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What Actually Happened- Anika's POV

I was in my bedroom thinking of what I today in the school.

He was in so much pain.
His eyes...
They made me feel his pain.
But how and why?

He had gotten in fights before but the fights never resulted in anything like that.

Sweta must be feeling so bad afterall he is her first love or atleast that's what she claims he is.

I took my phone only to see a few messages from Sweta.

(The following is the chat between Anika and Sweta.)

Sweta- Are you free?

Anika- Yes, I am. What happened?

Sweta- I can't stop thinking about him.

Anika- I understand. He was so hurt.

Sweta- The final football match of this session is on Sunday. I don't think he will be able to play. He practised so much for it.

This sunday?
But he is so passionate about football.
God, why are you punishing him?
What has he done?
He...he... must be heartbroken.

I tried not to cry.

Anika- That's bad. Really bad.

Sweta- I just asked Roshni about this. She told me what happened and it is terrible.

Roshni is Sweta's elder sister and is a friend of Sagan.

Anika- What did she tell you?

Sweta- Do you remember that guy, Daksh?

Anika- That guy who we saw arguing with Sagan during the lunch break, right?

Sweta- Yeah. So.. let's just say he and his friends did that to him.

Anika- What? Are they not afraid? Did no one stopped them?

Sweta- Sagan's class teacher saw them. She just told the other students including Roshni who were trying to stop them to go back to their classes.

Anika- Is she crazy?

Sweta- Eventually Ali and Aryan brought the vice- principal but even she just suspended Daksh and hid friends for a week.

Anika- And how is Sagan?

Sweta- I don't know. But he refused to complain to the police when Roshni advised him to.

Anika- Why?

Sweta- He don't want our school to be defamed.

I was shaking.
My hands were shaking.
My legs were shaking.

Anika- I will talk to you later. I need some time.

Sweta- He will be fine, right?

Her question directly hit my heart.

Anika- He surely will.

By now, tears were rolling down my eyes.

Sweta- I am scared for him.

Anika- I am too.

I threw my phone on my bed as I tried to control myself.

God, please make sure that he is fine.

I felt my breaths getting heavier.

That sight of his and now what Sweta told me, this guy has a strong will-power.

"He will be fine." I whispered to myself.

The next day at school, I sat beside Sweta.

"Did you see him?" Sweta asked softly looking at me with hope.

I nodded as no.

"But that's good in a way, he need to rest for some time or atleast for someday." I said in a calm tone.

My eyes unconsciously started searching for him in the school field.

Anika!
What are you doing?
Why are you being so desperate to see him?

The whole day went uneventful.

It feels like the school lost its charm without him being here.

Then came the weekends. And whose felt like the longest weekend of my life.

On Monday,
I reached my class and kept my bag on my bench.

"He didn't come today too." Sweta said without even me asking.

Teja sighed.

"Can you stop being all depressed about him not coming to school. It is not the end of the world." Teja said .

She never liked him.

"Guys, I will be back in a moment." I said and walked out of my classroom.

I don't know why but I badly want to check if he is really absent myself.

I walked to his classroom and peeped inside. Neither him nor his bag was there.

I guess he is really absent.

I sighed losing any hope of seeing me.

I turned only to almost bump into him but I managed to not bump into him.

Sagan!

A smile formed on my face. But, I controlled myself and quietly started walking towards my classroom.

But, I did turn to see him go inside his classroom before I entered mine.

I felt a different kind of satisfaction.

I walked to my bench.

"Guess, who is present." I told Sweta.

"He is?" She asked with a smile.

"I was walking back from the bathroom downstairs when I almost bumped into him." I lied to her.

I don't know why but I don't want her to know about the confusion that is in my mind regarding him.

To Be Continued

Author's Note-

First of all, sorry for such a late update.

And secondly, thank you to you all for supporting my stories.

This part was the most difficult of all for me to write. Mostly because what happened to Sagan in this story is based on the thing which happened to a guy in my real life. Not exactly but similar.

Also, just like always there are two parts so make sure that you read both of them. The two are very different in content this time.