𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞

Chapter 8 The wrong bag

A V Y A A N

I rode my bike back to my flat, the wind blowing through my hair as I thought about the day's events. I couldn't help but think about nitika, how can one survive without a brain??

I headed to my flat, freshened up, and thought about texting Nitika. I searched for her number in our college's unofficial group and found her profile photo. She was wearing a pink top and plaid skirt, holding a coffee cup and posing with it.

I chuckled to myself - she and her obsession with bubble tea! I thought about what to text her, feeling a bit nervous. As I never text anyone specifically girls.

Should I say "hi" or "hello"? I didn't want to come across as too formal or too casual. I decided to keep it simple and typed out a message: "Meet me tomorrow in the library at 11am to complete the rest of the project." I stared at the message for a few seconds before sending it.

A few minutes later, my phone buzzed with a reply from her - a simple "okay".  I decided to send a good night message before saving her number as "Nitika".

࣪ ִֶָ☾.

N I T I K A

I woke up to the sound of my alarm blaring in my ear, stretching my arms above my head. Urghhhh......I yawned and got out of bed, walking over to Aleena's bed. "Aleena, wake up!" I said, shaking her shoulder.  She groggily opened her eyes and sat up, rubbing her hair. I then went over to Bella's bed and repeated the process. "Bella, wake up!"

After a few minutes of prodding, both Aleena and Bella finally got out of bed and began getting ready for the day. I showered and dressed, choosing an outfit and tying my brown hair back in a ponytail.

I remembered the t-shirt Avyaan had lent me the day before. I had left it on the balcony, and I wanted to keep it safe. I walked out to the balcony and retrieved the tee, feeling a flutter in my chest as I remembered the way he had smiled at me when he handed it to me.

I wanted to keep it in a handbag, but I realized I didn't have one. I knocked on the bathroom door, where Aleena was taking a bath. "Aleena, do you have a handbag?" I asked.

There was a pause, and then she replied, "Uh...oh yeah, yesterday Bella bought some new clothes for herself....there will be empty bags on her desk, take one of those handbags."

I nodded, even though she couldn't see me. "Um, okay."

Bella was not in the room. I walked over to her desk and saw the bags. There were two small ones, it was her bra's so I emptied one of it keeping her bra in one and other kept avyaan's tee inside. Just then, Aleena called out from the bathroom, "Nitika!"

"What?" I replied, walking back to the bathroom.

"I forgot my top, can you give it to me? It's on the bed," she said.

I glanced at the bed and saw the top. I picked it up and handed it to her through the bathroom door.

After we all got ready, Bella came back into the room, and we were about to leave when I remembered the handbag. "Oh shit," I muttered to myself, going back into the room to grab it.

But in my haste, I picked up the handbag and kept it in my bag. Aleena suggested we grab coffee before heading to the library. We walked to the nearest cafe to the university. Over coffee, we chatted about our plans for the day and our upcoming exams.