While Manik and Nandini were locked away in the storeroom, Harshad had something new going on in his head as he walked towards the table Navya was sitting on in the canteen.
"Hey" he greeted her cheerfully, settling on the chair beside her unannounced making her jump on her seat.
"Ji aap?" Navya looked at him confused, yet there was a slight blush on her cheeks. Like every other girl who didn't know Harshad too well, Navya too seemed to have fallen for his good looks. Right from that half smile on his face to his deep voice, it sure did its trick and attracted Navya towards him.
Her red cheeks easily gave away her thoughts and Harshad could only smirk at things happening the way he wanted.
"Main Harshad hu...Harshad Saxena, iss college ka best solo singer and you might be Navya?"
"Aap hume jante hai?" Navya's eyes widened as she realised such a good looking guy knew her name. Also, she had heard about Harshad in the campus, he was famous and hence him knowing her name was like her dream come true.
"Ofcourse. You are the new hot topic in Space. Ek toh tum new admission ho and uske upar se tumhari vajah se pehli baar koi fab 5 ke against gaya tha so people here pretty much know you"
"Fab 5 ke vajah se! Hume toh pata hi nahi tha" she blinked innocently.
"Apko pata hai Harshadji, hum na fab 5 ke bohot bade fan the jab hum Patna me rehte the par yaha aane ke baad hume pata laga ki jo hum unke baare me sochte the na voh usse bilkul viprit hai. Naam bade par darshan chote" she scoffed.
"Vi- what? Voh kya hai?" Harshad frowned making Navya slap her forehead.
"Oho viprit Harshad ji. Viprit matlab...voh angrezi me kya kehte hai...opposite!" She explained and Harshad mumbled a quite 'oh', passing a fake smile at Navya.
"Hume toh lagta tha ki hum na fab 5 ko apna best friend bana lenge par acha hua na ki Hume pehle hi din unki asliyat ka pata chal gaya aur Hume humari sachi dost bhi mil gayi...Nandini. Apko pata hai, Nandini ne hi Hume unn rakshaso se...humara matlab hai fab 5 se bachaya aur tab se voh na humari best friend ban gayi hai" Navya continued to blabber, not caring if Harshad was actually paying any attention to her or not.
"Nandini? Interesting. Tum use pehle se jaanti thi?" Harshad asked, stopping her blabber midway seeing the conversation going on the track he wanted to.
"Are nahi voh toh hume ussi din mili thi par voh na bohot achi hai, bilkul bhi fab 5 jaisi nahi hai. Usne khudke baare me na sochkar humare liye fab 5 se panga liya jabki voh Hume janti bhi nahi thi, isliye toh voh ab humari best friend hai" Navya said, feeling proud about having a friend like Nandini.
"Nandini bohot brave hai. Kabhi kabhi hum sochte hai ki kaash hum bhi itne brave hote" Navya added with a sigh.
"Tum bhi brave ho Navya varna tumhare jagah koi aur hoti toh shayad ab tak fab 5 se dar dar ke jee rahi hoti but khudko dekho...you don't seem like you're scared of someone" Harshad spoke affectionately, resting his palm over Navya's on the table, making her blush at the contact.
"Apko sachme aisa lagta hai?" She asked softly to which Harshad nodded with a smile that made Navya's insides melt.
Navya's smile just widened at his compliment as she covered her face with her free hand to hide her blush making Harshad chuckle at her antic.
"Vaise Navya tumhari best friend hai kaha? Mujhe bhi toh milvao aakhir ab main bhi tumhara dost hu na" Harshad asked, still not moving his palm that rested over Navya's who had her eyes wide open.
"Aap humare dost?" She was surprised or maybe stunned.
"Ha kyu? Tumhe main acha nahi laga?" He winked playfully and if possible, Navya's eyes opened wider.
"Nahi aisa kuch nahi hai. Aap toh hume....bohot ache lage" she replied shyly, looking down at their hands on the table.
"So that means main tumhara dost ban sakta hu na?" He asked again in a husky baritone and Navya's cheeks were now giving a competition to the tomatoes. She had never blushed so much.
