"Thanks vaishu. I don't know what I would've done without you." whispered maahi, sitting behind vaishali. Her hands on her shoulders.
"C'mon stop it. I did nothing honestly." she said sweetly. Vaishali was driving her Activa 6g and maahi was on the back seat of her vehicle. Ofcourse it is paramount for me to provide reasons for their current situation. So, it happened somewhat like this. Maahi saw karanvir's jeep parked outside her house. Immediately the events of yesterday evening flashed before her eyes. Horrified, she rang vaishali up and blabbered all she could remember of last night. Concerned vaishali pulled up her bike and quickly made her way to her friend's residence. By then, maahi had already managed to fool everybody, including Karanvir, telling them that she's unwell. Karanvir didn't get to see her, for she didn't leave her room until he was gone, and his agitation was thus well justified and evident. Anyways, once he had left on his jeep, vaishali drove down the street and drew her bike up by her house. Maahi quickly got ready, said her good byes to her parents, climbed onto the bike and left for her college.
"I'm so scared vaishu. I never know Karanvir had this in his head all the while. I'm so scared of him." maahi said apprehensively. Vaishali drew in a breath while driving up the steep winding road.
"To be honest, I did see that coming. I mean, the way he was around you....it just gave me the impression that he was into you. But, I swear I thought it was just a tinsy infatuation and it would go away on its own. Oh!!! How wrong I was babe. Honestly, I am a bit scared myself. I've lived in this town for my entire life, and so has Karanvir, and girl, you're the first one he's shown any interest in. I have heard tons of stories of him drubbing people, breaking into properties, brawls and stuff but never of him with a girl. It is indeed terrifying to hear what he said to you yesterday. You know what babe, my boyfriend says when a bad boy falls, he fucking falls hard. If Karanvir is in love with you, than he'll go to any length to have you all for himself. I don't wanna scare you but I guess you deserve to know the truth." explained vaishali grimly. Maahi's heartbeat soared.
"Oh vaishu!!! Why me..... I'm not even pretty." whispered maahi. Vaishali chuckled.
"That's what you think sweetheart. And more than the looks, it's about how pure you are. Rarely bad people fall for people like them. They are mostly attracted to good people. Same is the case with Karanvir. He knows how to distinguish between a whore and a princess. He is aware how sweet you are, and that you are too pure and kind hearted. And most importantly, you are the only girl who ignores him, him- The Karanvir Roy. You are perfect for him, I mean you are the perfect girl a 'bad boy' would want to settle with." vaishali told her. Maahi gasped loudly.
"You sound like his lawyer. And I am not a perfect girl. A handsome guy like him deserves a very beautiful girl, not me who has average looks." maahi said defensively. Vaishali chuckled.
"A handsome man will never want an overly beautiful girl. That moron knows how many eyes wander upon you when you're attractive. And let's not even discuss that, after all you are very pretty. Doesn't matter you admit this or not. As much as I know Karanvir the jerk, he's not a guy who falls for a woman's beauty. Beauty is cheap nowadays babe. He loves you because he knows how precious you are. And...... wait a minute, is that him behind us." vaishali gnashed her teeth as she turned her head. Maahi looked into the mirror and gasped loudly. There he was, behind them on his jeep. Clothed in black, and wearing that tough scary look on his handsome face, he drove smoothly up the road. Within a second it dawned on them both that he was following them, or following maahi.
"Oh God!!! What do we do now???" gasped maahi. Vaishali passed him a murderous look through the mirror. That's another thing that he didn't see it.
"We show this loser our middle finger and race towards our college." breathed vaishali before speeding up and powering down the road. Karanvir kept the speed constant. With their hearts in their mouths, they fishtailed over the road and somehow reached the college without the creepy Karanvir harassing them.

Vaishali was happy that they had finally outmanoeuvred Karanvir the dork. But that happiness was short lived once they saw him waiting for them in the parking area. Maahi was already shivering.
