Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 40. Secret Affair

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"Shree."

Poke.

"Oye, Shreeeee."

Poke. Poke.

"Shhhhh....reeeee..."

Poke.

"I am not talking to you, Sandhya. So, stop it!" Shree whisper yelled and swatted my hand away.

Damn it. He was really adamant on not talking to me and proved me wrong about my 'one second rule' for him. He was still angry at me about yesterday's incident and I wasn't liking it at all.

I took out my pencil and poked him again. He was facing away from me and was actually paying attention in the class. Can you believe it? He was not pulling any prank or making jokes. Did I piss him off that much?

"Shree, I have to tell you something," I whispered and scooted closer to him.

He didn't respond so I kept poking him with the pencil. No matter how much he was trying to ignore me, he would get irritated soon and would have to talk to me eventually. Bad idea, but atleast it would work. Or so I thought. Shree didn't budge but I saw him ball his left hand which was on the table.

Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke.

Turn around already! I need to talk to you.

Yes! He turned around. He glared at me and snatched the pencil away from me. He stared at me for some seconds and... Snap!

"That was my favourite pencil!" I shouted.

"Should have thought about it before you disturbed me," he stated flatly.

"First, don't talk to me. I am still angry at you," he continued and threw one broken part of my pencil at me,"and second, if you annoy me again, I will break all of your pencils." He threw the other broken part at me and turned back to face the blackboard.

How was I supposed to clear the misunderstanding if he wasn't even willing to listen to me? I picked up a pen this time but before its tip touched his shoulder, I retreated my arm back. The pen wasn't my favourite but what if he went hulk mode on me?

Shreyas had warned me about that. And this time it wasn't about his precious hair but about the girl for whom he cared so much to cut off those gorgeous locks.

How should I approach him now? I glanced at Mahek's table and saw her grinning. She flipped her hair back and winked.

I gave her a cold look and started drawing doodles in my notebook. How was I supposed to expose her? If I got the evidences, will everyone believe me? Should I continue with my plan? But what if I failed again? I didn't want another lecture from Surbhi.

After Ved warned me yesterday, I stormed off and went to the cafeteria. Soon after, Surbhi came and pulled me into the washroom. She was angry. No, angry would be an understatement. She was super angry and disappointed too. She heard about what happened and she was anything but happy about it.

She was surprised that I liked Shree. I didn't! It was all a misunderstanding. After I convinced her that it wasn't the case, she asked me why I was so stubborn on defaming Mahek. I told her that I didn't like her and I have seen her cheat on Shree but just didn't have anything to prove that.

She told me to drop the case and mind my own business. She didn't want me to get in a mess that I wouldn't be able to get out of. Wasn't she overreacting?