Chapter-8 "When Jatin Realized It"
Being a part of Mishthi's memories not pnly made him happy but also made him fall back into his past and his Memories.
He remembered how he kept falling in love with her.But he was confused whether it was actually love or whether it was mere attraction.
This is one of the most difficult thing in love.The problem of realizing that ,it is love.
But as some of the famous actors in thier movies have said,"it takes a moment to realize that it is love".
Jatin remembered that moment very well.
It was when Jatin and Mishthi were third year.Their friendship had grew much stronger.Jatin used to tell her all his problems and Mishthi was his guide to come out of the problems.Mishthi though never used to discuss much about her life with him rather none had an idea about her past.
They used to bunk lectures,make night outs,go out shopping together...life was running smoothly.
In there third year,during the tech fest of their insti,on being forced bt Mishthi,Jatin and Mishthi made a scince model.There were two other girls in the group,Jyotsana and Ankita.It was a working model on "cyngas".They were going to be engineers and still made a model on a social issue that was quite irrelevant.But this did not matter to Msihthi,she wanted to take part in the tech fest all that mattered to her was the co-ordinator of the electronics department.He was Amit,Mishthi and Jatin's senior.She had a secret crush on him which was known to evreyone....!!
Mishthi,Jatin and Ankita were at Jyotsana's place,they were working on the model.Everyone was given a specific work.Jatin had been thinking of his realtionship with from past few days.He had been observing that Mishthi was showing more intrest in him nowadays.She was being for caring and loving.
Something same happened at Jyotsana's place.
Jatin was sharpening a pencil and while doing so,accidently he cut his finger.Mishthi could not see the blood coming out of Jatin's finger.She was annoyed and started shouting on Jatin,"Dont you know how to sharpen a pencil.You dumbo,you are lucky that its not a deep cut,dont you have brains or what,some one cares for you and you just dont take care of yourself.Idiot"
Mishthi had overeacted.But that made Jatin feel a bit special but at the same time a bit insulted as well,as there were two more people in the room at that time.Mishthi always carried a first aid kit with her something at which Jatin was always amazed.She took out a bandage and an ointment. She wraaped the bandage on Jatin's finger and as she was wrapping it she was still murmuring,"what an idiot,dumbo doesnt even know how to sharpen.God knows how such people get admision in colleges.asswhole."
Jatin did not have the guts to see what were Ankita and Jyotsana's reactoin to all this.Ankita interrupted Mishthi,"Mishu you are overreacting.Its just a cut."
This was it.Mishthi shouted on her,"Bloody be quite.You dont know this stupid fellow.I know him more then anyone in this college.One cut and the next day he will be suffering from fever.He is not at all strong do you know that.Similar sort of thing happened few days back as well when he had eaten 50 gol gappas in one go you know what happened the very next day.He was sufering from loose motions"
Jatin felt disgusted,"Mishthi do you have an idea of what you are saying.Atleast you could have skiped the loose motion part.
And can you tell me how come eating 50 gol gappas is same as a cut that too by a blade.
And I am a strong guy.Dot challenge me on that."
"Shut up Phattu,you are an idiot you dont know anything.What if this lade is a rusted one.You could be suffering from AIDS" replied Mishthi.
"What,what are you saying Mishthi.That blade is perfectly fine ok" said Jyotsana in an irritated and shocked manner.Indirectly it was her insult as well.
Just as Mishthi and Jyotsana were fighting it out in words came a scream,
"Ouchhh.."
Mishthi had pinched on Jatin's wound in order to take out her frustration.She had this habbit of pinching others when she was irritated and angry.
"Good you desreve it" said Mishthi rudely.
Everyone looked at eachother and came a loud burst of laughter.Mishthi pretended to be angry for a while but later even she joined the laughing club.
She was being more physical that entire day.On one occasion she came so close to Jatin that Jatin felt her heart beating as well.All this got Jatin's adrenalin flowing like water.
Then finally came the moment,while having fun,Mishthi intenionally poured the half filled glass water over Jatin.Half which she had drunk,Jatin was furious as this and said,"that was the same glass from which you had taken water"
"So what you are my Phattu.I can do everything with you and for you."
Those words struck him deep.Suddenly he could feel his heart beating faste.That whole night he could not sleep.Mishthi's words kept echoing in his ears.
He could see stars from his window and it was full moon night as well.Nice breeze was blowing and with it was blowing all the confusion.It was now that he did realize that he was in love.He was in love with Mishthi and that he could not live without her.Love was in the air that night.Jatin could feel it.
That is another strange thing about love,night seems to be brighter then days,suddenly you see a true friend in moon and stars.This is love....giving life even to the non living things.This is love.... in which even abstract feelings and things become visible and Jatin was feeling it.
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