Rishi,

Kunal using Sanjana against me was now pissing me off. She is a nice girl and I know what Kunal's intentions were, this isn't the first time he is manipulating someone gullible but this time , I was it's someone I have started caring for . Shaking my head, I walked back into the room where my dear friend was enjoying formula one; and that gave me an idea. Kunal has been painting me as the worst human and I am exactly going to do that

***

It was a regular day and we were enjoying a free classroom as our professor was out on a sick day. Jay rushed to me , leaning further he smiled. ''Boss, the commotion is on and campus security is looking for the culprit.'' We stared at each other and then smiled. ''They are never going to find them.'' I whispered as we grinned.

Jay gestured and I followed him out of the room. We leaned on the railing watching the commotion on the ground floor. The Campus security chief nodded at every statement made by a very hysterical Kunal, he explained all he could with reference to his precious car. He moved his hands in comical gesture as his friend offered him water.

Kunal covered his face with his palm as he cried a bit. His eyes moved and he noticed me, I just stood there like others with a blank expression on my face but he screamed. ''I know this is you.'' He pointed towards me bringing all attention on me. I just stood there unfazed as people around him tried to calm him down. The Security Chief looked at me once and gestured I move away and I did that.

Yes, it was me who got his precious car towed and then got it thrown into a valley. All that was found later were just junk.

''I have never had so much fun in my life.'' Jay did a little dance next to me. I just smiled. ''Let's go back to our lecture.''

The commotion ended as Kunal was given certain anti-depressant and advised to rest. As our classes concluded, we made our way to our accommodation. I had practice late in the evening for upcoming sports event and I wanted a break before joining my team for practice.

''I know it's you!'' A voice halted my steps. I smiled gesturing Jay to leave. Turning around I stood facing one person I liked a little too much. I smiled at her and her ears turned red. ''I know it's you admit it.''

''Prove it.'' I replied and she blinked. I took a step closer , leaned to her face level. ''PROVE.IT.SANJANA"

She stood with her fist clenched hard, her ears steaming in anger. ''I will, and soon.'' She replied with a hint of warning. I wish she could see she was trusting the wrong man.

Taking a deep breath, I smiled. ''Prove it and then blame me.'' With that I made a U turn walking away from the girl I have been crushing on for months.

Sanjana kept my thoughts busy and that trance broke with a ring from Jay. ''Go anywhere but not at our apartment.''

''Why?''

''Ruby is waiting there. You sports kit is with back gate security, take it and run.'' I felt agitated. This girl has made my life hell. I am controlling because she is a girl, but she seemed to take this as my weakness. I have to find a solution to his problem. The good part is, from security to my mates help me in escaping this girl. I took the back gate , changed in the guest room and made my way to my practice. We had many matches planned and I wanted our house to win the tournament

Our coach asked to do around 20 sprints around the huge ground. We started as our coach kept pushing us to pick up the pace. My eyes moved and I smiled, like many Sanajna sat in the audience area her books spread around her. She was so engrossed in her own world that she didn't realize she shook all around me. I picked up the pace and slowed once I was close to where she sat, she had her ear phones on and kept scribbling on her note pad. The only thing that worried me was very close the filed .

''Rishi... move.'' My coach yelled and I did as instructed. After the sprint, he divided us in two teams and our practice match began. We kept passing the ball around wasting the time of opposite team scoring a goal. We celebrated and my eyes again went to Sanajna , I so wanted to impress her but she still sat there unaffected. That was little disappointing; but I had made up my mind to win her.

We moved taking the positions as opposite team started attacking our team. They were getting aggressive as we had been teasing them on weak defence.

We noticed an opponent got successful in dogging us and had been closer to our goal post. That moment, I cared more about Sanajana. She sat right on the goal post and a missed shot would go straight to her head . I made my way towards the player and just than he took the shot. Someone screamed asking her to move but she didn't , took a leap and took a shot by my head , I did save the goal and Sanjana, but lost my balance. I tried to escape the fall but then fell flat on my face, right at her feet. Since tournament was far, the barracking between audience and field was removed.

I groaned as my elbow made contact with hard floor and I looked up, she was looking down at me.

''is this a place to study. Why couldn't you sit somewhere far. My player got hurt in saving you.'' I wanted to vanish, I could feel my face heating up. Yes, I made the move to save her and not the goal and my coach very well knew that the aim wasn't good enough for the goal. ''I was saving the goal.'' I said lifting myself up.

