A PRETENSE...

Chapter 7

*Abhilash Pov*

"It would have been nice to meet your parents too." Vikesh commented stepping into her house after she finally succeeded in stopping him.

"No! Uncle scares me a bit." Kavitha said shaking her head.

"He was talking to his subordinate and kind of raised his voice." She explained when I stared at Kavitha in surprise hearing that because her Dad is really sweet.

It still surprises me how can he be a police officer when he is that sweet regarding everything and he cares for everyone too.

Maybe that's why he gets too involved in the cases which caused all the disturbance in her family on the other hand.

"I heard you scored well in internals, Mihi." Vikesh commented when she passed food to us after we sat down on the floor.

"Just lab marks are good. I need to score well in externals too which is kind of hard." She mumbled sighing.

"She is good at handling computers." Kavitha praised her.

"Shouldn't we all be? We are computer science department students, aren't we?" she asked frowning but I hit her head looking at her confused expression.

"She means about the way you handle it. We all are learning everything about it but you are already too involved that it feels like you are an expert." I explained and she gave a surprised look before smiling at her friend.

"Really? I want to be best at that and make sure my Dad accepts my dream." She said smiling and I leaned back when they started asking about her dream.

I heard about it already and that too many times as it was her long last dream for like a few years already. But what makes me feel good is that she is getting closer to everyone.

It didn't feel nice when she tried to not join us and even preferred others but everything is good now which is enough for me.

"I want to learn all the technical stuff and join the investigation team as IT professional. You know I want to get involved in solving cases and helping the police department." She explained dreamily.

"Really?" Rekha asked smiling at her before covering it but I caught it as I was observing all of them.

"Her Mom still feels sad that she didn't choose medicine but is following her Dad." I said making them smile.

"Nope! Blood and I should stay away from each other. I hate going to hospitals." She shivered saying those words.

"Just because you are good at computers, don't forget basic knowledge. You have blood flowing your whole body." I hit her head again and she hit me back this time.

"I am not talking about blood generally. Like... ugh! I don't know how to explain." She sighed rubbing her head.

"Did you forget that we are girls?" Rekha asked in a serious tone but she is teasing her too.

"Maybe she did! I am suddenly feeling bad for your present boyfriend and future boyfriend." Vikesh made noises while saying that.

"Ex-boyfriend!" Kalyan and Rakesh said at the same time.

"Already? Not even a month this time?" Vikesh asked in a surprised tone.

"He was shouting at her when she said we are at the theatre." Kalyan mumbled and I sat straight hearing that.

"He got angry that I didn't call him before going to watch the movie. Then I asked would he have been free to come with me and he said no as he was busy. But he was only angry that I didn't inform him about it. I let him say everything and then asked whether he really wants to continue this and he said no. So, it was mutual." She explained shrugging.