7
Just as Arjun stepped outside, he encountered Sameer. Trying to get away from him, he moved to the sidewalk.
“Hey Arjun…maybe you could lend us a room at your place…you know?” Sameer called out with a grin.
“That is enough! You are getting nothing. Get outta my way!”
“I already got her” he said smiling.
“Look Arjun…you can’t run away from facts!” he continued.
“Fuck off Sameer!”
“You dare…”
“Yes I dare!”
As Sameer closed in on Arjun, Arjun said, “Back off…or be prepared for the worst.”
Sameer gave a sarcastic laugh before hitting Arjun right across his face. Sameer being bigger and stronger than Arjun made him stagger backwards. After he regained control, he managed to kick him above the abdomen before sucker punching him.
The commotion, called in the attention of few other students, who immediately went in and called a couple of volunteers for help. The fight was getting dirty, with a high chance of one of them getting seriously injured.
Vinay, Krish and Karan came into the situation just in time. While Vinay struggled to keep Sameer from hitting Arjun, Karan and Krish forcefully pulled Arjun away from the scene and managed to take him till the nearest waiting hall. News spread quickly enough and soon people started pouring in to see if the two were ok.
When Divya got to know about the incident, she immediately rushed to the scene.
“Vinay! Where’s Sameer?”
With a lot of effort, Vinay and some others had finally managed to get him into the refreshment area of the auditorium.
“Divya, you better not meet him. He is not cool yet.”
“I can try to calm him…”
“No! Don’t. Go meet Arjun instead. He’s in the waiting hall.”
“Hmm…well, if you say. Tell me if things get out of hand.”
“I will.”
As Divya rushed off to the waiting hall, her mind went back to the moment when Sebina told her about Sameer and Chloe. She had tried to shrug it off, but couldn’t. She knew how much he meant to her, and still couldn’t believe that such a thing actually happened. Anger simmered in her as she finally opened the door of the waiting hall.
Arjun didn’t bother to look up. She quickly told Krish and Karan that she would stay with him and that they could go back to the auditorium.
Soon after they left, Divya went and patted Arjun.
She said, "Hey! You ok?”
“Yeah!”
As she took his hand, she realized it was covered with thick blood. Shocked she suddenly stood up.
“You are hurt! Your…”
“I am fine Divya!”
“Let me take a look…”
“No! I am fine.”
She refused to oblige and forcefully removed his hand. There was about an inch long wound on his head and his nose looked almost broken with blood still oozing out. The head wound looked almost as if the blood had clotted, so she immediately took a kerchief and wiped off the blood near his nose, and ordered him to hold on till the bleeding stopped.
“I don’t need…”
“Shut up and stay put!”
A while passed before he bleeding finally stopped.
“I am gonna kill him! He can’t take what’s mine. He can’t. I’ll kill him tonight!”
Divya didn’t respond but she could almost feel that urge in herself. She felt cold suddenly and straightened herself.
“I gotta go. Bye Arjun, take care!”
“Yeah you too!”
Arjun sat for a minute after Divya left to try and gather his thoughts. But it was impossible, he had a lot going on in his mind, and decided to take Hazel’s advice and go home.