Love Or Success?

Chapter 9

Shreya's Pov:
God.. y me always?? N both of these idiots are not answering my call! Although they are not at fault.. rather it was my mistake of not taking my key with me. But is this so big mistake that i will have to spend whole night outside the door in between mosquitos?? I am new here.. my fate should help me to face my challenges.. but here it is keeping chalenges for me only! I dont have a single trustable friend for me so that i can go to his or her place.. And my phone battery.. .. uff.. its dead! How to contact now? I cant even break the lock as it has latch too.. n at this hour and in an unknown place where should i find a keymaker?
I am so damn disappointed with me and my destiny! God please send someone.. Atleast Akash.. umm.. coz Alice is kind of careless person i observed.. i dont know y i am expecting Akash.. coz i hardly had word with him and i know that he too is not gonna come.. but they say na.. in ur need u can take help of donkey too.. den after all akash is a human being! Well why am i doing so idiotic comparisions of akash? Urgh... y r u bothering me..

***Silence****
And this darkness .. i hate these unwanted darkness.. I am feeling scared .. God please save me..

At this point of time.. i am really missing my mom dad! (Her eyes started brimming with tears)
What to do now..if mumma would have been here.. she firstly would ask about my dinner.. n den would have irritated me with her nonstop blabbering about my health.. ..

I REALLY MISS THOSE IRRITATING WORDS WHICH ATLEAST GAVE ME WARMTH OF HER CARE!

Pov end.
N slowly she started sobbing sitting on the stairs of entrance and her head between her two knees held by her hands around it! She was scared , worried , sad and a pool of thoughts was going on producing eddies in her mind!
After about half and hour she felt her head being patted by someone.
A voice: Shreya.. are you OK?
Shreya felt as if it was her dad and without looking at the source of voice she hugs and sobbs very badly..
Shreya: Dad.. (cry) where were you.. i was so missing you.. (sobs).. u know this darkness was driving me crazy!(sobb).. Thankyou so much for coming!!

Akash didn't said anything and his hand involuntarily shifted towards her back and head.. he patted her head and rubbedher back for calming her.. he didnt even spoke a word so that shreya will speak out here all sufferings from yesterday.. atleast through her sobbs.
After about 2 minutes of crying shreya came out of her trauma and wondered how can her dad come here?
She nervously tilted her head amd saw she was hugging Akash.. and as usual she jerked him and her embarrassment and awkardness shooted high.. and murmured a "Sorry" to him..

Akash: Its ok Shreya.. dont feel embarrassed.. i understand ur situation coz I was one like you whose condition was almost the same when i was not getting place to live and i cant even afford to pay to hotel.. and after all we have to live in same house atleast two years of our education! So its ok.. consider me as ur friend..

Shreya smiled a bit still wondering about her behaviour and hanged her head low again.. and akash went to open the door.. he put his hand in his pocket to check the keys.. but... (hehe.. please dont kill me.. its just periodic!😓😂😅)

And akash looked at shreya in terror .. shreya too gave a helpless look..
Shreya: Akash.. why you are here?
U were suppose to be somewhere with alice na..
Akash: (in a try of searching the keys)no actually .. i dropped her and later on i went to recieve my friends who are also going to come to stay with us..

Shreya: Where are they? y r u telling me all this? All i mean is you are of no use !! (Yelling) you know here so many mosquitoes have bitten me ! N now even u dont have ur keys..

Aksh: arre .. take a chill pill.. they are paying the cab bill..and i very surely remember that i took my keys in morning .. but .. dont know where are they now!

Shreya: ek tu gadha aur ek main (U are the one donkey n i am the other) ... why we always complicate things? And she sat again on stairs holding her head!

All this scene was watched by Riya and Ritanshu..
They gave each other a smile and and riya approached shreya..

Riya: Hi shreya .. u know .. things get spoiled because it has to get better! So dont feel bad for it.. think that ur fate is upgrading.. this time it isn't much testing you!

Shreya wondered who was she and what she was saying.. but suddenly asked: who are you? I can tell you are an engineer!😢🤔
She said with a stressed tone yet to sound funny a the moment..

From behind Ritanshu came n said: great sense of humour girl.. (laughingly)
By the way i am ritanshu.. u can call me rit.. today onwards we r staying here..

Riya: n i am riya .. his fiance.. and v r Akash's besties from B.tech..

Akash was still busy in searching keys  when ritanshu asked him in concerned tone..
Rit: WHAT HAPPEN AKASH?  OPEN THE DOOR NA!😐
Akash: Actually buddy my key! M not able to find it!
Akash said in very hesitant tone..
"I very well remember in morning i took it n was in my pocket all the time!"
Riya : (in a rude manner)U no u are useless.. this poor girl is  sitting here from so long and crying.. n u too are finding reasons to make her more tense?

Akash: please riya .. i cant bear same taunt twice! I am not useless atleast .. please!

Shreya looked at him and felt guilty as she was equally at fault..

Rit: now what will you do to make urself useful? (🤔)

Akash: Buddy.. what kind of question was that? Stop fooling I am damn serious... i will check near gate and come..

Akash went to check near gate. And when he return he found no one .
Akash: Riya? Ritanshu? Shreya? Where r u people??

Ritanshu: We are inside.. if you want you can come..
(His voice came from inside of the house)

Akash confused for a second and  rushed into house ..

Akash: U ppl had keys? Still u were troubling me? How rude !

Riya: Akash it was none of our fault.. the key fell from ur pocket when u were getting down from cab!😠(sternly)

Shreya: so they thought to teach you a lesson for ur carelessness..
Said shreya coming from kitchen after keeping the veggies she bought previously..

Akash sighed and mumbled a sorry under his breath.

Ritanshu: come again? I didnt hear u!

Akash: I am really sorry guyz for being careless.

All in unison: Its ok Akash.. it happens..

Riya: just dont repeat it!
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9th successfull chapter done.. back to back updates by writer! U should too give something! U KNOW WHAT I MEAN RIGHT??😉