22. Some Feelings

Mahi's POV:

"Okay bye, see you this weekend!" I bid my farewell to Nitya and left her house. I decided to walk because I wanted to meet Sameer, they both live in the same area. Last night was unexpected, we all were having fun but that douchebag Pranav and the witch Sneha ruined our day!

I was so worried that I barely slept last night. First Pranav's drama and then Sameer took her with him. So I went to her house in the morning. She was doing well. We spent the whole day in her room playing games and watching movies.

She might act like last night didn't affect her but I know she was not okay, so I just tried doing what she loves the most. Her mood was good today so I think I succeeded. I rang the doorbell and Sameer's mother, Seema aunty opened the door.

"Arey Mahi, bade dino baad aayi tum." She hugged me and welcomed me to her house.

(Mahi you came after a long time.)

"We were super busy with the show's preparations and I never got time to visit you, sorry." I said plopping on the sofa in the living room. I used to come to Sameer's house a lot because we all mostly practiced in his music room.

Seema aunty is very sweet and kind. She always took my side whenever I and Sameer used to fight and she cooks the most delicious food in the world. She has known me and Nitya since I and Sameer became friends. I also dragged Nitya whenever I came here so aunty knows her too.

"Where is Sameer aunty?" I asked and saw her expression changing.

"He has been in his room since he came back last night, he even skipped his breakfast as well as lunch. I tried talking to him but he says he is tired after the show so just wants to rest. But I don't think that's the case, anything happen beta? " concern was evident in her eyes. I can't tell her the events of last night.

Sameer won't lock himself up for what happened last night there must be something else. They must have fought again. Sometimes I really can't handle these two but Nitya didn't mention anything about it. I need to talk to him now.

"Not really aunty, I will go and talk to him. You know sometimes he likes to throw unnecessary tantrums." She laughed at my words and told me to go and talk to him till then she will prepare snacks for both of us.

I ascended the stairs and knocked on his room's door. No reply, I again knocked but he said he is sleeping. Who is he making a fool of? You don't talk when you sleep right? Then I have only one option to make him open the damn door!

I started banging on the door loudly. I always do this whenever he doesn't open the door. So now he probably knows that it's me and I won't stop until he opens the door. I heard him groaning and he opened the door. My fist stopped just a few inches away from his dumb face.

"Why are you here to disturb me?" He said in an irritating voice but I just pushed his shoulder to make my way inside. I sat on the sofa because the bed was a mess with his laptop, headphones, gamepad and packets of chips everywhere. Aunty was unnecessarily worried about him; he is not dying of hunger at all.

He came and dropped himself on his bed opposite to me. "Tell me why are you here?" He asked with a bored face and I just wanted to give him a good beating.

"To check if you are still alive." I gave him a rictus smile and he rolled his eyes.

"So now you saw right, you can go back." He doesn't seem in a good mood but at last he is my friend and I need to know the root of the problem.

"I went to meet Nitya today just coming back from her place only. You both fought again last night right?" His eyes shot up to me with questions.

"She told you that we both fought?" He asked curiously, raising his eyebrows.

"No she was fine, she didn't mention anything from last night, I just assumed from the look on your face. Come on tell me what happened, I am your best buddy after all." I leaned back on the couch to hear him say.

"Nothing happened, now don't disturb me and let me sleep." He lied down on the bed, wait is it that what I am thinking?

"Sameer, tell me honestly is there a slight chance, emm.... That you.... like her?" I was unsure but the past few days he is behaving differently.

He jumped on his bed, eyes wide open like I said something very unacceptable. Well that is what I think too but lets just ask just in case.

"What I and that also like her, that can only happen when we are in a parallel universe okay! Just stop running that useless brain of yours." Why he is being so hyper? According to his personality he should be joking on this one. ab to dal me pakka kuch kala hai!

(There is definitely something fishy!)

"Acha then why were you jealous when Ahan was around Nitya and why you were behaving unusual when you left with Nitya last night?" Now he needs to answer my questions. I am not going back without them.

"I was not jealous, he was a stranger so I was just looking out and last night she was disturbed so I just offered to drop her home." He was answering like he was trying hard to prove himself.

"Okay think whatever helps to delude your heart but you also know that's not true." He might deny but there is something going on with him. "Can you just tell me why you are like this?" I calmly asked and he sighed in response.