"Maahi, just be calm. You don't have to fear this mule over here ok. Let's go to our class. He can entertain himself here." vaishali told her softly. Maahi nodded meekly, uncomfortable under his icy, cold stare. They turned to walk to their building.
"Maahi." and here we go again. Maahi kept walking while vaishali stopped and glared at him.
"How did you get here before us dork??" she asked him hatefully. Maahi still kept on walking. Behind her she could hear his heavy footsteps nearing her. Her heart drummed in her chest.
"I got shortcuts. Now if you'll excuse me." he hissed and ran behind maahi. Vaishali fumed.
"Maahi listen." and he had overtaken her on foot. She stopped dead on finding him right on her face.
"Why are you running away from me?? Are you mad at me for something." he asked, his voice soft. Maahi gulped.
"Please..... just stay away from me." she stuttered, barely audible. Karanvir's face hardened.
"That's never gonna happen. I thought we'd already talked about that." he said grimly. Vaishali came to maahi's rescue.
"Are you here to apologise for your behaviour last night??" hissed vaishali. Karanvir spared her an uninterested look.
"I didn't do anything wrong. Maahi, I won't apologise for the feelings I'd held back for so long. It had to come out this way or the other. I love you and that's all this will always be about." said Karanvir flatly. Maahi didn't look up. Vaishali fumed.
"In that case. Go to hell Mr. Dork. Maahi is not interested in you." declared vaishali before grabbing maahi's hand and walking down the pathway to her department. Karanvir balled his fists.
"Maahi. Maahi...." and his yellings went into deaf ears. Maahi was gone.

In the classroom, maahi felt peaceful as there was no Karanvir. However, her classmates weren't talking to her after karanvir's open threat yesterday. Not that maahi cared. She disliked them either ways. During the interval, well a little before interval, maahi had a free period and most of the students were out of the classroom. She was preparing her notes, when two senior boys walked into the classroom bearing paper bags in their hands. Maahi thought that they were perhaps friends with some of her classmates and hence paid no attention. However, when they strode up to her bench, she was startled. Maahi looked up at them in perplexity. They smiled at her.
"Um yes." she said nervously. They kept the bags on her table noiselessly.
"Karanvir bhaiya has send this for you. He says if you need anything more than please inform him right away." they said and turned to leave.
"Wait." they stopped and turned to her.
"I-I don't need them. Just take them away. And tell Karanvir to not send me anything again. I don't want anything to do with him." she said hotly. They both looked nervous.
"Well, if we take that back and give this message of yours to him, then surely he's gonna pummel us to death. We don't think we can do either of what you ask us to. We should leave now." and they started walking towards the door.
"Hey wait!!!" maahi shouted behind them but they left. Her classmates whispered stuff to each other. Maahi warily opened the bags and a strong waft of freshly prepared pasta and pizza hit her nose. And man, those boxes were big. Does he thinks that she eats a lot?? That's probably not the case for he had seen her eat plenty of times. The lot of food was just a way of making sure that she doesn't feels shortage of anything. There was also a box of brownies under the pasta box. Suddenly her phone rang in her pocket. An unknown number floated on screen. She had a strong feeling as to who this person can be. She picked up anyways.
"Hello." she said, her phone pressed to her ear.
"Hi baby. I hope you recieved the package." he asked, his voice gleeful. Maahi gulped.
"Take this back. I don't need this." she said flatly. He drew in a breath.
"Baby girl, I swear I wanted to have lunch with you but this damn football practice. But I promise I'll cheer up your mood after the college's over. I'm gonna take you to your favourite ice cream truck. Now smile please." he said. Maahi felt disgusting. Was she his girlfriend?? Why the hell was he talking to her like that?? But was she brave enough to stand up to him. Hell no.
"Why are you doing this to me??" she asked irritated. He chuckled.
