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She stood up to change her seat.<br />

‘Two minutes, I beg you,’ i said.<br />

She ignored me. She moved to another table full of students. I<br />

couldn’t talk to her thete.<br />

‘I’m waiting outside,’ I said.Ten students looked up at me, startled.<br />

Riya continued to read the same page.<br />

I waited outside the library for two and a <strong>half</strong> hours When she<br />

came out, she saw me and walked in the other direction.<br />

‘Two minutes,’ I said as I ran up to her.<br />

‘I don’t want to talk to you, at all. Understand?’<br />

‘I’ll keep following you. Might as well talk.'<br />

She glared at me and stood still, her hands balling into fists.<br />

‘Your time has started,’ she said.<br />

‘Listen, I am really, really sorry,’<br />

She crossed her arms, textbook still in hand.<br />

‘Don’t waste your time. Sorry is not going to work.’<br />

‘I didn’t mean it,’<br />

‘Why did you say it? Do you knew how it made me feel?’ She<br />

stared into my eyes. I looked away. Tin a reserved person, Madhav, I<br />

have issues opening up to people. I trusted you. And you...’ She bit<br />

her lower lip.<br />

‘I just...’<br />

‘Just what? The stuff you said. I may not speak much Hindi, but I<br />

do understand it, Madhav,’ she said and turned her face sideways.Then<br />

she said as if to herself, ‘My friends had warned me about you.’<br />

‘I just love you, Riya.’<br />

‘Yeah, right. Indeed a classy way to show love.’<br />

‘I said it in anger.’<br />

‘Let me be clear. I have never, ever been spoken to in such a cheap<br />

manner in my life. I let you into my world. We had something<br />

together.’<br />

‘We do.’<br />

‘No, we don’t. If you could speak to me like that, I wonder how

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