.Noor Hydari.

"Ha, I won again!" Amara shouted and smiled. "Who can win over you?" Khushpreet said to which Amara rolled her eyes. "Please." She showed her hand to him.

When Amara and Khushpreet came back we all went further. We came to a stop when we saw the cafe.

"RUMIE'S cafe" The café's name. Our favourite place. I was looking at board that has now changed when I realised someone was staring at me. Shubman was looking down at me. I could feel his heavy gaze on me. Suddenly my throat went dry and I couldn't speak.

Shahneel called me and I went to her without looking back at him.

We all sat in duo and of course Shubman sat with me. After we ordered our food we all went silent.

Suddenly Shubman's phone started ringing and he immediately got up and went outside the cafe to take it. I looked at him through the window. His back is facing me.

I am sure that he is yelling on the phone because he is throwing his hands in air with frustration. When he turned to me, I immediately looked away. Shahneel is already looking at me.

She shook her head once Shubman came back. Shahneel looked at him with fierce look to which Shubman annoyingly huffed.

We talked about random things and asked about Amara and my life since we were away from them. To which I only replied with "Fine." And the. Chewed my pizza.

Amara was talking about her life and others were listening. Beside me Shubman was zoned out. He barely ate his food because he was staring at it most of the time.

Shubman wasn't like this earlier. He was always a sunshine soul. He used to smile at everyone and talk with them even if he didn't wanted to. I can tell that because I always read his facial expressions. I am good at reading people from their face because that is hoe I got to know that Shubman disliked me from childhood only.

Where he used to smile at everyone, he used to stare at me with stern look and I always felt like he hated me.

But now he have become rude to everyone. He doesn't smile to anyone now. Today morning when Amara hugged him saying she missed him he just nodded to it and said 'me too.'

He is changed just like me. But at least I am not rude to every other person.

When we left the cafe, we went to the park where we used to play. I simply went and sat on one of the benches and looked at Shahneel and Amara who were on swing and Sahel and Khushpreet who were trying their hard to scare the two.

Shubman sat on the bench that was quite far from the bench I was sitting at. He was first looking at them playing but soon he shifted his attention to his phone. He was chatting with someone.

I turned to look back at them when Khushpreet yelled my name. He called me and I went to them. They forcefully made me sit on the swing and soon I was playing with them.

One thing is that Amara before coming here wasn't this happy. She barely talked to anyone. Always focused in her court.

But now from the moment she have come here, her earlier personality is coming out. The childish one. That always used to laugh first at everything. And that is why Khushpreet was her closest one. Because with him she found her true self. The childish one.

Where I used to get along with them in their silly things, crack jokes and laugh. I have become the exact opposite of that.

When we all were done having fun in little things we decided to went back to our house.

On our way back the house, I kept praying that I don't see my house. Because I won't be able to take care of what will happen to me.

And as always the god didn't listen to me this time too and we spotted my house.

I kept walking until I heard a dog's bark. I turned and saw a golden retriever who was chained to the gate of the house. My house.

I looked at him and then walked up to him. As I caressed the dog, I couldn't resist myself so I looked up. And suddenly I regret my decision. My heartbeat raised and I got froze.

Is this is the same house that used to be my home? Or is it just the figment of my imagination?