Next evening at canteen,

Farhan, Eby and Aju were having snacks seated around a table.

"I can't bear with our classes anymore. How boring is it!" Aju made a desperate face.

"I don't think that our class hours are that much bore." Said Eby.

"Its quiet natural." Farhan shrugged.

"Yeah. First of all, you have to attend some classes. Then you say." Aju pointed at Eby for which he gave a sheepish grin.

"I'm feeling regret for not joining your party club. You are taking it as a reason for bunking classes. Idiot." Farhan scoffed.

"Oh hello! You stupids are saying that I'm bunking classes for just roaming around. I'm doing my best for the welfare of students."

"But I didn't even get a candy from you." Aju pouted.

"Don't worry yaar. I will get one for you." Farhan patted him.

"Where is Ishaan?" Eby asked checking around.

"Ofcourse, he will be at his office." Aju replied.

"But he told that he would come today."

Thinking of something, Farhan got up to move.

"Hey where are you going?"

"Are you missing kaira?" Asked a very curious Aju.

"Nop. I'm missing my Viha." The smile planted in his face got faded hearing him.

After chatting for a while, they spotted a familiar face.

Ishaan entered the canteen with a file, talking with someone on the phone.

His eyes hurriedly searched for a place to settle down. But he found none as the canteen was packed with students.

Atlast, he spotted a vaccant space and moved to there. The time he was upto sit there, someone sat in the opposite chair.

He looked up to see Amaaya who was pulling Rinu's hand to sit in the other chair.

He gave her a questioning look. "Arey, why you are standing there? You can sit here. We don't mind." She smiled.

He passed a I don't need your permission look but she failed to catch it.

Ishaan shook his head and finally decided to sit there as he was actually in need of it.

Eby and Aju were equally shocked to see him sitting there."Why can't he sit with us?" Asked Aju, with a wide mouth.

"Let's have a coffee." Said Rinu.

"From here?" Amaaya raised a brow.

"Then where?"

"Our canteen is really bad for coffee. Bwak! And that Rony's coffee know? It's just out of the world. Uhm.." She said almost watering.

"Okay then. I will have one. Hey! One coffee please."

"One for me too."

"Huh?"

Ishaan was getting distracted by their non-sense conversations.

Rinu had her coffee before going to look for Anjali.

Amaaya took a biscuit packet from bag before dipping it in the coffee and had it.

When Ishaan came to notice of her weirdest way of having biscuits, the first thing he felt was to vomit.

What the hell is she doing?

Out of a sudden, something flashed through her mind. She started searching her messy bag and after a while, extended a note of eight hundred to him.

"For what?" He asked.

"Uh, that day, you paid for his football." She replied daintily.

"Did I ask you?"

"No. But.."

"I don't want it."

He was not ready to accept it, ignoring her implorings.

"Ainu, 18 for the coffee." The canteen boy called.

Ishaan furrowed his brows hearing the first word from him.

Ainu? Seriously?

"What is this? Last time, it was only 14! " She agaped.

"No. 18 only."

"Here is it. Hum!" Anyhow she paid him.

It made Ishaan to drift his thoughts to somethong very serious. He cleared his throat to ask, "By the way. What about your 18 days challenge?"

Her jaw dropped hearing him.

Ohh jesus! He is still thinking of it? Oh girl, how dare you to utter '18' before him? Crap!

"I was just.." he smirked watching her stammering.

"You know that it won't happen, right?" He said with a half triumphant smile.

"Yeah. Wait. No. I still believe my words."

"Okay. Let's see who will win?"

"Deep inside, you want me to win this challenge, right?" She pointed.

"I don't know what makes you to think that way. Anyways, I will not try for it. Because I know well that I was right." He said as if it was the most obvious thing for him. She narrowed her eyes, listening him.

What the hell? I'm pretty sure that this fellow would be the problem maker. And how dare is he to say that Faru was wrong?

If you hurt Faru, I will kill you phone breaker!

Ishaan could read what was going on in her mind. Anyways, he thought of changing the topic. "Well, how was the birthday party?"

It brought her back to the present.
"Birthday party? Please don't remind me of it."

"What happened?" He felt curious bringing a surprise to himself.

"When I entered my home, the lights had gone and I couldn't see anyone. Even my kevy. Atlast we cut the cake by the candle light. What a night it was! I only got two pieces of cake and I couldn't take pictures. Shit!"

After hearing her, the first thing he wanted was to laugh out loud. But tried his best to control it.

As he could not stop but kept on thinking how she boosted about the beauty and brighful ambience of her home, a smile escaped his lips.

Eby and Aju wondered what was the topic they were talking about. They seemed very shocked to see his about to laugh face.

"Ohh my god! What is going over there?" asked Aju. "What happened to him?"

"Yeah. That's what I'm thinking. Strange." Said Eby.

"So strange!" added Aju. "Let's take a pic of them."

Leaving no time, he took out his phone. "This is enough to grill him alive."

Eby smirked at the thought of it.

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Kaira was looking for Farhan to give back his notes. But he was nowhere to her dismay.

"Why can't you try butterscotch for once?" Farhan asked watching his friend licking the chocolate.

"Why can't you try chocolate for once?" Ainu asked back.

"You better don't try." She smiled showing a choco lips.

"And what is wrong with your Anjali."

"What?"

"Why she is always avoiding Eby? You know she is hurting him a lot"

"But she..."

"What? She knows that how much he loves her. Then how can she do it?

"Faru, it's not like that. She is afraid of everything. So she is reacting that way. I'm 101 % sure that she don't hate him."

"But that is not the thing I want to hear." He breathed out.

"Yeah. I understand. And I think she is trying to hide her feelings. Don't know why. But sometimes I can sense it."

"Hmm."

Kaira walked out the college as she spotted him with Ainu before the icecream shop. She moved to them before giving a pat on his shoulder. "Where were you? Don't you want your notes?"

"Ofcourse he don't want it." Ainu was the one replied.

"Ohh! I forgot it. And thanks for completing it." He took back his notes.

"Thanks? Like seriously? You are saying it for the first time! What happened to you?" Asked Kaira.

"Oh! Actually, I did not mean it."

"Sounds more like you! Well, I have something to say."

Suddenly, Aju's words echoed in his mind.

Ohh my god! What she is going to say? Was he right about kaira? No, this cannot happen.

"Arey, She is talking to you." Ainu brought him back to senses.

"Farhan, I.." Kaira began.

"Ainu, you have to go there, right? So let's leave now." Farhan said in a hurry.

"Where?" She asked.

"Come fast. Uhh, see you Kaira." He caught hold of her hand and started to walk away. Almost he ran.

Kaira was like 'Huh?'

"Stop stop. Where are you going?" asked Ainu, trying to catch her breath.

"Uhh, Just for exercising." He shrugged.

"Then you can exercise alone." He gave a wide smile lacking words.

"How long will you run from her Faru?"

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing, just joking."

"Oh hello! She is my good friend."

"I know it." She grinned. He shook his head, not looking her.

"By the way, who am I to you?" She knew well what the answer was. But she liked to hear it from him.

"You are my, uh, my, yeah got it! My collegemate."

"Only that?" She yelled.

"Let me think..."

"Okay then, you keep on thinking. I'm going."

"Aye, how dare you to leave your bestie alone?" He blurted out.

Amaaya paused after hearing those words. She came to him, holding his arm.

They smiled at each other like nothing.

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