Nandini's pov

Its been a couple weeks since soha has entered in my life again, yes again. I have known soha since I was 10, we were in the same class whereas everyone else was in a different class.

I didn't make any friends at all because of soha, because she bullied me every single day, but I never told anyone. I took it and buried it deep inside.

Then a couple years ago soha changed schools which is when the torture stopped and now she is back in my life and her being in Manik's life is even worse becasue I can't do anything about it.

I haven't told Manik becasue he has been distant, to the point that he forgot that he has to pick me up yup. I asked him in the morning if he could pick me up from the bookstore becasue it is an hour or so away from college and he said yes but he isn't here

It is 8 in the evening/night and I have been waiting for manik since 6 but there is n sign of him, I tried calling him but it keeps going to voicemail, I tried texting but there has been no reply.

Finally getting tired of waiting I took an auto which was fine but the fact that he didn't even care to pick up my calls hurt me. Manik never lets me be out so late alone especially in this area of town but I guess his priority has changed.

I was in the auto when my phone rang, I dug it out of my bag and saw it was cabir bhai

"Hello" I said

"Nandini where the hell are you, it's almost 10 at night" he sounded so worried

"Im just coming back"

"Coming back from where" he asked

"The book store"

"What the hell do you mean"

"Bhai I will explain everything in a second im jsut getting out of the auto"

"Auto?" He screamed

"Ya, hello, hello" he had cut the call

I paid for the auto and saw bhai running out of the house towards me. He grabbed the heavy book bag from me and glared at me

"Hi" I whispered

"Hi? Seriously hi. Are you kidding me nandini? Its 10 and you are coming home from god knows where with this heavy ass bag that too in an auto" he scolded as we got in the house

"Shh I am thirsty" I said

"Navya can you get me a glass of water" he yelled

"Ya" she replied from the kitchen

"Oh nandini, girl where were you" navya asked giving me the water

i gulped it down and both navya and cabir glared at me

"Gosh you two scare me"

"Nandini what were you doing out so late" he asked

"I went to the book store"

"Why?"

"Bhaii books were for sale and they had so many" I said grinning at him

"What store" he asked

"Mhmm the one I always go to"

"Nandini that is like an hour away"

"I know"

"Cutie why didn't you call cabir to pick you up" navya asked kissing my head

"I mhm I didn't want to disturb you" I said

"Cull the bullshit, did you ask manik to pick you up" he asked making me look down

"That ashhole, I fucking am done with this bullshit of him fantasizing and being obsessed with this fcking bitch" he said getting up walking towards manik's room

I ran up to him and grabbed his arm

"Bhai no"

"What no"

"Don't say anything to him, its fine must have slipped from his mind"

"Seriously nandini"

"Bhai"

"No nandini, Cabir is right. He has started pulling away from all of us but especially you"

"Its fine navya"

"It is not fine. That area of town is horrible and you were there at night alone anything could have happened nandini and just because of soha he forgot to pick you up that's bull fucking shit" he said

"Calm down bhai, it's fine"

"Nandini tu kya dar rahi hai" he asked sighing

"Bhai he is happy with her, let him be"

"But this isn't"

"Isn't the manik we know, yes I know that. He isn't our manik" I said sadly

"Did soha say something to you" navya asked

"No" I said right away

"Be honest cutie" she said taking me to the couch

Bhai sat beside me making me smile as I laid my head on his shoulder trying to find comfort

"She just makes me feel like I am interfering in his life, that I am nothing in his life. You know bhai I don't even give him his food anymore, I don't say much becasue she looks at me like I am ruining things. Bhai am I wrong?" I asked

"No nandu, he is the one in the wrong"

"I don't know bhai, so I am going to distance myself from him. That would keep soha happy hence him happy"

"But has she done anything to you" navya asked

"Multiple times, mhmm im tired. Im going to go up and sleep" I said

They both nodded knowing I wasn't okay. I walked upstairs and saw manik's door cracked open a little. As I walked to my room I saw him and soha watching tv making me sad

He was just home watching tv with her but he couldn't even reply to my messages or calls. I must have called him at least 10 times and even more messages but nothing and all because he is busy with his girlfriend.

I know I have lost that friend I had, he calls me his life or well used to and now that life is no where to be seen. He used to text me every few hours if I wasn't in front of his eyes but look at things now.

These weeks have gone by with manik being with soha and just soha, no one else and I toh don't even matter anymore. i guess it's time to accept the reality and move on.

The next day I was running Late to college so I wan't really looking around when I ran into someone falling on the ground.

"Im so sorry" I whispered rubbing my elbows

"You fucking bitch, are you blind" it was soha

"Im sorry, I was in a hurry so I didn't"

"Shut the fuck up bitch"

"Soha do not use such language with me" I said getting up

"Do not forget who I am nandini, the same girl who ruined your life before in school"

"We are not in school anymore soha"

"Yet you are still that fat bloody orphan whose parents threw her away becasue she is ugly as fuck"

As soon as she finished her sentence I felt heat rushing to my ears as tears flood my eyes.

"Oh hey girls" it was manik

"Manik see what nandini did" soha said walking to him and showing him her elbow

"Nandini what the hell man" he said making me look at her elbow

Her elbow was red for some reason and he was now caressing it.

"Manik I"

"See I told you she doesn't like me, she pushed me and asked me to stay away from you" soha said dropping her fucking crocodile tears

"I did not expect this from you nandini, you are my best friend. You hurting my girlfriend was the last thing I ever thought would happen" he said

"But"

"Enough nandini" he yelled at me taking her away

I couldn't breath for a second, he thinks so low of me, he thinks I would stoop so low and hurt her.

He wasn't my manik, he wasn't becasue if he was he would have known today is one of the toughest days of the year for me.

It was the day I lost my parents, I was 5 when my parents passed away in a accident but I was saved and found by the orphanage.

He knows how difficult today is for me and even year he wakes up and takes me out to distract me and today he chose her fake pain over my pain. Forget it man, its probably my fault!