"Ha kyu nahi. Aap itne ache hai, itne..." she blushed and continued again. "Aap itne handsome hai...hum toh bohot lucky honge jo aapne dosti karne ke liye hume chuna" she replied still looking down and Harshad had a wide smile on his face listening to her words.
"Navya tum kitna blush karogi ab? I don't think your cheeks can turn more red now" Harshad laughed.
"Harshad ji" Navya whined, still blushing.
"Aww Navya you're so cute" he said, pulling her cheeks and if for Navya, she would've fainted right there.
"Acha ab Nandini ko toh bulao. I really want to meet her" he said again and Navya nodded, fishing out her phone from her bag.
"Harshad ji uska phone nahi lag raha aur voh Hume subah se dikhi bhi nahi hai...shayad voh aaj college aayi hi nahi hai" Navya said after calling Nandini twice.
Navya looked kind of dissapointed since she really wanted to make her best friend meet her new found crush while Harshad only smirked.
"Oh maybe today is not the day. Koi baat nahi, kisi aur din mil lenge. Vaise bhi hum sab same college me toh hai aur ab toh tum meri friend ho toh milna julna laga rahega right?" Navya could only nod earnestly with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Chalo then...main chalta hu, I need to go" Harshad stood up and so did Navya. He smiled at her one last time, giving her a quick side hug which froze Navya on her spot while Harshad turned around and walked out of the canteen smirking victoriously.
While Navya was dazed due to Harshad, Fab 5 on the other side were worried about Manik's disappearance. They knew Manik was furious with what Alia did but then Manik had never disappeared like he did today. He would at least inform Cabir about his whereabouts but today was different. Cabir had also tried accessing his location via GPS that all the members of fab 5 had access to on each other's phone but even that didn't work. The last location it showed was in the corridor the fiasco happened in after which the GPS stopped working.
"I just don't get it! Manik hai kaha? He always informs me or at least texts me but aaj toh he just vanished. Apne ghar pe bhi nahi hai voh and judging by how angry he was, I don't know voh kya karega. His anger shuts his brain and he stops thinking" Cabir tugged at his hair in frustration.
"I don't understand why was Manik so angry. Alia ne Nandini ka sach sirf humare samne laya hai, she didn't commit some crime ki Manik itna gussa ho gaya" Mukti scowled and Cabir rolled his eyes in disbelief.
"You still think Alia was right Mukti? Ha maybe uske intentions galat na ho but they way she did it by humiliating Nandini in front of all of us wasn't right. Its about a girl's self respect that was put at stake by one of his friends that has angered Manik and not because that girl was Nandini. Even you know Manik would have reacted the same way for any girl Mukti"
"But Cabir I just wanted you guys to see her real face. Dhruv considered her a friend and I didn't want Dhruv to suffer because of her. I was just worried what if she used Dhruv for her selfish motives because it is really rare when Dhruv talks to people outside fab 5 and I didn't want him to regret it" Alia justified herself.
"I understand Alia but I never said you were wrong, I just said the way you did it was wrong. You could have done it in a much decent way" Cabir replied calmly making Alia sigh.
"Cabir Alia ne jo bhi kiya, its done now and we can't undo it but I assure you that she'll apologise to both Manik and Nandini tomorrow. Right Alia?" Dhruv looked at Alia with assuring eyes as he tried to calm Cabir. Alia sighed before nodding her head and mewing a small yes.
"Guys I am getting a headache. Let's go to the canteen and have something fir we'll think Manik ko kaise dhundna hai" Mukti suggested to which the rest agreed. They had almost reached the canteen when Mukti saw Harahad leaving the canteen, looking weirdly happy and she for some reason knew his happiness wasn't normal, he sure was upto something but what was the question.
"Mukti ruk kyu gayi? Chal na" Dhruv called out, finding Mukti standing there lost in her thoughts. Mukti snapped out of her daze and nodded at Dhruv as she began walking, that wierd smile that she saw on Harshad's face still on her mind.
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