Love? In This Chaos!?

Chapter 53

Hi!

Okay, warning. Character death. What to do, necessary for the plot.

Moving on...

"Words in double quotes" - Talking

'Words in single quotes' - Thoughts

(Words in braces) - Telephone conversation

Chapter 53 - Friends or Foe

Time.

Time is a funny thing actually. One minute you could be thinking about your birthday present, and the next moment you could be fighting for your life from a sudden heart attack. You may spend years to build up a fortune, but it could all go to waste in mere seconds.

Its notable how time is related with Karma. There is a time when birds eat ants...and there is the time when the ants eat the birds. It takes time to cut down million trees for making matchsticks...but it takes only seconds for a matchstick to burn a million trees. In the end, Karma finds us all. And in the right time, we all have to pay for it.

'I guess my time to pay has come.' Vivek sighed in defeat.

"Vivek? Vivek?! I'm calling your name." asked the irritated teacher. However, Vivek was too busy with his own thoughts to pay attention to him. "Vivek Delgado! Are you even listening to me!?"

"Wha..? Oh. Sorry teacher. It won't happen again."

"Make sure you keep it that way Vivek." saying that the teacher moved away. "Now class, as we were discussing. Today, you shall write an essay on friendship."

Vivek let out a smile on hearing that. Before coming to the college, he never thought he would make so many good friends, best friends even. Friends for him were just tools that could help in passing out through the academics, nothing else. However, after meeting the Maheshwaris, Ragini and Swara, Laksh, Karan, Kriti...he realized what it feels like to have true friends.

And love.

Vivek chuckled to himself. 'Never in my life could I have imagined that someone not of importance to me, could become so precious to me. Kriti was only a way to get close to Ragini. But now...now I could shout out to the world that I indeed love Kriti more than my life.'

He looked towards where Saara, Swara and Kriti usually sat, with a smile. Vivek reminisced the days he spent smacking his head at their ridiculous antics, how Kriti and Swara would blabber on and on, making Saara snap eventually and hit them on the heads. It would often lead to them shouting and getting kicked out of the class by the teacher. However, instead of being angry, they would both give Saara a thank you before leaving, irritating Saara further.

The bell rang, signaling that the class was over. Vivek got up slowly, taking his sweet time to pack his things. He still didn't think he was ready to face Riya. However, he knew it was inevitable.

Before he moved out of the room, he took one last glance at the class. 'Would it still be the same after I tell Riya the truth? Will she try to understand me? Or will she accuse me and expose the truth to the rest?' Vivek wondered.

He walked through the corridors, not paying attention to the passers-by. Vivek paused as he passed the computer room. The times he spent there, helping Karan and Ansh figure out the truth, were some of the moments he would value for life.

'Never thought I would find friends like them. When did I come to care for them like brothers?' He sighed and moved forward. Suddenly, he felt his phone buzz. "Hello?"