Honestly, if there’s one thing that recently happened that I truly wish i had never done, it would be having that altercation with my friend. Looking back at it now, the whole situation was so unnecessary and avoidable that it still bothers me whenever I think about it.
It all started one evening in school. I stepped out of my room to get dinner quickly. While I was outside, I got a call from my mum, and honestly, that phone call really upset me. By the time I finished talking with her, I was already in a very bad mood, and unfortunately, I carried that anger back with me into the room.
So, immediately after buying my food, I went straight back inside. I was still upset and distracted, and as I entered, I left the room door wide open. Normally, it wouldn’t have been a big deal, but in our hostel, leaving the door open meant mosquitoes would come in. One of my roommates calmly pointed it out, telling me to close the door. But instead of just listening and doing the simple thing, I lashed out at him. Out of pure anger from the earlier call, I snapped and said I wasn’t going to close it. It wasn’t even about the door anymore—I was just letting my emotions get the best of me.
That moment set everything off. Another roommate eventually got up to close the door himself, and somehow, the situation escalated from there. Words were exchanged, tempers flared, and before I knew it, I was face-to-face with my friend that initially asked me to close the door. Along the line, i think he thought I insulted his parents, which I honestly didn’t intend, but that pushed him over the edge. The next thing I knew, he came at me and punched me several times right by my locker. Things turned physical so quickly that I didn’t even have time to process what was happening. By the time it was over, I had a bruise on my face, and the room felt like a battlefield instead of a place of friendship.
After the fight, I ended up reporting him to the hostel wardens, and that almost led to his rustication. Although later on, i pleaded for him, and the matter eventually settled, but then things were never the same between us again. The close friendship we had before that night simply never returned.
What pains me the most about the whole incident is how small it really was. All of this—everything that happened—could have been avoided if I had just let go of my anger and just closed the door. Something so minor turned into something so damaging, and that’s why it remains one of my biggest regrets.
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