*Akhila Pov*
We both got up to leave as the final bell rang and I left his hand to walk towards my friends.
"Shall we go?" I asked Rani.
"Why don't we take permission from Khushal and then leave the class?" Rani asked teasing me and I glared at her.
They didn't stop their teasing from the lunch break. Until then they were too shocked to say anything.
Ramya too didn't leave me alone and she just is worse than Rani. Rani laughed at me and we all walked outside.
I walked towards Kritika to see Ri is not with her. I smiled at her but she is looking somewhere else and then I saw Sanjay waiting for her on his bike.
"So... want to say something?" I asked her smiling.
"Di! What do you mean?" She asked innocently.
"Oh please Kri! No need to sound so innocent." I heard Ri saying walking towards us.
"Look who is talking." I said smiling at Kritika and she laughed.
"Di! You both can't ditch me like that for your guy's everytime." Ri said folding her hands.
"And the person that is saying is the one who first left." Kritika said rolling her eyes.
"I..." Ri just trialed off.
"Now do you want to come with me? Let's go then." Kritika said holding her hand.
"No! I need to be somewhere." Ri replied.
"Just be careful and return to our house soon." I said in serious tone and she nodded walking towards that Kalyan gang.
"Kritika! We are getting late and I even have practice." Sanjay shouted.
"Hey! Don't shout at my sister like that." I said glaring at him.
"Sorry!" he said turning away.
"Di!" Kritika called me.
"Don't spare him if he shouts at you Kritika." I said still not liking the way he shouted.
"I will not! No go our UK is waiting for you." She said making me roll my eyes.
I walked near him and asked "Are going to attend your internship?"
"No!" he replied.
"Ok! I will meet you tomorrow then." I said smiling and started walking away.
"Wait! I will drop you." He offered.
"No! I can go there by my own. I was ok with it before as you are also working there with me. But now it won't be good." I said still smiling.
"Do you want me to come there and work?" He asked with cold expression.
"Ofcourse not! You should do what you wish and if this is not what you want to do then don't do it." Saying that I turned and started walking towards the bus stop.
I got in one and reached the company. When I was about to return, I saw him standing outside.
"Please tell me you just reached." I said frowning.
"I just reached! Come on why I would wait for you until two hours." He said and I smiled at him.
"You shouldn't have come here." I said walking towards him.
"I had a small fight in this area so I am returning from it." he said and I nodded getting beside him not showing my flinch.
"You should be careful." I slowly mumbled remembering how bed he was hurt yesterday.
"I know! And I really don't want to stop fighting." He stressed.
I wanted to say I wish he did but what right do I have on him? I don't even know what I feel for him. And I am not in a mood to think about all this now.
After dropping me he kissed me a little before driving away and I stood there in shock. I asked him to not do it here on the road but he didn't listen. I thought glaring at his back.
Well I am not complaining that much ofcourse....
*Kritika Pov*
"I shouldn't have shouted like that." He mumbled when he started his bike.
"Yeah! My Di will kill you if you do it again." I mumbled back.
When we reached his house, he held my hand and started pulling towards his room. I stopped a little bit but let him drag me.
I entered to see a room which is little bigger than mine and saw the table. I looked at Sanjay saying "So there is really a table."
"What? You thought I was lying?" he asked and I just shrugged grinning.
I walked towards his window and saw my room's window. I smiled at the memory when I first walked inside my room and looked at this window.
"What are you smiling about?" he asked me.
"Do you know I chose that room for a special reason?" I asked him back.
"Tell me!" he said and I shook my head looking at the window.
Slowly he placed his hands around my waist from behind and whispered in my ear "Tell me Kritika."
"You are taking too much advantage." I said glancing back.
"I will move away if you ask me to." He said smiling.
I looked back at the window leaning a little and he leaned to me placing his head on my shoulder blade.
"We need to study." He mumbled making me gasp feeling his words hitting my neck.
"I hate Maths." I said in whisper.
"Still?" he asked shocked.
"I will never learn to love it. It is my enemy for this life." I replied holding his hands in mine.
"Uh oh! But Maths is my best friend." He said in teasing voice.
"Well it should learn to spare me with you and I will return the favor." I said smiling and feeling confused where am I even getting all this words from.
"It will spare you so don't worry about it. Now tell me, why did you kiss me?" He asked making me groan.
"Again?" I asked him turning around but he didn't left his hands.
