Friendship isn't based on any protocol. There are no rules to be followed if you want to be friends with someone. There just have to be some similarities, mutual respect and understanding and you don't even realize that you have landed a great friend. Friends are your chosen family, different blood but the same heart beats. Friendship is the most beautiful word in the whole world but some precautions are demanded. Not everybody proves to be lucky when it comes to this beautiful relationship and to explain this I have yet another story from real life.

My cousins tend to open up about their feelings and emotions while talking to me. This story is of my cousin Cheshta. Cheshta has always been an introvert, resulting in very few friends. This incident is about two years ago when she moved to a metro city for her graduation. After five to six months there she finally made a friend named Divyansh. They often spoke about their favorite books, authors, family backgrounds, favorite person in family etc. And this was how I also knew Divyansh. Similarly Divyansh had told his elder brother Hitesh about Cheshta. So Hitesh and Cheshta also became friends. One day Hitesh introduced Cheshta to his girlfriend Kritika. Kritika seemed to be a well behaved, gentle, soft spoken girl which really impressed Cheshta resulting in both of them becoming friends. Days passed and one day Cheshta saw Kritika's Instagram story where she was admitted in an hospital. On inquiring Cheshta got to know that Kritika had abortion. Taken aback by the news Cheshta called Hitesh. Hitesh told her that Kritika and him had broken up few weeks ago. Cheshta called Divyansh and Divyansh was unaware of everything going on so Cheshta didn't disclose anything to him. She spoke to Kritika and decided to visit her.

Kritika told her that Hitesh was cheating on him and after the breakup she got to know that she was pregnant. Cheshta very boldly asked that if Hitesh helped her with money or was he available emotionally? To which Kritika told her that Hitesh came to help with money but she refused to take his help as she had always known the financial situation of Hitesh also she said she tried to be the bigger person there so instead of dragging him into all the mess she took financial help from her best friends. Cheshta kept mum as she was still processing the whole abortion news. Time flew and Kritika still chose to be friends with Hitesh and his girlfriend Sheetal. Sheetal for some reasons always said that she never believed Kritika on the whole pregnancy thing. Then one day Kritika asked Cheshta for a meet up. She was very tensed, she told my cousin that her friends are asking for their money back. Infuriated she called Hitesh and started shouting on the phone in the middle of the street cussing him for breaking up with her. Baffled, Hitesh disconnected and blocked her. So she called Sheetal and demanded money. Sheetal argued and she also blocked her. Then Kritika took Cheshta's phone and called Hitesh again and demanded money, to which Hitesh said that when he offered to help she tried to be the bigger person and now when he doesn't have money she is threatening him to go the police. Cheshta snatched her phone back and tried talking some sense into Kritika but instead she lashed out on Cheshta so Cheshta left. 

2 days after Cheshta received a long paragraph from Kritika where she was apologizing for her behavior. Cheshta forgave her. Meanwhile Cheshta had started dating. So she thought of introducing her bf to Kritika. Everything went well and after few months Cheshta came back home. One morning she woke up with messages from Kritika. The messages were offensive and rude and in those messages Kritika was calling Cheshta a fake friend who changed because of a boy. She blamed her for showing her true colors. Confused she read all the messages where Kritika had lashed out on her due to a misunderstanding. Cheshta spoke to her boyfriend the next morning, sorted things out things but also decided to maintain a distance from Kritika as she was too much of drama. Months passed and one day Kritika bumped onto her in the market. Awkwardly they said hi and then Kritika texted her apologizing for her behavior. Chesta forgave her again. And this time Kritika had started seeing someone, named Dharya. So everything was okay. 

Last year Kritika called Cheshta and told her that Dharya had been cheating on her. He was in contact with many girls. Cheshta got angry and said things about Dharya like what is wrong with him and all that. Kritika replied that Dharya had been struggling mentally so to cope up with that he was talking to so many girls. Cheshta said that cheating can never be justified and the conversation got over but after 2-3 months Kritika messaged Cheshta again calling her insensitive and absurd because she said things about her boyfriend.  Tired of the drama Cheshta decided to block her. Sometimes the one who makes a relationship toxic is you only. Be it any kind of relationship. Choose your friends wisely. You want friendship or drama? Decide