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‘Sit,’ Dhruv said and cocked his head, motioning Ritika to sit on the
motorcycle.
‘I’m not going anywhere with you. Answer me, first.’

‘SIT,’ Dhruv said.
Ritika, her chest still heaving in anger, climbed up and he drove to the far
corner of the college and parked his motorcycle. Ritika screamed her questions

in his ear. Dhruv sat on the pavement, lit a cigarette and started to fiddle with his
phone. Ritika snatched it and flung it in the bushes. Dhruv would have slapped
her but he was reminded of three of Ritika’s cellphones he had unapologetically

smashed for talking to boys he had strictly warned her against. So he stayed put.
‘Why didn’t you pick up my calls? Were you out for the entire night? What
the hell were you doing with her, Dhruv? I thought you hated her! And you were

cutting my calls? Why? Dhruv!’ Ritika took the cigarette from his mouth and
threw it away. ‘LOOK AT ME AND ANSWER ME, Dhruv. You can’t just keep
treating me like shit.’

‘When did I treat you like shit?’ asked Dhruv. ‘And sit here.’
‘Shut up, Dhruv. I’m tired of listening to you. Don’t do this, don’t go there,
and don’t talk to that guy. ENOUGH. I stay locked up in my room, and what the

hell did you do? You were out with a girl! What happened last night, Dhruv?
Dhruv, look at me and tell me what happened. If you had to break up with me,

you could have had the damn decency to look at me and tell me that!’
‘I’m not breaking up with you, Ritika.’
‘Neither am I, Dhruv. After ruining my life and shooing away all my friends,
I’m not letting go of you that easily. Now will you just tell me what on earth

happened yesterday? Did you touch her?’
‘You need to stay calm, Ritika. Nothing happened.’

‘Then why were you with her? All my friends told me that you were with her!
Aashima even saw you guys leave, but I didn’t believe her. GOD! I’m such a
fool. Do you know how stupid I would look?’ Ritika slumped on the pavement
next to him, and cried into her palms.

‘You’re overreacting, Ritika. She just needed to talk to Raghuvir and I needed
to talk to my father. That’s all that happened.’

‘You have destroyed me, Dhruv.’
‘Shut up, Ritika.’
‘I spend entire days trying to live like you want me to live. I don’t have a