Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 82. Oh, My Snow White

"Congratulations, Lakshya bhaiyya."

"Thank you, Sandhya."

Lakshya gave me a quick hug and sent me towards the food counter after he noticed me staring at the food for too long. I gave him the small gift I had bought while shopping for Dad's birthday and he thanked me.

After exchanging a few more words, I left him to meet other guests who were waiting in line to congratulate him for his new success. Uncle and Aunty were shining like sunshine since afternoon while Nikhil was jumping around like Bugs Bunny, busy in looking after everything.

I ignored the rest of the familiar idiots and grabbed myself a big piece of rainbow cake along with some chips and cold drink. I sat down on a vacant chair beside the window and ate as I observed the decorations. White, red and green balloons were hanging all over the place with glittery papers strewn across the walls. The whole floor was covered with confetti and a huge balloon, filled with candies, hung from the ceiling, waiting to be blown out in the end.

I roamed my eyes around, trying to distract myself from the thoughts which were clawing my mind. In the morning, before coming to Nikhil's house, I paid a visit to Zoya's place. Faiyaz had already left, so I went there to check on his family and see if they needed anything.

Everything looked good, but when I saw Katherine there, I felt like the world ended. I quickly searched if Ishaan bhaiyya had also come, but he wasn't there. I knew I was over reacting but I had to be careful after I got that threat from Rashi's brother.

Honestly, I didn't think that Katherine was a bad girl or that she had hidden intentions, but I had already been fooled before a lot of times and created really big blunders on my own, so taking a safe approach seemed better.

Instead of asking Katherine directly, I asked Zoya about it and she informed me that both girls had been meeting each other after that incident in McDonalds. Katherine also lived near Zoya's college, so they bumped into each other a lot.

Katherine didn't say anything till we were inside Faiyaz's house, but once I left, she followed soon after and caught up to me. While walking towards my bus stop, she confessed that she knew everything and I could trust her; she wouldn't harm anyone.

I didn't want to believe her since she was Ishaan bhaiyya's girlfriend, but I decided to trust her because I could see the sincerity in her eyes. And she also told me that she wanted to clear the misunderstandings.

For the time being, I agreed with her, but I was still on alert mode around her. She seemed nice and genuine, so I wanted to be on her side...

My chain of thoughts was broken when a hand appeared near my plate, and I moved my head to look at the person who had already stolen quite a good amount of cake.

"Why do you always steal?" I accused.

"It is my part-time job," Ved replied as a matter of fact and grinned.

"Don't you have anything else to do other than disturb me?"

"Actually... No." He smirked.

"Leave me alone; I am busy right now," I said and started thinking again.

"What are you thinking about so seriously? Is there some problem? Did you get hurt somewhere? Are you thinking about the exam results? Are you feeling sick again? If you are, then why didn't you stay at home? Why aren't you speaking, huh? Are you hungry and sad because I stole your food? Are you feeling like getting in a fight? Sandy Pandy, why aren't you saying any-"

I punched him on the shoulder. "Shut the hell up!"

"You are back to normal." He pinched my cheek, and I gave him a death glare.