Episode 143 - Bury the hatchet

Meanwhile, by the corridor near the medical room, the gang continued to give a shocked expression while,


Vi (bitting her teeth) - Rohaaannn!!!
Ro - He placed a bug on her pendant and secretly listened to her conversation.
A (angry) - And that's why you were that scared all along?
Vi (trying to manage) - I thought it was a hidden camera okay.
A (angry) - That's not the point.
K - You should've complained, Vidurshi.
Vi - I was going to complain. But he did this for Siyali. Aur mainey Siyali ke liye complain nahi kiya?
P (surprised) - Matlab tumney jaakey Gautam sey hi poocha? Why he did this?
T (angry) - You did that? Are you a stupid, Vi?


Vidurshi looked down at the floor with a guilty expression while her friends shouted angrily. Having a strong feeling to defend her,


Ro - That was stupid..... But kind of brave.


As Rohan complemented her, Vidurshi lifted her head up and smiled at him,


A (angry) - You're smiling? Tumhe yeh nahi laga ki tumhe humey se kisiko bathana chahiye? And I'm sure you didn't exactly "tell" Rohan. As always he would've found out on his own. And Rohan? You didn't find the need to tell this to anyone?
Ro - She sure didn't want anyone to know. So I don't think it would have been right of me to go around telling.
Vi (murmuring) - Thank you Rohan.


Angela was losing her mind hearing about all this,


A (angry) - Are you serious? You saw how worried we were. Tumhe bathana chahiye tha. What were the both of you thinking? Vidyut, why aren't you telling anything?


They all turn to look for Vidyut who was missing from the gathered up gang. They turn back to see Vidyut standing alone with a blank expression. Vidurshi gets up from the parapet and walks in front of him,


A - Vidyut?
Ro - Vidyut?
Vi - Bhaiya?


The gang stood around him, waving their hand in front of him when,


Vd - I'm gonna kill him.


Vidyut said with an angering rage seeing which the gang moves one step behind,


L (funny) - Mathlab Warrior High sey ek aur jail jaaney waala hai?
All - Lucky!


All of them shouted at Lucky's comment while Vidyut very calmly,


Vd (dramatic) - I'm going to destroy him... If that's the last thing I do.


And Vidyut started to walk away angrily,


Ni - Yeh villian ke jaise baath karke kahan jaa raha hai?
I - Yeh kuch karega toh nahi?
Vi (worried) - Oh no! Stop Bhaiya. Woh kahin Gautam ka complain nahi karey.
A (angry) - And that's what you're worried about?


Angela gives a funny stare before she walks behind Vidyut to stop him from doing something he would regret while the rest of the gang follow her too while Rohan walks near a worried Vidurshi and,


Ro (teasing) - Angela's right you know. You never know, Vidyut might just kill Gautam and go to jail.


Vidurshi exclaims in shock and


Vi (funny) - Rohan. I'm going to...


She turns but realising that Rohan was right by her shoulder, takes a step back feeling a little embarrassed by their closeness.


Ro (teasing) - You'll what?


Rohan took one step towards her and came near her face,


Vi - Nothing.


Vidurshi says fast after which she runs away,


Ro - Arey bhaag kyun rahe ho?


Rohan laughed to himself as he was having fun teasing her ever since her confession about liking him. He laughs and runs behind Vidurshi.


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Vidyut put a big mouthful piece of chapathi in his mouth and was aggressively grinding it in his mouth while Vidurshi looked at him worried. The rest of the gang stared at him with funny expressions


C (whispers, funny) - Yeh bada line markey yahan dinner pe chala aaga.
Ni (whispers) - Shoo. Sunlega!
C (whispers) - Mujhe toh laga pakka principal office jaa'ega.
Ni (whispers) - Jaa raha tha... Par Angela ney rokh li.


As he was listening to Niti, Charlie spotted Sid standing by the food counter,


C - Sid?


The gang turned towards Sid who walked to them,


C - Khada kyun hai? Beto.
S - Nahi. Main Siyali ke saath dinner kar raha hoon. Buss khana leyna aaya tha.
C - Oh.


Sid nods his head and walks away from the table to get food. He turns back to look at the gang and remembers how they used to tease him by howling whenever he mentioned any activity involving Siyali and him together. And now, there was only a familiar silence like the time when they thought Siyali was dead and none of his friends took Siyali's name in front of him. It felt like they were back at square one.


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After dinner, Vidurshi enters the dorm, hesitant and rolling her eyes. She walks to the girls sitting on two opposite beds. They stare at her,


Vi - I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys. I just felt so ashamed.
K (emotional) - Vi, Ashamed tumhe nahi, uss Gautam ko hona chahiye.
Ni (emotional) - Haan. Hum naaraz nahi hai ki tumney humsey nahi kaha, par bohat bura lagraha hai ki tumhe itna sab kuch sehna pada.
T (emotional) - Niti's right. What you went through, might not sound really difficult to others. Because we don't know what it feels like, we can only think how it would've felt. The emotional trauma. I just wish I could've done something.
Vi - Thanks guys.


Vidurshi tried to smile to convince them and then looked at Angela,


Vi (cutely) - Tum naraaz ho?
A - Nahi.
Vi - Aur Bhaiya?
A - Nahi. At least tumpe nahi. I mean.... Just like me, he probably doesn't know what we could've done to stop this.


Vidurshi sits next to Angela and holds her hand,


A - You're trying to console me? We should be trying to console you.
Vi (emotional) - I'm fine Angela. And thanks for stopping Bhaiya from complaining. I didn't want everyone to know about this. Main nahi chahti hoon ki main topic of discussion banjaa'on. Patha chalega toh log kahengey, Vi kisi ke saath close ho jaati hai, kisi par bhi barosa karleythi hai, yeh toh hona hi tha. I didn't want to be known as too easy to fool.
K, T, Ni - That's not true/ Aisa bhilkul nahi hai.


The girls felt bad hearing her speak while Angela decided to speak,


A - You know what Vidyut said when I spoke to him? He said he was really proud that you got through the situation. All on your own.


Vidurshi looked emotional hearing Vidyut's words through Angela,


A - Usney kaha, mujhe nahi patha tha ki meri choti behan itni strong hai.
Ni - Apna Vidurshi toh badi hogayi...


Vidurshi smiled and laughed at Niti's comment. After a few minutes of silence,


Ni (with complicated thoughts) - Gussa karney ka toh bohat mann kar raha hai. Par kya karey, Siyali ki itni madath jo kiya hai usney. Nafrat nahi kar pa rahi hoon.
A (trying to see good in the bad situation) - Sahi keh rahe ho. This could've been worse. He did do a horrible deed. But at least he's not a horrible person.
Vi (convincing herself) - Yaa! That's how I convinced myself.


Trying to lighten up the situation,


K - But I really wish you told about this earlier, Vi. At least, we wouldn't have been swooning over Gautam for so long.
T - Good point Krissan.


The girls looked at each other for a minute and started laughing


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