Love You 3000

chapter 7

The next day

Nandini and Mukti reached school together as usual.
Mukti is about to go to her class and Nandini went to hers .
"Try not to die of boredom!" I say  smirking . she finds  morning classes torturous.
Honestly they are sometimes.She laughs and waves at me.

I go to my class.

It was almost filled . Manik, cabir were talking. Sid was talking to someone . Navya us looking at her books .

Nandini pov

As soon as I entered Manik was, of course, surrounded by a group of girls .
Them batting their eyes and him ignoring them and talking to cabir .Honestly, he could probably teach a masterclass on ignoring people while still making them feel special. Impressive, really

Sid smiled at me and I returned.

Sid :    hey Nandini
Nandini : hey wassup ! . Did you made it into to the team ?

Sid : I don't know yet . I think they'll tell me today.

He smiles and u returned it . Then I looked at Manik.  He was already looking at me almost glaring,tbh .what got into him now . I turn around  sat in my desk.
Then  I found Navya beside ,  who was staring at her math notes like she saw a ghost.

“Why do numbers exist?” Navya groaned, dramatically draping herself over her desk. “They should be illegal.”

“Totally,” I nodded, patting her back.
Shut it toper she says . I just laugh.

Navya grinned and then Cabir came and sat on my desk .

Navya : baby , what if I fail? .* Pouting at him*

Cabir :hey, at least we’ll fail together!” said cupping her cheeks.

I cringed internally. "Navya don't worry I'll help you and you cabir get your ugly Butt of my desk. " I say . Cabir laughs and goes back to his desk pulling my hair .

Math teacher came in. And started her lecture.

I turn around and see , Manik was doodling in his notebook. He was clearly more invested in his drawings than the math class .
Then he looks at me . And smiles
"Wanna see my art ?" He wispers .
I nod.
He lifts his notebook towards me .it was some kind of sketch of a crow . Hard to tell, honestly.
I leaned over and whispered, “is that a crow ?”

"It's a dragon" . He says annoyed. I started laughing at turned around before the the teacher caught me.

I continue laughing slowly.  Navya asked
What happened . I just shake my head saying nothing.

Soon the period ends .

As soon as the bell rang, I started gathering my books .then I see  Sid approached me with a hopeful smile.

“Hey, Nandini,” Sid said, rubbing the back of his neck. “Are you heading to the canteen? Thought we could grab something .”

Before I could respond, Manik appeared out of nowhere, sliding right between us.
"Actually, Nandini’s coming with me," he said tossing an arm around my shoulders.

Okay... wierd.

I glanced up at him, surprised. "Uh, I am?"

Manik nodded confidently, his grip tightening just a bit. "Yeah, we’ve got... plans. Right, Nandini?"

I blinked, caught off guard by his sudden claim. "Oh, um—"

Sid looked between us and smiled  slightly. "Oh, okay, it’s fine" He smiled, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes. "I’ll catch you later, then."

I opened my mouth to say something, but Manik was already pulls me away, his arm still firmly in place. As we walked down the hallway, I turned to him, raising an eyebrow. "Plans, huh?"

Manik shrugged, finally releasing his hold on my shoulder. "What? You seemed like you needed saving."

I shot him a skeptical look. "From Sid? He just wanted to go to the canteen."

He paused, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Yeah, well... maybe I needed saving from whatever lame food he was gonna make you eat."

I rolled my eyes .

"Why do you care ?" I say casually.

Manik smirked. "maybe I do care about who you eat it with."

I stop and stare at him, trying to process the meaning behind his words, but he just gave me that infuriatingly charming smile.
Before I could push further, Cabir and Navya appeared and said

"Hey, what’s taking you guys so long?" Cabir asked, slinging an arm around Navya. "We thought you’d already be at the canteen."

"Just got held up," I said, giving Manik a pointed look.
Manik just shrugged again, his expression unreadable. "Yeah, let's go ".

As we all headed towards the canteen together, I saw Sid, who was  sitting with a group of guys from from our class. He caught my eye and gave a small wave, which I returned, though Manik’s sudden interruption still lingered in my mind.

Whatever was going on with him,
Is that possessiveness?
Noo
No way
Why would he be possessive? Right?

For now, I decided to let it slide and focus on my food.

But I couldn’t shake the feeling that Manik’s interruptions were more than just casual messing around.

Same continued.
Classes.  Classes.

Finally lunch .

I'll go find Mukti.

Nandini : Navya , I'll go find Mukti.  You guys eat okay ? .

Navya : okay come soon.

I smile and leave to find Mukti.

I Stand out of her class and finally she comes out.

I wave at her. hey !! .

Third person pov:

Mukti : hi ? You are waiting for me ?

Nandini: no . My boyfriend is in this class .did you see him? .

She says looking inside playfully.

Mukti : ha ha very funny . Let's go.

She says throwing her arm on her shoulder.

Mukti : I have to talk to the coach once . Chalo !
Nandini  : do we have practice today ?
Mukti : no but we need a proper schedule. She wanted to talk about it once . It willhust  take 10 min okay ?
Nandini  : okay ! I'm actually not that hungry .
She smiles at mukti
Mukti : you are not Hungry ? Are you sick or something.
She Checks Nandinis forehead
Nandini slaps her hand . And laughs .
Nandini : shutup !
They both laugh and and goes to their couch.
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That's it for today.see you tomorrow.

Love
Xoxo 💋