The first pill _ 3 (2)

‘What?’ Sidharth said. ‘Break up with her? Are you crazy? You know how many guys ask

me every day about the girl you are dating? And you do realize that you wouldn’t find

someone as hot as her. Ever. You’re like the monkey in King Kong holding the pretty girl!’

‘It was the gorilla.’

‘Yes, you’re the gorilla.’

‘Thank you for taking my side,’ I say. ‘I know. But, I feel bored now,’ I had started to

sound like Arnab.

‘Bored? Only rich good-looking guys have the right to say that. When a girl like Sheeny

dates someone as average and un extraordinary as you, you just suck it all up and date and be with her, come what may!’

‘C’mon, Sidharth. We have nothing to talk about! All we do is sit in the front of the

television and watch movies. We have nothing in common. I am not even sure I love her.

Shouldn’t she know that?’

‘When exactly did you have a sex change? Shut up with all the honesty! Feel lucky that

you’re not in love. Being in love is painful, man,’ Sidharth sighed.

Yeah, he was in love with Vani, tall, beautiful and very feminine. I didn’t think their

relationship would last, but it did and it had been six months now.

He continued, ‘… I see her with other guys, I blow my top. If I don’t talk to her, I don’t

feel like doing anything else. If hours go by without any news of her, I freak out. Being in

love is terrible man. I would love to be where you are. I’m still a goddamn ******!’

‘I would trade places with you any day.’

‘Because you’re a girl in a man’s body. Like, seriously, you don’t deserve your balls,’

Sidharth concluded.

Hypocrite.

‘I’m just scared, man. She falls more in love each day and it freaks me out. The later I

break up, the more she is going to cry. And I don’t want that to happen.’

Sidharth didn’t get it. After a while, I stopped trying to explain it to him, and we talked

about Sachin Tendulkar instead.

‘They said it was okay if I stayed in Delhi!’ Sheeny said with moist eyes and her voice

cracking.

Both of us knew she was never going to make it to any engineering college in Delhi. But she had told her parents that in any case, she wouldn’t go to Bangalore with them. Her parents were strictly against it, but she had been firm in her stand. Fortunately, or

unfortunately, she had succeeded.

‘That’s wonderful!’ I said, faking my enthusiasm.

‘Isn’t that great? All I have to do is try to get into some decent Delhi University course …

I don’t think I am anyway good enough for any of the engineering colleges.’

‘Don’t say that,’ I said and hugged her. She was undoubtedly extremely happy that day.

She held my hand throughout the day and kissed me at every opportunity. I felt burdened.

Somewhere deep inside my heart, I wanted her to go. It would have made things so much

easier for me. I had never dumped anyone and I saw no reason why I should dump her. It

was unfair. She was so sweet to me, loved me like anything and she was beautiful. She

didn’t deserve to get dumped. And most importantly, I didn’t know how to dump someone! Anyway, her happiness was short-lived as her parents changed their mind the next day. That day she came crying to me for support.

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