Aise Kaise Jaane Doon?

Episode #10

"Naina!" Radhika appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey Radss!" Naina replied. Radhika sat down next to her friend raising her eyebrows as she noticed that her friend's voice wasn't cheerful like usual.

"What is wrong, madam?" Radhika asked as she placed her hand over Naina's shoulder.

"Nothing. why?"

"Oh come on, Naina. I was watching you the entire day. You seemed totally disinterested all throughout the lectures unlike usual. You were disturbed..."

Before Naina could reply to her friend's observation, Radhika finally figured out the reason behind Naina's mood.

"Oh.. wait..wait..Wait! You kept turning around to look at the last few benches. You checked before and after each lecture." she stopped to think for a while.

"KARAN???" Radhika screamed in an excitement of solving a puzzle.

Naina felt a little embarrassed at the way Radhika screamed out Karan's name. But Radhika's face stiffened.

"Naina, you have no clue. Karan had been like this almost always. He bunked classes almost always but nobody knows why? I'm sure the entire college would celebrate if he attends classes all throughout the week."

Naina sat up listening to Radhika carefully. She thought for a while and then spoke up.

"You have any idea where he lives?" Naina asked

"Nope! Ummm...We could have asked his old friends... But that's not a good idea..." Radhika replied.

There was silence for a while. Radhika spoke "Hey! I have an idea! Just come with me"

Radhika pulled Naina up and raced through the corridor against the stream.

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"Hey Bro, don't plan anything else. We have to attend Raghav Bhai's birthday party" Someone said.

Kunal stopped himself from taking even a step forward. He signalled Meghna and Rahul to stop and listen to the conversation of two guys in the corridor. They stood behind the pillar straining their ears to hear them.

"Yeah, man. The theme for the party sounds cool no? Maskraid!"one guy said.

"Oye!! Dumbo it's not Maskraid, for god's sake! It is Masquerade!"

Kunal always felt as though there were lot of things that were kept hidden from them about Priyanka. There was something about Raghav and Priyanka.

"Guys, we should get to that party!" he said.

"What the hell are you even saying? I'm freaking out here. We are worried. Priyanka is missing! and all you want to do at this tense situation is to go party? and that too for that jerk's birthday party? Seriously?" a tensed Rahul shouted at Kunal as they moved away from the corridor where those guys were discussing about Raghav's birthday party.

"Dude! Don't be ridiculous! My instinct says we can find her somewhere there. I don't know... Priyanka and Raghav have some sort of connection..."

Rahul pounced on his friend in anger. "Don't you dare, Kunal! Don't open your mouth to speak shit about her." Rahul glared into Kunal's eyes, his fingers wrapped around Kunal's collar in a threatening manner.

"Rahul, calm the hell down! I didn't say that she has an affair with him. I was saying there is actually something we don't know about them. There is something fishy about their relationship!" Kunal screamed back.

"That's enough.." said Raghav. He wasn't ready to understand what his friend was trying to say. He rolled his fingers in and pulled his elbow back, high up to punch Kunal.