Arshita's Pov

"Damn! I'm so tired after all that cleaning!" I said while slipping into my seat as we all were back inside the classroom after cleaning the whole backyards!

"I know right, maine life me pehli baar itni safai ek sath ki hai" Hardik said and everyone nodded while trying to relax after the tiring work.

"This isn't much, I and Chia always got the punishment of cleaning our rooms by mom whenever we used to fight!" Shubman said and Manish laughed as they both were sitting together on the same seat for the first time.

"Did you even have a messy room, I don't think so! Agar kisiko messiest room of the year award mil skta hai toh vo mai hu" Manish said and I gave him a look saying, "Yeah right! That's why I always prefer your living room to sit, you're gross"

"Well he haal toh humare pure group ka hai specially Ishan, this guy doesn't even bother removing things from his bed, he literally sleeps on them, right Ishan" Rishabh asked but there wasn't a reply from Ishan, so we all turned to find him busy talking with Shriya with a big smile on his face, they looked way too happy now that their secret was out and they were free to be together.

"AYEE HELLO YOU BOTH!" Shubman suddenly shouted startling them as they both were lost in talking to each other unaware of the people around them, "Yes... Yes... What's wrong?" Shriya asked as she had almost pushed Isham out of the seat and he was on the floor right now while everyone else was in a fits of laughter.

"That's what I want to know, tum dono ka dating secret sbko pata chal gya iska matlab ye nhi ki I won't keep an eye on you guys!" Shubman said and Shriya nodded her head innocently while Ishan got up rubbing his back as he said, "Ab mai apni girlfriend se baat bhi nhi kr skta?

"I guess you guys had a benefit in secret dating!" Tanya said chuckling and Ishan just gave her a look while Abhishek said, "Exactly, but you know I'm still in shock, I always thought Chia was secretly in love with me"

"What the hell? Apne aise thought pe pause laga ke rakh okay" Ishan said giving a look to Abhishek while everyone laughed, "Why would you think like that Abhay! Flirt toh humesha se tu krta hai" Shriya said and Ishan's eyes widened, "Mujhe ispe pehle se shakk tha" Ishan said throwing a ball of paper at Abhishek and he dodged it while laughing.

"Now I know tu starting me Abhay se itna jealous kyu hota tha, he would just start making faces the moment Abhishek would talk to Chia" I said and Ishan just huffed when the next moment Mr.Khurana entered the class and banged his books on the table to stop the chattering and shouting.

Everyone stopped as we all turned to the front and looked at him when he started speaking, "You students know, we teachers have to suffer because of you! Party aap log krte hai aur lectures teachers ko milte hai, you guys must be happy to be privileged by your parents"

"We are sir!" Manish said happily while nodding his head and got a glare from sir while Shubman murmured to him as they were sitting on the first seat together, "Now I know bichare sir tum log se itne irritated kyu rehte hai"

"Specially me! I don't know what I've done to him" I whispered and Shubman turned to look at me saying, "I guess you might have a whole book of the way you've irritated him bh your doings Ms.Kapoor!"

Manish just laughed while they both gave a high-five to each other as Manish said, "I can agree to that, ye kuch bhi krle, loudspeaker always catches her"

I looked at them making a face as right now I felt like a third wheel between the two of them when Mr.Khurana spoke up again, "Shut up. I don't want any nuisance in class today, I've already had enough for the day! Open up you books right now"

Everyone just silently opened their books while I looked to my right where Tanya was sitting beside me trying to write something on a piece of paper in a very dedicated way!

I tried to peek slowly but she closed the book keeping the paper inside it, I gave her a weird look while she just smiled cheekily, "What are you writing so secretly?"

"Nothing. Just notes" Tanya said and I laughed slightly because I knew that she would never take notes when Hardik asked from behind who was sitting with Rishabh, "Tanu tu humare naye friends se jyada influenced ho gyi kya? They're toppers, tu Kitne notes likh le tera kuch nhi ho paega!"

"Ayee baby is trying to study for the first time, don't disturb her Harry" Rishabh said and we chuckled while Tanya just gave him a look as she went back to writing something again.

