*Kritika Pov*
"Kritka! Wake up dear." I heard Di calling me but I so don't want to wake up.
"I am tired Di. Let me sleep for some more time." I whined turning away.
"You are saying the same thing for the past half n hour. Come on get up and I will make your favorite dish today." Di pleaded.
"Is she making you again give some bribe Di?" I heard Ri asking.
I groaned and said "Yesterday I spent so much time in practicing maths. I even got tutored so please let me sleep for some more time."
"Kritika Gupta! I want you to be awake in one minute." I heard Akhila Di's booming voice and I immediately sat up looking at her.
"Good! Now get ready and come downstairs for breakfast." Saying this she left the room.
"Oh my gosh! That was so funny." Ri said laughing but only after Di left the room.
"She gets Mom's aatma (soul) in her once in a life time and you know how mom scolds us when we do something wrong. I really don't want to be at the end of Di's anger because she can do even better job." I said explaining myself even though she knows it.
She just laughed at me and left the room. I started getting ready and went downstairs to see Di and Ri waiting for me.
When I was about to finish my breakfast, Di suddenly asked "I forgot to ask yesterday. He didn't misbehave with you or anything right."
"No Di! He just tutored me that's it." I assured her and she nodded.
Then we heard four horns outside our house when we took our bags to walk outside. I ran past Di and Ri and saw four bikes infront of our house.
One is UK and the other is Sanjay. But the other two are dustbin guys. What are they doing here?
"Di! Our UK is here." I said looking back.
"Our UK ha?" Ri said grinning.
"Even Sanjay is here but there are also two dustbin guys." I said looking at them.
"Did they come on bikes to take our garbage? I never heard of municipality taking garbage on bikes." Di said frowning.
"Not municipality Di. They are dustbin guys." I said looking at her.
"Kritika! Give them some respect dear and call them municipality." Di said pointing.
"Di! I think she is talking about my classmates." Ri said frowning and I nodded at her.
"You call her classmates as dustbin guys?" Di asked shocked.
"It is a long story Di." Ri replied and Di finally nodded after few seconds.
We looked outside the window to see a heavy staring match between UK and Sanjay. Whereas the two dustbin guys just kept staring at both of them simultaneously.
"But why there are two guys to pick you up? Will you go to college by putting one leg on each bike or what?" I asked Ri grinning when we opened the door and walked outside.
"You are dead Kri." Ri said coming towards me but I ran towards Sanjay immediately and sat on his bike.
"Bye Di! Bye Ri! And bye UK! And also Bye Dustbin guys." I shouted at them and hit on Sanjay's shoulder asking him to start driving which he did thankfully.
"Thanks for the lift. Looking at those guys I know I would have to walk to our college alone today." I said thanking him.
"It's ok! You need not thank me. It's not like I will have to bear extra charges just to take you to college and drop here. We both are neighbors." He said and I just sat there stunned.
No way! He can't talk like this. If he talk like this then how can I find another crush. He should be dumb and jerk which will make both of us happy.
Dear god! Please give him back his dumbness and take back whatever gift you have given him. I prayed looking up and in no time we reached the college.
This time he didn't ask me thankfully and I didn't stay back with him. I walked towards my class and started telling Ria what happened while Ria messaged Latika what happened as the remaining people are excited about tomorrows party.
I know they will tease me but I can't anything from these both. And it is good to talk about your crush with your friends. Crush? No, no! Ex-crush....
*Ritika Pov*
"UK?" and "Dustbin guys?" are the words I heard from these three guys when Kritka so gracefully left with Sanjay leaving us here to deal with them.
"They are your names. UK is your name Khushal and Dustbin guys are you both." I explained them smiling.
"What?" They three said at a time.
"I need to finish my assignment. Can we leave?" Akhila Di said not at all in this world.
She is lost today like completely and I don't even know what it is. She sat behind Khushal's bike and Khushal started his bike.
"Bye Khushal!" I said giving him my sweet smile yet again.
He narrowed his eyes and just drove away. I chuckled at his expression and looked at Dustbin guys I mean oops... Kalyan and Sid who are looking at me like I have definitely ten heads.
"What?" I asked them raising my eyebrow.
"You actually smiled like that for him? For Khushal dude?" Sid asked completely shocked and Kalyan just gaped at me.
"Yeah! Any problem?" I asked him confused.
"So you are also star-struck for him then." Kalyan said sighing.
"What?" I asked him shocked.
"Don't you know? Most of the girls die for him even more than for the players. They say that they are terrified because of him but at the same time say that 'he is so hot' and just fan girl him." Sid replied.
"Really?" I asked him jumping.
"Why are you so happy?" They both asked at a time.
"Because my Di got a lot of competition." I replied still jumping.
"Huh?" They both said again.
"He likes my Di idiots." I said rolling my eyes.
"Really? Then why were you flirting with him?" Kalyan asked raising his eyebrow.
"Eww... that is not flirting. I was just irritating him." I replied in disgust.
"Then what is flirting?" Kalyan asked.
I walked towards them slowly and placed my fingers on his collar. Then I started playing with it and calmly whispered "Maybe I will show you one day what is flirting."
Saying that I walked back to see him gulping looking at me. Sid and I burst out laughing looking at his expression.
"So what are you both doing here?" I asked them.
"Well I am going to present you as my girlfriend today." Sid replied.
I nodded and turned to look at Kalyan waiting for his answer. He shrugged and said "I am giving him some company and also to look after him so that he will not die in your hands."
"Sid! You will die happily in my hands right?" I asked Sid battling my eyelashes.
"Definitely!" Sid mumbled fanning himself.
"Was my acting good?" I asked them.
"Definitely!" Both said at a time.
"Let's go then!" I said sitting beside Sid and placed my hands on his shoulders.
"When we are near college hug me Ritika." Sid said started his bike.
"I know what to do. Maybe you will even get a kiss." I said grinning when he started driving and I faintly heard "What?" from behind.
I turned to see Kalyan still in the same spot looking at us in stun. I gestured him to come with us as we are getting late.
Finally he shook his head for a second and started his bike. When we are near the college I hugged Sid from behind in a way that my arms don't touch him but to others the perception will be there that I am hugging him tightly.
When I saw his girl walking towards her class and turned to see us I moved my lips near his cheek like I am kissing it by maintained my distance. I saw that her eyes went wide from corner of my eyes and that just proves that she too likes him.
I got down from his bike and his friends Ram and Rahim joined us grinning. Then we saw Kalyan too walking towards us.
"That was one hell of a show. We didn't expect the kiss though." Rahim said winking at Sid.
"Kiss? What kiss?" Sid asked them frowning.
"The kiss she gave you on your cheek." Ram replied frowning.
"What? How could she give me a kiss which I can't even feel?" Sid asked looking at me.
"That's why I am your fake-girlfriend. My kiss will also be fake which will look real for outsiders." I replied shaking my head.
And immediately they four bowed infront of me while I gave them my blessings. Then I turned towards Sid and said "She likes you."
"What? How do you know that?" He asked confused.
"Because I am a girl Duh." I replied rolling my eyes.
"Really? You could have fooled us." Kalyan joked high-fiving well himself.
I again walked near Kalyan and this time I played with his top button saying "Really Kalyan? Don't you think I am a girl?"
"You are, you are!" Kalyan shouted backing away making me laugh again.
I bid my byes and walked towards my class room to see everyone are excited as tomorrow is fresher's party and well even I am excited because my friends Khushi and Anita are going to perform.