Tangled Hearts

As both of them stood leaning against the cold railing of the balcony, silence reigned upon them. It held different meanings for either. 

She usually preferred the silence. It brought calmness to her mind, a sense of sanity. But this one? It was madenning. It let a storm of thoughts enter her mind. Images of what could've happened; of what could still happen flashed across her inner eye. It terrorised her. Haunted her, letting a sole drop of tear run down her cheek. She wiped it away immediately. 

Even though he looked straight ahead in the distance at the night sky hovering over the city lights, with a side glance he noticed it. She was trying to hide her tears. On other occasions, he would do anything for her to shut up but right then, he wanted her to say anything. Anything at all. A word, at least. The silence stretched infinitely, tension in the air becoming thicker and thicker with each passing second. 

After what seemed like ages, she decided to break the silence. He heard her gasp and awaited her soft voice, but instead her accusing tone hit his ears. 

"You!" She hissed, making her best attempt to not disturb the several patients that rested few metres away from them. "You did this! You almost murdered him! I knew I shouldn't have let him go with you," She accussed him, tears rolling down her cheeks. 

He opened his mouth to speak, but was pushed away when her fists collided against his hard chest. "Don't. Don't say a single word. There's nothing you can say to make me feel better!" She sobbed loudly, "Did you hear what the doctors said? Didn't you?!" Her fists pounded against his chest but it didn't even make him flinch. 

He caught her arms in mid-air and shook her, hoping that would send some sense into her, "Calm down!" He said, "We're in a hospital! And you cannot blame me for what happened." He added but somewhere deep down he knew, he was to be blamed for what catastrophe had happened that night. 

She shrugged her arms off his strong grip, "Calm down?!" She whispered with widened eyes. "I will, but not because you told me to do so but because the situation demands it!" She sobbed. Her breathing became irregular because of the continuous crying. She clutched the railings for support. "I will never forgive you for this, no matter what you do to compensate! I will always blame you and I swear, if anything worse happens to him, I will... I- I will... " She found herself at a loss of words. What could she do to him? What worse could she do to him that would serve as an accurate punishment for his sins? She hated him already. And that was punishment enough. 

"Get out! I don't want to see your face and I don't want you to be anywhere near him!" She announced, tearing her gaze away from him while gritting her teeth in anger. 

She expected an apology from him but only received a rude reply, "I don't want to see your face either!" He confessed and stormed out of the room. 

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Tangled Hearts follows the journey of eight Indian teenagers set off to step into their Junior Year at one of the most prestigious high schools of Mumbai, St. Theresa High School. Drama is inevitable when these eight diverging personalities collide; each having a goal of their own to fulfill, expectations to meet and people to impress! 

Amidst the chaos of experiencing beautiful friendships, cruel betrayals, love and heartbreaks, will they conquer it all and succeed in discovering themselves?