Aditi's POV:

I sped past the white Honda that had been driving at the low speed of 20km/h, being already frustrated as tonight had not panned out as I had hoped.
After dinner I had taken my bike (it's an electric bike so I was not riding illegaly) and gone to Sahil's neighborhood, excited to meet him as we hadn't seen each other since 3 days.
My excitement was short lived however when I called him to come downstairs and he completely refused to.
"My mom isn't allowing me to go downstairs.... I don't know why. You should go back home..... Also, I think we should take a break. I don't think this is going to work." He said, making my heart come to a complete standstill.
"I.... I don't understand..... I thought -" My voice wavered as I thought of everything that had happened in the recent months.
Constant nagging and shaming me for hanging out with anyone, constantly victimizing himself and not trusting my words. I took a deep breath as I made a decision.
"Okay, you're right. This isn't going to work. I think we should break up, taking a break won't help. We'd taken a break in May as well, but I think this time is different. Bye..... I love you."
I cut the call before he could say anything else. I rubbed my eyes in an attempt to stop the tears from coming, but it was useless. I broke down as I let go of him..... reliving all the moments we had spent together. The good and the bad. With shaky hands, I called the only person I thought could comfort me at that time, Aisha. She picked up immediately, and I started speaking in a nonsensical manner.
"Adi... I need you to take a deep breath and count to 10.... can you please do that?" She said calmly in an attempt to calm my blubbering self. I did as she had instructed and finally spoke in clearer words.
"We... we broke up. I- " I hiccupped as tears started forming in my eyes again.
"I ended it.... he said he wanted a break.... but I don't think it would've helped... I did the right thing, didn't I?" I asked, self doubt evident in my voice.
"Of course you did the right thing... Mene pehle bhi kaha tha aur abhi bhi keh rahi hu.... tu jo bhi kare me hamesha sath hu."
(I have told you this before and am telling you this again.... whatever you do, I'll be with you)
After getting my emotions under control, I went home and sunk into my bed. Sleep was not easy to come by, and I eventually cried myself to sleep.
~~

I blinked back tears as I almost messaged Sahil and deleted the message. He hadn't reached out after last night..... which meant he agreed with the break up, didn't he? Aisha rubbed my arms in an effort to comfort me, but it was of no use.
We were currently seated in the cafeteria, as Aisha reminded me of all the reasons I should not even think of getting back with him.
"He said,'He was old anyways, so it was going to happen' when your grandfather passed away. Mujhe toh abhi bhi samajh nai raha tu ye sunne ke baad bhi kyu uske sath rahi." ( I still don't understand why you stayed with him even after hearing these words.)
"Nai pata yaar... bohot pasand karti thi me usko bas isliye sab sun leti thi." (I don't know .... I used to like him a lot so I would just listen to everything.)
"Esa kya kardiya tha usne tere liye jo itna pasand kardiya? Has he ever even bought a bouquet of flowers for you?"
(What exactly has he done for you to like him so much?)
"Not a bouquet but a single rose on different occasions...."
"Hmh.... fir bhi, agar use breakup nai karna hota toh wo ab tak call kardeta.... tu ab uske baare me sochna band kar. Mujhe nai pasand tujhe rote hue dekhna."
(Hmh... still, if he didn't want to break up, then he would've called by now.... you stop thinking about him. I don't like seeing you cry.)
I hugged her, grateful for her presence. Truth be told, she was the reason I was still okay.
The bell rang, indicating the end of the break, and everyone hurriedly went upstairs.
~~

"I can see 3 new faces today. How about you guys introduce yourselves?"
Our PR head, Puneet, was conducting the meeting today since Vansh was in a meeting.

"Hello guys! My name is Rohit, I'm in commerce, Fyjc B."
"Which city are you from Rohit?" Puneet asked him.
"Matunga"
"Great..."
"Hi everyone! I'm Jai, I'm in commerce Fyjc B.... I am from thane."
I turned to look at him and instantly recognized him as the guy I had bumped into yesterday. Messy black hair, hazel eyes, and the prettiest eyelashes I had ever seen. So he and his friend were in my class and he was from Thane as well?
"Oh... we have another student from Thane... kidhar gai?" (Where is she?) Puneet looked around and pointed at me. I waved at Jai with a polite smile, as the next girl stood up to introduce herself.

"Okay, now that the introductions are done, let me ask you, Why did you guys join this department?"
"Me toh bas bakchodi karne aya hu." Rohit commented, earning a laugh from everyone. (I've come only to do dumbfuckery)
"Experience aur CM banne ke liye." Jai said, beating me to it. (For the experience and to become the CM- committee member)
"Ise bolte he Dhang ka jawab." Puneet nodded towards Jai. (This is called a decent answer.)
"Acha thike chalo ab PR ke baare me baat karenge. Roj ek choti diary carry karna jisme tum PR ke baare me sab likhonge, theeke?" (Okay fine, now we will talk about PR. Carry a small diary everyday, in which you will write everything we teach about PR, okay?)

