Getting ready | I'm moving out... | Part 2

"Hello." Read.

"I'm moving out..." Read.

"So, I'd like to invite you to my house for a get-together on Thursday evening around 7.30 PM. If you're not comfortable with it and say NO, I would understand (and not be offended)." Read.


"Why is he trying so hard ?", I thought to myself.

"Does he not understand that I don't want to talk to him ? I think I've made that pretty clear to him."

"Maybe he has invited other people as well. Maybe he's just trying to be a friend. Who knows ?"

"You know what? I'll ask others if he's invited them"

I sent a private message to two other people on the group, the ones I think he's close to at least. Let's find out if he is still trying to change something here. Suhas responded. Suhas is someone he would hangout the most with, so most likely Suhas has been invited, as long as he's not trying anything here. Suhas said that he hasn't seen any messages like that from him. Knew it! He is trying hard to do something here. I am not going to respond to this one. Suhas also said that he understood something was wrong between the two of us. I asked Suhas if he was free sometime so we could talk. I wanted to tell Suhas what he had been up to, and that I was made to feel so uncomfortable.

I called Suhas. He picked up. After some small talk, I started talking about what things were bothering me. I told Suhas that I felt like a very different vibe from him on the day of my birthday. He was very supportive, and went against even Kunal, my then boyfriend, to support me on what I was comfortable with. I definitely felt like he was onto me. After that, on the time of cake cutting, when everyone was present, he hugged me. He's never done that before, and it felt like he was really into me. Those were the two main instances I felt like he was trying hard to make me like him. I explained what I exactly felt in those moments, to Suhas. Finally, the nail in the coffin felt like when on his return from India, he called me, asked to visit me, was kind of adamant about it, and when it did not work out, ordered pizza for both of us, and we had pizza over the call. I felt like that really set the tone, and I should really be setting some boundaries with him. I told Suhas that I talked to Kunal about the same things, and Kunal felt the same. Kunal felt like he was hitting on me ever since Kunal went to India for his father's last rituals.

"Is this what you've also felt Suhas. And please be completely honest with me." I asked him to be straight with me about what he felt. Suhas had listened to me patiently since I started talking about all of this. He had asked questions maybe, to understand what I really felt. But, I felt like I could rely on his understanding of the situation. He has been close to Suhas for a while now and I should be able to get a good sense of understanding of how he has been feeling.

Before he started talking, Suhas said that he had just received a message from him, inviting him to the get-together and asking if he was at all interested. Something similar of a message that I had received. I also knew some of Suhas' karma with another girl in the group, and so it made sense to ask if he was okay with attending the get-together. Maybe he was not trying hard to just get in touch with me after all!

Suhas also mentioned that he very recently got to know of the disturbance between the two of us. Apparently Suhas always thought that we were meant to be together, and that Kunal was the wrong choice for me. I giggled at that thought, thinking it was a joke, which he clarified it was not. Then Suhas said that he clearly did not know as much about the situation as he thought he did, and so he was going to talk to him about it and see what comes out of it. He did say that talking about this would not be easy, and might take him a bit to get to it unless he opens up to Suhas by himself.

I received another text. This was from the second person I had reached out to check with. She said that she had gotten a message from him inviting her to some sort of a get-together on Thursday evening around last night. To cover it up I asked who all were invited and were going. It seemed like everyone on the group was invited privately and was going to visit him for possibly the last time.

I guess it is time for me to stop overthinking about the situation and get ready for a get-together with the gang!

"I'll be there!", send.

Comments

  1. AntiDigest12 July 2022 at 22:34

    If you've not read this series from the very start, I would recommend you start here: I'm moving out... | Part 1

    If you missed the previous post in this series, check it out here: I'm moving out... | Part 1

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