"Ayee don't do that to me!" Shubman said pushing Manish slightly as he was almost hugging him while he laughed saying, "I love you bro! Acha tell me the meaning of this word"

"Mai nhi bol rha, let me focus! We're sitting on the first seat" Shubman said and I kept looking at the two of them from behind as I murmured, "I feel like we have a new couple in our class"

"I know right. I've never seen Shubi like this before! Specially with Manish" Shriya said and I nodded I heard Rishabh suddenly laughing from behind and so everyone turned to look at him as he was reading something with a big smile on his face.

"Am I telling a joke Rishabh?" sir asked him and Rishabh sealed his lips while shaking his head in denial, "Then please focus" sir said and everyone nodded.

Khurana sir started teaching again when once again Rishabh chuckled and I sighed as he was just behind me. I turned to look at him while Hardik was also giving him a weird look, when the next moment I snatched the book from his hand and opened found a small piece of paper which was actually a hand written letter.

"Arshu give it back, it's really personal you know" Rishabh said and I smirked while not giving it back as I said, "Now I want to read it more"

"Arshu, please mat kr pakde gye toh bhut bezzati hogi" Tanya said and I looked at her understanding the situation now as I asked trying not to laugh, "So you were writing a letter to him? Seriously? A love letter?"

"Arshu please read it, ab toh mai bhi janna chahta hu kya likha hai" Ishan said from the the other side and while Rishabh was trying to take it back when the next moment Mr.Khurana came and snatched the book from my hand which had the letter inside it.

Tanya's eyes widened because it had her and Rishabh's name in the letter while I gave out a sheepish smile while sir asked, "What the hell is going on here?"

"Nothing sir! We were just sharing our notes, can I get my book back?" Tanya asked while gulping and sir shooked his head saying, "No, let me check your notes first"

"NO SIR!" Rishabh almost shouted startling everyone including sir as he took the book out of sir's hands but unfortunately the letter fell from slipping from it.

"How dare you shout? Sit back in your seat!" Khurana sir said as he looked down and picked up the letter in his hands while Tanya and Rishabh had their heads in their hands.

"Are these your notes? Let me narrate this to the whole class, let's see what are these notes about" Mr.Khurana said unaware of what was written in the letter while Tanya and Rishabh were giving me glares and everyone else was trying not to laugh as sir started reading the letter.

My dear Rishu,

Tum aaye zindagi mein bahar aayi.... Tumare naa hone se Jiya mera ghabraye...Mujhe lagta hai ki tumhare papa atankwadi rahe honge kyuki tum koi bam ke gole se kum ni.....Dil mein feeling kaa samundar aajata hai jab tera reply ek minute ke andar aajata hai.... Baby tum pyaar ho, Hastey raha karo kyuki tinde Jaisi shakal banane se kuch ni milne wala, Mein mil gyi hu yhi tumhari khush naseebi hai.... Aaj kuch alag karne kaa mann hai.....

By the end of the letter the whole class was in the fits of laughed, except Tanya and Rishabh who were trying to hide their faces and sir had a blank look on his face as if his soul had left the body after reading that letter.

"Damn Tanu! Those were some wide words" Manish said while laughing and she just made a fave saying, "Rishu had given me a dare to write a unique love letter to him"

"Ye unique se bhu badkar tha, I really love that line.... Tumhare papa atankwadi rahe honge kyuki tum kisi bam ke gole se kam nhi" Manjot said while laughing his ass off and I patted Tanya's back saying, "And I also want to ask Tanu, aaj kya alag krne ka mann hai?"

"Ayee that's too private ask. I respect your privacy guys" Shubman said trying not to laugh and Rishabh just gave a glare to all of us saying, "You guys must be having fun, but look there, the loudspeaker is going to burst out anytime"

We all looked to the front while sir was still shocked while looking at the letter when the he finally closed the letter and kept it in his register saying, "That's all for today class! I'll leave now!"

"Sir! Letter toh dete jaiye" Rishabh said and got a glare from him as sir said taking a deep breathe trying to control himself, "You can take it from principal ma'am later"

"We're doomed" Tanya said sighing and everyone else laughing still not over that letter while Rishabh hitted my head slightly saying, "Ye sb teri wajah se ho rha hai! Now you have tk bring that letter back before it reached principal ma'am!"

