"W-what are you doing?" Her voice was soft and laced with confusion. I turned sideways to look at her. She was short, much shorter than me, her head barely reaching my shoulders. Out of nowhere, an urge of protectiveness washed over me, she just seemed so fragile. "What does it look like? I'm walking you to class." Her dark brown eyes flickered to mine, a frown adorning her face, "Why?" My eyes narrowed at her expression. The frown didn't belong there; a smile should've graced her face.
Not because I, Omkara Singh Oberoi, was walking beside her, but because the frown didn't suit her. I wanted nothing more than to see her eyes crinkle with a wide smile spread across her beautiful face. It bothered me that I was the cause of her frown instead. I could see that she was trying to speed up, but with my long legs I easily fell into pace next to her. "No reason." I said as I gave a small shrug. Obviously, the real reason was that I just wanted to be near her. The frown was still in place as she turned away from me, clutching her backpack tightly.
"Om!" I turned around when someone called out for me and noticed one of my friends coming towards me. "What?" I bit out. Couldn't he see that I was trying to find a way to get Gauri Kumari Sharma to speak to me? I glanced behind me and saw her scurry away, her silky pale black long hair flowing past me.
"Who was that?" Rudr asked me. Best time for my own brother to come to me. The love of my life. "No one." I muttered, regretting my words instantly as they left my mouth. I let out a long sigh and then turned to Rudr again, "What is it?" Rudr took in my expression and scoffed, "You look like I just squished your hamster with my foot." I rolled my eyes, "Nice analogy. What is it?" I repeated. Classes would start in less than five minutes and I wasn't in the mood to have the entire student body stare at me as I entered late.
"Double date. You, me, Bhavya and Riddhima." I raised my eyebrows, "I didn't know you were interested in me in that way." Rudr shot me a death glare and shoved me lightly, "Har, har. I'm serious Om, I need you there." "I can't believe you're dragging me into this." I hissed, "You like Bhavya, take her out by yourself." "You know I get nervous as hell when I'm around her by myself." Rudr reminded me desperately. "Please, Om." "I can't." And I honestly couldn't and I didn't want to either. I had no interest in Riddhima. There was only one girl on my mind. "I have to work after classes." "So? We'll come by the ice cream parlor." "You want me to be on a date while I'm working?" My boss would fire me in an instant. "Come on Om. Please help me out man." Rudr pleaded.
“Come On, O! We are after all the sons of Tej Singh Oberoi. Just tell your boss that!” he said “And you know that I hate when you say that!” I told him back. I am not ashamed of working in an ice-cream parlour. It is one of the top place and even its interior cost crores. I am just working there so I couldn’t be at the same place as of Mr.Oberoi.
“O, you are my lovely brother and a good friend. Please!”I knew Rudr liked Bhavya. Hell, he had a crush on her since the start of our freshman college year, but I couldn't believe he was dragging me into this. "Can't you ask Shivaay to come with you?" "Anika will kill him." Rudr muttered. Shivaay, me and Rudr and happy-go-lucky guys. Shivaay had fallen in love with Anika Trivedi on the first day of her college and all are quite impressed with their chemistry.
"Besides, Bhavya told me that Riddhima really likes you. You two could totally hit it off!" "No thanks." I declined. "Om, man, I really need you to be there." Rudr even blinked his eyes and pouted. It looked very disturbing. "You know what? Fine. Just this once. But you owe me big time." Rudr breathed a sigh of relief as his face broke out in a smile. "You are my saviour, Om. I promise, I'll make it up to you!"
"Whatever. I'm heading off to class." I muttered. I can't believe I let Rudr talk me into this. If this was going to ruin my chances with Gauri Kumari Sharma, I was going to kill him.