He went on explaining what all we would learn and the benefits we would receive from doing the volunteer work as well as the benefits of becoming a CM. I had my heart set on becoming the first CM of PR.... knowing that there were typically 5 to 6 CM's in every department. I risked a glance in Jai's direction, wondering if he was thinking about becoming a CM too. To my surprise he was already looking at me.
I quickly turned away and focused on what Puneet was saying.
"Ouch" I hissed, glaring at the piece of paper that had hit me on my head. I looked up to find Jai urging me to unfold it and read what was written.

You want to be the first CM as well don't you?

I looked at him, wondering how he knew.

Yeah. How do you know?

I folded it and threw it at him. He quickly scribbled something and threw it back.

I could see it from the way your eyes lit up at the mention of first CM. Too bad I want the same position. Looks like we'll have to compete for it.

I rolled my eyes at his words.

It's on.

I threw it back to him with a huff. His only response this time was a smirk as he turned back to whatever Puneet was now saying.
"What was that?!" Aisha whisper yelled, elbowing me in the stomach.
"Jeez woman, what was what?"
"Don't act innocent, sab dekha mene. Kya gap shap kar rahi thi Jai ke sath?"
(I saw everything. What were you talking about with Jai.)
"Wo... ruk baadme batati hu."
(That... wait I'll tell you later.)

~~
"Waaah.... toh ab tum kya dushman ho?"
( wow.... so what are you now, enemies?) Aisha asked as I recounted my chit conversation with Jai.
"Woh mujhe nai pata.... bas wo mere aur first CM ki position ke beechme na aye toh uske liye acha hoga."
(That I don't know... as long as he does not come between me and the position of first CM it will be better for him.)
"Acha?" (Really?)
Startled I turned around to find Jai walking behind us.
"Dushmani mat karna mujhse, me bardasht nahi kar pauga tum jesi sundar ladki ka dushman banna." He looked at me with amusement in his eyes.
(Don't make me your enemy, I won't be able to bear being enemies with such a beautiful girl.)
I rolled my eyes at his comment and was about to snap back when Aisha stopped me in my tracks. I gave her an annoyed look while she only stared straight ahead.
Sahil stood there, hands in his pockets glaring at me. He walked towards us furiously and grabbed my hand.
"Sahil... tum yaha kya kar rahe ho?"
(Sahil what are you doing here?)
"Come with me and I'll explain everything." He tightened his grip on my wrist and started dragging me away. I hissed in pain, swatting at his hand to no avail.
"Sahil... it hurts. Stop. I want to say bye to my friends." I pleaded.
I felt another hand grab my free hand and came to a stop. Sahil looked back in annoyance at Jai who held my other hand.
"Let go of her hand." Sahil seethed. With an easy but cold smile Jai replied.
"I should be the one saying that. Did you not hear her telling you to stop?"
"What did you just-" Sahil let go of my hand and stepped towards Jai. Jai glowered at him, still holding my wrist. I stepped near Jai and placed my palm on his chest, a silent plea to get the situation under control.
"It's fine Jai. I'll see you both tomorrow." With a wave, I turned around, grabbed Sahil's wrist and dragged him away.
We sat down on the seats near the window, silently fuming.
"What was that? Why would you show up like this?" I asked him, unable to stay silent anymore.
"I came to meet you obviously! You definitely exceeded my expectations though, talking to a guy already."
I rolled my eyes at his assumption. This was the first thing he had to say after everything that had happened?
" I literally just met Jai... besides we're not even friends. Is this what you wanted to talk to me about?" I asked him.
"Sure... use the not friends card on me. And no, I wanted to come see you, I didn't like how we ended things, but I see now that I shouldn't have come there." He said, again with the self victimising attitude I had tolerated but was starting to dislike now.
"I am not using any 'card' on you. What do you mean I see now? You literally had the whole day to call, text anything at all but you didn't. I.... I was going crazy wondering whether you were okay, whether you missed me as much as I did you..... I realize now that it was futile." My voice caught as I finished the sentence.
"I.... honestly I was extremely mad at you.... but I kind of understand why you would break up with me. I think you made the right call last night....I just, I'm so used to your company that I feel weird without it."
I nodded in understanding, as it dawned upon me that this was probably the last time we would ever talk.
"I get it..... For what it's worth, you were a pretty great boyfriend."
He laughed although it sounded hollow.
"You were an amazing girlfriend. Any guy would be lucky to have you." He said with a gentle smile as the train came to a halt at Thane station.
"I'll see you around?" I asked as we parted ways.
"Yeah.... bye."
We walked away, a small piece of my heart shattering.