"Mom toh inke suspension paper ready krengi the moment she gets that letter" Manish said nodding his head and I sighed while saying, "Fine tujhe vo letter ma'am tak phunchne se pehle mil jaega, happy! Mission difficult hai par impossible nhi"

"Let's go get it then!"Manish said and I nodded as the next moment everyone had scattered around to find the letter before it reaches the principal's office.

"I think I know where sir goes to after this class" I said clicking my fingers and everyone looked at me while Tanya said, "Kahi bhi jae, tu bs letter bacha le"

"Fine fine ro mat! Library is the destination" I said and and everyone nodded as Abhishek said, "Let's go then, sb letter lene chalte hai"

"Ayee hello chupke se letter lana hai, you're saying as if sir will hand it to us the moment we ask him" Hardik said and Abhishek gave out a silly smile.

"He'll definitely get suspicious if we all go together" Shriya said and I nodded, "Yeah right, tum log ko pehle kabhi library me dekha nhi hoga na sir ne" Shubman said and we all gave him a look while Manish said, "No need to taunt us bro"

"Anyways guys, Tanya and I aren't even showing our faces to sir for the next few days, so we're out" Rishabh said and Ishan patted his back saying, "I understand, but I wondering ki tune meri idiot si behen se letter likhne lo kaha kyu? What were you even expecting from her"

"I know Ishu, it was worst mistake of my life" Rishabh said and all laughed while Tanya smacked his arm.

"Guys focus on the mission, so you all will wait in the cafeteria to make sure that sir doesn't cross the line towards the principal office" Manish said and I nodded.

"Arshu and I will go to the library, so if sir sees us he'll just think that we're there for the partner studies" Shubman said and I gave him an impressed look saying, "Brilliant, let's go then"

"Wait!" Manish shouted stopping both of us and we looked at him confused when he asked, "I was wondering when did you started calling her Arshu?"

I and Shubman shared a look while Ishan patted his back asking, "Iss situation me tujhe nickname ki padi hai?"

"Nhi I just wanted to say call me Manu too, okay bro" Manish said looking at Shubman and he nodded smiling cheekily while we both finally went to the library.

We both slowly walked inside and looked around sneakily to find Khurana sir!

"You know I always used to think that I'll have a romantic library moment just like those movies, when I get a boyfriend, do you think this is one?" I asked Shubman giving out a silly smile and he gave me a look saying, "I don't think so, because right now it feels like a scene from those spy movie where we're on a mission"

"Look at you, this is why I call you non-romantic!" I said and Shubman chuckled slightly as he looked at me and I just frowned, "Btw when you thought of having romantic library moment with your boyfriend, didn't you realized that you don't ever gok to library?"

"Aren't you being too cheeky today?" I asked him raising an eyebrow and Shubman smiled while pulling my cheeks as he walked closer and my back hit the book shelves, "What do you want now!" I murmured looking here and there and Shubman came near my ear as he whispered sending shivers down my spine, "Romantic library moment"

I looked at him as he was really close to me, he slowly started inching closer to my face while his eyes were closed, and before his lips could touch mine I whispered startling him.

"Shubi! Sir!" I murmured pointing towards the front where Khurana sir was sitting, Shubman just sighed while giving me a look and I tried not to laugh at his reaction.

"What a moment!" Shubman murmured as he told me to stay back so that he can go and disturb sir and I nodded chuckling.

"Good afternoon noon sir, I was trying to find you! I actually wanted your help, can you prefer me the suitable psychology book for the next semester, I was a bit confused" Shubman said to sir and while I was hiding behind the racks a bit away from them and sir immediately got up from his chair saying, "Sure, come with me!"

Shubman smiled at him as they started walking towards the book stacks and Shubman signalled me to go and take the letter immediately.

"Here I go" I murmured as I silently walked upto where sir was sitting earlier and started looking all through his books, trying to find the letter.

"Why does he carry around so many books" I murmured irritated when I finally saw the letter which was inside his students info register. I sighed in relief but before I could pull out out the letter I heard loudspeaker as he said, "What a surprise! Ms. Kapoor what are you doing in the library??"

My eyes widened as I immediately picked up the register which had the letter and turned to look at sir while hiding it behind me. I gave a look to Shubman who was with him and he just shrugged his shoulder while pointing at his watch.

