different than others... She used to have this sister with her, who would look after her through out the school period.."
"Caretaker, you mean??" he asked breaking my sentence.
"Isn't it rude to say put it in that way?" I asked facing him.
"Is it?" he shrugged.
"Anyways, so she, you know, she would cry in every class because the teachers wouldn't allow that sister to sit along with her during class. But after class she would be as cheerful as ever".
I laughed but holding back almost 90 percent of that laughter because of the fact, that we were present in a seminar. And we had to look after our images because of having people around us. In fact, I had to stop laughing after five seconds because a woman turned back to look at me, probably wondering what's so funny about the fact that Russia might exit from UN. I gave an awkward smile at that lady. About Raidan, he also laughed but under his breath, because he is really careful about our impression on public.
"Don't worry, she won't remember", he wishpeard to me.
"Ok, so where was I?" I asked him with a low awkward chuckle.
Well, of course I remember where I was but I asked him just to make sure that he was actually listening to me. And I really wished that he was listening carefully. Because if he is already half hearing what I am saying.... Then I'm sure that you can already imagine the future... I mean it's not gonna get any better. I seriously controlled my urge of an eye roll because it would be a mess if he sees it.
"You said, she would be as cheerful as ever after class", he said.
Finally, a sense of relief travelled through out my body. Of course, as expected as him, he always listens. A smile of happiness appeared on my face, as I could sense it. I could nearly feel the butterflies in my stomach.
"Yeah, so, she used to like me. And I did too. I really liked her, I liked playing with her... We were kids you see.... We had no walls whatsoever. She was really observant, and I was nowhere near that.... To think she is the first ever friend I made", I said as realization dawned over me.
"Wow.... I'm getting excited", he said.
"We passed our first year together very happily.... But in the next year her cousin sister got admitted into our class... And since then, it was as if, we had a wall between us.... Well, she wouldn't cry in the class anymore, and as she had her cousin sister, she wouldn't need me anymore.... Like before. Before she used to treat me like a March born would treat an April born. She cared, looked after me.... But now she had someone else to care about...." I took a deep breath.
I feel bad that it sounds as if Urchela is bad. She isn't, and I know exactly how much she means to Mimma. And probably I would do the same if I were in her place.... If Draya and I were to study in the same class, I would definitely look after her, she would definitely be my first priority. But I guess I was just too naive to think it through.
"That's how the next year passed as well. In 2010 I changed school and so we lost contact. For 5 years we hadn't met. Even though the distance between our houses is like 10 minutes, but still we hadn't met for 5 years. Year 2015, we met again, again as classmates. At first, the wall that I had felt earlier, seemed like had disappeared, me, Harisa, Mimma and her cousin sister, we became best friends, we would even share our lunch. But that didn't last longer, they stopped talking to us before our half early exam. And that's how it was.... We would occasionally talk, years passed, Harisa transfered, I was all alone, and in midst of that, we were getting close.. In 2018, we actually got close, it felt as if that wall was getting thinner. You know she would even sing me song. And honestly, she's a great voice. If she attends our wedding I'm definitely going to make her sing. She's also good at mimicking. We would mimic our teachers behaviors during our lunch break, sitting by the tall tree that touched the roof of our academic building. And just like that our high school ended. We were enrolled into different collages, so, there we lost connection for another two years or so. 2022, our university admission year. You can call it fate, but we were in the same coaching center. Different shifts. And since we were from the same place, we would come home together and leave together".
"You were out of our hometown?" he asked cutting me off.
"Sort of", I grinned.
"And our actual journey of friendship began from there. At that time, it was almost as if we were back in 2007, there were no walls. Just us. And gradually I started understanding her better. And we grew even closer when we both got in universities. We had more topics in common. With her you know, I didn't have to worry about being judged. I knew my secrets are safe with her. I would often talk with her, when life got harder. And she would listen to me. Advice me... Sometimes badmouth about our society with me.... And just like that we became best friends... If I were asked to name my 3 closest friends, then she would the second one, cause of course, Harisa's first.... And like you and M, we are only growing closer", I said the last sentence intentionally. Because it's true.
"Who's the third?" he asked, as if suddenly being serious.
"Alexia?" he added.
"I don't know. I haven't thought it that far", I said honestly.
Alexia is really really really close to me. But comparing her with my other friends, specially Harisa, Mimma, it doesn't seem fair. Cuz I've known Alexia only for 5 months while I know them for years. So there's no way I could compare them.
"Ok, so, now tell me about B.... Give and take, you said", amusement covered my whole face. It's going to be fun to finally know about another of his friend.
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