All Chapters of Tangled Hearts: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

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.  

An hour later, Mayra found herself standing in front of the massive mirror of the girls' bathroom, groaning and stomping her feet on the ground every few seconds in frustration as she tried to clean her hair off the milkshake.  Thankfully, she since was wearing a jacket, her t-shirt wasn't spoilt. Carefully, she cleaned the few drops that had dripped off her hair and fell on her jeans. The dustbin beside which was practically empty when she entered earlier was now filled with tissues.  It was impossible to go back to her house, change and come back. She had to take the city bus and it would take two hours. And it would be useless since there were only four lectures that day. She would miss every single one of them. And she wanted to look presentable in the class but milkshake-dyed hair was not even pre.  With a quick glance at her watch, she registered that the first lecture would go o