Destiny or Coincidence?

Abhilash Ponnam

We got out from that room after completing our dinner and making it a most memorable night with her. I can clearly see that she looked pleased and content with the date i have arranged. It made my ego boost and felt satisfied knowing that I have succeeded in my arrangements for which i felt so restless until now. 

After our small makeout session inside, she became shy and mushed that she was not uttering a word and was following me down keeping quiet. But i can see her eyes which are shining brightly with happiness which made me smile looking at her face. It looked kind of cute though. 

This girl can make me smile, laugh, cry, hurt, and crazy all at the same time. 

No, scratch that. I am crazy for this girl and i know that i will forever be like this. 

Whoever said that it is just a waste of time to think about girls are absolutely wrong. In fact, we don't even know the time while thinking about them. Time just flies by when we are spending time with them and the most craziest thing is that we want the time to stop then and there itself so that we don't have to leave her and be with her always. 

I don't regret a single thing or single second I have spent with her until now. 

I was scared to tell her about our childhood friendship in fear of losing her again. I don't want to hurt her and I don't want to get hurt again. So, even if I am being selfish about not telling her the whole thing, I am not regretting it. 

I just want to be beside her always and want to see her smiling face. 

I can still see her surprise and shocked face when i have given the chain to her earlier. It was clear that she was not expecting it and she was surprised. I can't blame her though, I too was feeling nervous while giving it to her because there is a childhood pic of us inside the locket of her chain which i have made it long ago for her. 

I didn't open it and show it to her since I was scared but i am hoping that soon she will find out so that she may be able to recognise me and forgive me for not telling her. 

I know i am a hopeless and scared little man like that, but I can't help it. She is my weakness and always will be. 

After entering inside the elevator and pressed the ground floor button, i looked at her to see a pouting face of hers which is adorable that i want to kiss her again at this moment. Still, I resisted the urge and just pecked her lips controlling my desire. 

But still, it made her surprise that she was opening and closing her mouth to utter a word but failing miserably due to shock. It amused me looking at her reaction that I wanted to compliment her for her innocence and kiss her inviting lips again but the doors of the elevator opened indicating that we have reached the ground floor. I reluctantly released her hand sighing when immediately she sprinted away from me flushing all over again. It made me laugh seeing her pouting and flushed face that she was embarrassed to show me.  

I went behind her to catch her when she immediately stopped in her tracks making me collide with her back and unbalancing us both. I abruptly took hold of her and steadied both of us while looking at her confusingly. I made sure that she is fine and when i wanted to ask what happened, I saw the reason before us. 

To say I was surprised was an understatement. All the emotions came flooding through my mind the moment I saw her standing there looking at the both of us with a small smile on her face. I wanted to hug my best friend because I missed her a lot but controlled myself when I remembered the reason i was not talking with her in the first place. This made my anger to surface forgetting that she was my best friend. I masked my emotions that are swirling at present and gave my stony expression to her. 

"Hai Omisha.," I said looking at her face to find the reason for her appearance here. But just as me, even she is very good at hiding her feelings that it was becoming hard to guess it. 

From the corner of my eye, I can see that Athira is confused and curious at the same time. But I was busy looking at Omisha that I just ignored her curiosity. I can explain it later to Athi. 

"Hai Abhi, Hai Athira" she wished looking at us with an expression of sadness and a forced smile that it tugged my heart. I wanted to console her and at the same time stay away from her.

I know that she is hurting inside and i can clearly see the dark circles around her eyes indicating that she is not sleeping well and not taking care of herself. I wanted to shout at her for behaving like a child but i felt betrayed because of her stunts against Athira that i just kept quiet. 

It was even hurting me to see my best friend in this state but even i am hurting at the same time because of her selfish decisions. She was the only one who knew about my feelings towards Athira and how much i love her. I used to share each and every small thing with her and even about how i felt all the time. She knew what Athira is to me. Still, she did all those plannings against Athira and even harmed her behind my back. I was in the dark all these days thinking that she was my best friend but got to know that she was my enemy all this time. 

"What are you doing here?" I asked her with a stone expression by clenching my hands at my side to control my anger. I will never be able to forgive her again. She hurt me by hurting my only love.

"Oh look, The great Abhilash graced me with his presence at last. What a pleasant surprise Abhi. You still remember me?" she asked with a fake surprise feeling shocked that i want to scream at her. I just scoffed internally looking at her acting but didn't react knowing very well that she was looking for a reaction out of me which she won't get it. 

She is very good at acting. I can give her the credit for that. Because I can clearly see the hurt in her eyes which she is hiding perfectly with her fake smile. If she didn't hurt my Athira, then i would have hugged her to make her feel comfortable. I just ignored her sarcastic comment and asked her again.

