Aap Koun Hai? PT 1

The New Guy🚁

I trudge down the somber hallways to get to class. My books are already out, clutched to my chest and my black bag slung over a shoulder.
The sun shines through the tiny squared glass windows, lining the edges of the wall, like they were borrowed from some prison cells. The city is suffering a massive heatwave and the hot air is more like smoke. The Acs are not helping either.

It also doesn't help that there is a crowd around me,making it painfully annoying to weave through these slow sloths slugging their way to class.

As I slip between people and am pushed forward into the trenches, there is a familiar figure that juts out in my eyes. Her light pink shirt , tight on skin and bright purple miniskirt pops out in the dull gray room of professionally dressed zombies. Some even lean in to each other pointing and laughing at her. Amara.

There she is.

I narrow my eyes on her, dark brown hair bouncing on her shoulders, as she merrily skips her way to class.

Heaving, I rush towards her, swimming upstream against all these people, until I scare her from behind.

I tap my hands on her shoulders and she turns around startled. She is even more startled when she finds me glaring at her with folded arms.

"P-Payal?" She asks with a quivering tone, a nervous smile on her lips.

"W-where were you?"
She asks like she's innocent, her hand rubs her ear, she always does that when she is nervous

"You ran away" I confront her.

"Right" she gulps and drops her hand to her side and her head to the ground.

I sigh, I knew she had problems with Kairav, but that was unexpected. She never acts nervous around him in fact it's the complete opposite, she openly shows how she feels.

I am about to prompt her when some idiot bumps into me. I am thrusted forward and luckily catch myself, but the fool doesn't even check to make sure I'm alright.

Amara's brows furrow and sets out to go after him, but stops when we catch a glimpse of his face. Kairav.

She lurches and instead turns to help me stabilize myself

I raise a brow , I don't like to assume but it's hard not to.

"Do you have a cru-"

She puts a hand on my mouth and drags me away before someone actually knocks me down.

"So" I say, letting her take the lead. I lower my voice " Do you have a crush on Kairav"

She flinches and laughs a little but does not answer
That is a stupid question. I am not quite sure what went through me to ask her, but I know the answer is no because there is simply no way given their history .
Besides, if she does in some different universe have a crush on him, then this girl's father will literally kill him.

Her father and Kairav's are not on great terms, they are business rivals and their children carry on this legacy of hatred for them. Even Amara who is the sweetest girl I've known, switches to a whole different personality when Kairav is around or when he is brought up.

She curses about him over phone calls, when we're in her room, in college.

But the way she acted with him now and in the cafeteria seemed more like nervousness than pure hatred.

No, I think to myself. There is probably some type of tension between their parents, and maybe her dad's not in a good position.
I glare at the back of his head bobbing up and down in the crowd, if he was anywhere near her I wouldn't hesitate to swing my fist at his skull.
Just wait till I find some dirt on his family.