"Because I love you baby doll. Now I'll call you later, these jerks are fighting and pissing me off. And baby. Need I tell you again that you are mine alone, and therefore if I catch a whiff of any one else even breathing close to you,....you know what I'm gonna do. Hm, baby girl. Love you and take care. I'll see you after college." and he hung up. Maahi was quivering in fear. She wasn't even thinking about his threat but she was more concerned about the part where he asks to take her to some place. No way. She ain't going with him. And not when she knows that he's madly in love with her. However, she thinks she have a plan.

In the late evening, maahi was inside her room. She was watching some funny videos on Instagram while munching on some kurkure. Want to know the reason behind her happiness?? Well, imagine you have a nemesis, somebody who's a bane in your life, now imagine the level of happiness you'll feel when you outmanoeuvre that person and realize how much damage you have caused him. Maahi felt the same surge of happiness in her. When everything fails, father comes to the rescue. Maahi, thankfully, used her presence of mind and dialled her father's number. Now, her father although knows not all about Karanvir drama, yet he knows this much that he's somehow troubling his sweet little daughter. And when maahi asked him to come and collect her from the college, he was more ready to come to his daughter's aid and protect her from this Ravana aka Karanvir. So, he fetched maahi from the college and drove her to the house. Maahi, happy to make a fool out of Karanvir, was treating herself with some chill time and snacks. When her phone's battery ran low, she plugged in the charger and walked towards the window. The mighty, rolling hills were the first thing she saw, Karanvir the dork was the second. But his sight was enough for her to forget the mountains. He sat on his Harley Davidson, by the fence of her neighbour's property, surrounded by few boys, and looked blankly up at her. She could see the coldness in his eyes. Her toes curled. Quickly she went back inside her room, not forgetting to close the window. She was restless. Will she have to endure his presence from now on everyday?? This thought scared her. Is it too difficult for this creep to understand that she doesn't wants him. Why is he behind her?? Why can't he find someone else?? With these thoughts in her head, she didn't realise when did she zoned out.

When maahi woke up, it was already dark and she was being called downstairs for dinner. She washed her face and went downstairs to have her dinner. After dinner, maahi's father took her out for a walk. Ofcourse they had to stop by an ice cream truck because maahi is crazy about ice creams. But obviously she didn't expect to find Karanvir hanging up by the ice cream truck along with his hard headed friends. A blush creeped up on his cheeks once he caught sight of her. She looked away and stood close to her father.
"Maahi you stay here, I've to remind that tailor to sew my suit by Sunday. Call me if there's any problem. Ok." he said. Maahi nodded. Although there was Karanvir just across the street, but she knew that he wouldn't try anything smart in front of her father. Or is that so. A second later her father was out of sight, Karanvir hopped beside her.
"Hi baby. Looks like dad needs a stitch in his suit." he said excitedly. Maahi's heartbeat raced. He still had that strong cologne on.
"He's my dad." she fired at him. He chuckled.
"And mine too. Your father, my father. What's the problem??" he said. She glared at him.
"No. My my father is my father and your father is your father." she bristled. He looked at her adoringly.
"But baby, I'll have to call him dad after our marriage." he told her softly. Maahi gasped loudly.
"That's never gonna happen. I'll marry anyone but you......" and he squeezed her cheeks roughly. Madness glinting in his dark eyes.
"I can hear thousand of bad things for me from that pretty mouth but you taking somebody else's name is something I can't tolerate." maahi started crying. He looked scary with those evil eyes of his after all. He came closer, his eyes dark and unyielding.
"You will marry me. You will fucking marry me did you hear that baby doll. Don't you look for another one. I'm the only one for you." he hissed. Tears came streaming down her eyes. He left her cheeks but grabbed her waist and pulled her to him.
"You're my madness baby doll. You complete me. And baby girl, I am a bad boy and when a bad boy falls in love, good girl has no choice but to love the bad boy back. So you my good girl have no choice but to love this bad boy." said Karanvir before placing two rough kisses on her cheeks.
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