Tanvi's POV:

For the past one week, I have been trying my level best to be normal even when nothing is. Trying to set things right, but blame me. I just couldn't. 

Ever since I asked him to give me some time, I started avoiding him more. At times, I said I am still weak, and other times, I said I was busy with my assignments and other incomplete works, and hence I haven't been answering his calls. 

The guilt is increasing everyday, and the pain is multiplying. No matter how much I try to reveal the truth, I just can't. My throat goes dry, and I start to stutter. I couldn't be as friendly as I was earlier with him. I guess I became too close to him too soon, and he understands my emotions well enough from my voice. He can understand whether I am sad, tired and angry.

Lately, I am losing my chill because of the smallest of things. In school, I shouted at my other classmates when they asked me any simple doubts or requested favors from me. 

And forget about Samyuktha. I only look at her when she comes to me and tries to initiate a conversation, to which I never reply. It's heartbreaking for me too. When I was alone on New Year's eve, that unknown person gave me comfort, but now when I am even more alone and shattered, there is no one.

I am unable to let anyone help me. Somewhere, I know even she repents her mistakes all alone. Even she needs me, as much as I need her, I just couldn't forget everything. 

And I have been trying to know who that unknown person is. And I failed even in doing that. Not many seniors are coming to school as there is only a week left for their exams to begin, and those who are coming don't know much about him. It sounded too irrational, like how can one not know their own classmate? Only two things are known until now. He doesn't have any friends, and he is the silent type.

I couldn't believe those things. Maybe the friends part is understandable because when I used ask him about his friends and his day, he used to say he had a boring one. When I tried to prolong the topic, he used to change it off. But the silent type? I know he is more of a listener than a speaker, but definitely not the silent kind. Most of the time, he is the one who initiates a topic, and then I take the lead.

 But people are not same everywhere, right? I learned this the hard way through him and Samyuktha. Had I received her support, then I would have gotten access to their class register and their students details, but now I can't do any such thing.

Finally, the long bell rang, and everyone began to disperse from the classroom. No one stayed behind except me and Samyuktha.  I know she is waiting again to get a chance to talk to me. I sighed and left after a moment when all the buses and other vehicles departed from the school compound. 

"Tan," Samyuktha called me from behind in a broken voice. Since I came to know everything, I have only been hearing her sobs more then her words. I didn't paid much heed to her and continued walking to my cycle. 

As I reached my cycle and about to unlock it, she came in front of me and held my hand. I looked at her while she held her head low. 

"Leave me, Samyuktha," I said blankly. I was afraid I would start crying again.

"Please, Tan. I didn't do it deliberately. Please don't ignore me. You are my only friend." She hiccupped. "Punish me in anyway you feel justified," she said, crying very inconsolably. I know how bad it feels to be ignored by our own people, but I am unable to befriend her again.

"Ok, tell me one thing. It's been a question for me since few days." , I said. and she glimpsed up to me and nodded her head. I continued, "Remember, the day when we sneaked into office room and took the number. Did you really note a wrong number or purposefully gave me a wrong number?"

She gawked at me with a shocked expression and started shaking her head frantically. "No, Tan. I haven't done such a thing and will never do so. I really didn't know how I noted someone else's number. That day, we were in a hurry. We had never done such a thing before, so I was too scared. I just searched for the name Rohan and didn't looked at other details."

Seriously? Hurry? She was the one who had a lot of time that day. Had she done everything well, nothing like this would have ever happened. Before I could say anything, she again continued, "Had you listened to me and directly talked to him, nothing like this would have happened. What was the need to talk to him over phone only?"

"What?" Just what did she spurt out? So, now she was accusing me for all this. Great! So, I am my the main reason of everything that's happened. I chuckled.

"Ok. So, there's no fault of yours, right? You can again take Rohan's number from senior and not tell me anything even after knowing the truth. And then you can blame me because your mother praises me more than you!!!" I shouted at her, and she understood that she pulled the wrong string again. 

"No, no, Tanvi. That's not what.." I cut off her and said, "Don't. Don't waste your time apologizing to me then. Don't explain anything to me. Don't come back to me. Don't have any relation with me.! Everything is over now. I can never trust you again Samyuktha, because 'Once a cheater, always a cheater.' Goodbye." I said it to her and went off on my cycle. 

I didn't notice her following me. I was too much engulfed in my own rage. I just didn't want to accept the fact that everything happened because of my crazy little crush, even when it is the truth. I just didn't want to take the blame. I wanted to go far away. 

I wish I could, but I am too coward to do so. I went to my house, and threw my bag on the floor and, almost wrecked the place by throwing all the sofa cushions, newspapers, and other articles which my hand could get hold of. 

I stayed still for a moment, breathing heavily, letting the wrath consume me from within. Let this be over. Let me just finish this. I dialed his number. "Just finish it. Be confident. It's not your fault," I muttered to myself as the phone started ringing.

"Hi, Tan." he said excitedly as soon as he answered the call.

"Hello" I said slowly.

"Hey, what has happened to you of late? Why do you sound dull?" he asked me. My heart started throbbing at a very fast pace. 

"I have something important to tell," I said, stressing all the words slowly. Don't know why I stopped calling him Rohan ever since I came to know he is not the person I assumed him to be. Don't know what the problem is with me.

"Yeah."

"Do...Do you know Rohan? I mean another Rohan from your class?" I managed to ask him, trying not to freak him out and myself too.

"Tan....I thought you might have noticed me in school. I never talk to anyone over there. Actually, I don't have any friends, I don't know anyone, and I don't think they know me either," he said calmly. But, I couldn't understand why? Does he have an anti social disorder?

"Why like that?" 

" Well, I was not sociable person from the beginning and..... two years ago, my mom passed away, which made me distance others even more" he took a pause and then said something which shattered me even more, "but thanks to you, I am being sociable again."

My hands started shaking. I was literally shivering as I got to know more about him. We never discussed about our family much. I never questioned him because I know Rohan's family, not this person's. I wish we had shared such things before itself, then, we might not have come to this point. I guess I got too blinded by my infatuation, my so called feelings.

"You mother passed away?" I asked him again.

"Yeah," he said slowly. I guess he was hurt, but should I tell him everything now or not? Was this the right time? But till when will I hide the truth from him? One day he must know, right? What should I do know?

"Anyway why did you ask about some other Rohan, when this Rohan is talking to you?" ,he asked me breaking the silence. 

"Rohan, you are not the one I intended to call.

You aren't the Rohan whom I thought you to be. "

I finally said it to him, without any feeling. I explained all the things that happened before and why I had called him and when I got to know the truth and that I felt sorry.

But I didn't get any response from him. He remained silent all the while.

Please say something, I mumbled to myself.

Please.

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Finally the truth is out. Let's see how Rohan Sarthak will react.

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