*Khushal Pov*
"Where are you going?" I asked her when we walked outside our block after the last class.
"Why are you following me? Are you some creep or what?" She asked turning around.
"Is there any problem Akhila?" Some girl asked and also the guy with her.
"It's nothing Rani." Akhila replied smiling.
They nodded and walked away not before looking at me with a frowned look. After they went away Akhila too started walking towards the ground and I followed her as usual.
"Why are you following me?" She asked turning around.
"Where are you going?" I asked her back.
"You know where I am going." She replied and started walking but this time little slowly.
"I am just keeping an eye on you." I said shrugging.
"That is my duty to do and I know how to do it." she said stopping in her tracks.
"A babysitter can make few mistakes too some times." I said shrugging again.
"You are really a creep." She said shaking her head.
"Why are you even calling me that?" I asked her taking my bike keys.
"Oh no... no.. no. I am not going to come with you on that death bike." She replied backing away from me immediately after looking at the keys.
Before I could scold her for calling my bike like that I heard two voices calling her as 'Di!'.
"Throw that knife away right now. Otherwise we will kill you." I heard one girl saying walking near us.
"Yeah like Ri said we will." Another voice said but after few seconds the same voice said "Please leave my Di and don't hurt her."
"It is just a key!" Akhila said smiling while looking behind me.
"Oh!" they both said again.
Then those two girls stood beside Akhila and looked at me. One of them widened her eyes and mumbled 'Unkhushal'.
"Di! What are you doing with Unkhushal?" She asked gulping.
"Unkhushal?" I asked them confused.
"Yeah Di! Is he creating any problems?" Another girl asked.
"Kritika! His name is Khushal. He is not creating any problems Ri." Akhila replied.
"Yeah, yeah! Unkhushal guy is just standing here for fun and you are backing away from him for fun right." That Kritika girl said looking at me up and down with fear.
"We both just joined in the same company for internship so we both are going there." Akhila said.
"But why together? You can go there on your own and I will be there to pick you up." Ri said.
"In what?" Akhila asked.
"In Auto or Bus Di." Ri said rolling her eyes.
Hearing her answer Akhila and Kritika rolled their eyes. I looked around to see that few people are looking at us like there is going to be some big battle right now at this place.
"She needs to be with me for sure." I said sighing.
"Why?" Ri asked looking at me with questioning look.
"Because she is my babysitter." I replied without thinking.
"What?" Kritika and Ri asked laughing.
When I glared at them, they both stopped laughing completely.
"Di! Ramya Di was looking for you at the lunch break. Where were you?" Kritika asked and Akhila replied to her question.
"Did you finish your drawing?" a guy came near us and asked Ri.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ri asked him.
"I am asking a question." He replied shrugging.
"Kalyan! Just go away." She said glaring at him.
"You should finish it otherwise, our sir will not spare you." he said smirking.
"Urghh!! I need to finish some work Di. I will be late today." Saying this Ri just walked away along with him.
"Ok! Just come home in some transport and don't walk." Akhila shouted at Ri.
"I will first drop you and then go to the company." Akhila said smiling at Kritika.
"I am not a kid Di. I will go there on your own." Kritika said and there goes the start of another conversation.
Why does everyone talk this much in the first place? I thought shaking my head.
"I can drop her!" I heard the new voice.
There you go another character in this battle. Why does everyone come here only? I thought shaking my head again.
"And who are you?" Akhila asked.
"I am Sanjay! Your neighbor!" He replied and I immediately turned to see none other than him.
And what did he said? Neighbor! I mean really? I thought and looked at Akhila.
Sanjay got shocked looking at me but composed himself. I shook my head and ignored his presence.
"I can go on my own Di." Kritika said.
"I can drop her." Sanjay said.
"How can you trust him Di?" Kritika asked smiling.
"I am your neighbor and I am a student. You can even note down my bike number." Sanjay offered.
"I don't think we can trust him just like that." I said and immediately got a glare from Sanjay but a big smile from Kritika.
"I don't want her to get on anybody's bike." Akhila said looking at me.
"I can walk if you want. Actually one friend asked for my bike so I will give him mine and I will walk with her." Sanjay said.
"Kritika! You just walk home safely and give me a call ok. And you just accompany her if you wish to otherwise don't. There is actually no need for that." Akhila said.
Kritika immediately walked away from us towards the gate and Sanjay followed her. I shook my head looking at him.
"Shall we go?" I asked her holding my keys again.
"I am not getting on that thing again." She replied.
"I didn't stand here and watched all your sisters' drama just to hear that reply. Let's go!" saying this I walked towards my bike.
She calmly sat behind me and we both reached the company after few minutes. There is not much work actually as this is our first day but we just have to meet another boss for the confirmation.
"So you hate our principal?" She asked suddenly.
"Obviously!" I replied not looking at her.
"But why? He is such a cool principal." She asked frowning.
"Do you know Hades?" I asked her still not looking at her.
"Greek god of Underworld!" she replied.
"Well our principal is Hades." I said sighing.
"Then what are you to Hades?" she asked making me look at her.
"I am the son of Hades." I replied after few minutes.
"Wait! You mean.. you.. are his son? Wow! Does everyone know this?" She asked completely shocked.
"No! If anyone knows this then they will not respect him anymore or that's what he said." I replied fisting my hand.
"Then why did you told me?" she asked.
"Will you respect him less after knowing this?" I asked her back.
"No!" she replied without a doubt.
"That's why I told you. And don't talk anymore. I generally talk very less." I said and continued to do our little work.
After that I dropped her home with just silence around us. When she got down, she turned around and said "Thanks baby."
Before I get down she rushed away and walked inside her house. I shook my head and drove away.