A PRETENSE...

Chapter 30

*Mihira Pov*

"I will take care of this." Maam said taking the file from his hands as he was about to pass it to me to type it in the system.

"It's okay! She can do it." Sir assured her while gesturing me to take it and I was about to but Maam stopped me again.

"You are making her do too much work. She needs to prepare for coming internals and you are already making her study for some exam during weekends." She pointed out while I stepped back a bit feeling awkward with the way they both are fighting like this because of me.

"You are worrying too much about her. She need not study for internals or even final exams for that matter." He assured her again while glaring at me.

Wow! This feels like my parents are fighting whether to make me work or not. I smiled at him before glancing at Maam.

"It's okay, Maam! He doesn't want you to feel tired." I explained and they both stiffened hearing those words.

"Fine! You do it then." She said passing the file to me while glaring at me for using those words.

I smiled at their reactions before walking towards the system and started typing with a smile covering my face.

I glanced at the couple in intervals and found that it is awkward between them right now. And I can see him treating her differently while I feel like a third wheel sometimes.

However, he is taking slow steps as it's been more than a month but there is no progress at all. Maybe it will take me to finish my graduation before they can become a couple.

I sighed concentrating on the typing part while ignoring these two as the lunch break will finish soon and I need to go back to my classes.

"Finished!" I mumbled passing the file to him and the pen drive which consists of all the student's names for the conference.

"See? She can do it faster than us." He complimented suddenly and I smiled hearing that while she shook her head.

"She can complaint that you are treating her badly." Maam pointed out and I immediately nodded at her words which caused him to glare at me.

"Go back to your classes." He ordered and I slowly nodded before leaving the place for themselves as even I don't want to feel frustrated with the way he is not taking any step forward.

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"Why are they staring at me like that?" I asked Kavitha frowning when the supposed to be loose mouth gang was about to pass us when we were about to leave the building to go home.

"I don't know!" she replied shrugging but one of them stopped on their way to glance at us.

"We are sorry for those words. We will not talk like that about you again. Please assure your boyfriend." She said with a hesitant smile.

"Boyfriend?" Kavitha and I asked looking at her and she nodded before explaining how much they got scolded from the class representatives after hearing the seniors scold us.

After saying that she joined her gang before walking away while Kavitha and I stared at each other.

"Are you going to scold him?" she asked after a few seconds.

"No! He must have thought it will have more impact and that's why introduced me as his girlfriend." I mumbled shrugging and she smiled hearing those words before reaching the place where our friends are waiting for us.

"Abhi! You are too daring to introduce Mihira as your girlfriend near the juniors." Kavitha commented raising her eyebrow.

"I didn't do it. It's him!" Abhi pointed out Rakesh and both of us turned our normal expressions to glares while looking at Rakesh.