Arranged HATE

[21] Failed Plan

ANONYMOUS POV :

[ 2 HOURS AGO ]
Time: 7:19 p.m

" Arnav and Navya? " Mukti calls.

" Yes! "

" Kabir? "

" Position taken. "

" Dhruv? "

" Next to Kabir. "

" Great! Manik? "
There was no response from him.
Mukti calls his name again.
Still no response.

" Maniiik " everyone shout at once.
Manik screams moving his phone away from his ear.

" Ok he's there. " Mukti confirms.

" Damn!  " Manik brings back his phone to his ear, " What was that for? " He says, annoyed.

" Because you weren't responding. " says Kabir.

" Okay, let's do it again. " Mukti starts, " Manik? "

" Yeah, there. " He says reluctantly.

" That's not the right way to respond. You're supposed to say over when you finish! " She insists.

" This a conference call, Mukti. " Manik facepalms.

" Follow the rules or else I will have do it from the start. "

" Uh, no, no! Don't do that.! " he internally cries, " Manik is here. Over. "

" Manik, are you ready? " Mukti asks.
" Manik, respond! "
" Manik, what's wrong? Answer me! "

" I-I can't do this. " He leans his back on a tree.

" huh? Why? " all of them ask in unison.

" I-I just don't feel right." He frowns, " something seems off. I don't know why I'm feeling this way. "

" Oh, Manik. Don't worry. You're just taking her home but in an anonymous attire though. " Alya comforts him.

" Yeah, she's right. Just do your job right, the end will be good. "

Everyone start saying comforting words making Manik confident.
Yet he still feels off place.

" Ok. And what are you guys going to do? " He asks.

They all think for a while and say,
" nothing"
They giggle.

" Seriously! Where are you guys even now? " He questions.

" Alya and I are together. Dhruv and Kabir are opposite to us, " she looks at them, " and Arnav and Navya next to us. " she finishes with a smile.

Manik's face turns red. " All of you are together.." he pauses and exhales, " and why they hell is this stupid conference call for? " He yells on top of his voice. "

" Calm down boy! This is your plan and we're doing it right, I guess? " Kabir giggles.

" I can't believe you guys! "

" There's still something we didn't tell you " Dhruv speaks.

" And... What is it? "

" Turn back. " Dhruv giggles louder.

Manik turns around and finds them all a few meters away, waving and grinning at him.

" Lucky that you are out of my reach if not you all would've been dead in my hands by now. " He swears.

" hmm! We don't have anything to do until you kidnap Nandini. We'll be bored so we decided to follow you. " Alya explains.

Manik rolls his eyes, " you think we're here to shoot a prank video? You think we're doing this for fun? Come on! Stop the boredom game! You guys are-- "