*Akhila Pov*
When I finished packing our lunch boxes I heard our door bell. Who is it at this time when we are in hurry to reach our college?
"Kritika! Open the door and see who it is." I shouted for Kritika.
"Sure Di!" She said and then I continued to place all the unclean dishes in the dish washer.
"Di! UK is waiting for you outside." She said entering the kitchen.
"UK?" I asked her confused while cleaning my hands with the napkin.
"Yeah! Unkhushal Di. I can't say that name again and again so UK is good for short name." She replied grinning.
"Be careful Kri! If he hears this then he may kill you." Ri whispered slowly to Kritika to terrify her.
"UK is good guy." Kritika said surprising both Ri and me.
"When did that happened?" I asked her still shocked.
"I don't know! I just think that he is a good guy." She replied shrugging.
Then we heard the bell again. Ri immediately glared hearing that and said "Can't he wait for two minutes?"
"By the way why is he here Di?" Kritika asked.
"How do I know? I need to ask him that." I replied shrugging.
We heard the bell again because of which Ri started going towards the door mumbling "I will kill him today for sure."
But after two minutes she returned with big grin on her face and said "Kri! Your ride is here."
Kritika choked on her water and asked "My ride? Who the hell is he/she?"
"He introduced himself as our neighbor." Ri replied shrugging.
This time Kritika choked even more. She shook her head and placed her hand on her forehead.
"Di! I think I have stomach ache. Can I stay back?" She asked while coughing and started pressing her forehead.
"Stomach ache? Really? I just got to know that the actual name of forehead is stomach." Ri said smirking.
Kritika's widened her eyes and immediately joined her hands infront of us saying "I don't want to go with him Di. He is not a good guy. He... is very bad."
Ri and I burst out laughing hearing her say that. We composed ourselves and I said "So the 'UK' is good guy but that poor kid is bad guy?"
"And who asked you to even go with him. We never said that. He just came here asking will you go with him or not." Ri said controlling herself from laughing.
"So.. you guys will not let me go with him?" Kritika asked.
"No way! Comeon we both will just go there and Di will come with 'UK'." Ri said winking at me.
"Hey! I am also coming with you guys." I said shaking my head and took my bag.
"Di! UK will feel bad Di." Kritika teased me.
"Then our neighbor will also feel bad." I said raising my eyebrow.
"Who is UK? I don't know any UK. Lets go Ri." Kritika said and dragged Ri with her.
I followed them only to stop in my tracks along with these both looking at Khushal and Sanjay standing infront of each other like they are going to fight at any second.
"Can you both please move? We three are getting late for our college." Ri said and they both stopped staring at each other.
"Let's go Kritika!" Sanjay I guess said smiling.
"And I walk alone to our college? No way dear neighbor. Kri is coming with me." Saying this Ri dragged Kritika with her.
After they left Sanjay looked at me awkwardly and said "Maybe next time."
"Maybe!" I said smiling a little.
After he too left I locked my door and started walking away but Khushal stopped my way. Then I remembered that he is still here.
"What are you doing here?" I asked him frowning.
"Yesterday I thought about something." He replied looking at me.
"What?" I asked him confused.
"If I have to drop you at the company and also bring you back to your home then there will be so much fuel I have to use and I also need to pay for." He replied.
"Yeah! And that's why you need not do any of that for me." I said finally relieved that he himself wants to not do that favor for me.
"But if I do the same in the morning too then we both can share the fuel charges equally." He said like he didn't heard what I just told him.
I looked at him completely shocked but composed myself and said "I am not paying anything to you. And you need not drop me."
"To bear all the fuel charges you are not my girlfriend right so you need to pay me." He said and as usual like he didn't heard the second sentence.
"I am not coming with you anywhere on this bike for the last time. In the evening I can use some transport." I said glaring at him and started walking away.
"I will put this proposal infront of Hades. Maybe he will think of something when I say how dangerous it is for a girl to come alone from company when it may even get late sometimes." He said still with blank expression.
"Are you torturing me or what? Why are you doing all these?" I asked him holding my head.
"I need to take care of my babysitter right?" he asked back.
"You are still hanging on that? I am not your babysitter and you are clearly not a baby. Happy!" I replied pleadingly.