"At first I just thought we both fight just for fun and we just don't get along much but she hates me and I don't even know for what!" He scoffed but his eyes were filled with unspoken emotions.

"She doesn't hate you." I said in her defense but even I don't know why she is always so cold to him.

"She said she doesn't want me around her at all. What does that even mean then Mahi?" I don't have an answer to his question, only they can solve this by themselves but I will try whatever I can. They both are my precious friends.

"Here are your snacks." Aunty entered Sameer's room and put the tray on the table. Sameer and I both looked at each other because she made our favorite Aloo Kachori with green chutney and Shikanji.

"Ahh thanks a lot aunty I love you." She smiled at my compliment and left the room saying we can call her if we need anything.

"Why not play a video game while we enjoy this." I took a bite from an Aloo Kachori and Oh boy the flavors blasted in my mouth. Looking at my reaction to the taste he also joined and we played video games to uplift his mood.

"Oh shit it's already 8 pm I should go now." I stood up from the bed and picked up my phone.

"Should I drop you?" He asked, still keeping his eyes on the screen.

"No need, I'll book a cab. Bye, will meet you at Shine." He waved his hand and I left to go back.

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Kabir's POV:

Mom messaged me that she would be late today and instructed me to cook something for me and Mahi. I came back early and started preparing for dinner. I decided to make veg Pulao and Aloo Mattar. After I was done with the preparation I went to freshen up.

I changed into my comfortable clothes and went to the living room, it's almost 8. Mom said Mahi went to Nitya's place this morning. She must be back by now, I should go and call her for dinner.

I ascended the stairs and knocked on her door. Even after knocking a few times when she didn't reply or open the door it started making me uncomfortable so I just opened the door and no one was there. She isn't back yet? I should call her.

My eyes went on the plush dolphin she calls bubbles. It was on the chair beside the small cabinet. She really loves this and that is why I call her Dolphin, a smile made its way on my lips. It's almost going to be a month since she came here, only 5 more are left.

The thought of her leaving doesn't settle well with me for some reason. I went near it and picked it up but it seemed stuck in a small nail at the corner of the table. I tried to get it out carefully but it was not helping. I put a little more pressure to get it out and the sound of fabric being ripped came.

I looked at the side which was stuck and it was torn. Oh shit what the hell happened it's her favorite plush toy she would be so upset with this. What should I do now? "Mr Mehra?" Her voice came and my heart rate accelerated.

I turned toward her, she was standing at the door with questioning eyes. "What are you doing here in my-" she stopped when she noticed it in my hand and her eyes widened when she saw that it was torn. She took wide steps toward me and snatched it from my hand.

"How the hell did this happen?" She asked as she looked at it carefully. I didn't know what to say to her.

"It was stuck here in the nail and when I tried to get it out this happened." I said what happened and her eyes shot up to me. She was questioning with her eyes and it made me feel even more guilty than I already was.

"Do you even know how important this is to me? It was a gift from grandpa and it helped with my anxiety whenever I was left alone. It's the only thing which remained constant and now thanks to you this is ruined too." Her voice cracked and my heart dropped.

"I am so sorry it was not intentional I was just-" she cut me off in the middle.

"Mr Mehra , you already did what you had to do, now please leave my room." She was not ready to listen to anything I wanted to say. Her eyes started to fill with tears and thinking that I was the reason for it, started to make my heart ache for an unknown reason.

I just want to grab and embrace her saying I am sorry and she doesn't need to cry. It unknowingly stung my heart. "Please just leave." She stood there, controlling her tears to not fall. I didn't have it in myself so I just did as she wanted and left her room.

I went downstairs and looked at the food on the dining table I made for her. She didn't even had dinner because of me. Why the hell I even touched it, this wouldn't have happened.

"Kabir, why are you standing here?" I heard mom's voice and I turned. She came toward me and looked at the food on the table untouched. "You both still haven't had your dinner?" she asked and I don't know what to say.

"She just came back, please ask her to have dinner and I am not hungry, I had something on my way back home." I lied or else she will force me to eat. She never allows to go to sleep without eating. "I am tired, I will go to sleep." I went to my room.

I was unable to sleep the whole night and the morning came sooner than expected. I hope she is okay now. I went to the living room and mom was there for breakfast. She was nowhere around.