''Yes, and I was brooming the field.'' My coach replied. Sanjana gathered her stuff and apologized, she made her way out , stopped and then looked back at me. With one glance she left . When my eyes met that of my coach, I knew my secret was out. ''This is my field, and the game is my wife and your mother here. And a mother deserves more respect than your girlfriends. You mess with my game, I mess all of you.'' I just nodded

Sanjana,

Kunal had invited me for a date and all had gone well till his car disappeared. It's a small hilly town so driving is difficult at certain places. We had parked after reaching the lake. When we returned his car was missing, I had never seen him this worried. I tried calming him down but he launched on me The way he screamed made me shutter in fear. No one had ever screamed a me this way . He handed me few currency notes asking me to leave and I did. He looked mad and I didn't waned to agitate him more.

His car was found 2 days later in a valley. It was nothing but a piece of junk. There were numerous complaints done, with local police and with campus security. Since the theft happened outside the campus, there was nothing Campus folks could do but on Kunal's persistence they decided to investigate.

A couple of days later, we got to know that Kunal had blamed Rishi but nothing could be proved. Now, even I believe that this was his deed. He had been trying to mess us and he finally succeeded. I was so mad at him, I wanted to punish him and punch him .

''I know it's you.'' I said as soon as I spotted him. Kunal's car had become a hot topic and with that many questions came my way and now this was pissing me off. I hated being center of attention and this incident has now made me famous for wrong reason.

He turned around and stood facing me, his lips slowly stretched into a smile. I don't know why, but I felt heat creeping into my body. Gathering my thoughts, I repeated my words. 'I know its you admit it.''

''Prove it.'' He replied, and I suddenly was at loss of words. Rishi took a step closer and I felt air leaving my body. He leaned, ''PROVE.IT.SANJANA"

I could feel anger following in every nerve. ''I will, and soon.'' I replied, my voice came hard and I wanted to see some kind of nervousness or fear on his face but he stood unaffected.

Taking a deep breath, he smiled making my heart do a funny somersault ''Prove it and then blame me.'' With that he took a turn and walked off.

I hate Rishi so much that now my head is just clouded with his thoughts . I want to hit him, punish him and making him pays for spoiling my date. Kunal hadn't answered my phone and I haven't seen him in days. But to my utter bad luck , there hasn't been a single day when I haven't crossed path with Rishi.

Every morning , he is the first human my eyes fall on to. He jogs along the path of my accommodation and waves at me each morning. He smiles at me every time our eyes meet and with each smile, my heart melts a bit. Every night, I remind myself to hate him and yet every morning I stand over the balcony to see if he is there. Moreover, I haven't thought of Kunal even once. Rishi is taking over me and I don't like it.

***

The week has been frustrating as there are rumors going about me being the reason for Kunal's loss. Random people have asked me random questions and I now felt irritated, there were others who sympathized but I just wanted all to be gone.

One of my class mate suggested that if I wanted some quite place, the stands in the field was a good place. It was airy, full of light and not many students preferred it. After messaging Pooja, I decided to make my way to the field. All I wanted was a little change.

Putting my headphones on, I immersed myself into the studies . I was now deaf and blind o world around me and it actually felt good. The clam breeze and the music in my ears made be concentrate better. I could hear some distant sounds but would block them by pitching the volume and the out of nowhere, someone was lying on my feet. My eyes met of the intruder and behold, it was Rishi. He had a small cut on his forehead and his elbow seemed to hurt. I removed my head phones to be screamed at.

''is this a place to study. Why couldn't you sit somewhere far. My player got hurt in saving you.'' The coach yelled.

Rishi looked uncomfortable and tried to dissuade the situation. '

''I was saving the goal.'' He said lifting his body up, rubbing his elbow slightly .

''Yes, and I was brooming the field.'' The coach yelled and I decided to leave.

''I am sorry, won't repeat this.'' Gathering my stuff, I quickly made my way to the exit but something halted my feet. Rishi was still justifying he was saving the goal and then I heard his coach

''This is my field,the game is my wife and your mother here. And a mother deserves more respect than your girlfriends. You mess with my game, I mess all of you.'' He just nodded. Our eyes met and I couldn't help but wonder, Kunal never tried clarifying that I wasn't the reason of the mishap instead the more people heard the more I got blamed. I wasn't an Idiot, I know that rumors are created by the ones you trust the most, and that moment I decided to distance myself from Kunal

As I made my way back to my apartment, the wind kept caressing my face and clearing my thoughts. I thought of all and suddenly my mind questioned. 'Am I guided by a prejudice when it comes to Rishi.' 

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A budding friendship