"I liked how you said yesterday 'Thanks Baby'. And I want to hear it everyday." He said and dragged me near his bike.
He sat on it and looked at me like if I don't sit now then he will run that bike on me. I sighed and sat behind him.
Then called Priya Di immediately to find a solution for this problem completely.
"Akhila! What a surprise dear?" she asked.
"Di! I am talking to you frequently." I replied.
"Yeah like the last time you talked is last month. You are forgetting your Di." she said.
"How can I forget my favorite elder sister?" I asked teasingly.
"I am your only elder sister." She replied.
"Such a common dialogue." Khushal mumbled making me slap on his shoulder.
"Di! Actually I want to ask some information." I said.
"About what?" She asked me.
"You said you are going to take one car in second hand right? Can you also get details how much will it cost to take a scooty for second hand." I replied.
"What?" Khushal immediately shouted stopping the bike.
"Why do you need to buy second hand Akhila? Ask Dad he will buy new one for you." She said.
While hearing that I got down from his bike and asked him to stop saying anything by showing my hand.
"Then why are you buying second hand?" I asked frowning.
"Because I am earning dear. And I don't want to depend on our parents anymore." She replied.
"Just get the details for me Di." I pleaded her and Khushal glared at me making me confused.
"Ok, ok! And don't think that I didn't hear that guy." She said teasingly.
"Di! He.. is just.. he." I stammered not knowing what to say.
"It's ok! I am your Sister not your mother so everything is ok. But if he is rude or immature stay away from him." She said and I immediately know that something is wrong.
"What happened, Di?" I asked her worriedly.
"Di! The Divorce must be some sensitive topic for him and you just kept on asking him about his Ex-wife. You shouldn't have Di." I said after hearing what actually happened.
"What can I do Akhila? He just didn't talk anything else and then says that we shouldn't even talk and just have some coffee. That is not normal." Di said.
"Di! No one is normal. Everyone is different right. I mean we just think one person as normal and compare everything to that normalcy. So he is different but not abnormal." I said smiling and then looked at Khushal who have a deep frown on his face.
"You know what? You should have been my elder sister." she said after few minutes.
"So what will you do now?" I asked laughing.
"Nothing! He is just not the type to apologize and it is better to forget that this even ever happened." She replied and Khushal showed his watch telling me that it is getting late.
"Your wish Di! Ok bye I entered college grounds." I said and we both hanged up.
"So you are going to buy a scooty?" Khushal asked looking like a UK just like Kritika said the first time.
"Yeah! Then you can get rid of this huge responsibility which you took upon yourself." I replied and got on his bike.
He drove calmly and stopped a little more inside the campus. When I got down he looked at me saying "You are abnormal!" and went away to park it.
I looked at his retreating figure with mouth wide open. Why did he even say that?
Then I saw all my friends looking at me with raised eyebrows.
I am so.. dead!!! I thought and walked near them.
*Sanjay Pov*
"What are you doing here?" I asked looking at Khushal.
"I can ask you the same question." He replied shrugging.
I rang the bell and then waited for it to be opened but no one came. Then I ranged it again to which Khushal snorted at me.
I glared at him but looked ahead when the door was opened by another girl who asked me "Yes?"
"Is Kritika there? I am here to drop her to our college." I said politely.
"Really? Well this is interesting." Saying this she went inside.
"You are here for her sister right?" I asked him.
He rolled his eyes and said "Why should I even tell you anything?"
"You can talk little politely right?" I asked glaring at him.
"This is my mouth and I can talk however I want to. Who are you to tell me anything?" he said turning towards me.
"Funny! I guess you already know the answer for that." I said smirking.
"Don't go there!" he said threateningly.
"Who are you to tell me anything?" I threw his question back at him.
We both just continued to glare at each other until we heard someone saying "Can you both please move? We three are getting late for our college." And we both stopped our staring.
"Let's go Kritika!" I said smiling looking at Kritika.
"And I walk alone to our college? No way dear neighbor. Kri is coming with me." Saying this that other girl walked away dragging Kritka with her.
After they left I looked at Kritika's sister awkwardly and said "Maybe next time."
"Maybe!" she said smiling a little.
Then I took my bike which my friend returned today morning and left for my college. Maybe next time Kritika... I thought smiling.