🪻Rohan's POV:

"Let's stop talking," I can feel my heart crack with every word Arushi spoke. I look at her face, to at least confirm if there is a smile following her words to say if she was joking but none.

"What?" I ask. This was not what I expected to deal with after staying away for 2 weeks as we had to study for exams. Before we went into hibernation for the exams we were good. We were cool even. This was not the conversation I had in mind after two weeks of staying away.

"It's a good thing, you are leaving anyway," I could hear her voice crack at the end, followed by a tear that slid down the slopes of her cheek. What is she hinting at?

"Aru, you are not making any sense," I practically pleaded her. We were at her house, in her room, on the bed, having a conversation that was frankly not supposed to happen. I will be leaving in 2 months, because of my dad's transfer. The conversation that is supposed to happen now is about how we will stay in touch, and how much we will miss the time we spent. But no here she is spouting some random bulshit that is moving right over my head.

"Please Rohan, you deserve better" What is she even spouting? I look at her to catch on to her body language maybe, but her big brown eyes only scream one thing pain. I need to get to the bottom of this.

"Did I do something wrong?" I ask her desperate to know what is going on in her mind. "Did something happen? Was it someone else that said something to you?" Questions keep popping into my mind, but all I get in return is a blank stare from her. "Arushi open your mouth!"

"You are better off without me you know," She says as if that's the truth. Well, it's not, she is my best friend, I have known her for a decade. I know her better than the back of my palm. Something is wrong and she is not saying it to me.

"That doesn't answer my question Arsuhi! Something happened. Tell me we can fix this together. You know we are a team right." I turn my whole body towards her, I look at her. Give me something, anything that you don't want what you are asking for, my mind pleads.

"Rohan I-"Before she could finish her words she bursts into tears. I want to wrap my hand around her and comfort her, but something in my mind tells me more important than that is to get to the bottom of it.

"Aru, tell me" I urge her, but all that follows are tears.

"Just leave it here Rohan, You don't need to lie anymore." LIES! WHAT LIES? I wanted to shout, but shouting didn't get us anywhere, I needed to trust that she would tell me, we are best friends after all. She will tell me what is bothering her.

"Aru, You are not making any sense, you are scaring me" My heart feels like it might beat out of my chest. She can't be doing this right? I mean out of the blue who says that they don't want to talk to their friend anymore, right before they leave the country?

"You can stop pretending to like me, you don't need to," Her words come out harsh, as they slice me.

"Pretend?What?" Her words are not forming meaningful sentences "Aru, where is this coming from? Why would I pretend to like you?! I like you! I like spending time with you because you are my friend!" I speak out what is going on in my mind.

"Just leave it, Rohan!" Leave it?! What is she going at? Maybe if I try to change her mood. I also bought her a parting gift she will like it right?! It's a snow globe. Aru loves snow, I might not take her to such a place now, but I know I will take her in the future. It's a promise I made to myself.

"See I bought this for you" I place the snow globe between us on the bed. She gives it a small glance and turns her head away. I nudge it further towards her and poke her with it, only for her to push my hand away.

"I don't want it" She mutters her head still turned away.

"ARUSHI! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!" I lost my cool, completely! I keep begging her to tell me what is happening but she just doesn't budge. The tone of my voice made her wince. At that sudden movement, the school back beside her falls down, and out comes tumbling a bracelet.

I see the panic in her eyes as she goes to pick it up, but I am faster. This was the bracelet I kept on wanting, simple black beads with a red one in the center, I wanted to buy it but the red ones were finished.

"Aru, what is this?" I asked her this time cool, it is not like a store-bought one, because the tied end was visible, Did she make it for me?

"It's nothing, something I made." She says trying to take it away from my hand but I hold it above my head, so she cannot reach .

"For me?" I ask, she doesn't answer but her face says it all, it's for me.

"You won't like it," Her words make me sad.

"Why wouldn't I like it Aru? I love it already." I tell her putting the bracelet on.

"Rohan please!" I hear her snap, her words were too harsh.

"Aru please!" I plead her back. What is going on with her?

"I clearly know you hate me and are pretending to like me! You just don't need to act anymore." Her words came out and hit me square in the heart as if that was the target.

"What are you talking Aru?! I don't hate you! I am not pretending to like you!" I start getting defensive, whatever she is spouting is wrong why can't she see that? What has gotten into her?

"I know everything, Rohan! I know every damn thing! I heard everything I had to. I can't take it anymore," She says as she looks at me her brown eyes now displaying anger. Why is she angry at me? I haven't done anything!

"What do you want then huh?! What do you want me to do?!" I counter back.

"Just stop talking to me!" Her words echo in the room.

"And stop being friends?!" I ask.

"Stop being friends!" I get an answer.

"Get lost from your life?!" I ask again to get the confirmation.

"YES! Get lost!" Her anger dissipates after she shouts that.

"Gladly!" I stand up from my place and that is what I do, Get lost, from her life.

I got out of her life, I don't speak to her anymore, I am not around her. But why do I want to get back into her life, why do I want to talk to her, why do I want to be around her and why do I not take out the bracelet she gave me when she explicitly told me to get lost.

I hate her for this.

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I always wanted my stories to start with the male protagonist's POV! And here I am finally doing it!!!
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