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----------DHRUVI--------------------------------

"GOOD MORNING BABES!", SAID SHREYA.

"UMMMM, A VERY GOOD MORNING SHREYA". DID SHE WAKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, OR THIS IS REALLY WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR, FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS? TURNS OUT I DID, SHE SURE IS A TROUBLEMAKER DUDE.

"SO, YOU KNOW YESTERDAY WAS SUNDAY, AND YOU DID NOT COME TO WATCH THE KOREAN DRAMA, EVERYTHING OKAY?", SHE ASKED, IN A LOWER TONE THAN HER USUAL ONE.

"YEAH SHREYA, ABOUT THAT, CAN WE DO IT TODAY? I AM SORRY FOR YESTERDAY." I SAID, IN A SAD VOICE.

"COME ON BABE, CHILL. I WAS JUST KIDDING, AND YES, PROMISE ME NO SORRY OR THANKYOU FROM NOW ON, I DON'T BELIEVE IN FORMALITIES, IF YOU USE THOSE WORDS AGAIN, YOU SEE RITHVI OVER THERE? I'LL GO SIT WITH HER.", SHE BLABBED IN A MISCHIEVOUS TONE, GOSH I LOVE HER CONFIDENCE.

"FINE FINE, MS. BUBBLY AS ALWAYS, I WON'T. I CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE YOU." I SAID NOT REALISING THAT SHE MEANT THAT MUCH TO ME.

IN THE PAST ONE WEEK, SHE HAD CALLED ME EVERYDAY TO UPDATE ME WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON, WE WOULD TALK FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, AND THIS COMES FROM A GIRL WHO HATES PHONE CALLS AND WOULD PICK TEXTING ANYDAY. SHE IS DIFFERENT, SHE UNDERSTANDS ME , AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY I TOLD HER ABOUT MY MOM, I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE TOLD ME WHEN I WAS SOBBING ABOUT LOOSING MY MOM,"I KNOW D, I AM NOT IN YOUR SHOES , AND I DEFINITELY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PAIN OF LOOSING SOMEONE SO CLOSE TO YOU, BUT TRUST ME , AUNTY WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU, AND IF SHE SEES HER PRINCESS CRYING , DO YOU THINK SHE WILL BE HAPPY? AND ARE YOU DUMB SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED NOT HER. SEE YOUR LIFE IS NOT JUST YOUR LIFE, IT IS HER LIFE AS WELL, YOU GOTTA LIVE IT FOR THE BOTH OF YOU, SO JUST SMILE, AS YOU WOULD IF SHE WAS HUGGING YOU RIGHT NOW." SHE IS ALWAYS SO BUBBLY AND CHEERFUL, BUT IN THOSE FEW MINUTES, SHE WAS SERIOUS, WORRIED AND REALLY THERE WITH ME, WHEN NO ONE ELSE WAS. IT IS NOT THE GOOD TIMES IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN TO PEOPLE, BUT TIMES LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU ARE SO DEEP IN GRIEF THAT YOU YOURSELF CAN'T STAND WITH YOU, BUT SHE DID, AND I REALISED, SHE IS A GEM, A GEM I AM NEVER LETTING GO.

"EXCUSE ME, MS. CLUMSY, I MEAN DHRUVI, YOU STOLE MY NOTEBOOK AND HAVE COSTED ME A WEEK OF PENDING WORK, MIND RETURNING IT TO ME?", I TURNED AROUND HEARING A GUY'S VOICE, OR RATHER A RUDE VOICE. BUT THE VOICE DID NOT MATCH THE FACE, HE WAS SO TALL, AT LEAST 6 FEET AND 2 INCHES, EMERALD EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIRS, DARK BROWN EYEBROWS, TINT PINK LIPS, THE SUN HIGHLIGHTING HIS BRIGHT FACE, HE CAN'T BE THE DEVIL I HEARD COMPLAINING. BUT DAMN, I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO WRONG IN MY LIFE, HE LIFTED HIS RIGHT BROW AND MURMURED," DO I HAVE TO STAND HERE WHOLE DAY MS. CLMUSY? OR WOULD YOU REALLY WATCH ME TEAR THE NAME LABEL REFLECTING YOUR OBSESSION WITH BIKES". GOD, I HAVE NEVER WANTED TO KILL SOMEONE AS MUCH I WANTED TO KILL HIM IN THAT MOMENT.

"YES MR. ABHIMANYU ARORA, YOU CAN GLADLY HAVE YOUR MESS OF A NOTEBOOK BACK, AND OH IT MATCHES PERFECTLY WITH YOUR GARBAGE ATTITUDE."I NEVER HAVE CALLED ANYONE GARBAGE , BUT IT SUITS HIM. I SAID HANDING HIM HIS NOTEBOOK AND TAKING BACK MINE.

"OH! I SEE YOU TWO HAVE ALREADY MET, I AM GLAD. D THIS IS ABHIMANYU, THE OTHER TOPPER I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT. AND MR. SMARTASS THIS IS MY BEST FRIEND, MS. DHRUVI PANCHOLI, YOUR BIGGEST COMPETITION FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS." SHREYA EXCITEDLY AND OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED US.

"AS MUCH AS I HATE YOU, MS.KNOW-IT-ALL, IF RITHWIK WASN'T YOUR BROTHER, I WOULD NEVER EVEN BOTHER TO LOOK AT YOU." SAID MR. GARBAGE-MOUTH WITH A SMIRK. DAMN DEVILS SMILE TOO, HE LOOKS SO ANGELIC WHEN HE SMILES.

*WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU DHRUVI, YOU CAN'T BE FINDING SATAN HIMSELF ANGELIC*, TEASED MY INNER VOICE. NO, YOU ARE WRONG, I DON'T, LOOKS CAN BE DECIEVING FOR NORMAL PEOPLE, BUT I CAN CLEARLY SEE HIS DEMONIC TRAITS HIDDEN BENEATH THAT SMILE, I THREW AN ARROW AT MY INNER VOICE.