AVENGING LOVE

Chapter 8 : Mother

"Oh frick! I'm going to be late! Why the hell Riya didn't wake me up!"

Akshara Goenka was muttering under her breath while jogging towards the classroom as the time was 8:55 AM already.

Upon entering, she saw Abhimanyu sitting on the first seat but unlike all the other times when he was leaving no other seat empty except for one; right beside him. This time, a lot of other seats were empty and she was clearly free to sit wherever she wanted.

Moving forward, she caught Abhimanyu's eyes as he smiled at her, greeting politely.

"Good morning."

"Good morning Abhi."

All the commotion in the class stopped. Some students stopped talking midway with hands frozen in the air, some hands stopped writing, while some stared transfixed at Akshara. If any reaction to, her calling him 'Abhi' was same, then it was of the girls.

They all were looking at Akshara, like she had just announced; she was snatching their grades.

Due to all eyes being on her and that too, not in a pleasant way, she started feeling nervous. Fidgeting with the strap of her bag as her gaze dropped to the floor.

Abhimanyu's temper rose. He turned towards the class while she was looking down. And if looks could kill, they all would have been dead by the way he was throwing daggers at everyone.

Clearly getting the message, everybody busied themselves in their work. Looking at ANYWHERE but at Akshara.

Meanwhile Akshara was giving herself a mental speech to ignore everyone and just take her seat. Taking a deep breath, she looked up to find that everyone had stopped staring at her, busy in their own work.

She blinked in surprise.

What happened to them suddenly ?

She looked at Abhimanyu to see he was calmly reading his notes. Shrugging, she stepped forward and took her seat.

Right beside him.

This time, on her own choice.

He didn't look up from the notes but a peaceful smile appeared on his face.

~

The week went like that. Sitting in the classroom together, going to cafeteria and having lunch together. Where Riya and Neil also joined them sometimes, while sometimes, the duo was hard to find. The most fun filled time was after classes, where the four of them gathered in Abhimanyu's room daily to work on the assignment.

The student body of DU was calling them the 'Fantastic Four' as they were hardly seen apart and if the outcome of their assignments was any indication, they really were 'fantastic'.

But that was not the only thing, being noticed by everyone.

The way Abhimanyu and Akshara walked together in the corridors, him carrying her bag oh-so-casually wherever they went, secretly stealing glances at each other while the other was looking elsewhere, it was bright as a day that Abhimanyu and Akshara were not 'just friends'. There was something cooking between the two. Specially, Abhimanyu's protective mode instantly turning on, wherever Akshara was concerned.

What the observers didn't know was, the said duo was itself oblivious of the way they behaved around each other.

But one thing was for sure. DU was going to witness a couple soon, and by the looks of it, it'll be the most loving one ever.

~

"What a presentation Akshara!"

It was lunch time and Akshara was putting her things in her bag to head to the cafeteria. She had asked Abhimanyu to go ahead and place the order as she had to discuss something with the professor.

She turned around to see a guy, wearing a blue jeans that was torn from the knees in stylish pattern, wearing white tee over it. His wrists were engulfed in boyish bracelets and she could spot something written on his left forearm as a tattoo.

'𝓝𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓸𝓷. 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓱𝔂-'

That was all she was able to read as he moved the same arm and waved his hand infront of her, trying to grab her attention.

"I said you were brilliant. The presentation was fab!"

"Thank you..." - she said, smiling slightly.

"By the way I'm Sam. As in Sameer but I like to be called Sam." - he said forwarding his hand which she shook hesitantly.

Which, in her opinion, was noticed by him as he passed her a relaxed smile and explained further :

"We're in the same class if you haven't noticed."

Oh. She really hadn't.

"I see." - she replied. Now smiling genuinely.

"See you around." - he said, before walking out of the classroom.

Zipping up her bag, she headed for the cafeteria.

~

"Oye! What took you so long ?"

Abhimanyu asked Akshara as soon as she joined them on the table where he, Neil and Riya were already seated, waiting for their food.

"Oh nothing. Sam-"

"Abhimanyu! Someone's here to meet you."

Abhimanyu turned to see Rohan, his football teammate, standing at a little distance from their table.

"To meet me ? But who ?" - he asked, frowning.

"I don't know either. I was in the headmaster's office for the application I told you about, and on leaving, he asked me to inform you to receive your guest in the Meeting Room." - Rohan told him.

"Oh...kay..." - Abhimanyu stood up, his thoughts jumbled as he couldn't understand who had came to meet him.

"You guys carry on. I'll be right back." - saying this, he stepped out of the cafeteria and made his way towards the Meeting Room.

Upon entering, he saw a lady standing near the window, her back to him.

His brows creasing, he politely asked :

"Yes ?"

As the lady turned to face him, he felt his heart slowing down and beating wildly at the same time.

Was the world really shaking beneath his feet ? Or was it just his world, that was pulling apart ?

"Abhi..."

He couldn't move. Feeling his feet cemented to the floor at hearing that voice and seeing that face after 12 years.

His mother.

~

Author's Note : Kudos to those who got the Harry Potter reference 😎🔥 Potterheads for life! 🙌🏼❤️

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