"Uuhhh... I..... I was here...to find him" I said looking towards Shubman and at looked at me confused so I immediately added, "He's my tution partner na, that's why!"

"Ohh! It's good to see you trying to work hard, I'll say cut out your influence of friends! You can do better" Sir said to me and I smiled cheekily while Shubman was trying not to laugh, "Well take a leave sir. Thank you so much for your help!" Shubman said as he immediately walked upto me and we both started going out when Mr.Khurana again spoke up from behind, "Wait!"

"Aghh what does he want now" I murmured as we both turned around and the register was again behind my back when sir walked upto us and said, "Are you gonna take my register with you Arshita?"

"Sorry sir?" I asked widening my eyes and sir snatched the register from my hands from behind while I closed my eyes in disappointment, "Were you planning to study with this?"

"No...sir! I just... I wanted to... I was gonna check...my attendance" I said and Shubman gave me a look for the lame reason while sir just sighed while whisper shouting at we were in the library, "Just leave!"

Shubman and I almost sprinted out of the library and I sighed while making a face as I couldn't get the letter from that register, "We're so bad at this mission" I murmured as we both walked back to the cafeteria with long faces when Rishabh asked as soon as he saw us, "Ye dono ki shakal pe bara kyu baje hue hai?"

"Did you guys succeeded in the mission?" Manish asked us and I just shooked my head in denial saying, "Sorry Rishu! We couldn't get your letter back"

"Dammit, I pity you guys" Abhishek said to Rishabh and Tanya while they both looked at each other, "Dekh Tanu tu toh phass gyi, but just tell dad that I have no hand in this okay" Ishan said and Tanya just hitted his arm.

"What will happen to them now?" Shriya asked when Shubman spoke up, "Nothing much, they'll just have to thank me! Because unlike my mission partner, I succeeded"

Everyone looked at him confused when Shubman pulled out the letter from his pocket and I looked at widening my eyes, "When the hell did you get that?"

"When you were holding that register back, the letter had luckily slipped out, so I picked it up when I pretended to tie my shoelaces" Shubman said and everyone gave him impressed looks when Hardik said, "That intelligent. No doubt you're the first rank bro"

"I know thanks!" Shubman said proudly and I gave him a look while punching his arm saying, "haww you traitor, you could've told me, I was feeling so bad"

"Koi na Arshu, tere sath toh hota rehta hai, you shouldn't be surprised" Manish said keeping his hand around my shoulders and everyone laughed while Manjot took the letter out of Shubman's hand saying, "I want to read this masterpiece one more time"

He read the letter again while everyone was laughing together. Today had been such an eventful day, full of punishment, love, laughter, but most of all it was friendship, looking at everyone together like this I realized that these people had become so precious to me. They were a big part my life, some of them were old but some of them were pretty new, but the conclusion was that I treasured them all now.
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It was finally the time to leave and I was very much exhausted after the long, we had to literally clean the whole damn backyard, and then all that letter fuss! I was heading of the college while everyone else had almost left.

Manish walked upto my side as he was coming with me because I had given him a ride today as he had a bad hangover.

"Arshu! Wait you can't go home" Manish said coming in front of me as we reached upto my car and I looked at him nodding my head saying, "Yeah I know I've to drop you first!"

"We aren't even going to my home idiot!" Manish said and I looked at him confused asking, "Toh phir kaha Jaa rhe hai? Seedhe seedhe bolega?"

"You remember you said you'd do anything I'll ask you to, a penalty for not bringing me my armband on the football match day" He said and I realized that I promised him to do anything he asked me for, "Oh right! I remember? But what about it?"

"I'm gonna use that now, give me the keys and you'll just do as I say okay" Manish said taking the car keys from my hand as he opened the door of the passengers seat for me and was giving him weird look.

"Where are we going?" I asked raising my eyebrows and he smiled while getting inside the car, "A place which is memorable to both of us!" Manish said smiling widely as he turned on the ignition and started driving while I was still looking at him confused as hell.
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Here goes the chapter guys, i hope you all liked it, I really loved writing this one, the way everyone's friendship is getting stronger, specially Manish and Shubman. I enjoyed writing this so much, so what do you all think is Manish gonna do, where are they headed? 💖💖

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