"Omisha… I asked you a question" I repeated controlling my anger with force and gritting my teeth from not shouting at her. 

"Don't overthink yourself Abhilash. I just came to meet my childhood friend. That's it. It was a coincidence to meet the both of you here" spat with venom in her voice that I kind of surprised for a second. I can see that her hurt expression is replaced by anger making me clench my hands even more. It should be me in the first place to get angry at her and not the other way around. It was me whom she hurt and i have every right to be angry at her. And if she thinks that showing anger towards me will make everything solve, then she is wrong. I don't even want to be near her any more than this. 

"Fine. Let's go Athira" I said giving a curt nod at her by dismissing her and without giving a second glance I took Athira's hand in mine and started walking towards the entrance when she stopped the both of us with her words.

"Wait Athira. I want to say something" she said making us turn towards her again with an expression of a question in our eyes. While mine held with frustration and questioning and Athira's held with curiosity and somewhat sympathy. I realised that she too observed the hurt behind Omisha's hard facade. 

I hated it that even though this girl hurt her, still she was showing kindness to her in return. This made me even more irritated.

"What is it?" I asked harshly looking at her with such hatred in my eyes that she flinched back a little looking at my reaction. Good for her because this time, I won't let her hurt Athira again. Still, she composed herself immediately and stood rooted to her spot with determined eyes making me think internally about her sudden determination.

Now, what is it that she wants to say to Athira that she is so hell-bent on making us stop from moving forward. Suddenly i feel like something is going to happen and it's not a good feeling. It's making me on edge that i want to get out of here at any second. 

"I envy you Athira. But at the same time, I pity you too" She said making me look at her in shock and immediately my anger was bubbling inside me listening to her words that I clenched my fists at my side knowing too well not to burst at her here in front of Athira. I know that Athira doesn't like violence and especially raising voice against a girl. So i tried to control myself by taking deep breaths. 

"Because you are so oblivious to everything around you" she continued making both of us confused while the wheels are turning in my head.

"I am lost here Omisha," said Athira looking at her with a confused expression. I can see that she was surprised because of her statement and even confused now.

I gasped realising what she was trying to say. She wanted to tell about all my secrets and my love for her. Goddammit, why the hell i even shared about all this with her in the first place. Anger bubbled inside me that it made me hate her even more but I just glanced at Athira to see the shock and horror expression on her face which made my heart started beating faster knowing that i may lose her if this bloody idiot won't shut her mouth this instant. I am scared to lose her again after getting close to her after this long time. I am not ready to face that day so soon. I want to be happy with her and I want to see her smiling face every second.

She was not even blinking her eyes but was just looking at Omisha in shock. It made me even more nervous thinking about her reaction.

"Stop it Omisha. It's enough" I said raising my voice to make my point clear so that she can get it into her thick skull. I gave my best death glare by keeping an assuring hand on the back of Athira to convey that everything is going to be fine. But is it really??

"Why Abhi? She has the right to know about everything. Don't you think that it has been long due to tell her everything?" She asked raising her voice equally matching mine and staring at me equally not backing down for a moment. This made me furious knowing that she has made up her mind to break us apart by telling my secret to her. But I won't let that happen. Not at any cost. 

"It's none of your business Omisha. I am capable of telling her everything when the right time comes" I said with a tone of finality in my voice not giving any space for discussion. I know that I sounded demanding d dominant but i don't care at the moment. I want her to shut her mouth this instant. I hope that she got the message and will leave for here. But how wrong am i? This girl is testing every bit of my patience. I don't know for how long I can hold my temper if she continues to behave like this. 

Whom am I kidding with? She is Omisha and she never backs off even though she knows how i would burst in anger. She is capable of facing my anger and even capable of controlling it. She saw it from our childhood and even controlled me many times. So yes, she is not affected by my outburst of anger. It's not even making her flinch back in response. If it was some other person standing in place of her, then they would have gone up to now. But she won't. At Least i know that for sure about her. 

"I know you so well to know that you are scared Abhi. And you always see the reasons to hide it from her just to not scare her away. But don't you think that he has the right to know? And what if she doesn't run away as you think?" she said making me falter in my decision for a moment and was giving thoughts about her words. 

I accept it that Omisha knows me so well that even to the extent of my fears. So I am not surprised when she said that I was scared of losing Athira. I kind of expected her to know about it. I am like an open book to her. But what if she said was true? Does truly Athira will accept me even after knowing everything? What if she really won't run away from me as Omisha insisted? Can i believe Omisha after all that she has done to the both of us and betrayed my trust? And I don't know if i can live without her again if she left me this time. 

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