"It's not your fault, Riya. You had nothing to do with this. It's not my intention to hurt you. Several times I tried to tell you about him but it's all went vain. So I have no option from playing the video on the stage in front of everyone when he was about to propose to you. He doesn't deserve you." He wiped my tears with his thumb, somehow, I felt relaxed under his touch.

"Thanks, Kayish!" I said and pressed a smile on my face. "So--- that means we are friends now, right?" He asked. I can able to read confidence in his eyes, so not wanting to spoil his expectation I nodded my head.

"Okay! Let's celebrates our friendship then." He flashed me a huge smile before dragging me out of the college campus not giving any room for argument.

*

"Mom! A boy named Karan pulled my clip from my hair..." With the continuous hiccupping Sweety is complaining about how awful her day turned out at her school. "He stole my lunch box and even made me fun infowntt of my fwwnts."  She continued the story and ended up crying very louder.

Time like this, always make me feel like I'm the worst mother to her, especially when I can't even take her to school on her first day. And to acknowledge that she's more mature than other kids at her ages, make me feel responsible for her emotion as well.