"Yes! Until I have a proper kiss I will ask you and maybe infront of your Di." He replied pulling me completely close to him.
"I don't like blackmail." I said frowning.
"Then please kiss me." he pleaded.
"Why should I?" I asked him smiling.
"Because you want to?" he replied like a question.
"No! I don't want to so there is no kiss." I said trying to remove his hands.
"I want you to." He said.
"Look this is my first kiss so I don't want to give it to anyone." I said.
"But I like you." he said frowning.
"Really?" I asked him shocked.
"Yes! Why are you even shocked?" he asked me shocked himself.
"No! I never expected it." I replied mumbled.
"I really like you." saying that he pressed his lips to mine and moved back.
I looked at him confused and he winked saying "That's all you will get for now. Have some sense Kritika."
I fumed at him and started hitting on his shoulder. He laughed and hugged me tightly making me smile in his hug.
"So this is what the tutoring looks like." We heard a voice and immediately moved away and turned to see his friends standing at the door.
"Harsha!" Sanjay scolded.
"I will leave!" I said taking my bag from the table and started to leave.
"No chance! You will sit with us." Saying that Swathi dragged me towards the bed.
"You really like this guy? I mean this guy?" Swathi asked making faces.
I laughed and said "You too liked him at once right."
"She is smart." Giri said grinning.
"But still he is a jerk." Teja said.
"Hey! Leave her alone. I just got her today." Sanjay said glaring at the girls.
"Boyfriend! Ask your friend to shut up." Swathi said looking at Harsha.
"Wait! Boyfriend?" I asked her confused.
"Yeah! She is my girlfriend and Teja is Giri's. You don't know?" Harsha asked confused.
"No! But how is that possible. I mean his exes are you're both girlfriends." I said not understanding it.
"We need to leave." Sanjay said holding.
"Wait! I will explain to her." Swathi said stopping him.
"Actually Sanjay and I dated first but after sometime he was like a jerk to me as usual completely different from before behavior so I dumped him." Swathi said.
"Same with me!" Teja said.
"Then I kind of got attracted to Harsha and we both started dating." Swathi said and Teja lifted her hand like it is same for her.
"After how much time after breakup?" I asked them.
"Less than one month." They both replied.
"What? That is so bad." I said laughing.
"Why?" These five asked at a time.
"Well in just one month you got over your boyfriend and liked another one. That is so not natural." I replied honestly.
"Actually I was attracted to Harsha even before and he was to me but I stayed with Sanjay. So when I know that Sanjay will not be good I broke up with him and got with Harsha and see now we all are happy." Swathi said and I looked at Teja to see she is also having the same story.
"Then Sanjay have no fault in all of this. You four were the ones who were not faithful to him. Feelings also matter in the relationship to not have for some others. So the fault belongs to totally you four." Saying that I got up and walked out of his room.
Talking to Aunty a little I left his house and started walking into mine but got stopped by a hand.
I turned to see Sanjay standing still holding my hand. He came close to me and said "Why did you say all those things?"
"Because that is the truth. You can hate me for hurting your friends but I can't lie to them and say 'How cute love story they have?'." I replied and started taking my hand away but he pulled me completely towards him and crashed his lips on mine.
Not just a peck but a quite big kiss I got from him. Releasing me he smiled and said "I like you more than you think and thanks."
"Why?" I asked him frowning.
All I got was a smile and a small hug. Then he walked towards his house.
"I saw that!" I heard Di saying and turned to see Di coming out of the house.
"Di.. that..." I started saying but she stopped me saying "Go inside and ask him to not do it again on the road and.... Urgh! I don't even know what to say. Mom would kill all of us if she saw us like this at any time."
She continued to ramble and it didn't felt like she is just scolding me. She is actually scolding herself too.
I nodded and walked inside holding her hand. I so want to touch my lips still feeling my first kiss but just didn't as I don't want her to get angry more on herself atleast.
*Ritika Pov*
"What are we still doing here?" I asked them as we are still standing in parking even after many people left.
"Giving everyone a show." Saying that Sid pulled me towards him placing a hand on my shoulder.
I wanted to scold him but saw that Shilpa is coming towards us so I smiled at him sweetly. We both acted giving each other loving looks and he suddenly kissed on my cheek. She left huffing a little bit.
I immediately pushed his hand away when she walked out and just shuddered a little. They four looked at me confused and shock.
"Don't do that again." I said in serious tone.
"But that was just a peck on the cheek." He said not understanding.