"Where is she?" I asked as I came closer to her.

"She said she isn't feeling good. I went to her last night and she refused to have dinner because she was not feeling well. When I went to check on her this morning she had a headache and said she wanted to sleep." Mom said, taking a sip of her tea.

"Is she okay? We should call a doctor for her." I was concerned, is this all because of last night? Did I make her cry a lot? Is she okay now? A lot of questions started to come to my mind. I want to go and check on her but I know this will make her even more upset.

"No need for that, I made her kadha (herbal tea) . She will be okay after she takes some rest. You have your breakfast." Mom said in an assuring way but how can I not worry when I was the one to do all this.

"I am getting late mom so I will just have something on my way to the office, bye." without letting her say anything I left for the office. I need to think about what I can do.

I reached the office but was unable to focus on work when I knew she was at home and didn't eat anything from last night. Akash knocked and I permitted him to come in.

He informed me about tomorrow's meeting with the upcoming offers for new artists. "Akash, if we ruined something which is important to a person, what can we do to apologize?" I decided to ask him if he knew anything because even after thinking the whole night only her hurtful expressions kept repeating in front of my eyes.

"Simple sir, you can buy new and give it to them." He answered and I thought it is a good idea even though it won't contain the same feelings and emotions but at least I can apologize this way.

"It's almost evening so if we have anything on schedule just postpone it to tomorrow okay. I need to leave now and Thanks." I grabbed my court and left the office. I reached stuff toy shop but the dolphins were not there. I asked the manager where I could find it. He gave me an address and it was far.

It's okay I can go there, it's not that far. It took me more than 1 hour to reach there and it was what I was looking for. I talked to the seller and told him to deliver 100 plush dolphins to my given address within 1 hour.

He agreed and I left for home. Mom was not at home, Mahi was nowhere to be found, fear gripped my heart when I didn't find her after looking everywhere. I went to the backyard and there she was on the swing looking at nothing in particular. I didn't disturbed her and the delivery came.

I told them to settle all 100 dolphins in her room before she comes. They did as I asked for and left. I waited for her to come so I could say what I wanted to say. She came after sometime and entered her room. I don't expect much, just she could listen to what I have to say.

I went into her room and she was standing there. She turned and stopped when she noticed me. "You did all this?" She kept her face straight without any emotions.

"I am really sorry. It was an accident. I would never do anything which can hurt you or make you cry." I took a deep breath and entered the room "I know this is nothing compared to the one you lost but I can't stand that look on your face anymore. Please smile to make my heart at peace, dolphin."

"I know you wouldn't do that intentionally but that was a gift from grandpa on my birthday. These all can't be the ones I had." With that she left her room. Did she forgive me? I don't think so the smile was still not there on her face.

I came back to my room thinking how much I have hurt her. I don't know what to do, how can I repair the damage I did to her hurt and to the thing she held so dear on to. Something came to my mind and I went to her room again. I picked up her actual dolphin and went to mom's room.

I took out a box from mom's drawer. In that all the necessary tools were available. I picked up the needle and thread. I stitched the torn part of the toy. I tried to do it neatly so it won't look bad. It was not not the same as before but I think at least this would do. I took out a designer tape and put on the area where the stitches were visible.

I hope she will like it because this is the last chance. I don't want her to be upset for long, it makes my heart feel like it just has some issues with her being sad and if it's because of me it just grows an unsettling feeling which I can't control.

I went to where she is always, the backyard. She was sitting on the big swing. I went to her and forwarded my hand in which I was holding her bubbles. She looked at it and noticed the tape. She took it from my hand and looked at it carefully before looking at me.

"You did this?" she asked in a slow voice and I nodded. Her eyes changed something which I couldn't understand.

"I know it can't go back to how it was but I tried my best to do what I could to fix it. I am sor-" She stopped me from speaking any further by keeping her hand on my mouth. Our eyes were piercing each other's eyes.

She removed her hand "No, I am sorry I shouldn't have said those things. I know it was not your fault, it's just, I lost it when I saw it in that condition. I am sorry for whatever I said and... Thank you for this." She said and a small smile made its way on her lips.

I saw her smiling, this girl has something in her. She made me do what I won't even think of doing. What are you Mahi? Do I have something special for her in my heart? Maybe some feelings.

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