A Step To You

Twenty Three

Yukti's pov

"Achcha toh, you will stay for another month in her house?" Santu asked with a suppressed smile. We are in the canteen, eating lunch. Mira nudged her. "What? I'm just happy that she'd get to see her crush for another 30 days."

I sighed, and half-laughed. All the effort I put into keeping away from Gulki are put to waste. My maa needs to recover fully before going back, and she said it's best if I stay with Aunt Archana for the mean time.

"But Yukti is trying to forget her feelings for her, right Yukti ?" Mira asked me. She really supports my plan of "forgetting Gulki Joshi", which in my secret opinion, would now seem to be impossible. :')

I mean, with just a few words of comfort from her last night, now I'm all over her again ((⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠))...

I responded to Mira's question with a smile. Santosh tapped the table. "I told you! It was impossible! Our friend is clearly into Joshi... Even if she moves out of Joshi's house, she will still like her!"

"Ssssh!" We both told Santu who puts her palms on her mouth.

"Who's moving out of Gulk's house?"

It was Prid Singh. Holding a tray of food, he walked towards us. "Who's moving out of Gulk's house?" He repeated, looking at each of us.

Santosh snapped, "None of your hair's business!" She smirked. "You got new hair today?"

Prid winked at Santu, "Do I look good, Santu ji ?"

Santosh rolled her eyes and looked away. Prid just laughed and waved bye to me and Mira  before going away.

If Prid is here, then Gulki might be... I followed Priyanshu with my eyes and there, on the far corner of the canteen, is Gulki. She's quietly eating his lunch. Aunt Archana is coming back next week so no one is preparing lunch for us. The househelp doesn't do the cooking since it is Aunt Arachana's task. So here we are, eating canteen-cooked food.

"Hey," Miru nudged me with her elbow and turned to her who motioned to the door, "Anurag."

I looked at where she pointed and saw Anurag with Simran. He's looking so down, and when our eyes met and I smiled, he just nodded his head a bit. Simran waved at me though.

"Did you fight?" Santu asked, as she drinks her juice.

I shook my head. "No, why would we? Do you think he's fine?"

Anurag is the brightest faced person know, and I wonder why he seems down today.

"I hope he's okay," said, still looking at him and Simran who went out of the canteen without buying anything.

"Did he meet you last night?" Mira asked after a short silence.

I turned to her with a frown. "No. Why?"

Mira gave a deep sigh, "Yukti, I'm so sorry... But... I guess, there's something you should know?"

Santosh put her glass down, looked at Mira and said, "Wait, don't tell me you gave...?"

Mira nodded then clasped my hands.
Santu slammed her left hand on the table. A few students looked scandalously at us, but Santosh just clicked her tongue and proceeded to drink her juice.

"What is it you're talking about?" I asked them curiously.

"Yukti, I... I gave your address to Anurag last night."

I stared open-mouthed at Mira. "What?"

"He stood outside our house until almost 11:00pm, if you were me, you'd give it too," she said.