"If I was comfortable with it then I would have done it on the first day of acting. But I am not, so don't do it." I said because I am still angry on myself for doing the same thing and worse for Kalyan.
"Why?" Kalyan asked and I am sure he is confused by this.
"Look I hate players ok. I just hate them." I replied honestly.
"Why?" he asked again.
"Because I just do and let's just say I have an experience." I replied looking away.
"But you need not feel that much repulse just because I am a player." Sid said looking at me.
"Just a player? Ok just imagine Shilpa said yes to you and you both are couple now. As Shilpa was a player before I mean just think like that. You both are walking along the corridors and few people who have been played by her are looking at you both in disgusting even though you are innocent and then few people who want to be played by her are looking at her with wanting looks. Just imagine all this and then say was it ok for her to be a player before?" I asked them and then closed my eyes after my outburst.
I opened them to see those four looking at me with mouths wide open and I just shook my head rubbing my forehead.
Then I felt someone's hands around me. I opened my eyes to see Kalyan is the one hugging.
"What did I told you until now?" I shouted at him.
"It's ok! Just close your eyes." he replied slowly and I actually did letting him hug me.
After releasing me he moved back and I turned towards them saying "I am sorry! I don't know what happened to me."
"No! Don't say that. I have been trying to make them understand but now they will I guess." Kalyan said looking at them.
"What? But you are one of them." I said confused.
"Haha.. I don't have that much money to maintain those many girls as my girlfriends or something Ritika. I am just a pacifier." He said laughing.
"What do you mean?" I asked him confused.
"When they leave someone I talk with them to back off and these guys will just fill my bike with petrol and maintain it as a gratitude for hearing the girls outburst and getting scolded by them instead of my friends. Well I have few girlfriends like very few but they know I will not end up with them so I am not saint but I am not devil too." He replied and I looked at him in shock.
"Now you need not feel guilty about that." He added and I nodded my head.
"So was it Ex-boyfriend?" Ram asked and I nodded at him.
"Let's go!" Rahim said smiling and we all nodded.
When I sat on Sid's bike, he turned and asked "Then why did you hug me that day on freshers party?"
"I was angry and I don't know my mind was not working that day." I replied shrugging and Kalyan looked guilty.
We reached the ice cream parlor and walked inside to sit in the middle table as usual. Kalyan and I walked towards the counter and said "Please order for me anything but strawberry."
He nodded and I walked back towards the table. I sat beside Sid and Kalyan's seat is infront of me.
Our orders were brought and my nightmare strawberry was placed infront of all of us except Kalyan. I glared at him and was about to take it from him.
But I felt a spoon full of strawberry ice cream infront of my mouth which was placed by Sid. I looked at him to see him gesturing me towards Shilpa who is walking by us.
I dreadfully opened my mouth and he placed it inside me. I closed my mouth and smiled at him until I heard the door closing little too harsh.
When I know that she left, I immediately took tissue paper and puked it on it. I pulled Kalyan's ice cream which is vanilla my favorite and put inside one spoon of it ignoring that he already started it.
When I sighed in relief he took it back and ate one spoon. I immediately took it from him and had another spoon. So finally we both shared one ice cream and even though I noticed it in the middle I ignored it.
"You both just finished it like a couple in love." I heard Rahim's voice and turned to see those three looking at us wide eyed.
I looked at Kalyan and saw a smirk on his face. I glared at him but just smiled in the end.
"Don't ever order me strawberry. I hate it." I said and he nodded.
"What do you like?" He asked smiling.
"Vanilla!" I replied.
"Same pinch." He said placing his hand on mine and let it stay there.
"Shall we go?" Sid asked and we all nodded getting up.
"Sid! I will drop her. You can go to movie like you planned." Kalyan offered and Sid nodded smiling.
I sat beside Kalyan and placed my hands on his shoulders. After his friends left, he removed them and placed around him.
I hugged him and he drove us towards my house. I got down and he held my hand not letting me move away.
"What?" I asked him.
"Tomorrow is Sunday." He replied.
"So?" I asked him frowning.
"We all will go to a movie. You need to complain that you don't like watching movie at the middle." He replied.
"Why?" I asked him smiling.
"You will know." He replied.
"But why?" I asked him stressing.
"I like someone you see. That's why." Saying that he drove away and I smiled walking inside the house.
Di and Kritika were talking about something but I just didn't put my mind in it and just slept off after having the dinner.